All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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The Legitimacy Lie
March was a heady month in the District of Columbia. The influx of same-sex couples at the marriage bureau boosted applications to six times their...
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Pride Mourns Miles
The Capital Pride Alliance announced this week that Bill Miles, co-founder of the organization and current board secretary, died on Saturday morning, April 10, at...
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We Are Family
LGBT families come in all shapes, sizes and colors. And while Ellen Kahn, president of the board of Rainbow Families DC, says there is not...
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Heroic Deeds
The least offensive thing about Kick-Ass is its title. The most offensive? That's way too hard to pinpoint. Kick-Ass is flat-out, balls-to-the-wall funny. Now, if...
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Obama Issues Hospital Directive
In a memorandum released by the White House on Thursday evening, President Barack Obama has directed Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to...
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[show] Business
If you don't have anything nice to say, the saying goes, come sit by me. is one of those fun but ill-mannered...
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Lie Hard
After Henry V and Richard II, dishes as rich as pheasant, The Shakespeare Theatre Company offers the clever 17th century confection, Corneille's The Liar. Under...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Your star is shining, but clouds veil the sky. You're ready for action, but rain falls outside. You want to go the distance,...
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To Vote or Not to Vote
The White House this afternoon called a report claiming that the White House was telling House members not to hold a vote on repealing the...
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Washington's Guessing Game
Looking at the list of possible nominees to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is one of D.C.’s favorite guessing games. Three...
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Stevens to Retire
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who turns 90 later this month and has been on the high court since 1975, informed the White...
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Four Months for Menace
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced April 7 that a Virginia man has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for...
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''So, You Think You're a Drag Queen'' @ Town Danceboutique: Episode 2 [video]
Town Danceboutique held its fourth installment in the monthly contest ''So, You Think You're a Drag Queen?'' on Saturday, April 3. Five new contestants --...
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New Math
As Americans fill out their once-a-decade U.S. Census forms, the Census Bureau is implementing part of what one senior Census Bureau employee called ''historic'' efforts...
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Dinner and Dialogue
While the ''Trans Town Hall Dinner'' is open to not only the transgender community, but also anyone who identifies as an ally, local transgender activist...
