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All About the Money: ''American Hustle'' and ''Wolf of Wall Street'' both...
Film: American Hustle is of and about bullshit. Director David O. Russell soaks in it, drenching his movie with scams so shrewd it's tough to tell the suckers from the schemers. Is the mafia getting...
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Drag Parade: Stars from RuPaul's Drag Race to sashay at the 9:30 Club
Clublife: Nearly everyone who's become anyone off of the Logo show RuPaul's Drag Race will appear at the 9:30 Club next Tuesday, Jan. 14, for RuPaul's Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons. Sharon Needles,...
View ArticleVirginia General Assembly's LGBT Agenda: Lawmakers from both parties...
News: The Virginia General Assembly kicked off its 2014 session Wednesday, Jan. 8, with legislators from both parties introducing bills that could positively impact LGBT people, including a push for...
View ArticleFeatured Partner: FIT D.C.:
Video: FIT is one of Washington, D.C.'s premier personal training gyms. They're located at 1633 Q Street NW, downstairs. Visit their website at fit-dc.com or call them at 202-255-7814. Find out how...
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Maryland To Recognize Utah Gay Marriages: AG Doug Gansler cites his 2010...
News: Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler (D) announced Friday that Maryland will recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in Utah between the time the U.S. District Court for Utah found the...
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McAuliffe Fulfills LGBT Campaign Promise: First executive order of Virginia's...
News: Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) was sworn into office in Richmond on Saturday, sparking hope among equal-rights advocates that his position as an LGBT ally may foster incremental changes to Virginia's...
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My Old Virginia Home: Cuccinelli flips a final bird to gays as McAuliffe...
Opinion: This week in Richmond saw the inauguration of Terry McAuliffe as Virginia's governor and the start of a new Virginia political era: "At Least It's Not the Other Guy." Yes, that seems like low...
View ArticleMcBride Gets 10 Years for Non-fatal Attack on Transgender Woman: Five years...
News: A Washington man who pleaded guilty in October to a charge of aggravated assault while armed for stabbing a transgender woman last June was sentenced late last week to 10 years in prison. In...
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Mizeur Wins More Endorsements: Women's groups the latest to endorse out...
News: Heather Mizeur, the Montgomery County delegate seeking to become the first female governor of Maryland – and first out lesbian governor of any state – on Monday earned the endorsement of two...
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Blowoff Bows Out: Rich Morel and Bob Mould's nationally popular bear dance...
Clublife: Did Rich Morel and Bob Mould come to blows a few months back? Is that why the Blowoff this Saturday, Jan. 18, is the last one? "There's no dirt. There's no feud or anything like that," Morel...
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Fashion Forward: Maybe Miranda Priestly and The Chamber do have a little in...
Business: In The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly is quick to correct Emily No. 2 when she dared to say she did not care about fashion. She traced the color of her frumpy cerulean sweater from...
View ArticleMAL 2014 Calendar of Events: Mid-Atlantic Leather 2014
Feature Story: The host hotel for the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend is the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. Events marked with an asterisk are official,...
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Remembering Jim Raymond: Leather community shaken by death of longtime friend...
Feature Story: As the Centaur MC's Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend unfolds, many taking part will have Jim Raymond in their thoughts. A Centaur and a longtime fixture in the community well regarded as a...
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A Helper's Heart: Meet Mr. DC Eagle 2014, Ramien Pierre
Feature Story: ''For a long time,'' Ramien Pierre says, ''I would surreptitiously look at leather images, watch leather porn and follow it on the Internet.'' In other words, he enjoyed leather -- but...
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Where Leather Meets Levity: For 35 years, the Highwaymen TNT have forged...
Feature Story: As dependable as cherry blossoms in spring, Washington is once again ready to welcome the Centaur Motorcycle Club's Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, Jan. 17 to 20. And 2014 is a big year,...
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Sounds of Silence: Far more than a play about being deaf, Tribes explores...
Stage: He's not gay, but members of the LGBT community will identify straightaway with the character Billy in Studio Theatre's arresting production of Nina Raine's Tribes. From the way he intuitively...
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French Toast: The InSeries and Washington Ballet salute French songs in a new...
Dance: On the surface you might not expect a collaboration between the InSeries's Carla Hubner -- originally from Chile -- and the Washington Ballet's Septime Webre -- of Cuban descent -- to result in...
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Leather's Superheroes: Anthony Dortch celebrates several local leathermen in...
Art: "When you get all these men together, and they stand in these power stances," Anthony Dortch Jr. says, "all I think of is, 'Wow, this is like the new X-Men.'" And for his new portrait series...
View ArticleMisdirection: Trickery may color ''truth,'' but facts are facts
Opinion: The popular inability to distinguish fantasy from reality is not a new phenomenon. Snake-oil salesmen have long relied upon their marks' eagerness to believe in magical elixirs. But even...
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Marvin's Room: Marissa McGowan joins the BSO in tribute to late composer and...
Concert: ''It was very heartbreaking for our whole company.'' Marissa McGowan is recalling the 2012 death of storied American composer Marvin Hamlisch. ''He meant so much to everyone.'' At the time,...
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