All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Athletic Support
Greg Campbell was attending a gay-straight alliance meeting at Wakefield High School in Arlington, where he teaches math and coaches swimming, when he came to...
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Defeated Bill
The House Judiciary Committee voted 12-8 against Del. Don Dwyer's (R-Anne Arundel) proposed amendment that would ban marriage rights for same-sex couples in the state...
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Rolling Along
Hundreds of families are expected to gather on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, April 9, for the annual Easter Egg Roll,...
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Taking Flight
This is a drop everything moment. If you live for opera, if you occasionally go, if you have even a fledgling interest in it, you...
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Soul Provider
It's hard to believe that Amy Winehouse, a 23-year-old white girl from London, is the voice behind the 11 soulful tracks that comprise her second...
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Lost in Translation
How's this for irony? In The Pillowman, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh creates a fascinating, multi-layered drama/fantasy that brilliantly navigates all manner of socially dangerous topics....
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Switch Blades
To steal the tagline from another skating film, Blades of Glory is a movie about a love/skate relationship. What makes this one unique is that...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Are you dispensing justice, or dispensing with it? Be aware of your criteria, and watch your motives -- everything suffers a sea-change this...
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Secret Stories
''Life should be sweet.'' So says Rose, mother of Mort, mother-in-law to Bev, grandmother of Fern and Sandra. It's that simple. As elderly Rose slowly...
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Long Life Journey
Five and a half years. Is it still too soon for a 9/11 themed movie? And, in the case of Reign Over Me, is this...
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Revealing struggles
Dilcia Molina is not a criminal. Yet in Honduras, where she was born and raised, the 42-year-old lesbian and mother of two says she was...
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PEPCO adopts equal benefits for domestic partners
Councilmember Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) and the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) applauded the Potomac Electric Power Company's parent company Pepco Holdings Inc.,...
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Positive Changes at Whitman-Walker Clinic
Officials at Whitman-Walker Clinic announced on Monday, March 20, the addition of three physicians, who will join the staff at the clinic in the coming...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Disorientation often accompanies a severe change in barometric pressure -- whether the pressures of the deep or a warm front encroaching from the...
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The Buff Stuff
Lots of hot, sweaty, buff, nearly-naked men. Do you need more convincing to run out and see 300? If so, consider this: It's a visually...
