Crowd Rallies in D.C. for Transgender Health: Activists call for competent,...
News: A crowd of more than 100 people rallied at the Columbia Heights Plaza Saturday, March 30, to demonstrate support for equal treatment in health care for transgender individuals, with many local...
View ArticleGenerational Heat: Christian Taboada discusses his televised ''spring break...
TV: ''I didn't think we were going to have to battle with and learn from all these older people,'' says Christian Taboada. ''I didn't know it was spring break with senior citizens.'' That is...
View ArticleFrom the Supreme Court Forward: What Was and What's Next for the Marriage...
Feature Story: When Edith Windsor exited the Supreme Court after nearly two hours of arguments March 27 on the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, a roar erupted among the...
View ArticleMontreal Magic: Alain Jackinsky makes his D.C. debut this Saturday as the...
Clublife: ''Definitely Peter. You can say that's my biggest influence,'' Alain Jackinsky says, referring to the legendary DJ Peter Rauhofer. ''I've been influenced by him since I was a kid.'' That...
View ArticlePerfect Match: Broadway veteran Nancy Opel makes the role of Dolly her own in...
Stage: No, Carol Channing has not returned to Washington in the new revival of Hello, Dolly! Channing has played the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi so many times, including several times in D.C., it's...
View ArticleSewing Discontent: Tazewell Thompson's play about the relationship between...
Stage: Of his Mary T. & Lizzy K., Tazewell Thompson's exploration of the relationship between first lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress Elizabeth Keckly, the playwright states boldly that it...
View ArticleD.C. Allen Makes $25,000 DC Center Donation: Crew Club owner's gift targets...
News: Washington businessman D.C. Allen, owner of 14th Street's Crew Club gay gym and spa, on April 2 announced a donation of $25,000 to The DC Center, the city's LGBT community center, to assist with...
View ArticleSteeple Chasing: More gay faithful may test our community's traditional values
Opinion: There are probably plenty of things you haven't seen until you've seen them done New Orleans style. Taking my husband to the Big Easy last weekend to celebrate his birthday, now I know. Does...
View ArticleTheir Bodies, Their Selves: When it comes to women, some gay men need to...
Opinion: So I was at one of the many gay events where I seem to find myself more and more often these days when I asked a friend of mine, a straight woman, how her evening had been going. After some...
View ArticleCoverboy: Dearl: Model behavior
Coverboy Interview: He might have been born and raised in Baltimore, but Dearl is in a New York state of mind. Dearl travels often between the District and the Big Apple, home to the man he's currently...
View ArticleMark Herring Releases ''Equality Agenda'' for Virginia: State senator running...
News: Virginia state Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun, Fairfax counties), one of two Democrats seeking to become the commonwealth's next attorney general, yesterday released an ''equality agenda'' on...
View ArticleUPDATED: GLAA Asks Two D.C. Council Candidates To Apologize: LGBT...
News: Following an April 8 candidate debate featuring the six candidates running for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council, D.C.'s nonpartisan Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), among the oldest...
View ArticleSenate Star: As America's first gay senator, Tammy Baldwin lights the way
Feature Story: Shattering glass ceilings is becoming routine for Tammy Baldwin. The first out person to serve in the U.S. Senate, Baldwin's résumé consists of a long list of ''firsts.'' In 1993, she...
View ArticleThe Seven Year Itch: Alice Smith proves worthy of a seven-year wait with the...
Music: In 2006 a new indie soul/pop singer-songwriter quickly seduced me with her sophisticated sound and amazing talent -- registering like a more refined Christina Aguilera, and a sultrier Beyoncé....
View ArticleGirlyman's Womanhood: Tylan Greenstein emerges as a ''serious'' rootsy solo...
Music: ''I'm learning so much about myself as an artist, and just learning a lot about singing and performing,'' says Tylan Greenstein. Of course, none of that is new to the 38-year-old, who spent the...
View ArticlePuzzles: ''Trance'' is a sexy, violent revenge fantasy and a letdown from...
Film: I want to like Trance. It's a mostly good-looking movie, with talented actors and a talented crew, all attempting to do something bold within the confines of a story that's seemingly generic....
View ArticleKeen on Keenan: Keenan Orr is one of D.C.'s most versatile DJs, playing every...
Clublife: ''I would get bored, I think, with circuit parties [and] eight-minute-long songs,'' says Keenan Orr. ''I think the closest to a circuit party I'm going to do is Town.'' Orr, who has spun a...
View ArticleThe Stars Come Out: Chamber's annual awards dinners honors leaders of area...
Business: It is time once again for the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to honor those stars who have made a notable impact on LGBT business. Being held April 19 at the luxurious...
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