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  • Fenty, Lanier Meet with GLOV

    Chris Farris and Todd Metrokin, co-chairs of the newly re-formed Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), met with D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Metropolitan Police...

  • No Wone Murder Charge

    Following a status hearing regarding the Robert Wone murder case, U.S. Attorney Glenn Kirschner confirmed on Friday, Jan. 16, that the U.S. does not plan...

  • Oprah stunned: ‘Gay is a gift from God.’ [video]

    ”Well, you’re the first minister, I ever heard say being gay was a gift from God, I can tell you that.” Oprah Winfrey looking rather...

  • Obama supported same-sex marriage in 1996

    ”I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.” From a 1996 survey submitted by Barack Obama to Outlines, a gay...

  • Obama representative promises they’ll get rid of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

    ”You don’t hear politicians give a one-word answer much. But it’s ‘Yes.”’ Obama administration spokesperson Robert Gibbs responding to a question from Thaddeus of Lansing,...

  • Inauguration Calendar of Events

    Friday, January 16 Celebrate Change Prepare for Tomorrow -- A cocktail reception in honor of the president and vice president, and a fundraiser in support...

  • Prouder than Bombs

    Here it is, some 60 years since the Israeli Declaration of Independence, and the bombs are still falling. Hamas is firing rockets into Israel and...

  • Lobby Days Loom

    Equal rights organizations in Maryland and Virginia both bid farewell to their longtime leaders last year, making way for two new leaders to head the...

  • Afterbirth

    Let's face facts -- a horror movie being released in January is a bad omen. But The Unborn boasts a writer/director with a track record...

  • Noises On

    Sitting in the Woolly Mammoth Theatre audience for Mike Daisey's one-man show, How Theater Failed America, you may find yourself wondering, ''Is Mike Daisey talking...

  • Globetrotting Groove

    DJ Luke Johnstone Luke Johnstone is a globetrotting gay club DJ, but he most frequently goes west to California and far east to Asia and...

  • Quarter-Century Contest

    Most reunions are bittersweet affairs, occasions to strengthen and celebrate bonds, and to reminisce and remember those absent. Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, running Jan. 16 to...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: If you're cranky and you know it, clap your hands! Okay, it's out in the open and even if you admit it, the...

  • Helping Hands

    While it's not every year Washington sees an Inauguration Day -- let alone one with the anticipated attendance for President-elect Barack Obama's -- the Martin...

  • The Pastor's Peers

    If Election Day 2008 was the wedding between the GLBT community and President-elect Barack Obama, his subsequent choice of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver...

  • Music of the Moment

    In an inauguration filled with firsts, local gays and lesbians also have their notable moments in the spotlight as Barack Obama is sworn in as...

  • D.C.'s Countdown to Destiny

    There have been other Inauguration Days in U.S. history and many are yet to come. But on Jan. 20, 2009, America will break a long...

  • Warm Welcome

    While Cancun is Mexico's most popular tourist destination, the resort city has undergone many Sybil-esque changes in its nearly 40-year history. Until 1970, the area...

  • Gay bishop, Gene Robinson, invited to speak Sunday at Obama’s Inauguration kickoff [video]

    ”I am writing to tell you that President-Elect Obama and the Inaugural Committee have invited me to give the invocation at the opening event of...

  • Gay video game players celebrate ‘Fable II’

    ”There is a history of GLBT characters appearing in video games, but it’s few and far between. Assuming that we continue to develop games that...