Features
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Leather and Feathers
It was a fixture in the D.C. gay community for 40 years, but on Oct. 31 The Leather Rack quietly closed. On Nov. 1, it...
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Two for Tea
''There are a lot of new things this year, because we didn't realize the Eagle was going to be open,'' says Patrick Grady, chairman of...
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Event Calendar
The host hotel for the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend is the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. Events marked with...
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2013: A Look Ahead
Welcome to the new year. If you've made some resolutions, best of luck in keeping them. They likely have to do with health and wealth....
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Making History
By June 2013 the Supreme Court's nine justices will determine the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act as well as California's Proposition 8...
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Pride Surprise
After you'd gotten your dose of Deborah Cox, once the beer garden ran dry, it might've seemed as though Capital Pride 2012 was packing up...
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The Year in Scene 2012
// <a href=''http://www.metroweekly.com/scene/?archive=2012''>Visit Metro Weekly's Scene section to see all of our
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2012: The Year in Review
The year may have at times seemed like little more than a presidential campaign, but 2012 saw its share of sorrows and bright spots. By...
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Capitol Hill and the White House
With the re-election of President Barack Obama, gains in LGBT representation in Congress, and four victories for marriage equality at the ballot box, advocates declared...
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Maryland Marks Historic Win
It was a long time in the making, but advocates of marriage equality now have four electoral victories in their ''win'' column – up from...
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Opening the Closet's Glass Door
To use some classic Washington parlance, when it comes to LGBT celebrities and politicians, we have our known unknowns and we have our unknown unknowns....
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Tempest in a Deep-Fat Fryer
One of the saltier controversies of 2012 was the fury surrounding fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A, its financial ties to anti-gay causes and its outspoken president's opinion...
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Year of Kameny Controversy
It's been more than a year since local gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny died and yet he has still not been laid in his final...
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2012 Coverboy of the Year: Aaron Lee Smith
Aaron Lee Smith recently shot some hoops with a buddy's 8-year-old son. At least, he attempted to. ''I was trying to dribble, trying to do...
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Coverboy First Runner-Up: Rich McPherson
{Rich McPherson (Photo by Julian Vankim)} Rich McPherson tends dance to his own tune. He's got the drive and the discipline, matched by an independent...
