Metro Weekly

Features

  • Roll Over

    By on December 7, 2005

    News broke slowly last week about the American Family Association's announcement that it would call off its planned boycott of Ford Motor Company. Donald E....

  • Examining the Epidemic

    By on November 30, 2005

    With the success of treatments for HIV/AIDS over the past few years, with the near-disappearance of AIDS related causes from gay obituaries, with the continued...

  • Paul Kawata

    By on November 30, 2005

    When Paul Kawata agreed to serve as executive director of the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) in 1989, the organization had a staff of four...

  • Adam Tenner

    By on November 30, 2005

    Headquartered in a basement along Pennsylvania Avenue SE, nearly spitting distance from the Capitol, the drop-in center and offices of Metro TeenAIDS (MTA) are very...

  • Julie Scofield

    By on November 30, 2005

    Among the quotes one could only hear in Washington, add the following: ''I have a great passion for the role of state government.'' It's a...

  • Thanks for the Memories

    By on November 16, 2005

    The holidays may come earlier every year in stores across the land, but it never truly feels like the season has begun until we're sitting...

  • SMYAL Like You Mean It

    By on November 16, 2005

    The Mayflower Hotel ballroom can be an intimidating place for public speaking, with its florid walls, formal architecture and, of course, a full-size buzzing crowd...

  • Strike Up the Band

    By on November 9, 2005

    Music aficionado or not, chances are most GLBT Washingtonians have had a least a brush with the D.C. Different Drummers during the band's 25 years....

  • Courting the Community

    By on November 2, 2005

    The first in an occasional series of interviews and stories on the 2006 D.C. mayoral and Council races. You may be tempted to think that...

  • The Mame Event

    By on October 26, 2005

    Enter the world of Carl. Born in 1940 to Guido and Mildred Rizzi, and raised in the conservative New England town of Milford, N.H., Carl...

  • Marching On

    By on October 19, 2005

    Washington, D.C., is no stranger to mass gatherings of people seeking rights, justice, or just a chance to be heard. Saturday, Oct. 15, was one...

  • Reel Affirmations 2005

    By on October 12, 2005

    Here's an advanced look at 150 films and videos during this year's 57 presentations, from Thursday, October 13 - Saturday, 22, 2005. Reviews by Sean...

  • Making the Point

    By on October 5, 2005

    Washington is a college town. It may not be the first thing people think of, but with American University, Catholic University, Gallaudet University, George Washington...

  • At Home in the Old Dominion

    By on September 28, 2005

    There comes a moment when you realize you're doing something right. For Virginia State Del. Adam Ebbin (D), the moment came near the end of...

  • Reaching the Summit

    By on September 21, 2005

    In December 2003, a handful of leaders from the GLBT African-American community banded together to challenge support from African American religious and civil rights leaders...