Equity Rising: D.C.-based International Federation of Black Prides announces...
News: The International Federation of Black Prides, an organization sprouted from the 1999 D.C. Black Pride event and today encompassing dozens of groups, announced Thursday evening that the federation...
View ArticleMontgomery Indictment Expected by Next Month: Man accused of killing Deoni...
News: Government prosecutors say they expect Gary Niles Montgomery, a 55-year-old homeless man accused of fatally stabbing Deoni Jones, a transgender woman, to be indicted within the next month on a...
View ArticleCoverboy: Tim: Multi-Talented Marylander
Coverboy Interview: ''Balance'' might be the word that first comes to mind when talking about our latest Coverboy. Born and raised in Pasadena, Md., 19-year-old Tim has his fingers in both the medical...
View ArticleWashington Brothers Trial Begins: Pair accused of assaulting lesbians in July...
News: Monday, Oct. 15, featured jury selection, opening arguments and cross-examination of the government's first two witnesses in the case against brothers Christian and Dalonte Washington, who are...
View ArticleWeekend of Awards: Us Helping Us and The DC Center roll out the honors
News: It was a busy weekend for Ron Simmons, president and CEO of Us Helping Us, People Into Living (UHU), the D.C. organization working to improve the health of black gay men and reduce the impact of...
View ArticleGallaudet President Says He Wants McCaskill To Return: Tuesday statement...
News: Gallaudet University President Alan Hurwitz this morning defended his decision to place an employee on administrative leave after it was revealed she signed a petition to subject Maryland's...
View ArticleGLAA and Stein Ready for Races: With endorsements and ratings, LGBT groups...
News: When it comes candidates courting LGBT votes, the District enjoys an abundance of office seekers and incumbents. Several candidates running for political office tested their mettle before the...
View ArticleFueling Maryland's Marriage Fight: Cash, outreach and rallies for Question 6...
News: With less than three weeks before Election Day, Nov. 6, both sides in the fight over Question 6, the referendum to decide whether Maryland's recently passed marriage-equality law will go into...
View ArticleObama and Romney Get Passes on LGBT Questions: Despite the ongoing battles...
Opinion: One thing we learned on Tuesday night — or relearned, since every election cycle of the past 20 years has taught the same lesson — is that our two major political parties have distinct and...
View ArticleJury Delivers Split Verdict in Washington Brothers Trial: Christian...
News: A D.C. Superior Court jury earlier today found Christian Washington guilty of one count of threats to do bodily harm and one count of simple assault, both with bias enhancements, for his role in...
View ArticleMcCaskill Featured in Ad Against Question 6: Gallaudet diversity officer's...
News: Angela McCaskill, the chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University who was placed on paid administrative leave for signing a petition calling for a referendum on Maryland's marriage-equality...
View ArticleGhost Story: The Athenaeum hosts events honoring Old Town's ghosts
Events: Catherine Aselford and her colleagues occasionally hear eerie, unidentifiable sounds while working out of Old Town Alexandria's Athenaeum. No one's sure who, or what, exactly is haunting the...
View ArticleChill Threads: Fall Fashion Special 2012
Feature Story: Bloomingdale’sJacket - Burberry $695Hoodie - Michael Kors $295Shirt - Ralph Lauren $89.50Pants - Joe’s Jeans $158 Universal GearJacket - Premium Lounge $199.50Sweater - Universal Gear...
View ArticleFunny Mann: Aimee Mann isn't as dour as her music may lead you to believe
Music: For the record, Aimee Mann doesn't do windows. That's despite what you may have seen on Portlandia. In the IFC sketch comedy show, the rocker Mann plays herself as an employee of a housecleaning...
View ArticleRose Colored: Cabaret act Amanda McBroom owes her career to Bette Midler
Music: ''I always say I'm the president of the Bette Midler Changed My Life Club,'' jokes Amanda McBroom, who early in her career wrote ''The Rose.'' That 1980 song would earn McBroom a Golden Globe...
View ArticleBabs Is Back: Barbra Streisand offers a compilation of first-rate outtakes,...
Music: Barbra Streisand sounds as great and glorious as she did in her heyday on her new offering, Release Me. Of course, that's because most of her vocals here were recorded in her heyday – outtakes...
View ArticleDishonor Above All: The genre-blending ''Dishonored'' delivers an...
Games: In a world dominated by tightly scripted first-person shooters, rigidly focused platformers and set-piece sandbox games, boundaries are a frequent occurrence and annoyance for the modern gamer....
View ArticleAlmost Like Clockwork: Scena's gung-ho production of ''A Clockwork Orange''...
Stage: Anthony Burgess came to loathe so intensely the one piece of literature he's best known for, a few years before he died he created a musical adaptation of it. A Clockwork Orange: The Musical –...
View ArticleVictory Fund Eager for Election Day: Organization sees a chance to double gay...
News: The morning of Nov. 7 could be a very good day at the downtown D.C. office of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. Having wrapped up federal, state and local endorsements earlier this month,...
View ArticleSo Long, Sihanouk: Cambodia's king was many things, including an early...
Opinion: Monday, Oct. 15, was Cambodian ''King-Father'' Norodom Sihanouk's last day on this mortal plain. It's okay, don't be sad. He was 89, after all. His life was also full, to say the least, though...
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