| Feature Story | A Royal Outing | A family that dresses up together is silly, happy and queer together | by Cathy Renna |
| Feature Story | Touting Terror | A campfire song is nice, but a ghost story is better | by Will O'Bryan |
| Feature Story | Dressed to Kill | Doing drag once taught me I should never, ever do it again. | by Sean Bugg |
| Feature Story | Batty for Halloween | Essays by Sean ''Bloodbath'' Bugg, Will ''Candyman'' O'Bryan and Cathy ''Paranormal'' Renna | Illustration by Todd ''Fresh from the Grave'' Franson |
| News | Show Your Pride | Capital Pride calls for board nominations | by Will O'Bryan |
| News | Cologne Countdown | Team DC readies to win big at 2010 Gay Games | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Vindicating Gay Veterans | AGLA and SLDN partner to for Veterans Day remembrance | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Time's Up | Immigration inequality forces local man's husband out of the country | by Will O'Bryan |
| News | Questions and Answers | Mayor's office hosts open house to address community concerns on police plans for GLLU | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Elections, Ethics and Arguments | The opposition fires its shots at marriage equality | by Will O'Bryan |
| News | Testy and Tearful | Both sides of the marriage-equality debate offer hours of testimony before the D.C. Council | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Law of the Land | Long-awaited inclusion of LGBT people in hate crimes law becomes reality with Obama's signature | By Lisa Keen Keen News Service |
| Books | The Atwood Anomaly | The acclaimed author comes to Lisner | by Will O'Bryan |
| Film | Parting Glances | Michael Jackson's This Is It is nothing less than a gift to fans, allowing a rare glimpse at Jackson the mortal | by Doug Rule |
| Music | Pop Circus | For his newest album, Mika turns to George Michael for inspiration, while Basement Jaxx releases its best CD yet | by Doug Rule |
| Stage | Masterpieces | Theater J's Lost in Yonkers should be greatly applauded while Adding Machine is an incredible night of theater | by Tom Avila |
| Clublife | Rap Riot | Gay rapper Cazwell is getting noticed beyond his New York nightlife base. | by Doug Rule |
| Opinion | Opportunity for Alliance | Center Field | By Richard J. Rosendall |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | October 29-November 4, 2009 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Events | Earned Wings | Forum Theatre ambitiously tackles an AIDS epic | by Doug Rule |
| Food | Thanksgiving, Easy as Pie | With a little planning and some help from your Friends, pulling off a grand dinner is within anyone's reach | by Will O'Bryan |
| Snapshots | The 2009 17th Street High Heel Race | 17th Street NW, Dupont Circle | Ward Morrison |
| Snapshots | Rainbow History Project's 2009 Community Pioneer Awards | Busboys & Poets | Ward Morrison |
| Snapshots | Miss Hippo Pageant 2009 | Club Hippo | Ward Morrison |