| Feature Story | Principles and Pragmatism | The Dallas Principles offer a ''No Delay, No Excuses'' roadmap to GLBT equality | by Will O'Bryan Photography by Todd Franson |
| News | Hiring Help | DC Center offers new help for locals seeking labor | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Executive Exchange | White House reception honors Stonewall anniversary | by Yusef Najafi Photography by Ward Morrison |
| News | Servicemembers' Milestone | Largest organization of gay veterans opens D.C. headquarters | by Yusef Najafi Photography by Todd Franson |
| Film | Guns and Roses | Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger as a cocky, cool criminal that is the very definition of hubris and sexy swagger | by Tim Plant |
| Music | D.C. Power Pop | Dance Party's pop-drenched rock inspires you to have fun, while Hotspur releases an immediately captivating album | by Doug Rule |
| Stage | Russian Jewry | Theater J's Ari Roth has ever-so-slightly tweaked Chekhov's 'The Seagull' to make it explicitly, inherently Jewish | by Doug Rule |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | July 2-8, 2009 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Snapshots | Nellie's Sports Bar | Nellie's Sports Bar | Ward Morrison |
| Snapshots | Bear Happy Hour | Cobalt / 30 Degrees | Ward Morrison |