| Feature Story | Heartfelt | With ''The Normal Heart,'' Arena Stage is putting Patrick Breen and Luke Macfarlane – two out LGBT actors – center stage | Interview by Chris Geidner Photography by Todd Franson |
| News | One Stabbing Suspect Held, Two Released | Judge finds probable cause, issues varying release conditions after defense lawyers grill MPD detective | By John Riley |
| News | Losing Tim Lipka | Sudden death of young Washingtonian shocks DC Gay Flag Football League community | By Will O'Bryan |
| News | DC GOP Adopts Inclusive Platform | Becomes first state GOP delegation to adopt LGBT-inclusive language ahead of Republican National Convention | By John Riley |
| News | Plea Deal Offered to Three in Howard Theatre Stabbing | Preliminary hearing continued to July 9 as defendants' attorneys consider offer | By John Riley |
| News | Diaspora and Disparity | Black AIDS Institute joins other AIDS 2012 participants in challenging HIV/AIDS inequities | By John Riley |
| News | National LGBT Briefs: LULAC, fil-A and Fundraiser | Latino group supports marriage, Equality Matters shares anti-gay numbers, and QSaltLake makes a plea | Compiled by Will O'Bryan |
| News | Global LGBT Briefs: From Sea to Sofia, and State | RSVP makes no Morocco visit, Sofia Pride makes a stand and State Department offers global LGBT fundraising tool | Compiled by Will O'Bryan |
| Film | Stuck | ''Spider-Man'' putters along, only able to get by with what's already worked for its ancestors. It's not fit, so it won't survive. | |
| Opinion | The GOP's Grand Seizure | Tea party tempests and Republican intransigence vs. ACA ruling | By Richard J. Rosendall |
| Business | Serious Business | The AIDS 2012 Conference Means Business for D.C.'s LGBT Community | By Kate Karasmeighan |