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  • Suspect in February Homicide Pleads Not Guilty

    The man accused of fatally stabbing Deoni Jones, a transgender woman, at a Northeast D.C. bus stop in February pleaded not guilty this morning to...

  • Baltimore wants to host gay weddings

    Maryland became one of the first states to legalize same-sex marriage at the ballot box Tuesday night, sending a welcoming message to the LGBT community....

  • Windows Mobilized

    You may not have realized it but the just-released Windows 8 has a sister — and its name is Windows RT. What’s in a name?...

  • Nationwide Wins for State and Local LGBT Candidates

    Election Day ushered in what many leaders are describing as a new era for the LGBT-rights movement, with historic victories that nearly doubled the number...

  • What a Night to be Gay

    Elections tend to turn me into a bit of a nervous Nellie. Not a full-on drama queen like Andrew Sullivan, who set the sky-is-falling gold...

  • Operatic Obsession

    ''I've recently fallen in love with opera,'' says Alan Paul, conceding, ''I've been on an obsessive, opera-going mission over the last year.'' And he's not...

  • Lovely Lianne

    ''Actually, I expected nothing and I was pleasantly surprised,'' says Lianne La Havas, when asked about her success as a singer-songwriter. Only 23 years old,...

  • Log Cabin Fever

    Lincoln is why Hollywood should exist. Steven Spielberg's wonderful film about our 16th president isn't a war epic or a maudlin biography. The film only...

  • Flock of Foul

    ''There is nothing in the world as amazing as something that is neither completely clear, nor completely unclear,'' goes one of the morals imparted in...

  • Theater Booster

    ''By several different measures, Washington is the nation's largest theater community outside of New York,'' says Buzz Mauro. ''It's a great theater town, but it...

  • It's Your g.life!

    Brigadoon – the story of the magical Scottish village that appears out of thin air every hundred years – comes to mind. Or maybe it's...

  • g.life University Class Schedule

    PERSONAL/FAMILY LIFE10:30 a.m. Tipping the Scale – Work/Life BalanceKen White, Signal FinancialEleasa DuBois, Tight Body MakeoverJulie Gray, Profound ImpactTom DiGiovanni, Energy Coaching Associates11:30 a.m. Financial...

  • Sweep of Victories Leave HRC Energized for the Fights Ahead

    With the re-election of President Barack Obama, gains in LGBT representation in Congress, and four victories for marriage equality at the ballot box, advocates are...

  • Voters Retain Iowa Judge Who Ruled In Favor of Marriage Equality

    Marriage equality appears to be safe from repeal in Iowa as Democrats maintained a majority in the state Senate on Tuesday. The Democratic majority in...

  • Buy a Food & Friends pie, sustain a life.

    Thanksgiving is drawing near and that means it’s pie time! Food & Friends is offering four pie flavors as part of its Slice of Life...

  • Still Facing Wolves

    Totemism, in which a group identifies with a symbolic animal, survives mostly in sports teams. But modern politics also has a totemic aspect, though not...

  • Number of LGBT Members of Congress Nearly Double

    The number of out members of Congress is set to increase to historic levels following a series of wins during the Nov. 6 election. When...

  • D.C. Date with ManDate

    Project Healthy Living – a group of African-American gay and bisexual men associated with DC CARE and the District's Department of Health HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD...

  • Maryland Makes History

    With polls closing at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Maryland became the first of four states to defend marriage equality at the ballot box Nov. 6, ending...

  • Gay Community Joins Joyful Street Celebration of Obama Victory [video]

    President Barack Obama won re-election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, beating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney. A slice of Obama's diverse voting base poured out...