All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Fox Hunt
It's a formula that seems ridiculously easy. You need a set with multiple doors to facilitate fast exits and unexpected entrances. You need a young...
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Pentagon Revises DADT Discharge Procedures [UPDATED]
Discharges under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy will now take the approval of the service branch secretary, and only in consultation with the...
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SMYAL Youth address recent LGBTQ suicides [video]
Metro Weekly reporter Justin Stewart talks with Andrew Barnett, executive director of D.C.'s Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) and several SMYAL youths about the...
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Outspoken, Ep. 10: Nation Reunion at Town [video]
In this week's installment of Outspoken, host Ebone Bell attends the Nation Reunion party at Town in Washington, D.C., and asks patrons what their favorite...
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Mova Files for Bankruptcy
Babak Movahedi, the owner of the Washington, D.C. gay bar Mova Lounge, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today for the business that operates the...
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DADT Ruling Fallout
For further developments on this story, check Metro Weekly's Poliglot blog.As the breadth of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips's Oct. 12 order halting all...
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Rhee Recap
Michelle Rhee has been a controversial figure in D.C. politics since her appointment as D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor by Mayor Adrian Fenty in June...
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No Silence on Violence
This weekend, La Clinica del Pueblo and a handful of other local organizations, including the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, will launch a new campaign:...
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Fighting to Save Our Youth
Charles Robbins never attempted suicide. Growing up in Denver and struggling as a gay youth, however, Robbins found solace in alcohol. ''I remember my first...
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Federal Questions
Discussion of LGBT bullying and youth suicide has led to increased efforts by organizations and individuals to eliminate – or, at least, lessen – both....
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Helping Hands
''It has been unbelievably painful to have these kind of daily reminders,'' Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Student Education Network (GLSEN),...
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Law and Order
Last year it was The Blind Side. This year it’s Conviction. That feel-good, based-on-a-true-story film that allows established stars to flex their acting muscles by...
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Truth and Consequences
Trying to draw a conclusion about Constellation Theatre Company is not unlike looking up into the night sky, trying to discern the actual figures of...
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Heading for a Home
Can people make it through the entire process of buying or selling a home without real estate agents assisting them? Maybe. Whether they should try...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: It's the kind of week where everything gets big quickly, with wildly unexpected outcomes. So buckle your seatbelts, you're all in for a...
