All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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The Intimate Act of Disclosure
As we approach another World AIDS Day I find myself reflecting on one of the most troubling elements in our discussion moving forward. It is...
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Stand Up, Write Back
There is something electric about being in an LGBTQ space. The spark, the sizzle of energy, compassion and willingness to both question and listen fills...
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Southern Man
In an extraordinary combination, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Appropriate is funny, unflinchingly honest, and awful in the best possible way. Somewhere in the neighborhood of Tracy Lett's...
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Holiday Blue Notes
The holidays are approaching, but events are making it hard to get in the festive spirit. Not only is a friend spamming me with polls...
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Survival Instinct
The American dream, more than whatever else, is a longing for health and wealth. We want to live and make good livings. So, naturally, the...
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Wowing with Women's Wednesdays
Among the chief benefits of membership in the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, aka The Chamber, according to many members, are the...
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It's a Thin Line
It is hard to see Yael Farber's play Mies Julie without reflecting on J.M. Coetzee's extraordinary novel Disgrace. Both set in post-apartheid South Africa, each...
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A Pox on Purity
In political advocacy, as in statecraft, purity is a luxury an effective practitioner cannot afford. The tea party's aggressive push for ideological purity has yielded...
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2013 High Heel Race
The drag racers -- and the otherwise costumed -- were out in force for the 27th annual 17th Street High Heel Race Tuesday, Oct. 29,...
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Pop-Up Panorama
It's one of the largest LGBT events in the D.C. area, it's free and it's got information, advice and entertainment. It is g.life, produced by...
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The DC Center Moving Day
Get ready to meet The DC Center in its new home! Staff and volunteers have been pitching in to move D.C.'s LGBT community center into...
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A Moon for Misrule
If a full moon makes people crazy, what's their excuse the rest of the month? This haunting question arose on Oct. 18 as I sat...
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Building Wealth with Rentals
Many potential sellers in the last few years have had to face the question of whether to sell or rent out their house or condo....
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Keep Calm and Carrie On
What better an occasion than Halloween to don our best silk prom dresses and highest of heels, douse ourselves in a liberal splash of pig's...
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One Way or Another
The funny thing about the Washington National Opera's production of Verdi's The Force of Destiny is that it actually works. Despite an awkward first scene,...
