Metro Weekly

News + Politics

  • Finding Faith

    For a godless homosexual, I'm unusually interested in the religious faith of LGBT people who are believers. This comes, in large part, from my own...

  • Perkins's Washington Warning

    If you are on the Family Research Council's e-mail list, you may have seen this alarm from Tony Perkins in his June 16 ''Washington Update'':...

  • Young Blood

    ''One of my good friends went with me,'' says Lee Storrow. ''She saw the draft agenda online and said, 'Lee, everyone has a comma, then...

  • Rehabbed Eminem approves of gay marriage, sort of

    ”I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if...

  • Limited Leave (Updated)

    Changes to be announced tomorrow, June 23, regarding expansion of family-leave benefits for gay and lesbian families will be limited to an expansion for individuals...

  • E-mails reveal a little of Elena Kagan’s views on gay-related issues

    In a spring 2005 e-mail, an Air Force representative said he had been “assured” that Harvard Law School would resume sponsoring military recruiters the next...

  • News Analysis: Case Closed

    ''The case is submitted.'' With those four words, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ended a trial that began in January for a case that...

  • Virginia Man Missing

    A 31-year-old gay man from Spotsylvania, Va., has been missing since Sunday, June 13, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Edward ''Ted'' Roland Minnoe, who...

  • Empowered in Mount Pleasant

    On June 8 La Clinica del Pueblo welcomed members of the local LGBT community to see the site that will house its youth drop-in center,...

  • Founder's Fight Ends

    Over the past several months, Jerome Sikorski was a regular -- though emotional -- part of his friend Jerry Filbin's days. ''I saw him twice...

  • DOJ Dollars for D.C.

    Fill in the blank. That's what Morgan Lynn, supervising attorney at Women Empowered Against Violence Inc. (WEAVE), and others, asked LGBT people and allies to...

  • NOM's Deep Pockets

    The Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA) alerted D.C. voters this week that Robert ''Bob'' King of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 5A has received a...

  • Sudden Departure

    During a news conference on Tuesday, June 8, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced that Dr. Shannon Hader has resigned from her position as senior deputy...

  • Family Feuding

    Last Thursday morning, June 10, the humidity was already thick by 9 a.m. But that's D.C. No surprise there. Still, it was a beautiful morning,...

  • The Wedding Singer

    Elton John's performance during the celebration of Rush Limbaugh's fourth attempt at successful matrimony has become like the inappropriate and unwanted wedding gift that keeps...