Metro Weekly

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  • Rove's Family History

    By on September 13, 2006

    Did political mastermind Karl Rove -- who as President Bush's top political aide helped craft campaign strategies using same-sex marriage as a homophobic political weapon...

  • Queer Campuses

    By on September 13, 2006

    Billing itself as ''the first and only guide for LGBT students and their families on finding the right college,'' Alyson Books last month released The...

  • A Moral Movement

    By on September 6, 2006

    This past Valentine's Day, I had dinner with someone I had been seeing for a little more than two weeks. For a young man, my...

  • Gay Dems Honor Own

    By on September 6, 2006

    The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's primary organization for GLBT Democrats, has chosen four recipients for its 30th Anniversary Leadership Awards. Eric Stern, former...

  • Broncs, Boots and Beats

    By on September 6, 2006

    In these parts, the start of the Atlantic hurricane season means more than flash flooding and power outages. It means it's time for another Atlantic...

  • Sister Schism

    By on August 30, 2006

    Since 1976, women have been gathering in the wilds of Michigan, creating a space that, say attendees and organizers, is at once political, liberating, nurturing,...

  • Historic Record

    By on August 30, 2006

    Franklin Kameny was, as they say, a pioneer of the early days of the modern gay civil rights movement. Before even the 1969 Stonewall riot...

  • Richmond in the Pink

    By on August 30, 2006

    With a vote on a gay marriage amendment looming, and other GLBT issues remaining at the fore of Virginia politics, The Pink Party this Labor...

  • Alternative Lifestyle

    By on August 23, 2006

    One of my earliest lessons about homeownership in Takoma Park -- a certified Hippie Town -- was that gas-powered lawn mowers are, like, so uncool....

  • Murder in Dupont

    By on August 16, 2006

    The beginning and ending of Robert Wone's fatal last night are clear -- it's the unknown story of how and why he was murdered that...

  • Jailbait

    By on August 16, 2006

    When I was 20, I went with some friends to Hilton Head, S.C., for spring break. Someone's parents had a time-share there and we got...

  • GLAA Rates Candidates

    By on August 16, 2006

    A handful of officers and members of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., (GLAA) gathered for more than five hours Tuesday night...

  • Cherry Announces Grants

    By on August 16, 2006

    The Cherry Fund, the organization behind D.C.'s annual spring circuit party fundraiser, reported in early August that it would be distributing $30,000 to 12 beneficiaries...

  • Return to Sender

    By on August 9, 2006

    There was a time in high school, early in senior year, when thick, overstuffed envelopes that came in the mail were good, especially if the...

  • Gatekeeper Gambit

    By on August 9, 2006

    On July 19, protests were held around the world marking the first anniversary of the hanging of two gay teens, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni,...