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View ArticleLGBT Groups React to Thomas Resignation: Councilmember Orange holds Ward 5...
News: Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (D), generally perceived as an ally to the District's LGBT community, resigned from the council late in the evening, Saturday, Jan. 5, as expected, following...
View ArticleAbsent Update: News Analysis: Obama's position on marriage has been stalled...
News: ''I have no updates for you on the president's position on same-sex marriage.'' White House press secretary Jay Carney said the words with exasperation in his voice. President Barack Obama (Photo...
View ArticleReview: Corman's World: A new documentary celebrates the legendary filmmaker...
Film: If Jack Nicholson and Martin Scorsese trash a director's films, saying that ''nobody was trying to make them good,'' or that ''taste was out of the question,'' odds are that the guy won't last...
View ArticleHoroscope: January 12-18, 2012
Horoscope: Heavenly Round-Up: What's that up ahead? The big, suddenly noticeable thing you've never seen before in your life? Isn't it funny how one second you're all alone and on your own, and the...
View ArticleArtful Porn: Glenn Fry's Vitruvian Gallery exhibit traces the early evolution...
Art: When is porn art? When is an art gallery a back room? The answer to both questions is now – at least as conceived by the Vitruvian Gallery. That's especially true this weekend, when the Capitol...
View ArticleBooze Cruise: Crystal City lures you to its walkways with wine and beer
Dining: ''Last year, people showed up in tennis shoes,'' chuckles Angie Fox. ''They really took it seriously.'' Fox is talking about the first annual 1K Wine Walk organized by her organization, the...
View ArticleReview: The Religion Thing: Renee Calarco's ''The Religion Thing'' is a very...
Stage: Theater J's The Religion Thing centers on two couples. But, as that bland title suggests, the show's primary focus is on faith. Is faith the cure-all for whatever ails you? Is it all just a...
View ArticleReview: Time Stands Still: After watching Donald Margulies's stunning play,...
Stage: ''Happy trails.'' ''Be careful!'' Two ways to say goodbye to someone – one playful and lighthearted, the other cautionary and concerned. Time Stands Still Those are also the last two lines...
View ArticleGrading Mayor Gray: Despite low citywide ratings, mayor's administration gets...
News: It's been a rough year for Mayor Vincent Gray. One year into his first term, he's been plagued by negative headlines. Members of his administration have been the subjects of a federal...
View ArticleLeather in the Lead: Whatever your conventions, you have kinship with the...
Opinion: There's an axiom of which I never grow tired: Perspective is everything. I think I'm an ethical person; others would cast me into the pits of hell for my homosexual abomination. Cross a...
View ArticleFriendly Fire: Don't mistake comments on imaginary gay sons and friends for a...
Opinion: ''Some of my best friends are [fill in the blank]'' is deservedly one of the most mocked phrases in the English language, given that it always leads those of us who often fill in that blank to...
View ArticleLeather Nights: Mid-Atlantic Leather 2012: Dances and Parties
Feature Story: It's not just your imagination – there is more leather and fetish nightlife during this year's Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend than ever before. ''Years ago, MAL was sacrosanct,'' says...
View ArticleSexy Edge: Mid-Atlantic Leather 2012: DJ Quentin Harris
Feature Story: You might say dance-music singer Ultra Naté proposed to Quentin Harris. ''We went into the studio and started working [on what] at first was going to be Ultra's album,'' Harris explains....
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Feature Story: The heyday of biker gangs and leather daddies is so 1970s. While leather, boots and a jockstrap used to be de rigueur attire for Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend, chances are you'll see more...
View ArticleLeather Heart, Warm Heart: Mid-Atlantic Leather 2012: BHT's charitable giving
Feature Story: As the director of development for Charlie's Place at St. Margaret's, local folk-singer favorite Tom Goss has to keep his eye on the dollars that help D.C.'s homeless. And he's got...
View ArticleExercising Judgment: MAL 2012: Mr. MAL Judges
Feature Story: We're often told to judge not, lest we be judged by others. Perhaps it's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. In this case, it's the impressive lineup of judges who will choose Mr....
View ArticleMr. MAL 2011's Three D's: MAL 2012: Doug Pamplin
Feature Story: What a year it's been, and Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2011 Doug ''D'' Pamplin couldn't be happier. From his base in Pittsburgh, Pamplin has taken the title far and wide representing MAL,...
View ArticleThe Great Hall: MAL 2012: Centaur MC's Exhibit Vendors
Feature Story: The Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend's Exhibit Hall is a beast all its own. It's where the leather and kink diehards cross paths with the weekend's spectators. Once upon a time, any curious...
View ArticleTop Gear: D.C.'s leather community is busting out for Mid-Atlantic Leather's...
Feature Story: If you've picked up the scent of leather, it's not coming from the reins of a horse-drawn carriage – at least not till D.C. gets a serious amount of snow. That heady vapor is coming from...
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