Metro Weekly

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  • Last Dance

    By on March 22, 2006

    The party at VelvetNation is coming to an end, promoters announced Wednesday, March 22. The biggest ongoing, weekly gay bash in D.C. will be going...

  • FAIR's Fair?

    By on March 15, 2006

    Much of the reaction to the Supreme Court's 8-0 decision in Rumsfeld v. FAIR to uphold the Solomon Amendment has been ill-informed. Commentators, especially in...

  • PSA tackles ''PNP''

    By on March 15, 2006

    Crystal methamphetamine has plagued the local gay community, with addiction to the drug growing steadily during the past five years, according to public health officials....

  • Healthy Dialogue

    By on March 15, 2006

    As part of National LGBT Health Awareness Week, Whitman-Walker Clinic on Tuesday night presented a public forum on gay health. ''It's a little smaller crowd...

  • Oldham Redux

    By on March 15, 2006

    He may not be a native son, but New York native Frank J. Oldham Jr. is no stranger to D.C. In the early '90s, he...

  • First To Go

    By on March 8, 2006

    Two big steps were made over the weekend toward the transformation of the area of Southeast D.C. that is home to a number of long-time...

  • Doggie Style

    By on March 8, 2006

    From the start, the dog was unruffled, collected and mature. She quietly waited for her two new owners to stop yelping and jumping on the...

  • Learning Lessons

    By on March 8, 2006

    Though much will be made of it, the federal Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA) is unlikely to be the most important story of the marriage fight...

  • The Cost of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'

    By on March 1, 2006

    A new study from the University of California estimates the financial costs of the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, under which more than 10,000...

  • Run baby, run!

    By on March 1, 2006

    Running laps around the football field in high school phys. ed. was just not for me. I did it because it was required and I...

  • Good Cop, Bad Cop

    By on March 1, 2006

    The newly energized, local chapter of OUTfront -- a program of Amnesty International focusing on GLBT human rights -- held a community forum Thursday, Feb....

  • That Sinking Feeling

    By on February 22, 2006

    In the end, it came down to plumber's putty. OK, not really ''in the end.'' The end has yet to be reached; I do have...

  • Gay-borhood Watch

    By on February 22, 2006

    Sgt. Brett Parson, head of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Dept.'s Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) is asking that anyone with information regarding the...

  • Happy York Day

    By on February 22, 2006

    For most Americans, Feb. 20 was a day off from work or school, thanks to the federal government honoring Washington's Birthday. In D.C., the day...

  • Losing an Ally

    By on February 15, 2006

    The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated nearly 40 years ago, is a global icon for civil rights and social justice. In the years since...