All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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One State, Two Lawsuits
In the days after the Marriage Equality Act took effect on Sunday, July 24, in New York, two legal filings showed where both sides of...
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Petworth Attack
A gay man was physically attacked by three other men while attempting to hail a cab on Sunday, July 17, at about 10 p.m. in...
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Advocate and Ally
Brian Watson has seen better days. On this particular Saturday, stopping by the Wanda Alston House, D.C.'s only transitional residence for homeless LGBT youth, Watson...
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Southern Comfort
Welcome back to the Chinquapin Parish of Steel Magnolias. Nothing's changed in this neck of the woods in Louisiana since the last time you were...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You're all alone in the dark; what do you do? Do you shout for attention? Do you grope around to familiarize yourself with...
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''Too Many Times''
Hundreds of friends, family and members of D.C.'s LGBT community gathered for a vigil on Saturday, July 23, marking and mourning the death of Lashai...
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Community Mourning
Community organizers have announced a candlelight vigil at the corner of 61st and Dix Streets NE for Saturday, July 23, at 7 p.m., remembering Lashai...
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Transgender Woman Killed
A transgender woman was shot and killed in Northeast...
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Quacks and Busybodies
I resisted a temptation in my last column to report the speculation then stirring that Marcus Bachmann, who is married to Republican presidential candidate Rep....
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King of Queens
There are some things hair and makeup can't fix. A broken iPhone, for instance. On a Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, Sutan Amrull – better...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You're really putting your back into it. In fact, you want to watch out that you don't strain yourself under the mighty effort....
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Passionate Pursuit
Not everyone has the good fortune to say they have their dream job that allows them to follow their passion. But not everyone is willing...
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Courtly Conversation
D.C. Superior Court's chief judge has accepted an invitation from Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) to speak to members of the local LGBT community...
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Swinging at DOMA
Before this week, President Barack Obama had, on several occasions – including from the Oval Office in June 2009 – stated his support for the...
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Coverboy: London
London is new to the nation's capital. The 28-year-old native of New Orleans moved to D.C. from Detroit two months ago to consider a job...
