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  • The Name of Life

    By on February 18, 2004

    It's tempting to present Name All The Animals, the new memoir by Alison Smith, as a series of suggestive clichés. Imagine Catholic schoolgirls in plaid...

  • Truly Yours

    By on February 11, 2004

    Dear Lena, I'm a 51-year-old male. I do not look my age, so I am told. I am average looking, but I don't consider myself...

  • Iron Jawed Angels

    By on February 11, 2004

    The history geek in me beamed with nerdy delight when I learned HBO was making a movie about Alice Paul, feminist hero and resident bad-ass...

  • History's Witness

    By on February 11, 2004

    Looking Over the President's Shoulder, a one-man show about the first African-American chief butler at the White House, brims with ironies. From 1931 to 1953,...

  • Times Two

    By on February 11, 2004

    It's nearly Valentine's Day. Love is in the air. Couples walk hand-in-hand down the street. Flowers and candy flow like water. But take heart all...

  • Boston Marriage

    By on February 11, 2004

    Amid all the hubbub about a certain exposed breast last week, something more spectacular than even Janet Jackson's elaborate nipple jewelry flashed before the public...

  • Winter's Wonders

    By on February 4, 2004

    Baby, it's cold outside. And inside. Especially in Pine City, Minnesota, the fictional town where playwright Craig Wright loves to frame his eccentric, involved stories...

  • Hearsay

    By on February 4, 2004

    Superbowl Sunday is a good reason to get good and drunk ... What's a goal line when there are breasts to be bared? ... Collectively...

  • Sliding Scales

    By on February 4, 2004

    Since December, clients receiving medical health services from the Lesbian Services Program at Whitman-Walker Clinic have been required to pay a fee for their care,...

  • Body Language

    By on February 4, 2004

    Like fellow gay icon Madonna, Kylie Minogue is a master of reinvention, borrowing heavily from the latest trends in an ongoing quest to stay musically...

  • Outing the Ex

    By on January 28, 2004

    ''It would be really easy for me to blast the ex-gay ministry hard, '' says Peterson Toscano of his one-man show Doin' Time in the...

  • Golden Age

    By on January 28, 2004

    Why did Shakespeare name his play Henry IV, Part 1 after the King when the entire play revolves around the actions, deeds, and ultimately the...

  • DCBiWomen

    By on January 28, 2004

    Members of DCBiWomen Mission: Create an accepting, encouraging environment for bisexual women regardless of the gender of their partner or what they are looking for,...

  • Reach Your Goals

    By on January 28, 2004

    Well, it's been almost a month since you made those New Year's resolutions. And if you're like most Americans, finding a new job and getting...

  • Just My Type

    By on January 28, 2004

    Homophobia lurks where you least expect it. I am a human being. I am susceptible to Internet addictions, including fixations on certain pastimes like the...