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  • Cash Crunch at Whitman-Walker

    By on May 18, 2005

    For the first time in its history, Whitman-Walker Clinic has been unable to meet its payroll due to financial strains within the organization. Adding to...

  • Fondling the Boob Tube

    By on May 18, 2005

    My dealer is holding out on me. She must know my stash is running low, and I know she has what I want. But she...

  • Finding Safe Harbor

    By on May 18, 2005

    The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington's Spring Affair on Saturday night promises to be a glittering soiree with dancing, black ties and cocktails. But one...

  • I Remember Nomi

    By on May 18, 2005

    There is a cliché in the popular-culture lexicon: the German performance artist. Klaus Nomi is one of the pillars of this oft-parodied caricature, though his...

  • Who's the Diva?

    By on May 18, 2005

    Dana International is nowhere to be found on Offer Nissim's U.S. debut album, First Time. Know how you can tell? The first transsexual, first Israeli...

  • District of Columbia Bear Club (DCBC)

    By on May 18, 2005

    Members of DCBC MISSION: DCBC was created in 1995 to promote fellowship among Bears, Cubs, Levi/Leather and other diverse members of the District of Columbia...

  • Summer Movie Preview

    By on May 18, 2005

    Spring is barely in the air these days when the summer movie maelstrom begins to peek over the horizon. In some ways that's not a...

  • Bread and Roses Feminist Singers

    By on May 11, 2005

    Members of Bread and Roses MISSION: Bread & Roses Feminist Singers strive for musical excellence; project a message of feminism, social justice and peace; broaden...

  • Environs

    By on May 11, 2005

    A LOT OF ROOM, with a view! If you can tear yourself away from gazing at the expansive skyline from atop this Adams Morgan 2...

  • Lighting the Way

    By on May 11, 2005

    Few communities in Washington have as many burdens to bear as the transgender community. From violence to bigotry to health issues, this community has dealt...

  • Bhangra, 'Boxer' and Brunch

    By on May 11, 2005

    With the flowers blooming and the calendar filling, it's clear that GLBT pride season is upon us. From April's Youth Pride celebration to Memorial Day...

  • Tosca Tops the Charts

    By on May 11, 2005

    How do you calculate the tenor X-factor? Let's take Salvatore Licitra. We saw him already this season in the title role of Andrea Chenier, where...

  • Sound-a-likes

    By on May 11, 2005

    No two pop bands sound exactly the same of course, but all pop music is derivative. So every new or unknown band must face the...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 11, 2005

    Gauthreaux GAUTHREAUX'S AMBITION... Joe Gauthreaux intends his new compilation Party Groove: Cherry Volume 2 to stand the test of time. “Five or 10 years from...

  • Finding Common Ground

    By on May 11, 2005

    The first few weeks at a new job are always busy, and that's proving particularly so for Joe Solmonese as he settles in as the...

  • Wax Works

    By on May 11, 2005

    The only similarities that the new incarnation of House of Wax shares with its 1954 wellspring of inspiration that starred Vincent Price and was shot...

  • Not What You Think

    By on May 4, 2005

    MISSION: Founded nearly 15 years ago, Not What You Think (NWYT), an ensemble affiliated with the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, operates as a...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 4, 2005

    SUPERSTARS, NEW AND (ESPECIALLY) OLD…Who would have ever expected Kelly Clarkson as a dance-pop sensation? It could be just a temporary high, a one-hit dance...

  • Emotional Fescue

    By on May 4, 2005

    I spent a recent few days at my brother's house in Iowa, about half a block away from the elementary school I attended for most...

  • Parenting in the Pink

    By on May 4, 2005

    Ellen Kahn set a storybook tone last Saturday morning as gay parents -- and prospective parents -- and their kids gathered at Sligo Middle School...