Pro Homo: Sally Ride's posthumous coming out raises questions about where the...
Opinion: I've been a professional homosexual since 1993. I don't mean that I was an escort, although that probably would have paid better than my job at Whitman-Walker making sure that escorts and...
View ArticleCaution and Optimism: AIDS 2012 highlights challenges, but also successes to...
Opinion: Having worked for many years to address the AIDS epidemic, especially among gay and bisexual men, I find it enormously inspiring to see thousands of medical providers, researchers, activists...
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View ArticlePartisan Pride?: Critics take aim at Pentagon decision to permit military...
News: For the first time since the end of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'' active-duty servicemembers were granted permission to march in full uniform in an LGBT pride parade – specifically, San Diego's on...
View ArticleMaryland Signatories Subjected to Spotlight: Gay paper puts those advocating...
News: Bernard Bundy Jr. had a bad feeling in his stomach the morning of July 25. Bundy, who lives in Alexandria but was raised in Maryland, was looking at a just-posted list of names of people who had...
View ArticleFight Back: 'Vito' on HBO: A documentary as vibrant and argumentative as its...
TV: Some people are lucky enough to make a small difference in the world they live in. And some people are stubborn, angry and committed enough to make a huge difference in the world we all live in....
View ArticleNow On Display: Select exhibitions at DC area museums
Feature Story: AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM 800 Key Highway Baltimore 410-244-1900 avam.org All Things Round: Galaxies, Eyeballs & Karma – This 17th annual, thematic mega-exhibition features over...
View ArticleSizzling Sidewalks: From Waverly to Washington, MidCity Welcomes Dog Days
Events: Think of Tennessee and what comes to mind? Dollywood? Maybe you should think of sidewalk sales. After all, it was such a sale in tiny Waverly that served as the inspiration for the MidCity Dog...
View ArticleBreaking Through the Ceiling: Lesbian-owned businesses are part of the...
Business: For many years, women in business often spoke of the ''glass ceiling,'' that proverbial barrier that only allowed women to rise so far as business owners and executives before being barred...
View ArticleNational LGBT Briefs: Rust Belt Horror, Suspect Sermon And Teen Shabbaton:...
News: Two Women Accused in Pennsylania Killing Of Ex-Girlfriend Testimony at a July 25 preliminary hearing is revealing horrific details in the May 17 murder of Brandy M. Stevens, 20, the Erie...
View ArticleGlobal LGBT Briefs: Lebanon and Language: Gay theater raided in Beirut, while...
News: Beirut Authorities Raid Gay Movie Theater The Box Turtle Bulletin blog is reporting on a July 28 raid of a Beirut cinema reputed to screen gay pornography. According to BTB, plainclothes...
View ArticleLisner Shines Light on HIV/AIDS: Despite obstacles, activists see hope in the...
News: Speaking at ''Return to Lisner,'' a community event held July 24 in the midst of the XIX International AIDS Conference –and serving as both a memorial to those who lost their lives to HIV/AIDS...
View ArticleConstitutional Countdown: New moves add impetus to Supreme Court's date with...
News: On the same day that a federal judge in Connecticut became the latest to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, supporters of California's ban on same-sex marriages petitioned...
View ArticleCops vs. Condoms: Health policies and police need to work together if they...
Opinion: One message emerging from last week's AIDS 2012 conference in Washington was that an AIDS-free generation is within sight, if only we muster the will to do what must be done. But a new report...
View ArticlePlaying Chicken: We may prefer not to have a side of politics with our fast...
Opinion: Based on my television, Web browsing and Facebook feed — the 21st century trinity of staying ''informed'' — the entire world appears to have to collapsed into two categories: the Olympics and...
View ArticleA Queen's Hidden Treasures: A selection of exhibits on permanent display...
Feature Story: 1. Dorothy's Ruby SlippersSmithsonian National Museum of American History 2. Hope Diamond and National Gem CollectionSmithsonian National Museum of Natural History Salon Doré 3. Salon...
View ArticleThe IMAX Factor: When it comes to 60-foot tall IMAX screens, look to the...
Feature Story: Movies are larger than life. When a film is projected onto the big screen, characters become gargantuan to our puny little eyes. They're above us, towering over audiences, asserting...
View ArticleFrom Europe, With Culture: Seven European Exhibits You Should Not Miss
Feature Story: A visit to Europe is certain to satiate any artistic or historical craving you may have. European museums, in particular, are temples to the greatness of its people, not only of their...
View ArticleThe World in Washington: National Geographic Museum puts it all in reach
Feature Story: There is a sort of magical portal at the corner of M and 17th Streets NW. Step away from the street traffic and the noise, and the National Geographic Society welcomes you into exhibits...
View ArticleBuilding Home: The National Building Museum is not your average museum and...
Feature Story: The dog days of summer just may be the best time to check out the many museums Washington has to offer. By this time of year, the tour groups flooding the federal core and vicinity since...
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