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  • Arms and the Man at Constellation

    Director Allison Arkell Stockman instructs her Constellation Theater cast to accentuate the satire by acting in exaggerated fashion in its production of George Bernard Shaw’s...

  • Singin’ in the Rain at the E Street

    The E Street Cinema continues its first-ever “Capital Classics” series this weekend with two very different films. There’s what many consider to be the greatest...

  • Coverboy: Rick

    One of the things that's made Rick happiest is losing himself – literally. Out of high school, the ''fat, funny, gay guy'' decided two out...

  • Building Violation

    Tower Heist is loud, stuffed with famous people, insistent to the point of shamelessness, and oh-so-very obvious. There's no common denominator it can't lower and...

  • Farewell to a Fighter

      (Photo by John Riley)} Hundreds of members of the LGBT community and local civic leaders gathered at the historic Carnegie Library in D.C.'s Mount...

  • Furr Likely To Get Plea Deal

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Worm told D.C. Superior Court Judge Ann O'Regan Keary at a felony status hearing Nov. 4 that the government is close...

  • Nina Ananiashvili at Lisner

    One of the world’s most beloved ballerinas, having danced with the Kirov Theatre, the Royal Danish Ballet, the London Royal Ballet and the New York...

  • Photo Quality

    Things have a way of serendipitously knocking Scott Pasfield off course. Or, perhaps, back on course. In 1994, it was the avalanche out West that...

  • Male Men

    If you head out to the opening exhibit at Vitruvian Gallery, on display through Nov. 19, you're sure to run into Edmund. Certainly you'll pass...

  • Soap Box

    Growing up in a small town in central Florida, Kalup Linzy was obsessed with soap operas. ''In high school, I ran track and watched the...

  • Senate Committee Considers DOMA Repeal Bill, Moves Forward Out Gay Judicial Nominee

    [Photo: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) opens a business committee meeting to consider the Respect for Marriage Act, as well as several judicial...

  • New website offers deals on customized LGBT getaway packages

    Similar to discount providers such as Groupon and LivingSocial, OffTo is a new web-based service devoted entirely to providing deals on customized LGBT-friendly travel in the...

  • An Angry Heart

    Larry Kramer, with his dog Charley, in his Manhattan home (Photo by Chris Geidner) Since the publication of Faggots in 1978, Larry Kramer has been...

  • Look Back in Anger

    If I had to choose the aspect of my own writing I like least, it would be my tendency to delve into optimistic cheerleading. The...

  • Billions of Babies

    Humanity has marked another milestone. We've not gone on to Mars or figured out how to create endless, cheap energy. Rather, our biologically programmed horniness...

  • Montgomery College Adopts LGBT Measures

    Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland, is rolling out a campaign to make the environment at its three campuses more inclusive of LGBT students,...

  • Judge Oetken

    On Thursday, Oct. 27, more than 20 judges of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York assembled in a special session...

  • Sorting Out Solutions

    A group of LGBT people of color and community organizations held a modified town-hall forum Thursday, Oct. 27, to address violence and discrimination against people...

  • Walking for Whitman-Walker

    Rain and snow flurries may have kept some away, but failed to dampen the mood of some 5,000 participants in Washington's 25th Annual AIDS Walk...

  • Queen for a Year

    When it comes to drag, D.C. may not have the recognition of San Francisco or Sydney. But if the Miss Gay America pageant is a...