First, 17th street club Cobalt retired its high-heel ban. Now, it's doing away with another gay bar tradition: "Bad pop remixes from 1998 layered over a thump-thump beat." That's how Michael Adolphson describes the typical music at a D.C. dance club. This Saturday, Adolphson, 26, and Brian Barrera, 27, hope to bend the stereotype with [...]

Last Saturday, George Mason University elected a man as Homecoming Queen. Newly mintedoyalty Ryan Allen, a 22-year-old gay man who "performs as a popular drag queen at local clubs," is now GMU's first male "Ms. Mason." He accepted the honor in "a sequined top, a black skirt and heels" (size 12). Despite being far and [...]