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  • A Charming Pride

    By on June 23, 2011

    Last Saturday, June 18, Baltimore may have seen its last Pride block party at its traditional Mount Vernon location. If that turns out to be...

  • Grand Slam [video]

    By on June 23, 2011

    The Washington Nationals pulled off a historic 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners with a bottom-of-the-ninth home run that brought fans to their feet. But...

  • A Capital Pride

    By on June 16, 2011

    Mother Nature, always the wild card for D.C.'s many outdoor events, looked as though she were going to insert herself into the story of this...

  • Play Ball!

    By on June 9, 2011

    Once upon a time, there was a section of the Anacostia waterfront that thrived with businesses catering to the gay community. In 2006, those businesses...

  • Out on the Field

    By on June 9, 2011

    Don't be late for Night Out at the Nationals. The festivities begin before the first pitch, and include a host of LGBT notables. Team DC...

  • Extra Outings

    By on June 9, 2011

    This year Team DC's ''Night Out'' makes a leap beyond baseball, hosting three other Night Out events, beginning with the July 21 Night Out at...

  • The Ringleader

    By on June 2, 2011

    Robert O'Hara, the 41-year-old playwright whose latest work, Bootycandy, is having its world premiere run at Washington's Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, is very familiar with...

  • Holliday's Road

    By on May 26, 2011

    When you hear Jennifer Holliday launch into her signature song, ''And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going,'' with the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington...

  • Gentle Ben

    By on May 18, 2011

    It's likely the fantasy of many gay men. In a New York City hotel room, Ben Cohen, 32, is fresh from the shower. Sorry, gents,...

  • The 2011 Next Generation Awards

    By on May 11, 2011

    Every generation builds on the accomplishments of those who came before. The rights we enjoy today were secured by the work of the generation before...

  • The 2011 Next Generation Awards Panel

    By on May 11, 2011

    The Next Generation Award winners are chosen from community nominations by a panel of local LGBT leaders. The 2011 Next Generation Awards selection panelists are:...

  • Gregory Cendana

    By on May 11, 2011

    In no small way being taunted growing up in Sacramento, Calif., inspired Gregory Cendana to activism. ''Even though I wasn't out in elementary and middle...

  • Victoria Kirby

    By on May 11, 2011

    Ralph Ellison wrote The Invisible Man as a novel exploring the narrator's sense of social invisibility as an African-American man of the early 20th century....

  • Daniel Fredrick O'Neill

    By on May 11, 2011

    ''It's a sobering thought, how affected our community still is – whether it's preventable in a lot of ways or not,'' says Daniel Fredrick O'Neill...

  • Sadie Ryanne Vashti

    By on May 11, 2011

    It was just before Christmas of last year that Sadie Ryanne Vashti sent an email to her mother asking if she could return home to...