Metro Weekly

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  • Rescue from the Right

    By on October 18, 2006

    It's October, and the leaves are turning Code Orange and Red. But just when we were expecting another conveniently timed terror alert, the Republicans have...

  • Homophobia Reaffirmed

    By on October 11, 2006

    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

    By on October 11, 2006

    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

    By on October 11, 2006

    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

    By on October 4, 2006

    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

    By on October 4, 2006

    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

    By on October 4, 2006

    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?

    By on September 27, 2006

    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

    By on September 27, 2006

    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

    By on September 27, 2006

    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

    By on September 27, 2006

    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

    By on September 27, 2006

    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

    By on September 27, 2006

    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

    By on September 27, 2006

    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...

  • HRC vs. MAM

    By on September 20, 2006

    So many parties, so little time. It's a view easily taken by revelers this fall as two mainstays of the gay social calendar -- the...