All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Wone Reckoning
The Robert Wone trial officially started inside a D.C. Superior Court room on Monday, May 10. The traditional trappings of a trial’s beginning, opening statements...
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''Raising the Roof'' at Town [video]
On Monday, April 26, the national touring company of Fiddler on the Roof convened at Town Danceboutique, where they performed an assortment of Broadway standards,...
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Center Deadline
After months of operating The Center, the local LGBT community center, out of 1810 14th St. NW, David Mariner, executive director of the organization, announced...
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Hate Crime Conviction
''They don't lock you up for hitting faggots.'' Those are the words the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (USAO-DC) say 42-year-old...
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Marriage Opponents' Appeal
Although no judges, thus far, have accepted the arguments made by opponents of marriage equality in D.C. that they should be able to go forward...
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News Analysis: DADT's State of Play
On Friday afternoon, April 30, at a little past 4 p.m., the Associated Press's Anne Flaherty posted a brief story that the secretary of defense...
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Man Collapses at Town
On Saturday night, May 1, a 57-year-old patron of Town Danceboutique, a popular gay nightclub located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., suffered a...
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Howard Dean on DADT Repeal [video]
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean joined more than 100 people in Lafayette Park on Sunday, May 2, at a rally organized...
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Looking for Leadership on DADT
From an appearance by former chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean to six civilians who chained themselves to the White House fence, pressure...
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Shifting Timelines
Two weeks ago, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said the job protection bill that he is sponsoring in the House would be marked up and voted...
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Pentagon Wants Delay on DADT Repeal UPDATED
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a letter to the chairman of the House...
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HRC Under Fire
When it comes to laying blame for a lack of progress on LGBT equality, activists aren't just focusing on President Barack Obama and Congress....
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Get Rational
Get Equal, which specializes in direct actions like heckling our allies with demands for Total Equality Right Now, has at least one like-minded boor in...
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Drive Time
In the moments before an accident, some people relate the experience of having their entire life flash before their eyes. But that has always seemed...
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Marital Bliss
Truth be told, most comic operas are funnier in theory than in reality. The buffo, over-rouged in a teetering wig, capers about the stage and,...
