Paquita Wiggins Paquita Wiggins feeds off of adversity. Even before the 31-year-old Chicago native came out as a lesbian, she was advocating for gay equality...
When I was 7, my family was in Ireland during the St. Patrick's Day weekend. We went to Blarney Castle and I ate my first...
The year 2008 was a good one for recorded pop music, though not as great as it could or should have been, and most of...
On Dec. 16, Whitman-Walker Clinic, founded in 1973 as a gay men's STD clinic and today serving a diverse population of clients while maintaining GLBT...
The recently re-formed Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) is ending a seemingly violent 2008 with a commitment from Mayor Adrian Fenty to meet with...
A birthday is a good time to stop and take stock of one's situation. How's the body- The career- The relationships- And so on. Thinking...
I wasn't sure that I'd be able to come up with a list for best shows of 2008. I'm not going to get all dramatic...
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When the credits started to roll, did you jump to your feet and applaud or storm the box office and demand your money back- In...
Heavenly Round-Up: You want to be good, but you're dreading the dreary and grim circumstances that wreath appropriate behavior patterns. Resolve to be firm in...
What's that saying about playing the champagne flute and swallowing the bubbles- Regardless, with New Year's Eve upon us, it's time for some bubbly. Whether...
You can ring in the New Year at any bar in town, but if you have champagne dreams, you wanna go where the party is....
”I can understand if they’re filtering out profanity, but if feel like it’s discrimination. By blocking a word like ‘gay,’ which is a preferred term...
D.C.’s main gay Latin party Fuego just keeps churning out the heat years after it started. Now, in addition to its weekly Friday event, there’s...
”Every Inauguration holds special significance, but the swearing-in of Barack Obama as president marks a turning point in American history. It’s a privilege to have...