Features
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Folking Around
For the record, Cheryl Wheeler is not an ''angry dyke.'' No matter what the Westboro Baptist Church says. ''Well,'' she says, ''I do get angry...
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Top Gear
If you've picked up the scent of leather, it's not coming from the reins of a horse-drawn carriage – at least not till D.C. gets...
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The Great Hall
The Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend's Exhibit Hall is a beast all its own. It's where the leather and kink diehards cross paths with the weekend's spectators....
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Mr. MAL 2011’s Three D’s
What a year it's been, and Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2011 Doug ''D'' Pamplin couldn't be happier. From his base in Pittsburgh, Pamplin has taken the...
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Exercising Judgment
We're often told to judge not, lest we be judged by others. Perhaps it's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. In this...
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Leather Heart, Warm Heart
As the director of development for Charlie's Place at St. Margaret's, local folk-singer favorite Tom Goss has to keep his eye on the dollars that...
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Puppy Play
The heyday of biker gangs and leather daddies is so 1970s. While leather, boots and a jockstrap used to be de rigueur attire for Mid-Atlantic...
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Sexy Edge
You might say dance-music singer Ultra Naté proposed to Quentin Harris. ''We went into the studio and started working at first was going...
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Leather Nights
It's not just your imagination – there is more leather and fetish nightlife during this year's Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend than ever before. ''Years ago, MAL...
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2012: A Look Ahead
Being that so much of the future is uncertain, it's wise to pin down what you can. Will Nibiru materialize out of nowhere and give...
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Year in Scene 2011
Visit Metro Weekly’s Scene section to see all of our pictures Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Click a...
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An Odd Year
In that life keeps moving forward, the laws of the universe make it impossible to revisit everything in the past. There is certainly plenty, however,...
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Organizational (Mis)Steps
Earlier this year, when it was discovered that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation had sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in...
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Battles Ahead
''It's so romantic to think that I would be able to marry you on my leave,'' Army Capt. Steve Hill says he told the man...
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DOMA's Changing Landscape
On Feb. 23, Attorney General Eric Holder made the historic announcement that the Department of Justice would no longer be defending Section 3 of the...
