Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "business"

  • Hugging it Out

    There was lots of love at the Rite Aid Pharmacy, at 13th and U Streets NW, on Tuesday, Oct. 30. About 50 people showed up...

  • Animus in the Aisles

    When Jason ''Jay'' Hill finally realized what was happening, he couldn't believe his ears. ''Get out! Get out!'' That was the order Jay, a 32-year-old...

  • Now Open for Business

    Registration has opened for those planning to attend Washington's first city-sponsored LGBT Economic Development Summit, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, Nov....

  • Workplace Warriors

    For the first time in its 17-year history, the country's premier conference dealing with issues of workplace equality and GLBT employees is making its way...

  • PEPCO adopts equal benefits for domestic partners

    Councilmember Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) and the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) applauded the Potomac Electric Power Company's parent company Pepco Holdings Inc.,...

  • Last minute break

    The answer was in his wallet all along. And when Howard Daniel stumbled upon on the business card of Steven S. Smith in November 2006,...

  • Unfettered Access

    Trey Watkins is modest. The second-year, gay grad student at George Washington University's School of Public Health is quick to point out that he's not...

  • Big Business

    Irwin Drucker, a program director at IBM who is charged with locating GLBT-owned businesses for the technology giant's supply chain, remembers what it was like...

  • Roll Over

    News broke slowly last week about the American Family Association's announcement that it would call off its planned boycott of Ford Motor Company. Donald E....

  • LEAGUE (Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgendered United Employees) at AT&T

    LEAGUE members at a recent national leadership meeting Organizational Mission: LEAGUE at AT&T aims to lead, shape and change the workplace, the communities, and the...

  • Potomac Executive Network (PEN)

    PEN members at arecent networking event Mission: PEN is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, all-volunteer network for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or advocate professionals who work for...

  • Scoring Your Credit

    Back in high school and college, one simple number -- your GPA -- could make or break your future. Wasn't it great to finally graduate,...

  • Putting It Together

    Photography by Todd Franson It's not easy finding the perfect job. Bob Witeck spent the first ten years of his professional life working on the...