Metro Weekly

News + Politics

  • Harsh Reality

    One in every 20 residents of Washington D.C. is living with HIV, according to a new ad campaign that will appear on many of the...

  • Homophobia Reaffirmed

    There are many things one could say about the scandal involving disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.). It is foremost a tale of an individual's...

  • Independent Ink

    The D.C. area will get a dose of GLBT counterculture this weekend, when ''SPX'' -- or, the Small Press Expo: North America's Premiere Independent Cartooning...

  • Kameny's Gay Paper Trail

    For nearly half a century, Franklin Edward Kameny has been indispensable in creating the American gay rights movement. And he saved everything, squirreling away documents,...

  • Puppy Love

    New moms and dads and parents-to-be are often taken aback and a little incredulous when I offer, excitedly, to babysit. They think I'm being polite....

  • Paging Mark Foley

    As October surprises go, the Mark Foley IM imbroglio is the Washington scandal that keeps on giving. Congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned abruptly on Sept....

  • Power Walking

    As the D.C. AIDS Walk took its first steps on the Washington Mall in the spring of 1987, Pat Hawkins and the 100 or so...

  • What About Poly?

    Not long ago, hundreds of progressive academics and activists issued a manifesto calling for health care and jobs for all, universal peace, an end to...

  • Player Two

    I'm fresh off a round of Shadowgate and I'm wired. I just drank two Presidente longnecks just to bring me back down to level. I'm...

  • A Clear Course

    There's something about Minnesota U.S. House candidate Michele Bachmann that sets me off. It's not just her homophobia, which causes her to claim with serene...

  • Letters to the Editor

    As a gay resident of Dupont Circle, I am very pleased to have such an active Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA) that protects our neighborhood...

  • Ramming Speed

    Titan, one of the gay bars that helped usher in the newly redeveloped nightlife scene on 14th Street NW, has changed its name to better...

  • Honoring Latino Contributions

    The offices of The Center looks like so many others in the district, with drop-ceilings and industrial carpeting. Through Oct. 15, however, The Center is...

  • Closed Door for Navy Hopefuls

    Two women were ready to join the Navy on Tuesday, but the Navy wasn't ready for them. Continuing a 30-city campaign of protest against the...

  • Sidewalk Stories

    Trio restaurant is a venerable Dupont Circle institution, in some ways, perhaps, even more important to the neighborhood than the namesake fountain. From its corner...