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  • Barriers to Health

    By on January 5, 2005

    Ironically, a few weeks after Melissa Etheridge's breast cancer diagnosis helped put ''a lesbian face'' on cancer, the same-sex marriage backlash as witnessed in the...

  • Allix Allot

    By on December 15, 2004

    Allix Allot A couple years ago Allix met a boy at Nation. After dancing together for a while, they started making out and their hands...

  • Soundwaves

    By on November 10, 2004

    DJ Irene A ROCKSTAR LESBIAN DJ... She looks like a lesbian. She sounds like a lesbian. And she is, in fact, a lesbian. But few...

  • Blue-State Pop-Punk

    By on November 10, 2004

    As bruising as the 2004 election was to gay Americans, it's no time to grin and bare it, or to flee. Listen to your inner...

  • Pink People Feeling Blue

    By on November 10, 2004

    It's fair to say that America is polarized. The 2004 election helped quantify the division, with 51 percent on the right, 48 percent on the...

  • Without Fear

    By on August 11, 2004

    ''It kicks your butt, touring solo,'' says SONiA as she settles into the start of a Saturday afternoon interview from a motel in Ohio, where...

  • Canadian Import

    By on July 28, 2004

    She's been accused of any number of things, given her A.D.D.-style of skipping from one musical genre to another -- as well as her sly...

  • Leading the Charge

    By on June 30, 2004

    Cheryl Jacques had a tough act to follow when she arrived in D.C. last January to take the helm of the Human Rights Campaign. The...

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    By on June 9, 2004

    The Apprentice offended singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins. Mind you, she didn't actually watch Donald Trump's popular NBC reality series, but she also didn't feel inspired...

  • Melissa Ferrick

    By on June 9, 2004

    Melissa Ferrick is never getting married. ''It's not for me,'' she says with a gentle laugh. Still, she's exceedingly proud of her home state, Massachusetts,...

  • Gender Blender

    By on April 21, 2004

    ''What is a drag king?'' muses Kendra Kuliga. ''You could say male impersonator, but that's so the tip of the iceberg. I've seen drag kings...

  • D.C. Lesbian Avengers

    By on March 24, 2004

    Members of D.C. Lesbian Avengers Mission: A queer, direct action, activist group. Founded: 2000 Number of Members: Approximately 40. How to Join: Join by coming...

  • Asian Pacific Islander Queer Sisters (APIQS)

    By on March 3, 2004

    Members of Asian Pacific IslanderQueer Sisters (APIQS) Mission: An organization for Asian American and Pacific Islander lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning women with a focus...

  • National Capitol Area Lesbians (NCAL)

    By on February 25, 2004

    Members of the National CapitolArea Lesbians book club Mission: NCAL offers a safe place for lesbians to meet, talk, collaborate, discuss literature and the arts,...

  • The Queen Mother's Farewell

    By on February 18, 2004

    It was years ago at Nob Hill, listening to all the gay guys calling themselves queens that Carlene Cheatam first used the title she most...