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  • SMYAL Taps Sultan Shakir

    By on July 31, 2014

    The Board of Directors of Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL), an organization dedicated to working with and empowering LGBTQ youth, announced early...

  • Andrew Barnett

    Andrew Barnett’s Goodbye

    By on March 27, 2014

    After nearly a decade, Andrew Barnett is bidding the organization he has worked for goodbye. The 31-year-old Barnett, who started as an intern and later...

  • Capital Pride Names 2012 Heroes

    By on May 14, 2012

    Capital Pride this morning announced the five locals who have been selected to serve as the 2012 Capital Pride Heroes. They are Andrew Barnett, Eboné...

  • SMYAL to host discussion panel on factors leading to LGBT youth suicides

    By on April 12, 2012

    The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), the D.C. organization advocating for sexual-minority youth, is partnering with ''1 Lyfe @ A Time'' to host a...

  • Call for Action

    By on February 3, 2011

    The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), an organization dedicated to the needs of LGBTQ youth ages 13 to 21 in the D.C. area, is...

  • Legacy of 'The Laramie Project' [video]

    By on January 25, 2011

    Few plays have taken root in the public consciousness — and served as the public conscience — as has ''The Laramie Project,'' Moises Kaufman and...

  • The Legacy of Laramie

    By on November 18, 2010

    As part of the Arena Stage productions of The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, Metro Weekly and Arena Stage will host...

  • SMYAL Youth address recent LGBTQ suicides [video]

    By on October 20, 2010

    Metro Weekly reporter Justin Stewart talks with Andrew Barnett, executive director of D.C.'s Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) and several SMYAL youths about the...

  • Rhee Recap

    By on October 20, 2010

    Michelle Rhee has been a controversial figure in D.C. politics since her appointment as D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor by Mayor Adrian Fenty in June...

  • Helping Hands

    By on October 20, 2010

    ''It has been unbelievably painful to have these kind of daily reminders,'' Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Student Education Network (GLSEN),...

  • Getting Better

    By on October 7, 2010

    The first time I wanted to kill myself was eighth grade. The incident leading up to that was a rather convoluted one, but the short...

  • Making a Difference

    By on April 29, 2010

    The first requirements of activism and leadership are drive, desire and commitment. As a city and region that draws people brimming with just those qualities,...

  • Andrew Barnett

    By on April 29, 2010

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 When Andrew Barnett headed out to earn his bachelor's degree, the Alexandria native got about as far away as he...

  • The Kids Are All Right

    By on August 26, 2009

    It's been about six months since Andrew Barnett was appointed executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League -- though he's been filling the...

  • Remembering Tel Aviv

    By on August 2, 2009

    In the wake of a brutal attack on an Israeli GLBT community center, local GLBT and Jewish community members will be holding a vigil tonight,...