''Who would ever have expected, when I was nastily fired in 1957, that in 2009, the very government itself would apologize to me for what...
Following Frank Kameny's death last week at 86, the area's LGBT community was left to ponder the loss of a prominent figure in its history....
When former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty signed marriage equality into law in December 2009, Frank Kameny was missing. He had to attend to his heating...
It's difficult to watch someone with whom you've had close contact over the years, someone whom you admire, visibly edge toward life's finish line. But...
''I think Paula was very similar in public and private, very passionate about her views, very funny, and at times very playful – especially with...
Welcome to Metro Weekly's total review and guide to the Reel Affirmations film festival for 2011. Reel Affirmations 20 runs from Thursday, Oct. 13, through...
The 2011 installment of Reel Affirmations, the 20th anniversary of the international LGBT film festival, is many things. It's a showcase of LGBT culture. It's...
Sitting on its prominent 17th Street corner, the expansive windows of JR.'s look out on a community that its helped become a little more ''out''...
The conclusion of a four-part series marking the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act By the time the Senate passed...
''That's a dream come true,'' retired Air Force Maj. Margaret Witt said, watching servicemembers celebrating the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' on Tuesday, Sept....
After Congress passed and the president signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act in December 2010, all the action that Congress needed to take...
For former Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Johnson, Sept. 20 could not come fast enough. In 2007, after serving for 10 years, Johnson came...
''For many of us, this is a dream long deferred,'' Michelle Benecke says. ''I've been working on this for 22 years, since I resigned my...
In order of scheduled release date. Dates subject to change at the whim of a studio executive. SEPTEMBER DRIVE -- Ryan Gosling headlines a murderer's...
ADVENTURE THEATRE Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Glen Echo, Md 301-634-2270 adventuretheatre.org Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse -- Even Lilly has some bad days, but...