Metro Weekly

Features

  • Life After Folk

    ''Could you tell me, like, where's a good place to go?'' -- Justin Taylor, Episode 1, Queer as Folk. Many of us first saw Randy...

  • Fenty v. Gray

    Elections are sometimes decided – unofficially – during the primaries. In the overwhelmingly Democratic District of Columbia, that's the rule for choosing the mayor, not...

  • Going Gray

    There's no question that the Vince Gray for Mayor campaign has been picking up steam. From straw polls to multiple unions to – most importantly...

  • Fenty's Followers

    Moving to the District in 1973 to write his dissertation, Jerry Clark has a long relationship with the District. His career has taken him to...

  • A NOM Connection

    Leo Alexander is on the ballot in the Democratic primary for District mayor, although his campaign did not respond to a request for information about...

  • Fenty Statement

    I am committed to results for all District residents. From reforming schools to lowering crime, I believe that over the last three and half years,...

  • Gray Statement

    I am running for Mayor because I believe every resident, no matter their affiliation, should have access and say so in a government that is...

  • Star Quality

    Paul Wharton likes to be one step ahead of the game. When he was 19 and living in New York City with his gay uncle,...

  • The Promised Land

    Ugandan politics took a sad walk onto the world stage at the end of 2009, when David Bahati, a member of Parliament, introduced a bill...

  • Mix Masters

    Admit it – you've tried to play matchmaker with a friend or a co-worker because you just knew he'd be perfect for this single friend...

  • Congressional Ties

    ''Being sometimes the first transgender person in their workspace – openly disclosed as trans – is an important part of what it is that we...

  • Outraged

    He's not much of a grandstander. In person, he's unassuming. He can laugh heartily, but he's otherwise fairly soft-spoken. His roots are in suburban New...

  • Here's to the Dogs!

    ''Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.'' The quote belongs to the late Roger Caras, an American wildlife photographer and...

  • Animal Magnetism

    Chip Wells presents a mild, polite demeanor. There's a Southern sensibility in the man that makes personal, yet common, questions – his age, for example...

  • Safety Patrol

    Who better to fill you in on the 101s of safer sex than your favorite porn stars? ''You have to use lots of lube …...