All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Old Pipes
Though she's being nice about it, our downstairs lesbian neighbor has informed us through a series of handwritten notes Scotch-taped to our door that our...
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Hearsay
Eavesdropping around at MAL Weekend... A very heated amateur night... Subairi holds a tsunami fundraiser... It all started a few Fridays back, at the Mid-Atlantic...
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Blood Simple
Alfred de Musset lives. Though the French romantic never saw his epic Lorenzaccio presented upon the stage during his lifetime, European audiences are familiar with...
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Absent Recognition
This past year was groundbreaking for gays in black journalism. From black churches supporting or opposing gay marriage to the alarming rise in HIV infection...
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Identity Krises
Until my senior year in college, I was half the person I am today. I don't mean that this was the point at which I...
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Dire Straights
Let's get one thing straight: a lot of men are not. But those who fervently claim they are, would never -- I repeat, never pretend...
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MAL 2005
The Centaur Motorcycle Club's Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend has grown over the years into the nation's largest club-sponsored leather event. The original seed of the weekend,...
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Sucker Punch
If you're planning to produce a bleak, dispiriting tale of bitter realities in post-Soviet Russia that bears the title Black Milk, perhaps you ought to...
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Securing Security
As a general rule, I tend to avoid political arguments. To me, political beliefs are similar to religious beliefs, both are based largely on faith,...
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Fantasy Island
My mother's main goal in life is to be warmer. At any given moment, she's devoting a significant portion of mental resources to figuring out...
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Barriers to Health
Ironically, a few weeks after Melissa Etheridge's breast cancer diagnosis helped put ''a lesbian face'' on cancer, the same-sex marriage backlash as witnessed in the...
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Busted!
Among the more scintillating New Year's resolutions I heard this year was one friend's declaration that 2005 is the year of cleavage. While I don't...
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Scene 2004
Scene 2004: The Year in Pictures More than 5700 Photos of D.C.'s GLBT Community over the past 12 months
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The Best and Worst of DC's Theatre 2004
Before we dole out the accolades for superlative -- and abysmal -- dramatic achievements, it's important to acknowledge a year that has ushered in such...
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A Gift of Harmony
In honor of the season of peace and harmony, I'm giving readers -- at least, those readers who have a partner -- the gift of...
