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  • Greener Pastures

    By on July 21, 2004

    While most states have chosen to brand themselves, through their license plates, with innocuous mottos like ''Famous Potatoes,'' New Hampshire has selected the arguably more...

  • Passion Play

    By on July 14, 2004

    The passionate op/ed by Graham N. Murphy is a heartfelt and jarring thing. His sagacity of the facts is impressive. I...

  • From 'Coverboy' to Cover Story

    By on July 14, 2004

    Even a little PG-rated beefcake can be political ammo in Washington, D.C. Just ask Jonathan Tolman, a star of Metro Weekly's ''Coverboy Confidential'' feature in...

  • The Accidental Flirt

    By on July 14, 2004

    We met at the bus stop. I don't know his name; it didn't come up. He asked me a question about bus fares and I...

  • Losing Our Morality

    By on July 7, 2004

    I never expected the Human Rights Campaign to endorse George W. Bush in the upcoming presidential election. I would also be the first one protesting...

  • Friends and Relations

    By on June 30, 2004

    During a recent fundraiser for a local charity at the home of two friends in a long-term lesbian relationship, I found myself concentrating very little...

  • Underground Railroad

    By on June 23, 2004

    I don't want to take a shuttle bus anywhere, those shortish buslettes with the cryptic destinations in the marquee window at the front (''Terminal,'' ''North...

  • Nowhere Fast

    By on June 9, 2004

    Every day in America, on some dogwood-lined street beneath wistful cirrus clouds and past independent bookstores and cafes, without a hint of cynicism or irony,...

  • Mighty Christian

    By on May 26, 2004

    Some Mormons recently dropped by my friend Lindsay's apartment to evangelize. ''Hi, we're from the Church of Latter-Day Saints. You may remember us from our...

  • Rebutting a Rant

    By on May 26, 2004

    I'm no tree-hugger, but I do feel badly for all the trees that had to die so Rick Rosendall's rant about the National Gay and...

  • Bugging Out

    By on May 19, 2004

    For months I've been hearing random mentions -- threats, really -- of the looming cicada infestation that is, as of this writing, no longer looming....

  • Misplaced Priorities

    By on May 12, 2004

    A fundraiser for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is scheduled in D.C. for Sunday, May 16. I am not normally in the business...

  • Hair and There

    By on May 5, 2004

    Everyone is looking for something different, but one thing that we're all looking for is good hair. On ourselves or, barring that, on someone else....

  • Boy Crazy

    By on May 5, 2004

    At some point over the weekend -- maybe it was when I was holding Harrison upside-down by his ankles, or when I was showing Spencer...

  • In the Bag

    By on May 5, 2004

    Volunteers and staffers at last weekend's Gender PAC conference got a surprise as they were preparing for the weekend. Inside each of the plastic bags...