On the morning of Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant was shot in the back by a police officer. He was neither armed nor dangerous. He...
History was made at 15:06 GMT today, as Queen Elizabeth gave royal assent to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, legalizing same-sex marriage in England...
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), who for months has been exploring a potential gubernatorial run, is officially in the race to become the Free State’s...
The United States condemned “in the strongest terms” yesterday the murder of a prominent Cameroonian LGBTI-rights activist while urging that nation’s authorities to investigate and...
The national LGBT organizations Freedom to Work and Lambda Legal announced Monday they had reached a settlement with a government contractor based in Maryland on...
A coalition of LGBT-rights organizations has called for justice for Trayvon Martin after a Florida jury on Saturday acquitted George Zimmerman of the teenager’s murder....
“We don’t know who killed Eric Lembembe, or why he was killed, but one thing is clear: The Cameroonian authorities’ utter failure to stem homophobic...
California-based singer/songwriter and talented multi-instrumentalist is back today with his 4th album, “Where Does This Door Go.” It’s a smooth collection of R&B flavored pop...
David Bowie this morning unveiled his 4th video from “The Next Day,” his first album in nearly a decade. The song about a would-be school...
Team DC, the local organization promoting LGBT participation in sports, will hold its annual Champions Awards Thursday, July 18, during which it will honor those...
The man who stalked and killed Trayvon Martin is cleared of all charges, and a flood of disbelief and outrage pours across my computer screen:...
Since Saturday, when George Zimmerman was found ''not guilty'' of murder or manslaughter for killing Trayvon Martin, there has been outrage from the African-American community....
State Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun, Fairfax counties), the Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Virginia, has launched an LGBT-rights offensive against his GOP opponent, state...
One day soon here’s hoping we’ll see an American pop hit from a bona fide out LGBT artist or act. You don’t have to look...
Last week, Nokia launched the Lumia 1020 to a packed New York audience. The latest of the manufacturer’s Windows Phone line-up, the 1020 brings several...
It’s an overwhelming list of activities: BigMuscleBears at Paramount, Furball at the Boatslip, Bearracuda at Purgatory, Blowoff at the Boatslip, Fag Bash at Governor Bradford,...
Just in time for your weekend, Metro Weekly has assembled a Spotify playlist of the leading contenders as Song of Summer 2013. That is, at...
Over the past 15 years, D.C.’s restaurant scene has grown by leaps and bounds — in number, in quality, in variety. The bar scene has...
The man arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing of a transgender woman in Southeast D.C.'s Fort Stanton neighborhood had his preliminary hearing on an...
Chef and Partner Guillermo Pernot of Cuba Libre shows us how to make his Curried King Mackerel Escabeche. Cuba Libre in D.C. Video: Aram Vartian...