Subtle change
I wanted to draw your attention to a recent Washington Blade style
change that’s so subtle you might have missed it.
Starting last week, the Blade reintroduced the term LGBT
into the body copy of articles. The common acronym for ...more >>
I was blown away by the PEN turnout last night Congrats to the PEN organizers (DC's gay chamber of commerce) for a staggeringly well-attended networking event last night at Town. It was as packed as I've ever seen the dance club and the only indications that it wasn't a Saturday night around ...more >>
Eating with Amy Last summer I wrote a food blog for the Blade, but as I started covering more hard news stories, the blog fell by the wayside. This week, my editors and I decided that my D.C. restaurant knowledge should not go to waste any longer and so I'm ...more >>
John Cheever's biographer discusses work with the Blade John Cheever seems to be everywhere lately. The bisexual author, who died in 1982, is the subject of a riveting new biography by Blake Bailey, who concurrently edited a two-volume edition of Cheever's ...more >>
They ruined my favorite book! Michael Chabon's "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" is my favorite book. It's perfect. Main character Art Bechstein struggles with his own inadequacies, sexuality and relationship with his father in 1980s ...more >>
Politico's Arena on DADT The Arena, Politico's forum for daily debate, took on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the U.S. policy on gays serving openly in the military, this morning. Moderator Fred Barbash cited the White House website, ...more >>
A national march for equality? The March for Women's Lives brought nearly 1 million activists to the National Mall in March of 2004. They were joining together in support of women's and reproductive rights. Now, gay rights activists ...more >>
Nathaniel Frank on 'The Daily Show' Author, researcher and expert on gays in the military Nathaniel Frank was on "The Daily Show" last night to promote his new book, "Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens ...more >>
