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  • Next Exit 4 Years: Mapping a New Direction

    Los Angeles and New York may be the country's cultural poles, but Washington sets the tone. The web of executive decisions, bureaucratic regulations, Supreme Court...

  • Local Leverage

    By so many measures, the 2004 presidential race is unprecedented. The George W. Bush vs. John Kerry slugfest is breaking records with money spent and...

  • Naked Truth 3

    Reel Affirmations 2004 Review by Kristina Campbell Rating: (5 out of 5) Wednesday, 10/20/2004, 6:00 PM Feature presentation, $0 at Cecile Goldman Theater at the DCJCC IN ITS...

  • This Man's Army

    By 71, a thoughtful person should reach a point where he has learned a thing or two. One thing Keith Kerr has learned is that...

  • 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Goes to War

    Today, the Department of Defense can offer a count showing that military operations related to invading Afghanistan and Iraq -- operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi...

  • Setting the Course

    Boston may have gotten the Democrats, and New York the Republicans, but Washington hosted a major political conference of its own last weekend as the...

  • Trans Mission

    At the age of forty, a time when many people are contemplating the middle of their lives, Mara Keisling was at the beginning of a...

  • From 'Coverboy' to Cover Story

    Even a little PG-rated beefcake can be political ammo in Washington, D.C. Just ask Jonathan Tolman, a star of Metro Weekly's ''Coverboy Confidential'' feature in...

  • Leading the Charge

    Cheryl Jacques had a tough act to follow when she arrived in D.C. last January to take the helm of the Human Rights Campaign. The...

  • Letter from Robert York

    DEAR FRIENDS, On behalf of the Capital Pride committee, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 29th annual Capital Pride Festival. We hope...

  • Letter from Cornelius Baker

    As Charles Dickens wrote, ''it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'' For the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community, it...

  • Capital Pride Heroes

    Each year, the Capital Pride Planning Committee selects a number of individuals to honor as ''Capital Pride Heroes.'' These honorees have gone above and beyond...

  • Pride + Vote = Power

    ''Rock the vote.'' ''Every vote counts.'' ''Choose or lose.'' ''Vote as if your life depended on it.'' Each election cycle we hear the admonishments. From...

  • The Marriage Man

    It wasn't a likely first step to becoming a vanguard in the fight for marriage equality for gays and lesbians. But when Evan Wolfson wrote...

  • Marching Forward

    ''I think SLDN has achieved more in ten years than anyone would have dared hope for,'' says C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of the Servicemembers...