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  • Sweet 16

    By on May 6, 2010

    Sweet 16. The age of driver's licenses and birthday bashes, an iconic moment in the life of an American teenager when you're treated as an...

  • Full Circle

    By on June 24, 2009

    Frank Kameny in the 2009 Capital Pride Parade Fifty-two years after being fired from the federal government for being gay, Frank Kameny has now being...

  • The Righteous Riots

    By on June 8, 2009

    There was a time when the phrase ''Stonewall'' was more likely to conjure images of the Civil War than of Greenwich Village. Then again, perhaps...

  • Kirkland's Contribution

    By on May 20, 2009

    Just a couple of hours before the 2009 DC Black Pride ''Pure Love'' Kickoff Party moves into high gear, some members of the community will...

  • Discovering Our Past

    By on March 26, 2008

    As a child in rural Illinois, Mark Meinke read the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence's account of his time spent with the Arab Revolt...

  • Inside Man

    By on March 12, 2008

    Earl Robert Merritt Jr., a.k.a. Butch Merritt, claims humble beginnings outside Charleston, W.Va. Had he remained in West Virginia, it's nearly certain his life would...

  • Southeast Memories

    By on March 5, 2008

    There was no body to mourn inside the meeting room of the Charles Sumner School in Northwest last Thursday, Feb. 28. But for the crowd...

  • The Party Line

    By on February 13, 2008

    A visit to the Best of Washington's Web site isn't exactly a celebration. It's something more like a remembrance. The ''news'' section, for example, offers...

  • Past and Present

    By on October 17, 2007

    There's no better time to visit with ABilly S. Jones than during October. One on hand, it's when he celebrates his anniversary with his partner,...

  • Leaning Toward Justice

    By on October 17, 2007

    In the 1960s, while confronting segregation, discrimination, obstruction of voting rights and physical violence, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often borrowed the words of another...

  • Pride-Flyin' Flag

    By on October 17, 2007

    My story is one of creation and conflict, courage and freedom. It is about the fabric that helped empower a community. Dramatic? Well, of course....

  • Facial Expressions

    By on September 26, 2007

    You probably know their names. You may even personally know some of the 28 people featured in the Rainbow History Project's new exhibit of portraits,...

  • History in the Unmaking

    By on June 13, 2007

    The good news is that nobody was hurt. The bad news for local lesbian activist Cheryl Spector and other members of metropolitan Washington's gay community...

  • Frank's Day

    By on June 6, 2007

    To mark two occasions -- the District's 2007 Capital Pride week and the 50-year anniversary of Frank Kameny's entry into the public fight for gay...

  • Coffee Talk

    By on December 20, 2006

    Grant P. Thompson is not HIV-positive. But 20 years ago, everyone in the gay community -- positive or negative -- was affected by the burgeoning...