Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • Nikno's Time

    ''I know I bring a little bit of a different sound to the clubs that I play,'' Nicholas Moede says, ''and it's great to see...

  • Sexual Union

    Someone you know is a sex worker. Historian Melinda Chateauvert cites that slogan, from a San Francisco health and advocacy organization, in her new book...

  • The Past in Two Parts

    I searched in vain to find a saving grace in Olney Theatre's new production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Initially, I...

  • Gay Cat Art

    ''I was actually kind of nervous when I first made the zine because I thought maybe people would be offended,'' says J. Morrison on his...

  • Honey House

    At Flash Nightclub this Sunday, Feb. 9, you can count on dancing to music written specifically for '70s-era gay porn. ''It's really experimental, almost jazzy...

  • Buhrman Stepping Down at GMCW

    ''He really took us to a new level of artistry,'' Chase Maggiano, executive director of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington (GMCW), says of Jeff...

  • Victor's Return

    ''My audience is predominantly straight these days,'' DJ Victor Calderone says, ''but especially in New York and in Miami the boys still come out for...

  • Jazzed

    Freda Payne has absolutely no trouble channeling the big voice of Ella Fitzgerald, and it's actually quite remarkable. Payne, who had a pop hit in...

  • Toasting the Travelers

    Every year National Geographic Traveler magazine receives, according to the magazine's George Stone, ''lots of cool letters from passionate individuals telling us about their travels...

  • Unexpected Moves

    ''I started taking dance because I used to imitate Michael Jackson,'' says Robert Battle, who recalls playing piano and singing as a child growing up...

  • Supportive Synagogue

    A year ago Gil Steinlauf, leader of the oldest and largest Conservative synagogue in Washington, took a stand for gay rights. Writing in the Jewish...

  • Reading Sean Strub

    ''Twenty years ago, when a young gay man was diagnosed,'' says longtime AIDS activist and writer Sean Strub, ''there was this loving, supportive AIDS and...

  • Rousseve's Reality

    As a child growing up in Houston, David Rousseve had dreams of being a Broadway triple-threat performer -- singer, dancer and actor. Surprisingly, that was...

  • Everything’s Coming Up Rose

    Ryan Rose started his career as a porn actor a bit over two years ago, when faced with unexpected unemployment. ''When the company I was...

  • Steel City Streak

    ''I was always the one in the back of the bar,'' Joe Birdwell says. Up until fairly recently the 37-year-old lived a kind of shadowy...