Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "brett parson"

  • Hate Talk

    On the heels of what some perceived as a September spike in hate crimes -- with an assault peppered with anti-gay epithets adjacent to the...

  • Brett's Back

    The Metropolitan Police Department is increasing the clarity in its arsenal. Chief Cathy Lanier's plan to expand the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit's services beyond...

  • Mean Streets

    It's been three years since the brutal shooting death of Adrian Alstad, the popular gay waiter at Annie's Paramount Steakhouse, and the string of violent...

  • A New Honor

    The Center-Home for GLBT in Metro D.C. has announced it will be holding its annual fall fundraiser Sept. 19 to honor the five co-founders of...

  • Clearing the air

    D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said there are no plans to disband the city's award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, despite media reports and an...

  • On the Beat

    She may be the newly appointed supervisor of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), but underneath it all, Sgt....

  • Back on the Streets

    When D.C.'s new chief of police met with supervisors from the city's various police units to discuss plans for a new community policing effort, Sgt....

  • Death Strikes in Transgender Community

    In the week since news surfaced about the Jan. 3 murder of Grafton Lee Person, a 42-year-old transgender woman known in the community as Diamond...

  • Murder in Dupont

    The beginning and ending of Robert Wone's fatal last night are clear -- it's the unknown story of how and why he was murdered that...

  • Good Government

    (EDITOR'S NOTE: The GLLU presentation will be Webcast Wednesday, May 11, between 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., at www.ashinstitute.harvard.edu/Ash/) Unless a person has had direct...

  • Capital Pride Heroes

    Each year, the Capital Pride Planning Committee selects a number of individuals to honor as Capital Pride Heroes. These honorees have gone above and beyond...

  • A Helping Hand

    Photography by Michael Corelison The young woman with the neon-strawberry-colored hair drops a small business card in front of Larry Stansbury and rushes off. On...

  • Community Matters

    Washington's gay and lesbian presence in the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is set to grow again, as the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) adds...