All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Love, D.C. Style [video]
Last week the first same-sex couples in the District applied for legal marriage licenses – on Tuesday, March 9, they were able to legally sanction...
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D.C. Marriage: A Political Achievement
The Campaign for All D.C. Families hosted three of the first legally recognized same-sex marriages in the District on Tuesday, March 9, but the reason...
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''My Rock, My Life, My Love''
”There are no spectators here today,” Rev. David K. North, pastor of Holy Redeemer Metropolitan Community Church in College Park, said. ”All of us have...
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ENDA May Still Be on Track
Legislation can be like a train: It runs on a track, makes certain stops along the way, and is often attached to other trains. But,...
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All About the Timeline
Movement toward a repeal of the military’s ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy continued forward this week with renewed vigor, as both the House and the...
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Virginia Moves Against Gay Employees of Universities
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) on Thursday, March 4, advised the state’s public colleges and universities that ”the law and public policy of...
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Small Wonder
Once upon a time there was a young director named Tim Burton, and he created wonderfully bizarre and macabre worlds populated by a boy with...
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Easy Pickings
Most of the Oscar winners this year are sure-things. There, I did it. All of my Oscar picks for the year are cursed and I'm...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You've made it this far. You can't give up. The tide is finally turning. The handwriting is on the wall and it can't...
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A Scent of Scandal
Rep. Eric J.J. Massa (D-N.Y.) told reporters this afternoon that health problems – and not reports of sexual harassment allegations – were keeping him from...
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Denny's Bad Data
Local lesbian activist's call for change to discriminatory Wi-Fi restrictions prompts change in policy by Denny's restaurant chain by Yusef Najafi Khadijah Tribble often escapes...
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GLAA Announces Awardees
''The achievement of civil marriage equality in the District of Columbia is the fruit of decades of public advocacy and organizing by gay citizens and...
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Redux in a Tux
The fourth annual Capital Queer Prom is the first to have a theme, says creator Ebone Bell. ''I've managed to get away with not having...
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How We Won
March 3 marked the start of same-sex couples being able to apply for marriage licenses in District of Columbia Superior Court. The seeds of this...
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Historic Day in D.C.
At 6 a.m. this morning, March 3, Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend arrived at the Carl Moultrie Courthouse where, nearly three hours later, they would...
