All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Lee Daniels at the HRC National Dinner [video]
Director Lee Daniels (Precious, Monster's Ball) accepted HRC's Visibility Award on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010 at the organization's 14th Annual National Dinner. ''I'm so terribly...
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Mo'Nique at the HRC National Dinner [video]
A very spirited, joy-inspiring and emotional Mo'Nique presented filmmaker Lee Daniels with HRC's Visibility Award at the 14th Annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, held...
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Valerie Jarrett speaks at HRC's National Dinner [video]
Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor and assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement,
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Outspoken, Ep 9: AIDS Walk and Lynda Carter [video]
On Saturday, Oct. 2, Ebone Bell and Aram Vartian spoke with people at the Whitman-Walker Clinic's annual AIDS Walk, and asked participants for their thoughts...
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The White Knight
The ''sexual racism'' argument used by some gay people of color in order to shame white males (and yes, it is always white males) into...
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Stand Against Criminalization
On the weekend of Sept. 25, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) raided a hotel in Northwest in a prostitution-related sting. MPD has confirmed that six...
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Blowback on Bullying
Every 18 minutes, one person ''completes'' suicide. ''We use the word 'completed' rather than 'committed' because committed makes it sound like a crime and that...
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Party with Purpose
Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, which began Sept. 15 and ends Oct. 15, the Latino GLBT History Project, a local organization, is preparing to honor...
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Non-Profit Jackpot
While the nonprofit world may understandably be excited about the Myer Foundation Exponent Awards, which annually recognize five leaders in the sector with $100,000 apiece,...
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Family Affair
At the two-decade mark, COLAGE is going through some changes. The acronym, for instance, stands for Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere. And while the...
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State of Play
Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, had a key legislative priority for the 111th
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View from the Hill
On April 21, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) called Get Equal's protest of a hearing held by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.)...
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So You Think You're a Drag Queen, Ep. 8 [video]
The popular monthly contest at Washington, D.C.'s Town Danceboutique continues. The October installment features a challenge that would win a steeplechaser's heart.Contestants included Kit Valentine,...
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Awaiting the Grand Gesture
In the coming weeks and months, the Obama administration, through the Department of Justice, will face multiple decisions about whether and how to appeal trial...
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Dogs and Dragons
It would be easy to read too much into the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and the fact that No Rules Theatre Company's...
