Columns
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Black and White
Appeals to race remain popular at both ends of the political spectrum. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on May 13 called President Obama ''the...
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Life at the Intersections
These past couple of weeks I have been humbled by the outpour of love and support from the community as one of the recipients of...
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Sporting Chances
Back in the days when Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova were making news as professional tennis players who were lesbian, I was still a...
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Taking Stock
LGBT people often have to come out more than once. Perhaps you've started a new job and your encyclopedia-like grasp of Glee hasn't tipped off...
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Generation Next
As I was showing off this week's cover to a group of colleagues, one of them asked me to tell them about this year's Next...
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Day of the Devil
In the Star Trek episode ''Day of the Dove,'' humans and Klingons are stranded together on the Enterprise by a non-corporeal life form that feeds...
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An Anniversary of Equality
Thirty years ago, a group of LGBT individuals formed what is now known as the Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA). At first, most AGLA...
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Living Memories
Last summer while I was playing tennis with a friend on an Arlington public court, a troop of elementary-school kids took over the surrounding courts...
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Alliance of Fighters
Representatives from the faith, business and arts communities joined political activists and public officials on April 20 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Gay...
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Seasonal Change
While next week may be the official 17th anniversary of Metro Weekly, this week actually marks the 17th year of working on the magazine. It...
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A Perfect Storm
The event at the Rosedale, Md., McDonald's on Monday evening, April 25, was both a vigil in support of Chrissy Lee Polis – a trans...
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Majority Rules
For those with even a passing acquaintance with the actions and rhetoric of anti-gay organizations and activists, it's rarely surprising to see just how low...
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A Presidential Duty
Lesbian and gay couples have fought for inclusion in our family-based immigration system for decades. Today, the president himself agrees that discrimination against married bi-national...
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Gaming the System
In the Kodachrome memories of my youth, I'm sprawled on the brown shag carpet of the living room in front of the Zenith floor-model television,...
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We're in Business
Mark Guenther, executive director of the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, told a moving story at the organization's April 8 awards dinner...
