All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Coverboy: Philip
Born and raised in Phoenix, Philip lives in D.C. and works as a contract paralegal. The 34-year-old enjoys helping out Burgundy Crescent Volunteers at Food...
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Ben Cohen brings his Acceptance Tour to DC [video]
International rugby star Ben Cohen, who is straight but extremely gay supportive, brought his Acceptance Tour to Town Danceboutique on Tuesday, May 24 for a...
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Safe-Schools Funding Slashed
When Congress and the White House worked out their differences in early April concerning the Fiscal Year 2011 budget, it was clear that some programs...
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Defensive Politics
On Thursday afternoon, May 26, the House Democrats were almost evenly split on passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the large piece of...
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Trans Woman Beaten in Fredericksburg
A transgender woman was assaulted by a group of three men and one woman outside of a 7-11 convenience store around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday,...
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Black and White
Appeals to race remain popular at both ends of the political spectrum. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on May 13 called President Obama ''the...
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Life at the Intersections
These past couple of weeks I have been humbled by the outpour of love and support from the community as one of the recipients of...
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Coverboy: Pernell
It only takes one look at Pernell to tell he's an Aries, thanks to the tattoo of the astrology sign on his arm. He's also...
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Before the Parade
Before this year's big Capital Pride parade and festival weekend on June 11 and 12, respectively, Washington will see several other pride celebrations. Those celebrations...
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Overblown Buffa
It's a shame the Washington National Opera didn't end its season with the brooding intensity of the memorable Iphigénie en Tauride instead of the determined...
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Stellar Showgirls and Guys
What isn't deteriorating in the Kennedy Center's hauntingly gorgeous revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 musical, Follies? Florenz Ziegfeld-like impresario Dimitri Weismann (David...
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Women of the House
With its rather dated depiction of the mores, or lack thereof, of the modern wartime journalist, some aspects of Tom Stoppard's Night and Day may...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Neither heavy, nor light. Neither full, nor empty. Neither solid, nor gaseous. Like a riddle from the old legends, you're caught trying to...
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First Out
A development that may surprise some, based on assumptions about The New York Times opinion pages, came on Monday, May 23, with the naming of...
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Sentencing in Gay Homicide
''I can't sleep at night. All I see is my brother's face.'' Those were the words of Tiffany Massey, a D.C. lesbian, telling the court...
