News + Politics
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Hello, Metro Weekly Digital Edition! (So long, print edition… for now)
As Metro Weekly's print edition goes into (temporary) hibernation, we focus our efforts on a robustly interactive Digital Edition. Our publisher explains.
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Closing Calls: DC’s LGBTQ bars and restaurants respond to coronavirus
As the COVID-19 pandemic hits hard, the industry shuts its doors to help combat the spread
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Local health providers scale back non-essential services in response to COVID-19 pandemic
Community events, HIV/STI testing, and nonessential appointments are among those services affected
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Chasing COVID-19: World races to contain coronavirus pandemic
Perspectives on the coronavirus from an expert virologist and a health journalist
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Upcoming game features Donald Trump gunning down LGBTQ people in a nightclub
Players can also control Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler as they shoot drag queens and gay men
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Health, education, and child welfare organizations denounce anti-LGBTQ legislation
Groups go on record opposing anti-transgender bills, including two that recently passed in Idaho
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Trump administration sued for refusing to enforce anti-discrimination rules
Plaintiffs allege government's actions put LGBTQ community at risk of discrimination amid a major pandemic
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Christian radio host says COVID-19 stops children being “brainwashed into normalizing sexual deviancy”
Bryan Fischer says more time spent together by families can reverse "anti-family trends" in society
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Trans judicial candidate Jill Rose Quinn wins primary, could make history in Illinois
Quinn called it a win for "everybody who has ever felt left out or marginalized or laughed at"
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Anti-LGBTQ Democratic congressman will lose his seat after successful primary challenge
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski is the only House Democrat to oppose the Equality Act
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Will Idaho’s governor sign anti-trans birth certificate bill, in violation of court order?
Lambda Legal: Idaho "might as well tear down the federal courthouse" if Brad Little signs bill into law
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Gay conservative accuses LGBTQ groups of exploiting COVID-19 to “fuel fake victimhood narrative”
Conservative columnist attempts to dispel arguments that LGBTQ people are "particularly vulnerable" to COVID-19
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D.C. Sisters to host online events as DMV residents socially distance
Virtual Drag Queen Story Hour and karaoke events attempt to keep the community connected across physical distances
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SMYAL moves its youth programs online in response to COVID-19
D.C.'s largest LGBTQ youth group tries to stay connected even as people are urged to practice social distancing
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Rush Limbaugh guest host blames gay people for San Francisco coronavirus lockdown
Mark Steyn said the mayor didn't want "all the gays dropping dead" in a "big gay apocalypse"
