All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Delayed, Not Defeated
Hours after the Maryland Senate killed the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, Sen. Richard Madaleno (D-Montgomery), the only out LGBT member of the...
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Adoption Politics
On April 20 and 21, the Virginia State Board of Social Services will meet to consider ''adopting new standards for licensed private child-placing agencies,'' which...
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Judging Judges
On Thursday, April 7, the Senate Judiciary Committee moved forward the nomination of J. Paul Oetken, who was nominated for a judgeship in the Southern...
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For Art's Sake
Just as a piece of modern art can at first seem deceptively simple, so the premise of Yasmina Reza's Art, at first blush, appears remarkably...
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Scream Machine
What's your favorite scary movie? Odds are it won't be Scream 4. It might be your favorite funny movie, but not your favorite scary one....
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Is it time to let it go? Time to forgive and forget? Time to build bridges instead of chasms? Time to release the...
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Uphill Battles
Sen. Jeff Merkely (D-Ore.) re-introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to the Senate on Wednesday, and U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Patrick...
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Coverboy: Devin
Devin came to Washington in 2009 from Micronesia, where he was serving in the Peace Corps, to accept a job as chemistry teacher. The 29-year-old...
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We're in Business
Mark Guenther, executive director of the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, told a moving story at the organization's April 8 awards dinner...
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Budget battle
There was a lot of talk during the final days of the federal budget negotiations that House Republican leaders were trying to insert policy amendments...
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The Way Home
Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a series of ads promoting equal opportunity in housing that will run throughout the year...
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Coverboy: Cliff
You might recognize Cliff as one of the dancers at Town. When he's not shaking his booty, Cliff is busy studying business and accounting at...
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Election Day
When Gertrude Stein Democratic Club President Jeffrey Richardson left the organization to serve as the director of the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs, Lateefah Williams,...
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DADT's Last Gasps
More than three months ago, on Dec. 22, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act into law, declaring to the...
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Rules of the Game
Morgan Meneses-Sheets has opponents. They include members of the local LGBT community. As the leader of Maryland's equal-rights advocacy organization, Equality Maryland, Meneses-Sheets's leadership has...
