Features
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The Passionate Pragmatist
When the wheels of Washington's gay community are turning, it seems that Mario Acosta-Vélez is never far away. Perhaps it's his presidential post at the...
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Wayne's World: 2007 MAL Weekend
Wayne M. Nesbitt has a surprisingly common name -- at least in the leather community. Yes, that means that people in the community are familiar...
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Comic Escapade: 2007 MAL Weekend
Underneath the glamour, glitz and mascara of Varla Jean Merman you won't find a leatherman. That's surprising, given that Jeffery Roberson, the man behind the...
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2007 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend
Friday, Jan. 12 2006 Leather Cocktails (Photo by Henry Linser) Registration opens at 2 p.m. at the host hotel, the Washington Plaza Hotel. 10 Thomas...
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Local News: A Look Back at 2006
History Boy Kameny (Photo by Todd Franson) THE LIBRARY OF Congress opened its sanctified shelves of Americana in October, making way for the addition of...
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Local Politics: A Look Back at 2006
Ballot Boxes Fenty IT MAY HAVE seemed like a political gimmick when Adrian Fenty ran his months-long campaign focusing on knocking on just about ever...
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Local Nightlife: A Look Back at 2006
End of an Era Fitzgerald (Photo by Todd Franson) THE BASEBALL STADIUM was a long time coming, but the end of Southeast's cadre of gay...
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2007 Year in Preview
All dates are subject to change at the organizer's discretion. For more detailed information as the dates for events come closer, contact the event organizer...
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The Year in Pictures 2006
Don't miss the Letter from the Publisher, too. January · HRC's L Word Premiere Party
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From the Publisher
Note: This letter from the publisher is, in large part, referring to the printed version of Metro Weekly magazine. The year was 1997. The month,...
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A Man for All Seasons
This time last year -- as in other years past -- there was a holiday-season ''smackdown.'' Once again, voices on the right warned of the...
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Chris Pichola
Chris Pichola will be heading into uncharted waters when he steps aboard an Atlantis cruise in February to celebrate his 21st birthday -- not just...
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David Phillips
David Phillips started to feel stress as time drew near for the Coverboy of the Year contest. ''Particularly the last three or four months. I've...
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Mitchell Nedab
There is a good possibility that Mitchell Nedab usually has two things on his mind -- well, three if you count the 24-year-old's nonchalant approach...
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Wicked Cool
Imagine the typical rock-and-roll cover band. There might be some big hair, a few tattoos, and some die-hard groupies. And the whole scene looks pretty...
