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  • Dressed to Kill

    By on October 28, 2009

    You can learn a lot about other people by trying to be one of them. At least, that's the lesson I learned years ago, the...

  • Touting Terror

    By on October 28, 2009

    Fear bonds people together. So do joy, lust and a number of other extreme emotions. It's just that fear rarely receives its due. Rather, communal...

  • A Royal Outing

    By on October 28, 2009

    Halloween has always been a holiday particularly well celebrated by two groups of people -- the queer community and kids. In the past few years,...

  • Daniel's Choice

    By on October 21, 2009

    Lt. Daniel Choi -- West Point grad, Arabic linguist, platoon leader, Iraq War veteran -- isn't the first soldier to be targeted by the military's...

  • Reel Affirmations 19 (2009)

    By on October 14, 2009

       Thursday, 10/15/2009 7:00 pm An Englishman in New

  • The Road to Washington

    By on October 7, 2009

    LIST OF EVENTS A Weekend of Marching, Dancing, Faith & Action MAP OF THE MARCH Sunday, October 11, noon, from the White House to the...

  • Shelly Bailes, Davis, Calif.

    By on October 7, 2009

    Shelly Bailes Dustin Lance Black. The cast of Hair. Lady Gaga. Between the National Equality March and the HRC National Dinner, D.C. will definitely be...

  • Ebonee Bradford, Atlanta

    By on October 7, 2009

    Ebonee Bradford Most people understand what the phrase ''David versus Goliath'' means. It's unlikely, however, that anybody has lived the meaning of the phrase as...

  • Donaven Green, Columbus, Ohio

    By on October 7, 2009

    Donaven Green Donaven Green, 26, travels often between his home in Columbus, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. -- his boyfriend lives in the District. Still, Green,...

  • Rick Garcia, Chicago

    By on October 7, 2009

    Rick Garcia (Photo by Kat Fitzgerald / Windy City Times) Rick Garcia is not attending the Equality March as the political director of Equality Illinois,...

  • Marina Gomberg, Salt Lake City

    By on October 7, 2009

    Marina Gomberg When Cleve Jones spoke at Salt Lake City's Utah Pride Fest in June, calling for another march on Washington for GLBT equality, the...

  • Dimas Natividad, Albuquerque, N.M.

    By on October 7, 2009

    Dimas Natividad Dimas Natividad has never been to Washington before. But that's not to say he's not interested in politics. At 19, the sophomore student...

  • Tobias Packer, Miami

    By on October 7, 2009

    Tobias Packer Florida has a reputation. Two, actually. The glamorous one involves the miles of sizzling beaches, the excruciatingly hip South Beach and the final...

  • Stuart Wilber, Seattle

    By on October 7, 2009

    Stuart Wilber At 71, Stuart Wilber may be of retirement age. But put away your brochures for age-restricted golfing communities or shuffleboard tournaments -- he's...

  • Lisa Wojehowski, Monroe, N.Y.

    By on October 7, 2009

    Lisa Wojehowski Lisa Wojehowski says it's her duty as a young, straight person to stand up for other people's rights. ''What I always say to...