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  • Halloween Outspoken: Scary Stuff [video]

    By on October 28, 2011

    In this edition of Outspoken, host Ebone Bell hits up the participants at the 25th Anniversary 17th Street High Heel Race in an attempt to...

  • Life in the Fast Lanes

    By on October 28, 2011

    The Capital Halloween Invitational Tournament (CHIT) is celebrating its 30th Anniversary Oct. 28 through Oct. 30 at the AMF Annandale Lanes in Annandale. The annual...

  • Thriller Night

    By on October 27, 2011

    Not everyone likes to dress up for Halloween. Some people dress up enough already the rest of the year. But you certainly get more chances...

  • Silver Anniversary in Heels

    By on October 20, 2011

    A longstanding Halloween season celebration is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and one of its chief organizers is calling it quits after this year's event. The...

  • Trick-or-treat travel

    By on September 28, 2011

    Ghosts, goblins and gays are synonymous with Halloween. And if you’re looking for a spooktacular LGBT-friendly destination to spend the holiday, here are Elsewhere’s picks:...

  • Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life

    By on March 11, 2011

    Originally broadcast on PBS, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life focuses on the composer, arranger and pianist who was Washington-native Duke Ellington’s right hand man for decades,...

  • The 2010 17th Street High Heel Race [video]

    By on October 28, 2010

    And they're off! The 2010 High Heel Race was the largest ever -- with a turnout that numbered in the tens of thousands along the...

  • Halloween Happenings

    By on October 27, 2010

    In the gay community, Halloween is like Christmas: A chance to get presents and prizes, if you dress up for the occasion. Gay bars and...

  • Outspoken, Ep. 11: Ghostly Encounters and Scary Movies [video]

    By on October 27, 2010

    In this week's edition of Outspoken, host Ebone Bell hits up the 25th Annual 17th Street High Heel Race and poses the seasonal ''Halloweenish'' questions:...

  • Halloween's a Drag

    By on October 20, 2010

    There are vague memories – just a blur – of tromping around in my mother's pumps. What was I, 3? As a high school junior,...

  • Pumped to Race

    By on October 13, 2010

    Organizers of the 24th annual High Heel Race, set for Tuesday, Oct. 26, are asking for three things: One, they need volunteers. Two, they want...

  • A Royal Outing

    By on October 28, 2009

    Halloween has always been a holiday particularly well celebrated by two groups of people -- the queer community and kids. In the past few years,...

  • Batty for Halloween

    By on October 28, 2009

    (Photo by Todd ''Fresh from the Grave'' Franson ) A time for terror? A chance to play dress-up? A family affair? Halloween can be all...

  • Dressed to Kill

    By on October 28, 2009

    You can learn a lot about other people by trying to be one of them. At least, that's the lesson I learned years ago, the...

  • Touting Terror

    By on October 28, 2009

    Fear bonds people together. So do joy, lust and a number of other extreme emotions. It's just that fear rarely receives its due. Rather, communal...