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  • Riders Signed Into Law

    On Friday, April 15, President Barack Obama signed the budget bill that averted the government shutdown two weeks ago. In doing so, he issued a...

  • Trying To Tackle Crime

    D.C.'s hate-crime statistics are four-times greater than the national average, according to the local group Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV). In hopes of tackling...

  • Circle Back

    If you've attended Youth Pride in D.C. over the past several years, then you're well acquainted with the grassy green lawn that is P Street...

  • AGLA's Youth Advocacy

    Continuing its ongoing commitment to youth, the Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance will mark a decade of awarding college scholarships in June. During the traditional...

  • Chamber's Stars

    The George Washington University Business Plan Competition, which awards $50,000 annually to students, faculty or alumni, named its 2011 winners last week – and the...

  • Clinic Kudos

    As part of its mission to ''educate a diverse health care workforce'' and improve health services to D.C. residents, the Capital City Area Health Education...

  • Out on the Farm

    It started simply, as these things go. Manhattanites Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge felt the lure of a weekend place in the country, a place...

  • Million Dollar Man

    Lifetime Television used to be the gay man's go-to station. Today -- perhaps even more so than Logo -- that distinction would seem to go...

  • Spring Seediness

    In Russian, the root for both ''red'' and ''beautiful'' is ''kras.'' Some say this aspect of the language evolved out of Russia's notoriously harsh winters,...

  • House Hunting

    For some, spring is not about ''spring cleaning'' your home, but rather about buying a new one. ''A lot of people do like to get...

  • Spiffing Up for Spring

    When we need to center ourselves or achieve a feeling of inner calm, we take a deep breath and slowly let it out. Your home...

  • Saying 'I Do!'

    When Tammy Freeman, a member of the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CAGLCC), and her partner started planning their wedding, she quickly...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: You could just put your head down and your nose to the grindstone. You could follow orders until they stopped coming. You could...

  • Girl's Night In

    Shining like a small but powerful beacon from its quiet corner in Arlington, The American Century Theater continues its extraordinary mission to seek out and...

  • Big Bad Bass

    Matt Boehler photographed at Wolf Trap by Todd Franson ''There's nothing more gay than opera!'' exclaims opera singer Matt Boehler. ''We have fabulous divas wearing...

  • Eating Well

    Take a little music, a dash of theatrics, a pinch of magic and a hefty helping of creative cuisine and wine -- mix it all...

  • The King & Spalding DOMA Gag Rule?

    King & Spalding employees are barred from advocating for the Respect for Marriage Act — the bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act...

  • CNN poll says Americans finally favor legal gay marriage by small majority

    ”Do you think marriages between gay and lesbian couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as...

  • The DOMA Gag Rule?

    All of King & Spalding's employees – lawyers and non-lawyers – are barred from advocating for the Respect for Marriage Act – the bill that...

  • Queerty goes offline: Popular and provocative gay blog shuts down

    ”Some five and a half years ago I launched my second blog, Queerty, after seeing an opening for a new type of LGBT site. It...