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  • Study finds female relatives of gay men make more babies

    ”I think this is an example where the results of scientific research can have important social implications…. You have all this antagonism against homosexuality because...

  • Pride 2008

    It was raining much more than men at the 33rd Annual Capital Pride Parade last Saturday, June 14. A large crowd -- estimated to be...

  • Ebbin Joins SLDN

    Del. Adam Ebbin of the Virginia General Assembly, the Alexandria Democrat who has the distinction of being the first -- and only -- openly gay...

  • Grand Central Fire

    Steve Ladlow was walking outside of the four- and five-story neighboring buildings that house Grand Central, the gay nightclub he manages in Baltimore, when he...

  • Discrimination Wins One

    Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg ruled Wednesday, June 11, that Equality Maryland and Lambda Legal missed the Maryland Board of Election's deadline...

  • Clinic Currency

    The Whitman-Walker Clinic on Tuesday, June 17, announced that the organization's 1407 S St. NW administrative building has been sold to JBG Companies for $8...

  • Prison Guideline Grudge

    Jeri Hughes, a member of D.C. Trans Coalition, on June 12 fired the latest shot in an ongoing melee between the D.C. Department of Corrections...

  • Wayne Remembered

    On the eve of the Capital Pride weekend Wayne M. Nesbitt headed out for festive Friday night with friends at the D.C. Eagle. The venue...

  • Good Medicine

    I will always hold Rene Auberjonois dear for his hysterical two-second impersonation of Lloyd Bridges in the priceless '80s horror flick Eyes of Laura Mars....

  • Unapologetic

    If you watched the Tony Awards this past Sunday you saw Lily Tomlin deliver the set-up for a performance from the Broadway musical Xanadu. Reduced...

  • Dead Zone

    M. Night Shyamalan achieves something amazing in his latest film, The Happening. Not only has he made a film about people killing themselves, his film...

  • Canadian Cutie

    Depending on her style on a given day, Elvira Kurt may look as though she's just been groomed by the producers of The L Word...

  • Falsettoland

    ''I tried to sing, but I couldn't think of anything. That was the hardest part,'' Chris Martin sang on his band Coldplay's last album, 2005's...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Not only will you survive, you will achieve and leave a unique footprint. But first you have to get through the day-to-day catastrophes...

  • Stick It In

    Anyone who works with a computer -- in any capacity -- really should have a Universal Serial Bus, or USB drive. They're used for transferring...

  • Paper Cuts

    As technological advances go, the basic book has had a long and distinguished run. It spurred the exchange and preservation of knowledge among individuals and...

  • Spinning its Wheels

    Capital Pride Parade co-chairs Steven Walker and Eric Reader had watched every float and contingent kick off from the parade's starting point at 23rd and...

  • Cross-Border Skirmishes

    Let's say you and your partner live in D.C. and are thinking of trading in your domestic partnership for a California wedding. Your heart says:...

  • Gay leaders leaving behind transgenders

    ”Sexuality is a tricky question…. You get into transgender—it embraces all of that—and you have people’s fear and dislike of things that are different. Nobody...

  • 9th Graders are so gay

    ”I came out to my parents, and they were OK…. Nobody stopped being my friend. Sometimes, when I’m around something, like ‘That’s so gay,’ will...