All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Pushing for Prosecution [video]
Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, and Rene Sandler, representing Jennifer Altomare – sister of slain D.C. principal Brian Bett -- held a press conference in front...
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Chiefs Provide DADT Testimony
Although the second day of Senate hearings into the Pentagon working group's report on implementation of a repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' brought some...
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World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil in Dupont Circle [video]
On Wednesday, Dec. 1, the Whitman-Walker Clinic, in conjunction with several other community groups, held a World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil in Dupont Circle. Among...
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Military v. McCain
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who in February told the Senate Armed Services Committee that his personal opinion was...
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The Circle of Censorship [UPDATED]
On June 14, 1989, The New York Times reported, ''The Corcoran Gallery of Art has canceled a planned retrospective of the work of the photographer...
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Awarding the Organizers
Where there's a rally, a protest, or signature drive for marriage equality, there's an organizer. Two years ago, the D.C.-based New Organizing Institute (NOI) noticed...
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Safety Monitor
''D.C. is one of the few handful of jurisdictions that has no anti-bullying legislation at all,'' says Alison Gill, public policy associate of the Gay...
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Piece of the Pie
Food and Friends sold more than 5,600 pies this year during its fourth annual ''Slice of Life'' fundraiser Slice of Life, raising more than $200,000....
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Lake Effect
It may seem strange to trade in the professional wrestling ring for ballet shoes, but that's just what director Darren Aronofsky has done. Don't worry,...
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Israeli Glee
Mary Lou, a four-episode Israeli musical miniseries, directed by Eytan Fox, is a cross between a gay version of Mamma Mia and Glee -- in...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: There's a time and place for everything; this is probably neither. You're impatient to get it all going. You're ready to jump in...
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Outspoken, Ep. 16: Why gays are good for business [video]
At the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Congress's 2010 national dinner, held Friday, Nov. 19 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., host...
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Breaking: Pentagon DADT Report
UPDATE: Expanded coverage on the release of today's report.The Pentagon today released its long-awaited ''Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a...
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Ready for Change
At a news conference at the Pentagon this afternoon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke about the release of the Pentagon working group report examining implementation...
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Eight Days in a Changed World
During the next eight days, efforts aimed at stopping discrimination in two of the most traditionally conservative (and heterosexual) of institutions – marriage and the...
