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Second Runner-Up: Ben Heisler
Ben Heisler Ben Heisler likes to live his life with full honesty -- and expects others to keep it real, too. And real, in his...
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First Runner-Up: Jhimy Diaz
Jhimy Diaz Jhimy Diaz was 22 when he decided to leave his native Peru for ''a new life'' in the United States. And while he...
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Coverboy of the Year: Adam Dahl
Adam Dahl When Adam Dahl and Metro Weekly last crossed paths in February he was still a newcomer to D.C. But the small-town Minnesota native...
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2008's Gay Agenda
The D.C. Center, ''Home to GLBT in D.C.,'' is offering an annual community meeting and holiday brunch on Saturday, Dec. 8, to give local gay...
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Hate Talk
On the heels of what some perceived as a September spike in hate crimes -- with an assault peppered with anti-gay epithets adjacent to the...
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Meth by the Numbers
Thomas McDermitt was battling addiction long before discovering ''crystal.'' In the five years since graduating from high school in 1986, McDermitt outgrew his alcohol addiction...
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Return of the King
It was the late 1990s when Wallace Acton decided he'd had his fill of metropolitan Washington. He packed his bags and moved to New York....
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round Up: Things are definitely more like they are now than they've ever been. Yes, that might be self-evident, but it's never been more...
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Last Word
''Men who have sex with men account for almost half of all people estimated to be living with HIV in the United States, and African...
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False Cure
Sharon Kass of Silver Spring, a stranger, is concerned for my welfare. In March 2006 she sent me links to several ''ex-gay'' Web sites. In...
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Making Census Sense
For anyone who doesn't speak statistics or computer programming, decennial census reports conducted by the by the U.S. Census Bureau can be rather confusing. ''It's...
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Teen Tales
Alex Sanchez, the former metro Washingtonian who has made a name for himself writing a number of novels dealing with gay teens coming of age,...
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Soundwaves
Gifts to dance by... Looking for the perfect gift for your dance-music lover -- or even just yourself? Happy Holidays are here. Joe Bermudez Mainstream...
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Drag Queen Instincts
Never mind her new album's title. Celine Dion doesn't know from chances. Oh sure, she strays a little from her Titanic-sized sentimental journeys. She rocks...
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Dust Off
Great expectations can lead to great disappointments. As a fan of Philip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' series, I eagerly awaited the theatrical release of the...
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Holy Hate
Plan to get up extra early this Sunday, Dec. 9, and head over to the Washington Jewish Film Festival to catch a one-time screening of...
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Buried Treasure
Somewhere along the journey the Hispaniola lost its way. And, unfortunately, the storied ship from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is not the only thing...
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Holiday Witticism
Every year I put off the advent of the holiday season as long as humanly possible. It gets harder each cycle, now that holiday music...
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Tuesdays at Apex Blast Off!
A few weeks back Hearsay checked out Blast Off, the new weekly Tuesday night party at Apex, where the legendary nightclub’s general manager and newly...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round Up: It's a party! It's a revolution! It's a drive to reform life as we know it! It's all that and more --...
