Features
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Evolution to MAL: Revolution
Over the years, the leather/BDSM/fetish communities have seen a lot of change. The evolution includes ''plushies,'' motocross gear, athletic wear and other twists and turns...
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Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend Guide
Full Schedule of Events.All events (unless otherwise noted) are at: Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill400 New Jersey Ave, NWWashington, DC Friday, Jan. 14 Registration, Capitol Rooms...
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Volunteer Spirit
When Eric Cohen and Jonathan Blumenthal met while doing volunteer work with a gay and lesbian singles group, it was a special moment that launched...
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Helping Out
If you know you want to help, but you're not sure exactly where to start, look to The Center, the D.C. area's LGBT community center....
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The Year in Scene 2010
Picture it: Washington. 2003. A buoyant, long-haired guy walks into a magazine's offices. He's looking to buy a photo of himself in the starting lineup...
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Coming Out Strong
Looking back on 2010, it was a celebrity-filled year. In the spring, Kathy Griffin brought her My Life on the D-List reality show to the...
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2010: Year in Review
JANUARY The transition from 2009 to 2010 was harsh, marked by a murder. The year's first issue of Metro Weekly reported on the shooting of...
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The Path Down the Aisle
Two weeks before the start of 2010, Mayor Adrian Fenty joined a crowd of about 200 at All Souls Unitarian Church where he signed the...
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A Bully Year
For young LGBT people, or simply those perceived to be, 2010 was a chilling year as headline after headline reported on those of them who...
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A Long Year — With a Well-Deserved End to DADT
On Jan. 27, President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to give his State of the Union address. In it, he said, ''This...
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Advocacy Gets a Shot of Organized — and Organizational – Chaos
When then-Lt. Dan Choi and former Army infantryman James Pietrangelo II took a group of attendees at a Human Rights Campaign rally for the repeal...
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Making Marriage Equal
Since November 2008, when the voters of California passed Proposition 8 and ended marriage equality in the state, much attention has been given to the...
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Franklin Caintic
In his original Coverboy profile last May, Franklin Caintic said he had ''lube, massage oil and dental floss'' in his nightstand drawer. Dental floss? ''It's...
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Chris Rushton
No matter how you ask it, the answer is ''No.'' Chris Rushton is not doing porn. The 19-year-old has received a lot of weird requests...
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Ben Horen
When Metro Weekly first checked in with Ben Horen last spring, the aspiring actor was on the move, having recently added some modeling to his...
