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  • Burger Queen

    Earlier this month, amid all the hoopla of economic meltdown, I pawed about for some way to empower myself. My meager stock portfolio was down...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: It's time to lay the best of all possible plans. It's time to use deep forces, within yourself and hidden in others, to...

  • Robbery at Fireplace

    Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Acting Lt. Brett Parson reported an unsuccessful robbery attempt occurred Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Fireplace, a gay bar at...

  • Healthy Discussion

    In mid October, it was once again time for what has become the premiere assembly for discussing the collective health of gay, bisexual and transgender...

  • A Warm Gesture

    During last year's holiday season, watching Good Morning America collect coats for the homeless, Jeff Buhrman had an idea. ''They were talking about 'One Warm...

  • Cabaret Pearl

    Pearl Bailey died 18 years ago, but her irrepressible spirit has been reincarnated in the body of Roz White -- and Washington is all the...

  • Rebel Yell

    There was a time when the best parts of movies happened off-screen. The passionate kiss before the scene faded to black. The brilliant plan hatched...

  • Money Shot

    Pornography in the United States is a multi-billion dollar industry and director Kevin Smith is apparently trying to tap some of that revenue stream with...

  • Fake and Fabulous

    Tribbles may be trouble and PETA has been known to paint the town red, so when it comes to fur, going fake has its advantages....

  • Let It Bleed

    Scary movies, spooky stories, chilling tales -- Halloween is a time to settle in for a good fright that comes from a horror movie or...

  • Dealing with a Vengeful Serial Killer

    If this Halloween is the 10th or greater anniversary of your doing one or more of the following... Accidentally causing the death of a stranger,...

  • No Candy Here!

    Maybe you just want to have a quiet evening at home. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where the local children are less Beaver Cleaver...

  • Halloweenie

    Sure, it may be conventionally considered a gay holiday, but -- diversity being the bane of the monolithic -- Halloween is not universally loved by...

  • Terror Tour

    Beyond the halls of power, Washington might not seem like a very spooky place. Nearby Baltimore or Richmond seem far more haunted, with the ghost...

  • Pump It Up

    Look upon any pedestrian crowd, and you're bound to find any number of women casually going about their business in high heels. Enter any gay...

  • Hair 'em, Scare 'em

    While they say clothes may make the man, Ebone Bell, aka E-Cleff, says it really has more to do with the facial hair. And with...

  • Cheap Costumes

    Admit it. Every Halloween comes with a touch of been there, done that as the annual parade of Dorothys and first-time drag queens hits the...

  • A Homo Halloween

    Boo! Did we scare you? Probably not. You're all big boys and girls, after all. But even big boys and big girls can run into...

  • Desperate, anti-gay preachers spread lies about legal effects of same-sex marriage

    ”The idea that we would be forced as clergy to perform a marriage that was against our conscience, or that a church would lose its...