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  • Austen Powers

    By on December 7, 2005

    You don't have to be an rabid fan of Jane Austen to fully appreciate the romantic rush of the newly minted film version of Pride...

  • Court on Campus

    By on December 7, 2005

    May the federal government deny funds to universities that ban military recruiters from campus? That's the issue the Supreme Court began considering this week in...

  • Chilly Reception

    By on December 7, 2005

    When I look outside the front windows of my house, the sky is pitch black but the view is lit by bright white snow. I...

  • Crystal Campaign Hits Bars

    By on December 7, 2005

    The Center, D.C.'s GLBT community center, is furthering its campaign against crystal methamphetamine abuse within the local gay community by taking the fight to nightlife...

  • Vacancy Filled

    By on December 7, 2005

    In September 2004, when D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams announced the creation of the Mayor's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, he said, ''I'm...

  • Preview of 'Brokeback Mountain'

    By on December 7, 2005

    It was a gay night at the movies as the Human Rights Campaign and guests descended upon the Loews Cineplex in Georgetown for an advance...

  • Soundwaves

    By on December 7, 2005

    GET INTO THE GROOVE... She's back! Well, Madonna was never really missing in gay clubland of course -- no other contemporary singer has even half...

  • Error in Judgment

    By on December 7, 2005

    You might not recognize it at first, but hidden beneath the painted puffy clouds that peek through a tall pink llama, behind Groucho Marx mugging...

  • Dance Upstarts

    By on December 7, 2005

    As you might guess by the name, Jason Walker is not a big black woman. He, in fact, is not a she, of any size...

  • Calendar Boys

    By on December 7, 2005

    The weather may be turning cold, but one organization is bringing some heat to the season. Just in time for the new year, Brother, Help...

  • Magic Show

    By on November 30, 2005

    ''I love magic,'' beams Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) at the start of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. By the movie's end, however, Harry...

  • Eagle Honors

    By on November 30, 2005

    Mr. D.C. Eagle 2005, Scott Jones, came to the end of his title run Saturday, Nov. 19. That evening, judges selected Bennett Long to succeed...

  • Applauding Allen

    By on November 30, 2005

    It may have been six months in the making, but the Greater Washington, D.C., STD Community Coalition finally got the chance to honor D.C. Allen...

  • Broadway Rhapsody

    By on November 30, 2005

    Thanks in no small part to the success of 2002's Chicago, the movie musical genre is back in business. Case in point: The Tony Award-winning...

  • Squatter's Squalor

    By on November 30, 2005

    Christmas Angel: Heredia (center), with Rapp and Pascal One hundred thirty five minutes of my life wasted. One...

  • Full House

    By on November 30, 2005

    It isn't so much Eartha Kitt's sultry version of ''Lazy Afternoon'' that should have inspired S.M. Shephard-Massat to pen Starving, but the aching lyrics of...

  • Zee and Be Seen

    By on November 30, 2005

    Rob Vander Zee creates images that may elicit a number of different responses. He offers landscapes sensual and serene. Pensive portraits may leave a viewer...

  • Julie Scofield

    By on November 30, 2005

    Among the quotes one could only hear in Washington, add the following: ''I have a great passion for the role of state government.'' It's a...

  • Adam Tenner

    By on November 30, 2005

    Headquartered in a basement along Pennsylvania Avenue SE, nearly spitting distance from the Capitol, the drop-in center and offices of Metro TeenAIDS (MTA) are very...

  • Paul Kawata

    By on November 30, 2005

    When Paul Kawata agreed to serve as executive director of the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) in 1989, the organization had a staff of four...