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  • Beyond the Border

    By on May 30, 2013

    When you think of the ongoing battle for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) rights, which activists stand out in your mind? My guess is...

  • Black Pride Reckoning

    By on May 23, 2013

    Around this time, I generally find myself reflecting on recent events that have impacted the black LGBT community, not only in Washington, but around the...

  • The Crazy Uncle Party

    By on May 23, 2013

    New York novelist Dawn Powell wrote on the cusp of World War II, ''Civilization stood on a ledge, and in the tension of waiting it...

  • How To Be Gay

    By on May 16, 2013

    I've been many different gay men over the course of my life. Like most of us, I started off as the closeted gay man who...

  • The Search Must Continue

    By on May 16, 2013

    As HIV-vaccine trial participants, we grow accustomed to the routine blood draws, interacting with study staff and taking our computer-assisted interviews that catalog our risks....

  • Creating Space

    By on May 9, 2013

    It was just over five-and-a-half years ago that I first brought the idea of the Next Generation Awards to Metro Weekly. Because I happen to...

  • A Star Is Born

    By on May 9, 2013

    Jason Collins is not the first active professional athlete to come out. Tennis star Martina Navratilova came out in 1981. Her courageous act, however, was...

  • Annuals of Spring

    By on May 2, 2013

    Anyone familiar with my writings round these parts already knows that I am solipsism central, so I'll just jump right to the point and say...

  • Accidental Activism

    By on May 2, 2013

    When I met my husband, Kelly Vielmo, almost 11 years ago, neither of us did anything that might be labeled ''activism'' on behalf of gay...

  • Good Times for Bad Boys

    By on April 25, 2013

    Long story short, I found myself cruising around the Tidal Basin in the back of a black limousine with famed porn director Chi-Chi LaRue, a...

  • Preventing a Mob

    By on April 25, 2013

    On April 19, after the arrest of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (hereinafter ''Johar''), residents of Boston's Watertown neighborhood applauded the police and chanted, ''USA! USA!''...

  • Asian-American Voices for Immigration

    By on April 18, 2013

    This week, the Senate introduced a bill on comprehensive immigration reform, taking our national conversation on this issue to the next level. With legislative battles...

  • Immigration Reform, Marriage and Gay Rights

    By on April 18, 2013

    Like basically every other white person who happens to be a citizen of the United States of America, I'm the product of immigration. I come...

  • Rallying for Referendum 8

    By on April 18, 2013

    As the citizens of our nation's capital prepare to head to the polls once more, there are two very important items in the upcoming April...

  • Apology Politics and Anita Bonds

    By on April 16, 2013

    I have been following the recent furor over Councilmember Anita Bonds's response to a statement made by George T. Johnson – a local leader in...