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  • Time To Act

    By on September 16, 2009

    I am a great proponent of making the case for marriage equality. As the battle in D.C. heated up this past spring and summer, I...

  • Parliamentary Patchwork

    By on September 2, 2009

    The District government on Friday, Aug. 28, released some points concerning the new laws recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions and eliminating discrimination in...

  • Out In Congress

    By on May 13, 2009

    There have been gay members of Congress before and there are those who serve now. There has already been an openly gay candidate elected to...

  • Lobby Days Loom

    By on January 14, 2009

    Equal rights organizations in Maryland and Virginia both bid farewell to their longtime leaders last year, making way for two new leaders to head the...

  • Paul Kawata, Executive Director, National Minority AIDS Council

    By on November 12, 2008

    METRO WEEKLY: From your -- or your organization's -- perspective, what is the most immediate effect of the presidential election on the LGBT community? PAUL...

  • Joe Solmonese, President, Human Rights Campaign

    By on November 12, 2008

    METRO WEEKLY: From your -- or your organization's -- perspective, what is the most immediate effect of the presidential election on the LGBT community? JOE...

  • Mara Keisling, Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality

    By on November 12, 2008

    METRO WEEKLY: From your -- or your organization's -- perspective, what is the most immediate effect of the presidential election on the LGBT community? MARA...

  • Countdown to Closure?

    By on June 13, 2007

    If ever there was a difficult row to hoe, the displaced gay adult venues formerly of Southeast D.C. can claim it. Open barely a month,...

  • Relocation Reloaded

    By on June 6, 2007

    Councilmember Jim Graham's (D-Ward 1) legislation to help nude-dancing, liquor-licensed venues displaced by they city's eminent-domain move to claim District land for a new baseball...

  • Building Bridges

    By on June 6, 2007

    ''Building a bridge to a brighter future'' was the theme as a panel of Washington-area GLBT leaders took the stage at Studio Theatre to discuss...

  • Safe Haven

    By on May 16, 2007

    At 22, Gramoz Prestreshi says he now has a reason to live. ''I'm in a safe country,'' he says, ''I can be just who I...

  • Defeated Bill

    By on March 28, 2007

    The House Judiciary Committee voted 12-8 against Del. Don Dwyer's (R-Anne Arundel) proposed amendment that would ban marriage rights for same-sex couples in the state...

  • Red, White and Bleu

    By on March 21, 2007

    Bleu Copas was 20 the first time he visited New York City -- a trip that included a visit to the observation deck atop the...

  • Location, Location, Discrimination

    By on February 21, 2007

    VOTERS AND LEGISLATORS in Virginia have been increasingly busy in recent times, seemingly vying for the title of most homophobic state in the union. As...

  • 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...