Metro Weekly

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  • Syringes and Spine

    By on February 13, 2008

    This week on Capitol Hill, supporters of syringe-exchange programs (SEP) for HIV prevention celebrated a victory. Last year, Rep. José Serrano (D-N.Y.) led successful efforts...

  • Slinging Porn

    By on February 6, 2008

    D.C. made headlines recently with one of those stories that people like to use to mock the inefficiencies of government. On Jan. 23, the city...

  • Going for Barack

    By on January 30, 2008

    ''We are one people.'' It is easy to say, but we have struggled over it for 232 years. The charismatic speaker, who once wrestled with...

  • Living Single

    By on January 30, 2008

    I am, at heart, an introvert. It's not that I don't have friends (I have a few) or don't like people (some of you are...

  • Wishing Will

    By on January 23, 2008

    My first plan for the new year was to send Mayor Fenty a subscription to Monocle, the fabulous new magazine from the same empire that...

  • Roses for the Maestro

    By on January 16, 2008

    When word came of Jim Holloway's death on Dec. 30, it brought back a flood of memories of this man who directed the Gay Men's...

  • Domestic Bliss

    By on January 16, 2008

    When I was 25 and at the height of my twinkie powers, the idea of settling down seemed romantic but unlikely. The idea of getting...

  • From the Publishers

    By on January 2, 2008

    There was a moment last May, at the wedding reception of co-publisher Sean Bugg, where our hearts stopped cold. Our Scene photographer, Ward Morrison, who'd...

  • Three Unwise Men

    By on December 19, 2007

    On the next-to-last night of Hanukkah I went to Alan and Will's house, and before the menorah lighting there was time to read a book...

  • False Cure

    By on December 5, 2007

    Sharon Kass of Silver Spring, a stranger, is concerned for my welfare. In March 2006 she sent me links to several ''ex-gay'' Web sites. In...

  • Red October

    By on October 31, 2007

    Red October used to be a fictional Soviet submarine. This fall it was applied to the heat wave in the eastern United States. I think...

  • ENDAgate

    By on October 17, 2007

    The principle is simple: Transgenders are human beings who have a right to equal justice under the law. The question -- and it is a...

  • From the Editor

    By on October 10, 2007

    One of the questions I'm often asked in my capacity as a film critic is, ''What's your favorite movie of all time?'' My answer usually...

  • Inside Outing

    By on September 19, 2007

    Mike Rogers of blogActive.com has been riding high since he was proved right in his charges that anti-gay Idaho Sen. Larry Craig (R) was seeking...

  • His Lifer Story

    By on September 5, 2007

    Russell (not his real name) is a closeted, conservative priest whom I have known for 30 years. He is active with an anti-abortion ministry. I...