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  • Hitting Back

    By on December 14, 2005

    Last weekend, from Dec. 8 to 11, patrons at more than a dozen gay venues in D.C. were given a simple message: ''Crystal Meth Sucks.''...

  • Crystal Campaign Hits Bars

    By on December 7, 2005

    The Center, D.C.'s GLBT community center, is furthering its campaign against crystal methamphetamine abuse within the local gay community by taking the fight to nightlife...

  • Method Man

    By on August 3, 2005

    The stretch of 17th Street -- roughly between P and R streets NW -- is one of the district's foremost gay villages. It hosts the...

  • Crystal and the Community

    By on July 6, 2005

    The war room assembled June 28, a strategy session pulling together representatives from several corners of metro area's community. The police were there, along with...

  • Party Crasher

    By on May 25, 2005

    Titan Bar held all the elements for a party Monday evening. Beyond the regular bar offerings, there was a buffet. The crowd of about 50...

  • Reliving The First Time

    By on May 4, 2005

    Nine years ago, the circuit came to Washington with a Cherry Jubilee. Compared to more recent offerings, it was a modest start. The weekend was...

  • The Task at Hand

    By on March 30, 2005

    When the crowds gather next Thursday, April 7 for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 16th Annual Leadership Awards to honor former presidential candidate...

  • Talking Tina

    By on March 16, 2005

    Crystal methamphetamine was on dozens of people's minds Monday afternoon at the Barceló Hotel on P Street. While mention of a hotel and crystal meth...

  • Mass Appeal

    By on June 23, 2004

    What's the difference between an after-hours party and a morning party at a club? It's not meant as a joke, though living in D.C. makes...

  • The Reluctant Hedonist

    By on September 24, 2003

    ''I intend to write an opera one day,'' says Rufus Wainwright. ''Especially after these horrifyingly personal albums. I think I might need to concentrate on...

  • RAVE On

    By on September 10, 2003

    Photographs by Todd Franson ''Power to the People Who Party!'' was the battle cry on Saturday at Upper Senate Park as approximately 2,000 people gathered...

  • Squeeze Play

    By on April 16, 2003

    When Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) introduced his RAVE Act legislation last year, it was a slam dunk waiting to happen. Teenagers, drugs, freaky-looking ravers --...

  • Crystal Clear

    By on March 19, 2003

    To combat a growing tide in both sexually transmitted diseases and the abuse of meth-amphetamines (crystal meth), the Whitman-Walker Clinic hosted a community forum Monday...

  • Drug Bill Needs a Fix

    By on February 5, 2003

    Before you throw that next barbeque party, better frisk your guests at the door. Determined to push his Drug War bill through Congress, Senator Joe...

  • Chemical Warfare

    By on October 2, 2002

    At the security checkpoint, a man in a windbreaker asks you to remove your jacket, your shoes and your hat. You lift your arms parallel...