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  • A Man for All Seasons

    By on December 20, 2006

    This time last year -- as in other years past -- there was a holiday-season ''smackdown.'' Once again, voices on the right warned of the...

  • Soul Searching

    By on November 8, 2006

    ''Back away from the blog.'' That's hard for Andrew Sullivan to do, even if his partner and fiancé is the one asking him to do...

  • A Homo Haunting

    By on October 25, 2006

    There are any number of icons that pop up at Halloween. Skeletons, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts and witches readily come to mind. And though none is particularly...

  • A Fight on Many Fronts

    By on October 18, 2006

    There may be plenty of gay people who don't care much about getting married, but there is no question that marriage is an issue at...

  • From A to Be Bar

    By on August 23, 2006

    Tom McGuire and Mike Watson are in the final stretch. Labor Day Weekend is set to mark the opening of their new lounge, Be Bar,...

  • A Change in the Pulpit

    By on August 2, 2006

    The relationship between gay Washingtonians and the city's religious establishment frequently feels contentious. While gay churches such as Metropolitan Community Church offer succor, and the...

  • Worlds in Motion

    By on February 22, 2006

    An unexpected moment in a quiet Cuban store provided an epiphany of sorts for Daniel Phoenix Singh. The store's proprietor, an elderly woman, was dancing...

  • The Big Picture

    By on January 4, 2006

    Waves of Relief (Photo courtesy of Connect) AS 2004 CLOSED OUT with the tsunami of gargantuan proportions, 2005 saw more of the same. And the...

  • Reaching the Summit

    By on September 21, 2005

    In December 2003, a handful of leaders from the GLBT African-American community banded together to challenge support from African American religious and civil rights leaders...

  • Five Alive

    By on August 17, 2005

    Under the noonday sun Monday, a group of local religious leaders offered another ray of light. Downtown, on the steps of the Metropolitan African Methodist...

  • Where Do We Fit?

    By on December 8, 2004

    With the November elections five weeks past, people are finally turning away from electoral discussions. Who could blame the voters on the losing side if...

  • Right Here, Right Now

    By on July 9, 2003

    Photography by Todd Franson Casually dressed and sitting in his apartment building's lobby, Patrick Guerriero looks like a man intent on taking half a day...

  • Love Machine

    By on November 6, 2002

    Photographs by Michael Wichita Ex-gay activist Jonathan Paulk on stage at the Love Won Out conference. At a Love Won Out conference, you hear oodles...

  • Spare Any Change?

    By on October 30, 2002

         Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays wants you to go straight, and they've enlisted a hot guy to convince you.      He looks like he's...

  • The Words of Tammy Faye

    By on June 5, 2002

    What is it that gays love about Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner? Is it her camp value? Her perky, love-gushing way with words? Is it her unbridled...