Metro Weekly

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  • The Aqua Decade

    It's an exciting time to be gay and Asian, says Linh Hoang, a 25-year-old native of Vietnam, who lives in D.C. ''We have a supportive...

  • Sudden Ending

    ''You cannot negotiate with God.'' Those are the words Noi Chudnoff, beloved local philanthropist and owner of Go Mama Go!, a gift shop at 1809...

  • Sudden Loss

    Noi Chudnoff, owner of Go Mama Go!, a gift shop at 1809 14th St. NW, died from massive head trauma on Tuesday, Nov. 6, after...

  • Memorial Day

    In addition to well-known and outspoken gay veterans like Leonard Matlovich, who was one of the first servicemen to publicly challenge the military's ban on...

  • Keeping the Faith

    You don't go to Damien Ministries to die. Unlike its early days in the late '80s, when it was known as Damien House, the HIV/AIDS...

  • The Last Word

    ''I was just at the very point of striking him with my belt but we were separated.'' -- Sheikh Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan,...

  • 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...

  • Finding Family

    With Halloween down, it's time to start thinking of Thanksgiving and the rainbow of similarly family-themed holidays to follow in December. Along that theme, Peter...

  • 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...

  • 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...