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  • Glamourpusses

    If, since hearing about Studio Theatre's decision to mount a new production of Legends! starring James Lecesne and John Epperson (aka Lypsinka) in the leading...

  • True Blues

    Just the thought of it makes you dubious. Cyndi Lauper producing a blues album? Oh sure, the all-covers Memphis Blues, her 11th studio set, follows...

  • Lube Alarm

    While working the night shift at the Pleasure Place near Dupont Circle, Janea Kelly often fields questions from customers regarding the small shelf of lubricants...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: You may already be a winner, and just don't know it. What happened two weeks ago to radically change how you will live...

  • Mainstage Moments [video]

    The Capital Pride Festival Mainstage is always a delightful, energetic melting pot of local and regional talent and national acts. More than 2 dozen acts...

  • Rehabbed Eminem approves of gay marriage, sort of

    ”I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if...

  • Limited Leave (Updated)

    Changes to be announced tomorrow, June 23, regarding expansion of family-leave benefits for gay and lesbian families will be limited to an expansion for individuals...

  • E-mails reveal a little of Elena Kagan’s views on gay-related issues

    In a spring 2005 e-mail, an Air Force representative said he had been “assured” that Harvard Law School would resume sponsoring military recruiters the next...

  • DC Cowboys: Lady Gaga medley [video]

    The DC Cowboys lose their shirts and step up their moves to a medley of Lady Gaga hits on the Capital Pride Festival mainstage, Sunday,...

  • News Analysis: Case Closed

    ''The case is submitted.'' With those four words, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ended a trial that began in January for a case that...

  • The Wright Stuff [video]

    Chely Wright, the first major country music star to come out as gay, took the Capital Pride Festival stage on Sunday, June 13, to find...

  • Parading Our Pride [video]

    For its 35th birthday, D.C. Capital Pride got a special present -- the largest Pride Parade in the event's history. With more than 175 contingents,...

  • Virginia Man Missing

    A 31-year-old gay man from Spotsylvania, Va., has been missing since Sunday, June 13, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Edward ''Ted'' Roland Minnoe, who...

  • Pride's Rainbow

    ''Oh, there's Chuck Bell! He said it wouldn't rain on our parade, and it didn't!'' NBC4 news anchor Wendy Rieger, returning as lively emcee for...

  • Empowered in Mount Pleasant

    On June 8 La Clinica del Pueblo welcomed members of the local LGBT community to see the site that will house its youth drop-in center,...

  • Founder's Fight Ends

    Over the past several months, Jerome Sikorski was a regular -- though emotional -- part of his friend Jerry Filbin's days. ''I saw him twice...

  • DOJ Dollars for D.C.

    Fill in the blank. That's what Morgan Lynn, supervising attorney at Women Empowered Against Violence Inc. (WEAVE), and others, asked LGBT people and allies to...

  • NOM's Deep Pockets

    The Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA) alerted D.C. voters this week that Robert ''Bob'' King of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 5A has received a...

  • Sudden Departure

    During a news conference on Tuesday, June 8, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced that Dr. Shannon Hader has resigned from her position as senior deputy...

  • Creating Joy

    Ric Sena was organizing parties as early as age 13. ''I remember my mother saying, 'All the kids are on the beach,''' recalls Sena, who...