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  • The Time Has Come

    By on March 4, 2009

    The news out of Kansas really shouldn't have come as a shock. It was a new version of an old story. In February, the Kansas...

  • Inside Scoop

    By on March 4, 2009

    Spend just a few minutes watching the news and it's hard not to see a horizon filled with anything but storm clouds. Wall Street is...

  • Horoscope

    By on March 4, 2009

    Heavenly Round-Up: Ideology comes with exigencies of thought, word and deed not seen in other models of existence. Are you in a rut of understanding?...

  • Perfect Reception

    By on March 4, 2009

    There are some individuals who can make your life exponentially easier if you consistently remind yourself how much power they wield. Waiters. Restaurant hosts. Bartenders...

  • Limited Horizon

    By on March 4, 2009

    Several songs on U2's new album, No Line on the Horizon (), clock in at over five minutes, featuring long instrumental passages. It's as if...

  • Berlin Beats

    By on March 4, 2009

    Micky Friedmann spent some 15 years as a professional ballet dancer in Israel and Europe. But now, in addition to print modeling work, the 35-year-old's...

  • Identity Crisis

    By on March 4, 2009

    Let me make myself perfectly clear: Watchmen isn't your ordinary comic-book superhero movie. It's an extraordinary comic-book superhero movie. Cast of 'The Watchmen' The long-awaited,...

  • Roll Over! Speak! Lick!

    By on March 1, 2009

    Hearsay happened upon this adorable little site earlier today. Naturally, it commanded the eager-to-please little pupperoni to speak, roll over, jump and dance. It then...

  • Tyra Banks takes on self-loathing gays [video]

    By on March 1, 2009

    Tyra Banks hosted a show with the topic, “I Hate Being Gay.” It began like this: “This is Shane, and he says gay people are...

  • Seattle experiences string of anti-gay assaults

    By on February 28, 2009

    ”I remember being hit hard, where I fell and my hands were bruised falling directly on the ground…. As of now, there’s feelings of shame,...

  • DC home of gay activist Frank Kameny designated a Historic Landmark

    By on February 27, 2009

    “Today is D.C.’s recognition of his role, locally and nationally, in turning around discrimination against homosexuals…. If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender and...

  • Philadelphia pulls $115,000 in funding from annual gay Equality Forum

    By on February 27, 2009

    ”When Mayor Nutter was elected, we felt like we finally had a seat at the table. Now we feel like that seat has been pulled...

  • RNC head Michael Steele proves himself wrong in so many ways on gay civil unions [video]

    By on February 25, 2009

    From the the Michael Gallagher radio show: STEELE: No, no no. What would we do that for? What are you crazy? No. Why would we...

  • Vacation Baggage

    By on February 25, 2009

    Dateline: ms Eurodam, at sea, Feb. 22. Don't ask me what the ''ms'' stands for, or why it's not capitalized. Were I at work, I'd...

  • Phoenix Rising

    By on February 25, 2009

    Tell someone you will be visiting Phoenix and the likely response will be ''which part?'' Phoenix has grown rapidly in the last decade to become...

  • American U. Honors

    By on February 25, 2009

    The GLBTA Resource Center at American University is currently accepting applications for the Richard L. Schlegel National Legion of Honor Award in two categories: Emerging...

  • Seeking GLBTs Under 30

    By on February 25, 2009

    Metro Weekly is currently accepting nominations for the newsmagazine's first annual Next Generation Awards, recognizing GLBT activists, leaders and artists under the age of 30,...

  • D.C. 'Fired Up' for Gay Games

    By on February 25, 2009

    D.C. is officially ''fired up'' in hopes of winning a bid to host the 2014 Gay Games in the District. Vince Micone, President of the...

  • Singing Truth to Power

    By on February 25, 2009

    David Jobin was in tears as he watched the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington perform during President Barack Obama's Inauguration festivities. ''That a gay chorus...

  • Gay Green Leaders

    By on February 25, 2009

    Local gay resident Daniel Guilbeault takes a deep breath and makes a startling revelation: ''I've dated a driver before.'' Of course, that's dating. It would...