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  • Gut Check

    Initially, I was going to use this opportunity to recount my July 4 exercise in acquiescence – filling out my juror application for federal court....

  • Show, Don't Tell

    Tyrese loves roller coasters. He goes to Adventure Park USA from open to close, every weekend. And he does it all alone. Tyrese is gay,...

  • Swimwear Fashion Show [video]

    On Saturday, July 10, Town Danceboutique teamed with Universal Gear to present a Swimwear Fashion Show, displaying the latest in swimsuits, including the Brazilian cut....

  • Surveying Headaches

    The Department of Defense mailed out 400,000 surveys to servicemembers on Wednesday, July 7, with half going to active servicemembers and the other half going...

  • Navigating an Epidemic

    The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) presented its National HIV/AIDS Strategy during a press event at the White House on Tuesday, July...

  • Priming the Primaries

    In one of the peculiarities of the District, the Democratic primary Sept. 14 is largely the local equivalent of what other jurisdictions nationwide will experience...

  • Beating's Good-Bye

    When Francisco J. Martin was mugged in the Shaw neighborhood a month and a half ago, he was not physically assaulted. ''They only took my...

  • Modern Family

    Modern families are funny. There's a sitcom that proves it. But the modern family in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right is more than...

  • Dream State

    Ever had one of those dreams when you couldn't wake up, a dream that seemed to go on forever and ever? Welcome to Inception. At...

  • Camp Celluloid

    ''The first time I ever went out in drag was as Patty Duke. So I have this thing.'' That ''thing'' is why Valley of the...

  • Vocal Glee

    ''I'm really excited about sharing the stage with Marvin Hamlisch,'' says Idina Menzel. ''We might even do a song together. I'm trying to get him...

  • Jolly Holiday

    For every Lion King, there is a Little Mermaid. For every Beauty and the Beast, there is a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. There is perhaps...

  • Lip Service

    Special Agent Galactica is every woman – figuratively. The lip-syncing character whose attire usually entails a pink wig, short dress, heels and subtle makeup, ''channels''...

  • Sand Men

    ''Fire Island, for me, it's the mecca of disco. You read about it in old disco books,'' says Russell Small of the British dance duo...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Nothing is on fire, under fire, or going to be fired. Not in the sense you've imagined. Now you'll want to calm down,...

  • What Would Machiavelli Do?

    Writing about “political fear” and the oft-repeated line that “lected officials and candidates view the gay community as an ATM,” AmericaBlog’s Joe Sudbay posits, “We...

  • Log Cabin Goes to Court

    As others focus on the questions the military is asking troops, Log Cabin Republicans are focused on questions of another type, as the group’s lawsuit...

  • Fergilicious: Black Eyed Peas singer, Fergie, pushes Obama for gay marriage equality

    “Barack Obama? I think that definitely he gave a different perspective on America from other countries. And I think that on foreign relations, he’s really...

  • “Absolutely” No Segregation Being Considered, Pentagon Spokesman Says

    Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell hit back hard on Monday afternoon against the claim alluded to at Talking Points Memo and circulating in the LGBT blogosphere...

  • Gay boys, the FTC has your back: Defunct magazine, XY, cannot sell members’ data

    ”The XY privacy policy is simple, explicit, and clear. Subscribers and members were told that their personal information would not be sold, shared, or given...