Metro Weekly
  • Virginia AG Cuccinelli to Run for Governor in 2013

    Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Old Dominion’s top law enforcement officer and a fierce opponent of LGBT rights, announced to his staff in an...

  • Obama Marks World AIDS Day

    Today, marking World AIDS Day, President Obama said of the battle against HIV/AIDS, “make no mistake, we are going to win this fight.”  Addressing a...

  • World AIDS Day 2011

    It is Dec. 1. It is time, again, to mark World AIDS Day. As with winter, soon to follow, one might say that AIDS is...

  • To Be Frank

    Naturally, as a gay man running an LGBT magazine I'm always finding things in our coverage that make me pause and reflect, to remember what...

  • D.C. in the Red

    When I moved back East from Portland, Ore., I'd more or less had my fill of ''crunchiness.'' The guy I moved out there with had...

  • Couples Win Baltimore Benefits

    Even as two Baltimore County police officers became the latest to win equal employment benefits for their same-sex spouses last week, Maryland Attorney General Doug...

  • GLOV To Present Awards

    Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), the District's primary LGBT anti-violence task force, will host a community social and fundraiser at the Duplex Diner at...

  • Two Tours and a Transgender Bill

    Equality Ride To Start New Nationwide Campaign The Soulforce Equality Ride, which has devoted its time battling in favor of equal rights and ending discrimination...

  • Bonfire Night

    He must be tickled: Just as Bill Cain's latest play, Equivocation, opens here in Washington, another Mr. Cain, this one a presidential hopeful, is ''attempting...

  • A Carol Christmas

    ''There are more choirs here per capita than any other city,'' says Amy Stahmer, executive director of the City Choir of Washington (301-572-6865, thecitychoirofwashington.org). In...

  • Love Shots

    It's tough to say what director Tomer Heymann wanted out of I Shot My Love, an hour-long documentary about identity, family and desire. He opens...

  • Over Sexed

    In Shame, everything starts with a look. All sorts of possibilities exist in each one -- this time, maybe they'll do it pinned up against...

  • Flamenco Male Call

    Edwin Aparicio is testing the waters, trying to shift perceptions about flamenco. ''American audiences are used to seeing the typical company with lots of...

  • Frank Departure [UPDATED]

    Barney Frank Photo by Chris Geidner} An earlier version of this story was published on Nov. 28, 2011. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told reporters in...

  • Blanchon Wins Leadership Award

    Don Blanchon, executive director of Whitman-Walker Health, has received the ''Impact'' award from Vistage International, a ''CEO peer advisory membership organization,'' for his success in...