Metro Weekly

All posts by Sean Bugg

  • Pure Porsche

    Do you find yourself looking longingly at those tantalizingly styled Porsche Boxster convertibles prowling the streets of D.C.? Convinced yourself that you can't justify --...

  • Shlock Art

    What do we learn while watching Games People Play: New York, director James Ronald Whitney's ''reality series pilot '' cum feature film? That fame whores...

  • Mayor with a Mission

    Gavin Newsom has the crowd in the palm of his hand, telling them the story of how San Francisco became the first major city in...

  • On the Ballot

    ''Remember those commercials, ‘Give it to Mikey, he'll eat anything'?'' Chuck Wolfe laughs as he describes his early political days as the openly gay member...

  • Life During Wartime

    When Austin Rooke got a letter from the Army in December 2001, he didn't expect that Uncle Sam would still want him. A lot had...

  • Just Married

    Just before Valentine's Day Erwin Gomez was featured on Fox Morning News, doing make-up for a bride-to-be as part of the morning show's ''Wedding in...

  • Hailing Mary

    John Aravosis is a fast talker. Conversation with the 40-year-old political consultant and writer is a whirlwind of ideas, opinions and observations, liberally punctuated with...

  • The Queen Mother's Farewell

    It was years ago at Nob Hill, listening to all the gay guys calling themselves queens that Carlene Cheatam first used the title she most...

  • Rules for the Game

    So here it is Valentine's Day once more and you're still in the dating trenches, fighting the battles of online dating, being fixed-up by friends,...

  • Carb Crazy

    Sometimes it seems the whole world's gone Atkins. From fast-food restaurants to high-class cuisine, everyone's following the low-carb craze. But is it right for you?...

  • Shape Up

    You remember January 2, don't you? That was the day you launched your plan for a whole new year and a whole new you. Right...

  • Coverboy First Runner-Up

    Photography by Jeff Code In a town filled with career-building job hoppers, it may seem an accomplishment to stay with one employer for five years....

  • The Ex Files

    It's fun to laugh at John Paulk, the former drag queen turned ex-gay poster boy who made the spectacularly bad decision to stop by Mr....

  • Other Worlds

    Photography by Todd Franson Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa sometimes finds it hard to write by the rules other people make. During his recent studies at the Yale...

  • Far From Over

    It's been a long time since the first World AIDS Day in 1988. In those earlier days of the epidemic, it was one of many...