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  • Celebrating a Movement

    By on June 17, 2009

    ''I'll never forget this moment the rest of my life,'' a beaming RuPaul shouted last Sunday from the Capital Pride main stage. With the Capitol...

  • Pumped for Pride

    By on June 10, 2009

    Here's a tidbit that might surprise you: The person RuPaul admires most is... Judge Judy. ''I love her!'' exclaims the performer who skyrocketed to national...

  • Vocally Proud

    By on June 10, 2009

    If you ask Jo Arnone, the GLBT pride celebrations occurring around the country throughout the month of June should not be called parades or festivals,...

  • Pride Guide

    By on June 10, 2009

    Although the fictitious Dolly Levi was so upset by the notion of the parade passing her by that she had to belt out a tune...

  • World Wonder

    By on June 3, 2009

    While it may be four decades since her iconic character first twirled her way across American television sets, when Lynda Carter flashes her smile at...

  • Out in the Wild

    By on May 27, 2009

    Jake Nodar discovered his love of horses when he was just a little boy, toting his ''My Little Pony'' -- the butch version, in navy...

  • Crystal Clarity

    By on May 20, 2009

    Two decades ago, Crystal Waters was just another bored D.C. government employee. On a lark, she turned to recording music, and in short order, the...

  • Out In Congress

    By on May 13, 2009

    There have been gay members of Congress before and there are those who serve now. There has already been an openly gay candidate elected to...

  • 15 Years of a Free Rein

    By on May 6, 2009

    It would be a long life for a dog, long enough for a person to reach adolescence, or less than a blink of cosmic time....

  • Sun Day

    By on April 29, 2009

    Click for 165 pics from the 2009 Youth Pride Day in DC There was something for everyone at Youth Pride Day at P Street Beach...

  • Body Language

    By on April 22, 2009

    If you talk about contemporary dance in Washington, dancer and choreographer Helanius Wilkins is bound to enter the conversation. Since 2001, his EDGEWORKS Dance Theater...

  • The 2009 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards

    By on April 15, 2009

    2009 Next Generation Awardees: (clockwise from left) Hoang, Watson, Ramirez, Bell The story of our community is a story of generations. The generation that formed...

  • Eboné Bell

    By on April 15, 2009

    Last December, Eboné Bell quit her day job as the advertising manager at the Chronicle of Higher Education. She wanted to focus full time on...

  • Linh Hoang

    By on April 15, 2009

    There is very little to Linh Hoang that is not on the move. Emigrating from Vietnam at age 10, that flight across the Pacific to...

  • José Ramirez

    By on April 15, 2009

    Growing up as a teenager in Durham, N.C., was not easy for José Ramirez. He remembers the embarrassment of the school bus arriving some mornings,...