Metro Weekly

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  • Kudos on the Red Carpet

    About 200 people attended One in Ten's Fifth Annual Gala, ''Walk the Red Carpet,'' at the Woman's National Democratic Club on Saturday, May 3. The...

  • State of Hate

    D.C. City Council Chairman Vincent Gray wants to condemn hate. Vincent Gray On Monday, May 5, Gray announced a resolution condemning hate that he planned...

  • Gay Cop Conclave Hits D.C.

    In 2005, Brett Parson, then a sergeant with Washington's Metropolitan Police Department, headed down to Key West to catch the end of a national conference...

  • McGreevey and Matos: TMI

    “Plaintiff will testify at trial that he needed to have a disrobed male present in the room with them when the parties had sexual relations...

  • You’re the only one for me

    “There’s an emerging rhetoric around monogamy among young gay couples. In that way, they’re a lot more like married heterosexual couples than they are like...

  • The principal is not your pal

    “I really feel that my personal privacy was invaded. I mean, Principal Beasley called my mother and outed me to my mother!” — Memphis high...

  • Civics Lesson

    What's your trick for getting out of jury duty? I'd be very surprised if you don't have at least one simple method to suggest. Last...

  • Montgomery County's Trans Ally

    The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and residents of Montgomery County have joined forces with Equality Maryland, the state's GLBT equal-rights advocacy group, in...

  • Meth Movie

    Tweakers, a movie born of collaboration by two members of the West Hollywood Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board, Jimmy Palmieri and Sue Sexton, hoping to...

  • Post Power

    Even though the Power of Us National Convention attracted fewer patrons than organizers of the event had originally hoped for during its three-day run, April...

  • Jody's Family Affair

    This is a poignant time of year for Jody M. Huckaby, who in March marked three years as the executive director of Parents, Families &...

  • Tattered Vestments

    Santa Maria Maggiore is unique among the Patriarchal Basilicas of Rome in that it retains its original structure, though it has been enhanced over the...

  • NOVAM'S IMAGINE-ation

    Dancing, cocktails, dessert, live entertainment, auctions are all expected at IMAGINE, the Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry's (NOVAM) signature annual fundraiser, this weekend. Last year, the...

  • To the Max

    Twenty years have passed since Max Robinson, the nation's first African-American network news anchor, died from AIDS-related complications at Howard University Hospital. Sixteen years have...

  • Fitting Tribute

    It was the early 1960s and Victor Shargai was more than reluctant to leave New York City for Washington. His love of theater kept him...