Metro Weekly

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  • All in the Family

    Elbridge James can admit that advocating for gay rights wasn't an effort he embraced overnight. ''It's a process that took more than 20 years,'' says...

  • After School Special

    At 18, Christopher Barnhill wasn't necessarily going through a ''tough time'' when he started hanging out at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League's after-school Youth...

  • Red October

    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...

  • Last Word

    ''Twenty years ago, if you were gay and lived in rural Kansas, you went to San Francisco or New York. Now you can just go...

  • Healthful Opportunity

    While any number of GLBT-related health summits, workshops and seminars have cropped up in Washington over the years, there's always room for one more --...

  • Fighting Back

    If Washington was compared not to other cities, but to entire countries, ''It would rank in between the Republic of Congo and Rwanda in terms...

  • Hugging it Out

    There was lots of love at the Rite Aid Pharmacy, at 13th and U Streets NW, on Tuesday, Oct. 30. About 50 people showed up...

  • Girl Power

    Think of ''Queer Life, Queer Love'' as a sweeping 101 course for lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LBTQ) women, on how to live happy, healthy...

  • Speed Queen

    Carey Murphy has traveled across the country documenting various festivals for the Smithsonian Channel, and now she's ready to document Washington's annual High Heel Race...

  • Animus in the Aisles

    When Jason ''Jay'' Hill finally realized what was happening, he couldn't believe his ears. ''Get out! Get out!'' That was the order Jay, a 32-year-old...

  • Last Word

    ''I strongly believe that African Americans and the LGBT community must stand together in the fight for equal rights. I strongly disagree with Rev. McClurkin's...

  • ENDAgate

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

  • Last Word

    ''This bill in its very core is discriminatory towards anyone who disagrees with the homosexual lifestyle.'' -- Ron Prentice, head of the California Family Council,...

  • Now Open for Business

    Registration has opened for those planning to attend Washington's first city-sponsored LGBT Economic Development Summit, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, Nov....

  • Pride Retreat Postponed

    Whitman-Walker Clinic has postponed its all-day Capital Pride Planning Committee ''retreat,'' originally slated for Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, and open to...