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  • Murder Prompts Renewed Warning

    By on June 10, 2010

    The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) released a photograph of Michael Geoffrey McKoy to Metro Weekly on Monday, June 7, asking for information from anyone who...

  • IML Entourage

    By on June 10, 2010

    While Washington took time during Memorial Day Weekend to celebrate DC Black Pride, Chicago spent the weekend with the International Mr. Leather contest. A few...

  • Chely Wright

    By on June 10, 2010

    When Chely Wright first took the stage at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry in 1989, the young country singer from Kansas was fulfilling a childhood dream....

  • Transcendental Joy

    By on June 10, 2010

    ''I didn't want anyone to think that I had stayed too long -- I was just too proud for that,'' says Joy Zinoman, an note...

  • Federal Act Applies

    By on June 10, 2010

    The criminal provisions of the Violence Against Women Act – which allow the federal government to prosecute those who travel across state lines to attempt...

  • Biographer says: Gay Elton John picked for wedding because Rush Limbaugh is deaf

    By on June 9, 2010

    ”Most of all, you want someone you can hear. Limbaugh has been deaf for many years. He can make out speech thanks to a cochlear...

  • Zipping Along

    By on June 9, 2010

    Have you ever wanted to leave behind the concrete trappings of the city and leap off a tree like Tarzan? Thanks to Go Ape!, you...

  • Pride By Night

    By on June 9, 2010

    If Dorothy mistook Capital Pride 2010 for the Land of Oz, she'd have a new refrain. ''Drag queens and DJs and bears, oh my.'' And...

  • Tony Fever

    By on June 9, 2010

    In a recent episode of Glee, Kristin Chenoweth cued up a little Burt Bacharach in an effort to once again woo Matthew Morrison's character. She's...

  • Lady Like

    By on June 9, 2010

    Enrique Divine, who just celebrated a birthday last week, laughs off questions about his age. ''You never ask that to a woman!'' The character of...

  • Slumber Dome

    By on June 9, 2010

    So maybe you know about the dome. Or, maybe you don't know about the dome. Maybe, when looking at advertisements and posters for Arena Stage's...

  • Bionic Vanity

    By on June 9, 2010

    Is Christina Aguilera the greatest singer in the world? Well, she sure thinks she is. Neither modesty nor subtlety is her strong suit. ''Everyday I...

  • Soul Activism

    By on June 9, 2010

    Unlike a lot of soul singers, Goapele didn't get her start singing in talent shows or church. ''When I first started singing in public as...

  • Money Girl

    By on June 9, 2010

    Several years ago, when Joan Rivers starred in a GEICO commercial where the whole concept centered on her plastic surgery, it seemed like a wonderful...

  • Raising the Barre

    By on June 9, 2010

    ''The dance world is relatively small, and many people know each other, so this is like a reunion,'' says Meg Booth, lead organizer for Ballet...

  • Alexandria, VA chef nabbed for extortion using ”gay sex” photos

    By on June 9, 2010

    The victim was on a business trip in Washington D.C. from Michigan when he got a phone call in his hotel room on May 3,...

  • Horoscope

    By on June 9, 2010

    Heavenly Round-Up: You broke on through and now you're in the zone. You're operating in bullet time and you're connected to the top of your...

  • “Devin & Glenn ad” takes terribly funny look at gay marriage debate [video]

    By on June 9, 2010

    ”If you disagree with the homosexual lifestyle, support overturning Prop 8, and make them get married like the rest of us.” Hollywood actors Justin Long...

  • DOMA's Deserted Isle

    By on June 9, 2010

    Word of good news came this past week for gay federal employees stationed at Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean, located 717 nautical miles west-southwest...

  • Suspension for Secrets

    By on June 9, 2010

    Allen Carroll has been running nightlife venues for the local LGBT community for more than 40 years, starting in 1970 with Phase 1, the Capitol...