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  • The Passionate Pragmatist

    By on January 17, 2007

    When the wheels of Washington's gay community are turning, it seems that Mario Acosta-Vélez is never far away. Perhaps it's his presidential post at the...

  • Wayne's World: 2007 MAL Weekend

    By on January 10, 2007

    Wayne M. Nesbitt has a surprisingly common name -- at least in the leather community. Yes, that means that people in the community are familiar...

  • Comic Escapade: 2007 MAL Weekend

    By on January 10, 2007

    Underneath the glamour, glitz and mascara of Varla Jean Merman you won't find a leatherman. That's surprising, given that Jeffery Roberson, the man behind the...

  • 2007 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend

    By on January 10, 2007

    Friday, Jan. 12 2006 Leather Cocktails (Photo by Henry Linser) Registration opens at 2 p.m. at the host hotel, the Washington Plaza Hotel. 10 Thomas...

  • 2007 Year in Preview

    By on January 3, 2007

    All dates are subject to change at the organizer's discretion. For more detailed information as the dates for events come closer, contact the event organizer...

  • Local News: A Look Back at 2006

    By on January 3, 2007

    History Boy Kameny (Photo by Todd Franson) THE LIBRARY OF Congress opened its sanctified shelves of Americana in October, making way for the addition of...

  • Local Politics: A Look Back at 2006

    By on January 3, 2007

    Ballot Boxes Fenty IT MAY HAVE seemed like a political gimmick when Adrian Fenty ran his months-long campaign focusing on knocking on just about ever...

  • Local Nightlife: A Look Back at 2006

    By on January 3, 2007

    End of an Era Fitzgerald (Photo by Todd Franson) THE BASEBALL STADIUM was a long time coming, but the end of Southeast's cadre of gay...

  • The Year in Pictures 2006

    By on December 27, 2006

    Don't miss the Letter from the Publisher, too.   January · HRC's L Word Premiere Party

  • From the Publisher

    By on December 27, 2006

    Note: This letter from the publisher is, in large part, referring to the printed version of Metro Weekly magazine. The year was 1997. The month,...

  • A Man for All Seasons

    By on December 20, 2006

    This time last year -- as in other years past -- there was a holiday-season ''smackdown.'' Once again, voices on the right warned of the...

  • Chris Pichola

    By on December 13, 2006

    Chris Pichola will be heading into uncharted waters when he steps aboard an Atlantis cruise in February to celebrate his 21st birthday -- not just...

  • David Phillips

    By on December 13, 2006

    David Phillips started to feel stress as time drew near for the Coverboy of the Year contest. ''Particularly the last three or four months. I've...

  • Mitchell Nedab

    By on December 13, 2006

    There is a good possibility that Mitchell Nedab usually has two things on his mind -- well, three if you count the 24-year-old's nonchalant approach...

  • Wicked Cool

    By on December 6, 2006

    Imagine the typical rock-and-roll cover band. There might be some big hair, a few tattoos, and some die-hard groupies. And the whole scene looks pretty...