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  • Mr. FUK!T

    By on June 23, 2010

    When it comes to the local LGBT community, it's fair to say Matt Bamford is a bit of a celebrity. After all, he's Mr. Capital...

  • Pride's Rainbow

    By on June 17, 2010

    ''Oh, there's Chuck Bell! He said it wouldn't rain on our parade, and it didn't!'' NBC4 news anchor Wendy Rieger, returning as lively emcee for...

  • Chely Wright

    By on June 10, 2010

    When Chely Wright first took the stage at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry in 1989, the young country singer from Kansas was fulfilling a childhood dream....

  • Transcendental Joy

    By on June 10, 2010

    ''I didn't want anyone to think that I had stayed too long -- I was just too proud for that,'' says Joy Zinoman, an note...

  • The Etheridge Edge

    By on June 2, 2010

    It's a sad time in coupledom. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the lesbian Democrat from Wisconsin, and her partner, Lauren Azar, are reportedly separating. So are Al...

  • A Touch of Lace

    By on May 27, 2010

    Stepping off the Rhode Island Avenue sidewalk and into Lace for the first time, it's easy to imagine what Alice must've felt falling down the...

  • DC Black Pride Schedule of Events

    By on May 27, 2010

    Friday, May 28 Opening Reception, 7-10 p.m., in the Hamilton Ballroom, honoring the D.C. City Council, Charlotte Smallwood and Jeffrey Richardson. Refreshments and cash bar....

  • Pride & Heritage Hero

    By on May 19, 2010

    Few embody the intersected identities of being gay and being of Asian ethnicity as vividly as Ben de Guzman. Whether serving for a time as...

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    By on May 12, 2010

    If you're a straight actor playing gay, who better to instruct you than your own gay twin brother? Perhaps no one, though don't expect him...

  • Sweet 16

    By on May 6, 2010

    Sweet 16. The age of driver's licenses and birthday bashes, an iconic moment in the life of an American teenager when you're treated as an...

  • The 2010 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards

    By on April 29, 2010

    The idea that youth is wasted on the young is the fallacy of someone with a misspent youth. The reality is that youth is the...

  • Amy Loudermilk

    By on April 29, 2010

    Next Generation Awards 2010 By the time she was 10, Amy Loudermilk knew that phoning her best friend and getting a busy signal meant one...

  • Andrew Barnett

    By on April 29, 2010

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 When Andrew Barnett headed out to earn his bachelor's degree, the Alexandria native got about as far away as he...

  • Harjant Gill

    By on April 29, 2010

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 Some people turn to drinking and partying to cope with heartbreak. Harjant Gill turned to filmmaking. ''When I started college,...

  • Hyacinth Alvaran

    By on April 29, 2010

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 Hyacinth Alvaran's story may have started in the Philippines, but her story is being told most forcefully in here in...