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  • In Phase

    The recent juggernaut of alternative offerings in the nation's capital -- from Art in Heat to the Fringe Festival -- shows no sign of stopping....

  • Harnessing Sexual Energy

    While music moves people in primal ways, there is, arguably, nothing more primal than a person's sex drive. The organizers of Phase Fest are acknowledging...

  • Katastrophe

    THERE WEREN'T TOO many people to look up to in mainstream media while growing up as female-to-male transgender, recalls Katastrophe. The 27-year-old native of the...

  • K. Love the Infinite

    IT'S NOT JUST about the music, says Kaye Love, the 27-year-old lesbian rapper who performs as K. Love the Infinite.''I feel like I have a...

  • Alex Voegele

    FOR THE LONGEST time, Alex Voegele had no idea she could sing. It was only after her post-high school indie band, for which Voegele played...

  • Odd Girl Out

    DESPITE THE FACT that she's the drummer, Bethany Petr from Odd Girl Out wrote all of the songs on the band's debut album, Hurry Up...

  • Citizen Nick

    With a foundation built on journalism and baseball, Nicholas F. Benton's start in life was nothing if not all-American. At 7, he got the scoop...

  • The Bears Are Coming

    Chris Wilkins didn't really plan on becoming a bear -- much less the president of the D.C. Bear Club. '''Accidentally' is the word for it,''...

  • 2007 Bear Invasion

    With three days of events, the D.C. Bear Invasion has a lot in store. Registration is open on the Web at www.bearinvasion.com for $110 --...

  • Simon Says

    Simon Aronoff remembers being a child who would go to sleep with an expectation of waking up in a boy's body, rather than the female...

  • Fringe Benefits

    Jonathan Padget (right) Jonathan Padget knows his way around the Washington theater scene. Having spent a number of years as a former Metro Weekly staff...

  • Fringe Factor

    IF YOU WANT TO MOVE into D.C. and lobby from K Street, glad-hand on behalf of Rep. So-and-So from any given Springfield, or save the...

  • Camp Out

    Ah, summer, the season most attuned to the coming of age of the all-American boy -- even the all-American gay boy. And what's more representative...

  • Boys and Balls

    As summer-camp memories go, mine are scant. I've settled for the vicarious pleasure of listening to my gay pal, Mike, share his memories of charmed...

  • Campastrophic: Of Moonwalks, Musicals and Mishkuntas

    July 20, 1969, nighttime. Crickets are chirping. A warm breeze gently sifts through the trees, rustling the leaves. A small, black-and-white TV emits a glow...