All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Rapper Pulls Out
Straight rapper Wale has cancelled his upcoming appearance as headliner of DC Black Pride's main event, set for Sunday, May 30, at the Walter E....
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DADT Repeal Heats Up in House
Despite Wednesday night's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by the House Armed Services Committee with no language repealing the ''Don't Ask, Don't...
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Impatience on ENDA (UPDATED)
As the timeline for action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) tightens, LGBT organizations turned up the pressure on Tuesday, May 18, with a news...
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Strategizing AIDS
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) presented a tentative outline of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy during a community meeting in D.C. and...
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Homophobic Scientist Booted (UPDATED)
Jonathan I. Katz, a professor of astrophysics at Washington University in St. Louis, “will no longer be involved in the Department’s efforts” at addressing...
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Naked Talent
There are two ways that this can go. This review could spend a lot of time framing Ganymede Arts' new production of the musical review...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Time is a river upon which we float. Keep this metaphor in mind should you decide to swim upstream to take care of...
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Four Years Later, a Beginning
Defense attorneys for three men facing charges in the Robert Wone murder case re-affirmed their client's innocence in opening statements Monday, calling them victims of...
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Souder's Swansong
On Tuesday morning, May 18, Washington awoke to news that ''family values conservative'' Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) – who came to D.C. as part of...
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Big-Screen Crime
Robin Hood and Little John walkin' through the forest … oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly what a bore! A great deal of nostalgia will be felt for...
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Line in the Sand
Six-pack abs. Simulated sex acts. Glow-sticks and choreography. But then, camouflage everywhere. Weapons. Even armored vehicles. Then, shower scenes. A creepy, dimly lit, urinal-peeping scene....
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No Trial by Jury
Judge Lynn Leibovitz Wednesday granted a last-minute request from the three defendants in the Robert Wone trial to waive their right to a trial by...
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Immigration Claim Countered
A leader of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has told Religion Dispatches that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) reports that comprehensive immigration reform would not include...
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Lost Luggage
Gay invisibility can be harmful whether it is self-imposed or socially imposed. Two recent news stories show contrasting ways that the closet creates casualties. Before...
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Volunteers for Life
In the United States and around the world, more than 28,000 dedicated men and women have literally rolled up their sleeves and joined the fight...
