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Inside the New Metro Weekly: Elegance Bratton Talks Hollywood and House

Also inside: Isaiah Rashad hits the road, corporate DEI holds firm, and Keegan’s Gruesome Playground Injuries.

By on August 23, 2026

Elegance Bratton doesn’t make timid movies, and he doesn’t give timid interviews. In this week’s cover story, he talks about directing By Any Means, the unnerving sight of 20 actors in Klan robes on his Georgia set, the battle to preserve the Black and queer history of house music, and the dating-app sandwich that led to a 12-year marriage.

In The Feed, the “go woke, go broke” mantra for corporations runs into hard data, Florida’s LGBTQ congressional hopefuls lose even as equality candidates win down-ballot, and Virginia Rep. Eugene Vindman faces the fallout from his vote for a “forced outing” bill.

We also cover a federal ruling on Florida’s drag restrictions, a California pharmacy’s defiant response to anti-gay vandalism, Rehoboth Beach’s first openly gay mayor, and a fund helping transgender people cover transition expenses.

Elsewhere in the issue, bisexual rapper Isaiah Rashad hits the road with a new album and a renewed sense of freedom, while André Hereford reviews Keegan Theatre’s Gruesome Playground Injuries.

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