| Feature Story | MAL 2013 | From contest to camaraderie, Centaur MC presents Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend | By Will O'Bryan, John Riley and Doug Rule Illustration by Linas Garsys |
| Feature Story | Being Frank | Through coming out, AIDS in the '80s and countless leather events, this Mr. MAL has seen plenty | By Doug Rule |
| Feature Story | Riding the Leather Express | Matt Bronson, Mr. MAL 2012, rocketed to the title-holding top in no time | By Will O'Bryan |
| Feature Story | Leather and Feathers | Hoping to expand appeal to a broader audience, The Leather Rack becomes Adam & Eve | By John Riley |
| Feature Story | Two for Tea | New options at this year's MAL include two tea dances | By Doug Rule |
| Feature Story | Event Calendar | Mid-Atlantic Leather 2013 | |
| News | Gay Judge Confirmed by Virginia Legislature | House, Senate vote to confirm Tracy Thorne-Begland as Virginia's first out judge after scuttling nomination in 2012 | By John Riley |
| News | Trans Rights Top Maryland Activists' ''To-Do'' List | Many organizations hoping 2013 session will see the General Assembly pass a gender-identity nondiscrimination bill | By John Riley |
| News | Activists Blast Furr Sentence | DC Trans Coalition and GLOV say punishment devalues transgender people | By John Riley |
| News | Furr Sentenced to Probation, Community Service | Off-duty MPD officer accused of shooting at group including two transgender women receives suspended sentence, credit for time served | By John Riley |
| News | ''Howard Three'' Accept Plea Deal | Three accused of stabbing gay 16-year-old plead guilty to assault and theft charges | By John Riley |
| News | Floyd Lee Corkins Status Conference Continued | Status hearing rescheduled for February after Corkins waives speedy trial rights, asking for 21-day exclusion | By John Riley |
| Art | Art as Politics | Touchstone Gallery offers an Inauguration-inspired group show | By Doug Rule |
| Film | Hunting Bin Laden | ''Zero Dark Thirty,'' Kathryn Bigelow's fearless critique of the War on Terror, digs deep into the moral hazards of torture | By Chris Heller |
| Music | Songs of Sandé | Emeli Sandé understands why gays have been drawn to her | By Doug Rule |
| Stage | Social Contractions | Studio Theatre's short, sharp black comedy Contractions packs an emotional wallop | By Doug Rule |
| Stage | Homeless | WSC Avant Bard loses its resident status at Artisphere | By Doug Rule |
| Opinion | Haggling over Chuck Hagel | For our LGBT community to move forward on equality, we need to be more open to apologies and less concerned with re-fighting the 1990s | By Sean Bugg |
| Opinion | Commitment to a Cure | HIV/AIDS legislation allowed to die in the last Congress must be revived for the 113th | By Kushaba Moses Mworeko |
| Business | Rocking the Chamber | From networking to awards to community outreach, 2012 was a stellar year for CAGLCC | By Ernesto M. Santalla |
| Coverboy Interview | Coverboy: Nigel | As the Mr. DC Eagle soars | Photography by Julian Vankim |