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  • Andrew Barnett

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 When Andrew Barnett headed out to earn his bachelor's degree, the Alexandria native got about as far away as he...

  • Harjant Gill

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 Some people turn to drinking and partying to cope with heartbreak. Harjant Gill turned to filmmaking. ''When I started college,...

  • Hyacinth Alvaran

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 Hyacinth Alvaran's story may have started in the Philippines, but her story is being told most forcefully in here in...

  • Brian Watson

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? Over the past year, Brian Watson has cut back on some of his local advocacy --...

  • Eboné Bell

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? It's been nearly a year and a half since Eboné Bell quit her day job to...

  • José Ramirez

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? As Metro Weekly honors the second round of Next Generation awardees, one of the 2009 crop...

  • Linh Hoang

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? It's April 20. Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano is spewing airliner-threatening ash into European airspace. Linh Hoang is...

  • Inner Light Securing Space

    Inner Light Ministries hopes to close a deal on purchasing the space it has been using over the past year, at 1912 Q St. SE,...

  • Wone Trial Nearing

    While the status-hearing exchange between attorneys in the Robert Wone case remained civil, there was an element of chaos. Inside D.C. Superior Court Judge Lynn...

  • Drag Daddy

    Behind every D.C. drag queen, there's a daddy. Or at least, there's Big Daddy, promoter J.P. Gulla. This Sunday, May 2, at Omega DC, Gulla...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: There's a lot of ''can't,'' ''won't'' and ''shouldn't'' in the air just now. Is it that everyone is overwhelmed? Is it that too...

  • Brunch Buddy, Part 1 [video]

    Houston Mayor Annise Parker (D) was a featured speaker at the Victory Fund's Champagne Brunch, held at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel on Sunday, April 18....

  • Hostile Court

    Lawyers attempting to keep secret the names of those who signed the petition to put Washington's domestic partnership referendum on the ballot fought an uphill...

  • ''LGBT People Know''

    On April 23, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) signed Senate Bill 1070, the nation's most stringent state immigration enforcement bill, into law. On Tuesday, April...

  • GLOV's Network Warning

    Following the death of Brian Betts, a beloved gay principal at Shaw Middle School at Garnet-Patterson, Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) has issued a...

  • Senate Advances on International LGBT Rights

    An amendment that successfully passed as part of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's State Department authorization bill would increase U.S. monitoring of international violence and...

  • Waiting for Change

    At the November 2007 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Des Moines, then-Senator Barack Obama invoked ''what Dr. King called 'the fierce urgency of now''' in urging support...

  • Bisexual candidate in Philadelphia accused of being “straight” by Democrat incumbent

    ”My sexuality is not a qualification for office. I bring it up only in the context that it’s important for the LGBT community to have...

  • Archie Comics wants you to “Meet the hot new [gay] guy,” Kevin

    ”The introduction of Kevin is just about keeping the world of Archie Comics current and inclusive. Archie’s hometown of Riverdale has always been a safe...

  • Youth Pride Postponed

    Roscoe Boyd, vice president of the Youth Pride Alliance, organizers of the annual Youth Pride Day celebration at P Street Beach, confirmed today that the...