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  • Gay Cop Conclave Hits D.C.

    In 2005, Brett Parson, then a sergeant with Washington's Metropolitan Police Department, headed down to Key West to catch the end of a national conference...

  • A Season of Pride

    Yes, pride season is once again upon us, with Youth Pride, Black Pride and Capital Pride. And the local Asian/Pacific Islander GLBT community has got...

  • Dragon Quest

    Using the Out2Paddle calendar, 2006 was Year One. That was when this dragon-boat team, affiliated with Asian/Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA), made waves...

  • High Note

    If you are a giggler or not immersed to the point of humorlessness in the traditions, quirky and otherwise, of opera, be strongly advised to...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: It was darkest before the dawn, but the light has spread like honey on warm toast. It's time to forget how grim things...

  • Metal Head

    An early entry into the summer movie blockbuster race, Iron Man () holds its own as a big-budget action film, but would probably lose in...

  • Resonating Voice

    A batch of new songs and unpredictable '80s covers is what you can expect to hear at Eric Himan's CD release party for his latest...

  • On the Edge

    Spend five minutes browsing a Williams-Sonoma catalog and you'll see the world is filled to the brim with kitchen gadgets built to perform highly specific...

  • Make Mom's Day

    Your window till Mother's Day is rapidly closing. Fear not -- there is still time. For the traditional flowers, A Little Shop of Flowers, www.dcnet.com/littleshop,...

  • McGreevey and Matos: TMI

    “Plaintiff will testify at trial that he needed to have a disrobed male present in the room with them when the parties had sexual relations...

  • You’re the only one for me

    “There’s an emerging rhetoric around monogamy among young gay couples. In that way, they’re a lot more like married heterosexual couples than they are like...

  • The principal is not your pal

    “I really feel that my personal privacy was invaded. I mean, Principal Beasley called my mother and outed me to my mother!” — Memphis high...

  • Civics Lesson

    What's your trick for getting out of jury duty? I'd be very surprised if you don't have at least one simple method to suggest. Last...

  • Montgomery County's Trans Ally

    The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and residents of Montgomery County have joined forces with Equality Maryland, the state's GLBT equal-rights advocacy group, in...

  • Meth Movie

    Tweakers, a movie born of collaboration by two members of the West Hollywood Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board, Jimmy Palmieri and Sue Sexton, hoping to...

  • Post Power

    Even though the Power of Us National Convention attracted fewer patrons than organizers of the event had originally hoped for during its three-day run, April...

  • Jody's Family Affair

    This is a poignant time of year for Jody M. Huckaby, who in March marked three years as the executive director of Parents, Families &...

  • Awards Worthy

    While some 2,000 members of D.C.'s theater community filled their plates and glasses at the 24th Annual Helen Hayes Awards' post-show Ovations Gala, Monday, April...

  • Soundwaves

    VIRGIN RETURNS TO BALTIMORE... The U.S. edition of the celebrated British Virgin Festival will once again take place on a hot midsummer weekend at Baltimore's...

  • Ban the Tan

    About two years ago, Allan Green, 67, knew something was wrong, something that needed to be checked. ''I simply knew there was something not right....