Metro Weekly
  • The government is hiding behind the court…

    “The government is hiding behind the court to close the newspaper. It is sending a message to the media that it will not tolerate press...

  • Gaydar Detector

    We have our gay music, gay design, gay movies and gay clothing -- all suitably fabulous, of course. We have gay houses, gay neighborhoods and...

  • Hooters Hoedown

    When it comes to hooters, one sort is definitely more gay than the other. The kind that comes with burgers, fries and bright-orange hot pants,...

  • Hi Tech

    Should you attend any of this weekend's performances by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, you will upon entry be handed an iPod Shuffle. You don't...

  • Calling on Rhee

    Students at D.C.'s public high schools who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual were four times more likely to attempt suicide over the past year,...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: You knew what you were getting into, but weren't into dialoguing with your inner parent on the day. Does this mean that...

  • The X Spot

    She'll be 40 in just two months, but Kylie Minogue still can't stop reliving her first time. ''The DJ's got me feeling like I did...

  • Discovering Our Past

    As a child in rural Illinois, Mark Meinke read the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence's account of his time spent with the Arab Revolt...

  • Memorial Day Disconnect

    The District is familiar with Black Pride. After all, hitting its 18th year in 2008, the DC Black Pride festival is the nation's oldest, a...

  • High Rollers

    ''Winner, winner, chicken dinner.'' It's more than hungering for a simple meal that drives a group of MIT students to Vegas every weekend, but it's...

  • “if I was a girl and he was a girl”

    ”Well, you know, if I was a girl and he was a girl, and I was a lesbian and he was a lesbian, I’d be...

  • “take the books off the shelves”

    ”ll I want from you today is to take the books off the shelves, so children can have a safe place to learn like I...

  • “It seems wrong on some level.”

    ”Elton has become a friend. I lost my son, and now I have these other friends. It seems wrong on some level. It’s very...

  • “I’m not gay-bashing”

    ”I’m not gay-bashing. But according to God’s word that is not the right kind of lifestyle.” — Oklahoma state legislator Rep. Sally Kern (R), defending...

  • ” will be arrested and executed”

    ”If I return to Iran I will be arrested and executed.” — Mehdi Kazemi, a 19-year-old Iranian who had applied for and was denied asylum...