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  • The Guess These Abs Game!

    Hearsay likes this game! It could play all day. Thanks, NBC!

  • Booze ‘n boys with Sister Christian

    Last Friday, Universal Gear kicked off the weekend the way Hearsay hopes the store will always do from now on — with a cocktail party!...

  • Talented Townies

    The ads said anything goes, or almost: “A crazy talent contest where anyone can compete and do whatever they want on stage (basically anything).” And...

  • A Nellie Olympics

    In the eighth hour of the eighth night of the eighth month of the eighth year this decade – that’s 8-8-8-8, which has to be...

  • Barack Obama puts it in writing: Equality for LGBT relationships, family and adoption

    “We also have to do more so to support and strengthen LGBT families. Because equality in relationship, family, and adoption rights is not some abstract...

  • MTF Transgender bank robber found guilty; possible sex-change operation motive

    ”The police in Ashford said Lewis’ family indicated they believed Lewis was using the proceeds from her criminal activities to finance a sex-change operation.” Sgt....

  • Folk Confessional

    Tom Goss Spend an hour with local troubadour Tom Goss and you're bound to fall in love with him. The gay 27-year-old native of Kenosha,...

  • Sudden Shutdown

    Some gay and lesbian event promoters say they are outraged by the abrupt closure of RnR Bar & Lounge, at 717 Sixth St. NW, on...

  • Graham Joins Trans Activists

    In an e-mail message dated Monday, Aug. 4, to local transgender activist Jeri Hughes, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), expressed his support for the DC...

  • Fur Follies

    Ask James Clements, co-chair of this year's Bear Invasion planning committee, to define what a ''bear'' is, and you might catch him in a tongue-twister....

  • Gay and Golden

    Estelle Getty's death July 22 underscored an issue that a friend raised while standing on a roof earlier last month, watching the fireworks over Washington....

  • Gay, Global and Growing

    In January 2006, the United States voted to block recognition of two GLBT groups at the United Nations, following the lead of the Iranian delegation....

  • Upstairs Haven

    Annie's Upstairs If it's been a few months since you've been upstairs at Annie's Paramount Steakhouse, you're in for a surprise. ''What was once a...

  • Yuks and a Uke

    It's not a tall order, but with any luck Ben Lerman's three D.C. shows will have little in common with the low point of his...

  • Hakuna Matata

    The lion might sleep in ''the mighty jungle,'' but at American University's Greenberg Theater, on Monday, Aug. 11, the lion will be rocking to the...

  • Shock Operas

    Normally, there is nothing more irritating (to some at least) than a creative work that feels the need to announce itself upon arrival, to clarify...

  • Brit Lit

    In high school, there were two ways to get out of reading a literature assignment -- watch the movie or get the CliffsNotes. For students...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: Isn't it ready yet? Are we there yet? Is it time? Maybe you've waited patiently enough, long enough. Maybe you're whiny as...

  • Hillside Haven

    Just beyond the western reach of I-66, Lou Costanza and his partner, Mike O'Brien, have built themselves a bit of heaven -- emphasis on ''built.''...

  • Consuming Cannabis

    Mary Jane's quasi-legal cousin, industrial hemp, has a million uses. It's also environmentally favorable. According to the San Francisco-based Hemp Industries Association, hemp requires no...