All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Coalition of No Consent
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier's ongoing agenda of reconfiguring the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) has raised a number of...
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Feldblum nomination passes Senate committee
A Senate committee Thursday approved the nomination of openly gay law professor Chai Feldblum to serve as a member of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
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Book Ends
Inside Lambda Rising, D.C.'s only bookstore dedicated to the LGBT community, it's hard to find any indication that the store will be closing its doors...
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Gay Support Missing for DADT Testimony Proposal
U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) introduced an amendment this month to help combat the military's ''Don't Ask-Don't Tell'' policy, but no openly gay member of...
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Akasha stands up for geeks and nerds on Maury
Maybe you missed her on America’s Got Talent as part of The Diva League’s “Disturbia” drama. If so, local drag diva Akasha “You are not...
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Opposing Viewpoints
Assistant Police Chief Diane Groomes of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) wants the local LGBT community to meet 35 officers, whom she claims are now...
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Rallying for Marriage
The Campaign for All DC Families and a coalition of other organizations, including D.C. Clergy United for Marriage Equality and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC),...
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Clinic Community
The Whitman-Walker Clinic is seeking applicants for its newly announced Community Advisory Group, slated to meet for the first time in March 2010. ''We want...
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Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington
I love to sing, but I'm no Susan Boyle. And until recently, I thought the shower was the only suitable place for my inner-diva. I...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You've been hit from your blind spot so often you're feeling punch drunk. And the Universe isn't finished with you yet. The good...
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Playing the Heartstrings
There's nothing better than an uplifting movie to please the masses that's released just in time for the holidays. And if it involves sports, score!...
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Lambda's Last Call
When he opened Lambda Rising bookstore in 1974, Deacon Maccubbin started with $3,000 of his own money and $1,000 he borrowed from Craig Howell of...
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New Jersey Senate Panel Sends Marriage Bill to the Floor
The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee handed proponents of marriage equality an important first-round victory last night, Dec. 7, approving a bill that could make...
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Diplomatic Maneuvers
With his spouse holding the Bible, David Huebner was sworn in this afternoon as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa in a...
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Historic Vote on Marriage Equality
The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 passed its first reading during a City Council legislative meeting Tuesday morning, Dec. 1,...
