Mizeur Announces Coates as Running Mate: Hitting on progressive themes, the...
News: Maryland Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.) officially announced her selection of the Rev. Delman Coates as her running mate in her bid to become Maryland's first female governor and...
View ArticleTrial Begins for 2012 Barracks Row Stabbing: Marine takes the stand in murder...
News: The trial of Michael Poth, a former Marine accused of fatally stabbing fellow Marine Philip Bushong following an altercation involving the yelling of anti-gay epithets in the Barracks Row...
View ArticleCreigh Deeds Stabbed, in Critical Condition: Virginia state senator, LGBT...
News: Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath, Alleghany, Rockbridge, Nelson, Albemarle counties, Covington, Lexington, Buena Vista, Charlottesville), a longtime legislative ally to the LGBT...
View ArticleFundraising for the Philippines: Local man organizing Friday fundraiser at...
News: D.C. LGBT clubgoers will have the chance to donate to a cause larger than themselves this Friday, Nov. 22, at Cobalt. Andrei Smith is organizing a fundraiser to benefit the victims of Typhoon...
View ArticleAngela Peoples, Supporting Slate Win at Stein: Relative newcomer beats...
News: Angela Peoples, the current vice president for political and legislative affairs for the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's main LGBT political organization, won her bid to become...
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Mary Cheney Gets Contrary: But why shed a tear for her when she never cared...
Opinion: It's hard being the family gay. When you're the first in your family to come out — meaning the active choice to live your life openly to your family, rather than pretend to be a confirmed...
View ArticleEvan Glass Launches Montgomery Co. Council Race: Silver Spring resident would...
News: A Silver Spring man seeking to become the first openly gay person elected to the Montgomery County Council announced his candidacy for the Council's 5th District seat Wednesday, making him the...
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Hungering for More: Subtext is the real star of Fire, though it's too often...
Film: The mood of a franchise film matters. Consider the effect it can have on character, story and purpose. What would Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy be without its suffocating gloom? Try to...
View ArticleHoliday Blue Notes: Season's greetings fit for Baldwin and Buchanan
Opinion: The holidays are approaching, but events are making it hard to get in the festive spirit. Not only is a friend spamming me with polls showing that Obama is finished (I answer by agreeing that...
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Magic To Do: Tony-winner Patina Miller comes to sing at the Kennedy Center
Stage: Of all the adjectives you could use to describe Beaches, the maudlin movie from 1988 starring Bette Midler as C.C. Bloom, it's doubtful ''inspiring'' would be one. And yet inspiring is exactly...
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Southern Man: This ensemble piece of a family in emotional vivisection is...
Stage: In an extraordinary combination, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Appropriate is funny, unflinchingly honest, and awful in the best possible way. Somewhere in the neighborhood of Tracy Lett's August:...
View ArticleJolly Holidays: Previewing the many holiday performances on tap this season
Events: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and right now every arts organization and venue in the Washington area is gearing up to offer shows and events -- many, many shows and events, to an...
View ArticleWalling Wins Victory Fund Endorsement: Out candidate for Maryland House of...
News: Kevin Walling, the out gay man running for Maryland's 16th District in the House of Delegates, has been endorsed by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, the organization whose goal it is to help...
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Fixtivus: The Fix-It Holiday Gift Guide for the Rest of the Year
Feature Story: It's been a hard-knock life for us here in Capital City. From the government shutdown to "Obamacare" and even Miley Cyrus, everything just seems broken. To help right some wrongs this...
View ArticleD.C. Marks Transgender Day of Remembrance: While honoring transgender victims...
News: More than a hundred District activists, members of the LGBT community and others rallied at the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, Nov. 20, to mark the...
View ArticleTalking Transmission: Panel explores high HIV rates among young gay and...
News: A panel of LGBT advocates specializing in health and social welfare, moderated by MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, met Thursday, Nov. 21, as part of a webcast briefing for gay media on what can be done to...
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Virginia Caucuses Continue Through Saturday: At different ends of the state,...
News: Despite regional differences between the Tidewater and Northern Virginia exurbs, Democrats and Republicans – so far – seem to be adopting a traditional ''red-blue'' divide when it comes to LGBT...
View ArticleCertification Gives Herring Virginia AG Win: As LGBT-ally Democrat claims...
News: The Virginia State Board of Elections today certified Democrat Mark Herring as the winner in the commonwealth's attorney general race, giving Herring, an LGBT-supportive candidate, a narrow...
View ArticleCAP Releases LGBT Detainee Report: Immigration experts share insights on...
News: Four days before Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, an audience at the downtown D.C. headquarters of the Center for American Progress (CAP) listened to a story that would likely make anyone thankful not to...
View ArticleStand Up, Write Back: One activist's invitation for others to join her in...
Opinion: There is something electric about being in an LGBTQ space. The spark, the sizzle of energy, compassion and willingness to both question and listen fills the air. Though I grew up in a...
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