Metro Weekly

News + Politics

  • Match Point

    When Walker Chaffin, tournament director of the Capital Tennis Association (CTA), asked attendants of last year's Capital Classic Tournament, via e-mail, how things could be...

  • Honoring Heroes

    Despite the fact that José Gutierrez is one of Washington's prominent gay, Latino activists, he says he has never received an invitation to take part...

  • Stein Club's Accolades

    The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, arguably among the most influential clubs in District politics, on Aug. 22 announced the recipients of its annual leadership awards....

  • Cash Back

    The Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency has reimbursed Whitman-Walker Clinic, the main organizer behind Washington's Capital Pride parade and street festival, more than $14,000...

  • Bowling for Friendship

    Cecilia ''C.C.'' Ford has come a long way since losing her partner, Delores ''Dee'' Smith, last year. Smith died from causes that remain obscure, Ford...

  • Casting a Web

    The D.C.-based National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) announced Aug. 15 that the organization is joining those who already broadcast online, such as the Human Rights...

  • Fingers do the walking

    The Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs announced recently the release of a comprehensive directory listing GLBT-related organizations, ranging from A Common Bond, a group for...

  • State Capital Pride

    It's been eight years since Rev. Wayne Schwandt, a pastor at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Chesapeake, suggested having a Pride festival in Annapolis....

  • Gender Confusion

    It's hard to imagine what Virginia Grace Soto went through during the two days she spent at a male detention center at the D.C. jail....

  • Homebodies

    When my African boyfriend Patrick arrived in Washington last month on his first visit to America, his top priority was to find a gym. He...

  • HAA Hire

    Mayor Adrian Fenty announced on Thursday, Aug. 9, Dr. Shannon Hader as the new director of the city's HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA). Hader follows former agency...

  • Trans Job Training

    While Washington has some of the best civil-rights protections for transgender residents of any jurisdiction in the country -- or the world, for that matter...

  • Mixed Schoolbag

    Continuing her introduction to the District, the new chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Michelle Rhee, cleared her calendar Monday night to...

  • Recreational Appointment

    Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) on Aug. 3 named Clark Ray, a prominent member of the local GLBT community, to head the District's Department of Parks...

  • Information Deficit

    Prominent gay attorney Joseph R. Price, his partner Victor Zaborsky and their former roommate Dylan Ward were noticeably missing on Monday, Aug. 6, at the...