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Do It! with Justin: Ep. 5 – Best Defense [video]
In the latest installment of our series, Metro Weekly's Justin Stewart attends a self-defense class conducted by Lauren Taylor of Lululemon Athletica in Washington, D.C....
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Equality Maryland in Upheaval
A board member has resigned from Equality Maryland in protest, following a day in which the executive director, Morgan Meneses-Sheets, announced that she had been...
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What Did Obama Mean?
If a picture says a thousand words, what does this video of President Barack Obama responding to an audience member at an event on April...
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The American College Theater Festival
The Kennedy Center takes something of a spring break and shines a national light on several college theater productions. Remaining highlights include: Minnesota State University,...
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Home & Garden
The upside of having four strong and distinct seasons is that spring always arrives as a breath of relief from the long, cold months of...
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News Analysis: When Is a (DOMA Litigation Cost) Cap Not a Cap?
On Monday, April 18, news broke that King & Spalding partner Paul Clement would be the lead outside counsel representing the House’s Bipartisan Legal Advisory...
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Coverboy: Brian
You might be familiar with Brian for his fashion photography. The 31-year-old native of Germany came to the United States when he was 3 and...
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Majority Rules
For those with even a passing acquaintance with the actions and rhetoric of anti-gay organizations and activists, it's rarely surprising to see just how low...
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A Presidential Duty
Lesbian and gay couples have fought for inclusion in our family-based immigration system for decades. Today, the president himself agrees that discrimination against married bi-national...
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Las Vegas: Until we meet again
DAY 4 My last day in Las Vegas came too quickly; however, I was determined to make the most of the few hours I had...
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Patrick Murphy to Run for Pennsylvania Attorney General
Former Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.), the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal leader who lost his re-election bid to Rep. Mike Fitpatrick (R-Pa.) in 2010, will...
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Riders Signed Into Law
On Friday, April 15, President Barack Obama signed the budget bill that averted the government shutdown two weeks ago. In doing so, he issued a...
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Trying To Tackle Crime
D.C.'s hate-crime statistics are four-times greater than the national average, according to the local group Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV). In hopes of tackling...
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Circle Back
If you've attended Youth Pride in D.C. over the past several years, then you're well acquainted with the grassy green lawn that is P Street...
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AGLA's Youth Advocacy
Continuing its ongoing commitment to youth, the Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance will mark a decade of awarding college scholarships in June. During the traditional...
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Chamber's Stars
The George Washington University Business Plan Competition, which awards $50,000 annually to students, faculty or alumni, named its 2011 winners last week – and the...
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Clinic Kudos
As part of its mission to ''educate a diverse health care workforce'' and improve health services to D.C. residents, the Capital City Area Health Education...
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Out on the Farm
It started simply, as these things go. Manhattanites Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge felt the lure of a weekend place in the country, a place...
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Million Dollar Man
Lifetime Television used to be the gay man's go-to station. Today -- perhaps even more so than Logo -- that distinction would seem to go...
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Spring Seediness
In Russian, the root for both ''red'' and ''beautiful'' is ''kras.'' Some say this aspect of the language evolved out of Russia's notoriously harsh winters,...
