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Fenty Signs D.C. Marriage Bill
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty joined about 200 people, including his parents and several prominent LGBT leaders and D.C. councilmembers, at All Souls Unitarian Church, Friday...
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Heat for a Hero
With a weekend snowstorm headed to the District -- a city not celebrated for its snow-worthiness -- many Washingtonians were likely preoccupied Friday, Dec. 18,...
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BBC apologizes for provocative title of show discussing Uganda law, gay killings
”Should homosexuals face execution?Yes, we accept it is a stark and disturbing question. But this is the reality behind an anti-homosexuality bill being debated on...
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Screwballing Around
Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman's The Solid Gold Cadillac is not a musical, despite that undeniable fact some may well leave Studio Theatre's production...
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Fairy, Mary
''Fairy tales never really applied to us,'' says director Jon Moran. ''With the exception of 'Rub-A-Dub-Dub,' didn't have a happily ever after.'' So Moran,...
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Life Changes
Waiting in line on Monday night to have our photo taken with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House press holiday party, one of...
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Hurtling Toward Hope
With the new year and new decade approaching, I realized I hadn't indulged in much retrospection. Then, standing in line at the grocery store, I...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: It's crunch time! There's a hard row to hoe ahead. In fact, the tunnel is longer and darker than your advance team knew...
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Buying in Bulk
Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa or Solstice -- or you're simply a guest at a nondenominational holiday party -- it's the season to give...
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Bare Ladies
Karen Diehl is stressed. ''I feel like a little boy who's just going through puberty,'' she laughs. ''My face is slightly breaking out.'' The reason...
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Virtuoso Virtuality
Avatar is the type of film that only the self-proclaimed ''King of the World'' could make. James Cameron has tackled futuristic killing machines, stomach-splitting aliens...
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Center Meets the Street
The Center, the area's LGBT community center, is about to trade its third-floor perch above 14th and L Streets NW for a new home at...
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How Marriage Happened
This week, the D.C. City Council voted 11-2 to legalize marriages between same-sex couples. This is a milestone for the LGBT movement for a number...
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Bitter Aftertaste: DC’s gay marriage opponents plan to use Congress as blockade [video]
”We will fight you in the courts, we will fight you in the Congress. We will not let you win.” Anthony Evans, preacher of the...
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Grant Cleveland
First things first. If you read Grant Cleveland's October ''Coverboy Confidential'' interview, you might still have a couple of questions. For starters, Metro Weekly asked...
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Cesar Ayala
''Dreams do come true,'' says Cesar Ayala. ''Look at me, I made it to the top three.'' Ayala, 22, woke up screaming with joy the...
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Crack-up Cabaret
''I was always kind of fascinated by Martha Graham,'' says Dito van Reigersberg about the larger-than-life dance legend. He calls her ''an almost mythical figure,''...
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RCKNDY
The first thing you need to know about RCKNDY is that the name is pronounced ''rock candy.'' With that out of the way, owner David...
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Ryan Metzler
''I'm very aware of the fact that I'm not the tallest person in the world,'' says Ryan Metzler. Just how tall is the stunning 20-year-old?...
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2009 Coverboy of the Year
This video is a behind the scenes look at the Metro Weekly 2009 Coverboy of the Year male model contest. It includes interviews with the...
