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Moms for Liberty Brings its Bad Parenting to D.C.
Washington, D.C. closes out the summer with a transphobic Moms for Liberty summit.
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‘Once Upon a Mattress’ is a Sleeper Hit (Review)
A musical theater classic is remounted with Sutton Foster, Michael Urie and a regal ensemble.
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This Week’s Advertisers: Issue of August 22/29, 2024
Please support our advertisers in the August 22/29 Metro Weekly, featuring an interview with trans journalist and activist Raquel Willis.
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‘Blink Twice’ is a Lean, Mean Thriller (Review)
Debut filmmaker Zoë Kravitz serves up laughs and suspense in the blood-soaked, rich-folks-are-not-like-us thriller "Blink Twice."
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Florida College Throws Hundreds of LGBTQ Books in a Dumpster
New College of Florida has suspended a dean after the library disposed of books dealing with LGBTQ issues, race, and gender.
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VIDA Reverses Course on Cameras in Men’s Locker Room
"The idea wasn't to try to catch guys having sex. The idea was trying to get guys stealing stuff," says owner David von Storch.
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Harley-Davidson Drops All LGBTQ Support
The motorcycle giant is the latest to cave to a right-wing campaign arguing that pro-LGBTQ policies are a betrayal of its customer base.
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JoJo Siwa Says Nickelodeon Reacted Badly to Her Coming Out
In an interview for the Hulu documentary "Child Star," Siwa claims she was "blackballed" by the network for coming out as a lesbian.
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Gay Flamingos Successfully Hatch Chick
Curtis and Arthur, a gay flamingo couple at the Paignton Zoo, are the latest same-sex couple to raise a chick hatched from an abandoned egg.
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VIDA Gym to Install Cameras in Men’s Locker Rooms
Vida Fitness owner claims the surveillance cameras are necessary to stop a recent increase in locker thefts.
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‘Life and Trust’ is a Spectacular, Grandly Epic Experience (Review)
A new immersive experience conquers New York as beautifully and boldly as a Bull Market.
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D.C. Gay Bar Dirty Goose to Close in September
The U Street LGBTQ bar had weathered tough times, including the various restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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George Santos Pleads Guilty to Fraud
The gay former congressman is set to be sentenced on February 7 and could serve between six and eight years in prison for financial misdeeds.
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Gay Man Beaten by Shake Shack Employees for Kissing Partner
Video of the attack, which occurred in D.C.'s Dupont Circle, shows multiple employees pursuing and punching the victim.
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JD Vance Declares It’s “Time to…Load the Muskets”
Vice presidential candidate JD Vance wrote a chilling foreword for a book that calls for a political and social revolution by conservatives.
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Comedian Ilana Glazer Comes Out as Nonbinary
Ilana Glazer has shared that becoming pregnant helped them embrace their nonbinary identity. Speaking with the British newspaper The Independent while promoting the movie Babes, Glazer...
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Signature Theatre’s ‘Soft Power’ Sings and Stings (Review)
David Henry Hwang's musical satire "Soft Power" confronts America's political division with biting wit and romance.
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World Pride 2025 Profile: Mark Bromley’s Diplomatic Cause
The Council for Global Equality's Mark Bromley steers the State Department toward better LGBTQ policies abroad.
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This Week’s Advertisers: Issue of August 15, 2024
Metro Weekly is an advertiser-supported magazine and website. It’s free to read. Subscribe here. Please support our advertisers and help keep independent LGBTQ journalism strong!...
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Elliot Page is Riveting in ‘Close to You’ (Review)
In "Close to You" Elliot Page masterfully plays a prodigal son returning home for the first time since he transitioned.
