All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Smallwood Funeral Draws Hundreds
Hundreds filled the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on Monday, April 19, to say farewell to a pioneer: Charlotte Smallwood. ''The community has lost an icon,''...
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Tapped Out
Always remove one item before leaving the house. This was the advice of the godmother of the little black dress Coco Chanel. Do the hair....
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Death Match
Can a British black comedy about a family successfully translate to an American comedy about a black family? Bloody hell, yeah! In 2007, the Frank...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You're sluggish and out of sorts. You're wondering why the weather (inside and out) can't make up its mind and just be. You're...
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University of Maryland: Terrapins Meet ''Golden Girls''
GETTING INVOLVED with your university's LGBT group is ''just one of those things you do when you get in college,'' says Natalia Cuadra-Saez. The 20-year-old...
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University of the District of Columbia: Community for Commuters
IT ISN'T LIKE most universities in the area, The University of the District of Columbia -- within the District, it is the only public institution...
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George Washington University: Showing Pride On Campus and Off
WHEN MARRIAGE EQUALITY hit the District on March 3, George Washington University was at the forefront. Among the first same-sex couples to wed at D.C....
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George Mason University: Chalk It Up to Pride
WHEN VIRGINIA ATTORNEY General Ken Cuccinelli showed up at George Mason University's law school in Arlington last month for a speech, about 50 students and...
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Gallaudet University: Signs of Pride
EARLIER THIS MONTH, Gallaudet University made headlines when news spread that the D.C. college for the deaf was planning a production of Terrence McNally's Corpus...
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Don't Wait, Don't Stop
''I remember these two gentlemen,'' D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Richard Ringell said. ''Mr Choi, he saluted me. It's the only time I've been saluted.''...
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Lt. Dan Choi, Mara Boyd and Autumn Sandeen at D.C. Courthouse [video]
Six former or current LGBT servicemembers who were arrested at a White House protest on Tuesday, April 20, were released from jail on Wednesday after...
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Protest Coverage Cut Short [UPDATED]
Reporters expect to have occasional fights over access. It comes with the job. But, it's unlikely reporters expected the literal pushback they faced on Tuesday...
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Supreme Questions
The Supreme Court considered today whether a university can deny official recognition to a student group that refuses to abide by the university's membership policy...
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ENDA Vote Coming Soon
Legislation aimed at ending employment discrimination against LGBT people will be marked up in committee ''this week or next,'' according to Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.)....
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Breaking Barriers
''If you screwed your eyes shut and imagined a judge for the Federal Circuit, you would have a hard time imagining anyone better than Ed...
