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  • Clue-Hunting Quartet

    In a dimly lit townhouse near Dupont Circle on a recent Wednesday night, four gay friends share an obsession: the mysterious murder of Robert Wone....

  • Hello, Cruel World

    This is a good time to take stock of the threats faced by GLBT people around the world. That's because on Feb. 25, the State...

  • Game Plan

    Just 18 months after taking the helm, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) executive director Aubrey Sarvis finds his organization at the most promising crossroads in...

  • The Time Has Come

    The news out of Kansas really shouldn't have come as a shock. It was a new version of an old story. In February, the Kansas...

  • Inside Scoop

    Spend just a few minutes watching the news and it's hard not to see a horizon filled with anything but storm clouds. Wall Street is...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Ideology comes with exigencies of thought, word and deed not seen in other models of existence. Are you in a rut of understanding?...

  • Perfect Reception

    There are some individuals who can make your life exponentially easier if you consistently remind yourself how much power they wield. Waiters. Restaurant hosts. Bartenders...

  • Limited Horizon

    Several songs on U2's new album, No Line on the Horizon (), clock in at over five minutes, featuring long instrumental passages. It's as if...

  • Berlin Beats

    Micky Friedmann spent some 15 years as a professional ballet dancer in Israel and Europe. But now, in addition to print modeling work, the 35-year-old's...

  • Identity Crisis

    Let me make myself perfectly clear: Watchmen isn't your ordinary comic-book superhero movie. It's an extraordinary comic-book superhero movie. Cast of 'The Watchmen' The long-awaited,...

  • Roll Over! Speak! Lick!

    Hearsay happened upon this adorable little site earlier today. Naturally, it commanded the eager-to-please little pupperoni to speak, roll over, jump and dance. It then...

  • Tyra Banks takes on self-loathing gays [video]

    Tyra Banks hosted a show with the topic, “I Hate Being Gay.” It began like this: “This is Shane, and he says gay people are...

  • Seattle experiences string of anti-gay assaults

    ”I remember being hit hard, where I fell and my hands were bruised falling directly on the ground…. As of now, there’s feelings of shame,...

  • DC home of gay activist Frank Kameny designated a Historic Landmark

    “Today is D.C.’s recognition of his role, locally and nationally, in turning around discrimination against homosexuals…. If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender and...

  • Philadelphia pulls $115,000 in funding from annual gay Equality Forum

    ”When Mayor Nutter was elected, we felt like we finally had a seat at the table. Now we feel like that seat has been pulled...

  • RNC head Michael Steele proves himself wrong in so many ways on gay civil unions [video]

    From the the Michael Gallagher radio show: STEELE: No, no no. What would we do that for? What are you crazy? No. Why would we...

  • Vacation Baggage

    Dateline: ms Eurodam, at sea, Feb. 22. Don't ask me what the ''ms'' stands for, or why it's not capitalized. Were I at work, I'd...

  • Phoenix Rising

    Tell someone you will be visiting Phoenix and the likely response will be ''which part?'' Phoenix has grown rapidly in the last decade to become...

  • American U. Honors

    The GLBTA Resource Center at American University is currently accepting applications for the Richard L. Schlegel National Legion of Honor Award in two categories: Emerging...

  • Seeking GLBTs Under 30

    Metro Weekly is currently accepting nominations for the newsmagazine's first annual Next Generation Awards, recognizing GLBT activists, leaders and artists under the age of 30,...