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| Feature Story | The Year in Review 2005 | A look back at the events that highlighted GLBT lives in Washington, DC and around the world | By Sean Bugg, Will O'Bryan and Randy Shulman |
| Feature Story | The Big Picture | 2005 Year in Review: National and world gay news events included disaster donations, conservative Supreme Court nominees and new Pope, Washington state sex scandals, Middle East arrests, and more | |
| Feature Story | Mixed Media | 2005 Year in Review: Sponge Bob, Jeff Gannon, Ford Motor Company, and Maya Keyes grabbed controversial headlines, while gay media companies merged | |
| Feature Story | Homefront | 2005 Year in Review: DC GLBT service providers experienced budget concerns, gay venues faced obstructions, VA and DC had mixed results on gay marriage, plus more local developments | |
| Feature Story | Health Matters | 2005 Year in Review: Crytal Meth and super STDs were widely reported to have struck the gay community | |
| Feature Story | Holy Matrimony | 2005 Year in Review: Gay marriages were approved and banned, while straight celebrities made a mockery of theirs | |
| Feature Story | Bats and Balls | 2005 Year in Review: DC Stadium Development Ends an Era of Gay Nightlife | |
| Feature Story | Best of the Last Word 2005 | 2005 Year in Review: 12 of the year's most notable GLBT-related quotes | |
| Feature Story | Dearly Departed | 2005 Year in Review: In Memoriam | |
| News | The Pink Past | Five years on, Rainbow History Project collects, preserves and promotes D.C.'s GLBT history | by Will O'Bryan |
| News | Bashing the Ban | Nightlife and restaurant supporters rally against legislation to prevent smoking in DC workplaces | by Will O'Bryan |
| Film | Cinema Magic | The best films of the year were truly transcendental, while the worst were all of the flushable variety | by Randy Shulman |
| Music | High (and Low) Notes | From the brilliance of Offer Nissim to the drudgery of Daft Punk, the year in music had plenty of highs and lows | by Doug Rule |
| Stage | Stage Presents | Ford's Theater hit a high note, while Arena, Signature, Studio, Round House and Woolly all had major triumphs | by Jolene Munch |