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  • Political Transition

    By on August 9, 2006

    To say that Dr. Dana Beyer has had a rich life is the definition of understatement. In her 54 years, she's campaigned for Robert Kennedy,...

  • Plays, Pumps and Progress

    By on July 26, 2006

    With showgirls, ''hottie guards,'' elaborate headdresses and even a touch of royalty -- the King and Queen of Sodom, no less -- the Actors' Theatre...

  • Home Work

    By on June 21, 2006

    April was a banner month for Latin@s en Accion -- literally. The local group, championing the metro area's GLBT Latino community, joined the National March...

  • Trans Regs Advance

    By on May 17, 2006

    The D.C. Commission on Human Rights, the city's Office of Human Rights entity with authority over private sector human-rights complaints, took a step May 11...

  • Trans-American

    By on March 29, 2006

    When Ruby Corado arrived in the Washington area as an immigrant from El Salvador, she was a teenager. She was also male. ''What marked the...

  • Killer Sentenced in Transgender Murder Case

    By on December 21, 2005

    The killer of local transgender performer Bella Evangelista will serve 16 years and eight months for the crime, the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit of...

  • The Mame Event

    By on October 26, 2005

    Enter the world of Carl. Born in 1940 to Guido and Mildred Rizzi, and raised in the conservative New England town of Milford, N.H., Carl...

  • Chi Chi Confidential

    By on June 8, 2005

    ''I've always loved porno,'' purrs Chi Chi LaRue in a seductive cigarette meets gravel voice. ''It started with straight porno, but I soon realized that...

  • 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...

  • The Last Inning

    By on April 13, 2005

    When it comes to baseball, hope springs eternal. The hopes of Boston's baseball fans were fulfilled when the Red Sox overcame the curse of the...

  • Wigging Out

    By on March 30, 2005

    Cookie Buffet may have clawed her way through the local political arena last year, as her alter ego Christopher Dyer won a seat as an...

  • Allix Allot

    By on December 15, 2004

    Allix Allot A couple years ago Allix met a boy at Nation. After dancing together for a while, they started making out and their hands...

  • Signature Moments

    By on August 25, 2004

    ''My mother won't explain it,'' says Paris Barclay of his offbeat but memorably elegant first name. ''She claimed she was reading mythology when I was...

  • Trans Mission

    By on August 18, 2004

    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...

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    By on June 9, 2004

    ''The first Pride I recall was on 17th and New Hampshire,'' says Ella Fitzgerald. ''It was a block party in 1975 and I got to...