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  • Sin City

    ''I just love Sin,'' Sin Morera says. ''I mean, when you meet me, I look like sin. I just have that edgy, badass...

  • Soundwaves

    TIN ROOF RUSTED -- AND READY... In 2004, Kate Pierson told Metro Weekly that ''now the stars have aligned'' for her band, The B-52's. The...

  • The Last Word

    ''I was just at the very point of striking him with my belt but we were separated.'' -- Sheikh Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan,...

  • Art with Heart

    More than 70 artists are featured in the Whitman-Walker Clinic's 14th Annual Art for Life auction, which benefits the clinic's Latino services. ''It's an eclectic...

  • Sex Drive

    ''Don Giovanni is sort of a personification of the sex drive,'' says John Pascoe, director and designer of the new production of Mozart's classic, Don...

  • Healthful Opportunity

    While any number of GLBT-related health summits, workshops and seminars have cropped up in Washington over the years, there's always room for one more --...

  • Fighting Back

    If Washington was compared not to other cities, but to entire countries, ''It would rank in between the Republic of Congo and Rwanda in terms...

  • Hugging it Out

    There was lots of love at the Rite Aid Pharmacy, at 13th and U Streets NW, on Tuesday, Oct. 30. About 50 people showed up...

  • Finding Family

    With Halloween down, it's time to start thinking of Thanksgiving and the rainbow of similarly family-themed holidays to follow in December. Along that theme, Peter...

  • All in the Family

    Elbridge James can admit that advocating for gay rights wasn't an effort he embraced overnight. ''It's a process that took more than 20 years,'' says...

  • After School Special

    At 18, Christopher Barnhill wasn't necessarily going through a ''tough time'' when he started hanging out at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League's after-school Youth...

  • Courting Greatness

    In a world where gay professional sports icons are few and far between, Martina Navratilova definitely stands out. But even if the pro playing fields...

  • Red October

    Red October used to be a fictional Soviet submarine. This fall it was applied to the heat wave in the eastern United States. I think...

  • Last Word

    ''Twenty years ago, if you were gay and lived in rural Kansas, you went to San Francisco or New York. Now you can just go...

  • Environs

    CLASSIFIED: CONTEMPORARY LIVING in Alexandria, with 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA. Large rooms, a finished basement rec room, and a yard make this '50s-built ranch house...

  • Shakespeare With Love

    There is no better feeling than sitting in a theater, particularly one of significant reputation and stature, and watching a performance so fresh and vital...

  • Heroic Exploits

    Maybe it was the tights, but something about superheroes fascinated me when I was a little boy. I certainly wasn't alone in this interest. My...

  • Out for Business

    Traditionally, when money moves in Washington, it's by appropriation. Stock trades and profit motives seem downright ruffian compared to the elegance of a five-star lunch...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: If only it were as simple as things that go bump in the night. But there's howling and sparks and brawling, too....

  • Girl Power

    Think of ''Queer Life, Queer Love'' as a sweeping 101 course for lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LBTQ) women, on how to live happy, healthy...