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  • Parental Guidance

    By on March 31, 2004

    Many opponents of gay marriage do so on the grounds that marriage exists primarily for raising children, and that gay couples cannot satisfy this purpose....

  • Mayor with a Mission

    By on March 31, 2004

    Gavin Newsom has the crowd in the palm of his hand, telling them the story of how San Francisco became the first major city in...

  • Do A Little Dance

    By on March 24, 2004

    I do not dance. I have never been a dancer. I could tell you stories about middle school dances and high school dances, where I...

  • Life During Wartime

    By on March 24, 2004

    When Austin Rooke got a letter from the Army in December 2001, he didn't expect that Uncle Sam would still want him. A lot had...

  • Marriage Update

    By on March 17, 2004

    You may have noticed a new Republican advertising campaign on gay marriage playing on your television screen. This time, however, it's a campaign to stop...

  • The Corrections

    By on March 10, 2004

    If I put a title like that at the top of a page, chances are good that I might start feeling like a well-known, well-paid...

  • 100 Percent Cotton

    By on February 25, 2004

    The first piece of gay-related clothing that I acquired -- back when I was still in the practice of acquiring gay-related clothing and accessories --...

  • Closed for Business

    By on February 25, 2004

    Nob Hill, the oldest gay bar in Washington and one of the oldest black gay bars in the country, closed its doors on February 1,...

  • Boston Marriage

    By on February 11, 2004

    Amid all the hubbub about a certain exposed breast last week, something more spectacular than even Janet Jackson's elaborate nipple jewelry flashed before the public...

  • Just My Type

    By on January 28, 2004

    Homophobia lurks where you least expect it. I am a human being. I am susceptible to Internet addictions, including fixations on certain pastimes like the...

  • Raucous Caucus

    By on January 21, 2004

    It isn't often that I hear a reference to my home state that includes a certain expletive not suited for printing in a family publication...

  • Busy Body

    By on January 7, 2004

    A year ago, I made a joking aside in these pages about a new year's resolution for 2003 to stop procrastinating. Here we are snugly...

  • Bonnie Voyage!

    By on December 24, 2003

    Sometimes, raising hell in one's own community just isn't enough. And so, with a joyful year of writing for Metro Weekly behind me, I am...

  • Reason for the Season

    By on December 17, 2003

    In a low-income housing complex in Syracuse, a family that looks like George Bush's definition of family is struggling to make ends meet. This family...

  • The Ex Files

    By on December 17, 2003

    It's fun to laugh at John Paulk, the former drag queen turned ex-gay poster boy who made the spectacularly bad decision to stop by Mr....