Metro Weekly

Features

  • Pride at 33

    Prides come and prides go, but the basic idea remains the same. Namely, that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people continue to make their mark...

  • Sean Bugg

    Writing about federal tax issues upon coming to Washington in 1989 with a journalism degree did not suck the life out of Sean Bugg. But...

  • Noi Chudnoff

    She may not have been gay, but Noi Chudnoff was most definitely a member of the local GLBT community. With her Go Mama Go! boutique...

  • Freddie Lutz

    Freddie Lutz is a curious mix of the old and the new - with a signature splash of purple. First, consider that Lutz has lived...

  • True Calling

    Thirty-one years ago, Cyndi Lauper damaged her vocal cords. Doctors told her she would never sing again. As if they could keep the feisty, irrepressible...

  • True Fun

    The B-52s have taken few breaks from performing since emerging out of Athens, Ga., three decades ago. But now, it's fair to say, they've been...

  • True Colors Tour 2008

    This year's concert should be cooler and more intimate than was last year's inaugural edition. But at Constitution Hall Saturday night, expect the same level...

  • Harmonic Convergence

    If ''Queering Sound'' is distorting, shaking up and subverting familiar sounds -- specifically what one might describe as ''gay music'' -- then ''Queering Sound 08...

  • Officially Empowered

    Earlier this month poet Dana Gioia, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, delivered a commencement address to the 300 graduates at Wisconsin's Beloit...

  • Chatty Cathy

    It's a rainy Friday afternoon, and Cathy McElrath Renna is sitting on the floor -- the chairs have yet to arrive -- of what will...

  • Dragon Quest

    Using the Out2Paddle calendar, 2006 was Year One. That was when this dragon-boat team, affiliated with Asian/Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA), made waves...

  • A Season of Pride

    Yes, pride season is once again upon us, with Youth Pride, Black Pride and Capital Pride. And the local Asian/Pacific Islander GLBT community has got...

  • Gossip Whirl

    Perez hilton Whether you love him or hate him, there's no denying that Perez Hilton -- aka Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. -- has Hollywood by...

  • The Return of the Lizard

    Mark Lee knows how to make an impression. There was the success of his first Sunday night party in Adams Morgan during the late 1980s....

  • Healing Humor

    Karen Williams has been a Buddhist for 36 years and a comic for 25. She's a mother, a grandmother and queer. And if you don't...