Metro Weekly

Columns

  • Lawn Overdue

    Two of the more ominous communications my partner Kim and I received when we became homeowners in 1998 involved the abundant flora surrounding our abode....

  • Victorious Defeat

    The defeat of the federal marriage amendment in the Senate in early June was welcome, if entirely expected. It was a nice surprise to see...

  • Schism Schematic

    After last week's General Convention of The Episcopal Church, held in Columbus, Ohio, gay attendees and their allies were taking a while to absorb its...

  • Bottoms Up!

    We returned from Mexico filthy, surly and generally repellent. In the grim basement of Kennedy Airport, the agent surveyed our customs declarations and eyeballed us...

  • Worth Fighting For

    As the Capital Pride parade turns the corner of R Street and 17th, my friends and I stand on our chairs on the patio of...

  • Alternate History

    Washington, D.C., July 4 -- President Bush will announce today that he has decided to retract his support for a federal constitutional amendment banning gay...

  • Life After Meth

    When five o'clock arrived on Friday afternoon, my 64-hour vacation began. First priority: to hit the Internet for a hot guy to host. Perhaps 12...

  • Taking the Lead

    While I appreciate Will O'Bryan covering the GLBT Mayoral Forum I would have appreciated even more if he was clear about the...

  • Fighting Back

    It's possible, perhaps even likely, that when he walked into the room, Wayne was as surprised to see me as I was upon seeing him....

  • Friendly Fire

    In the style sections of more than one newspaper, I've seen features on how to divorce a friend. These articles usually ooze with self-congratulation over...

  • Rough and Tumble

    The tumbleweed, it turned out, was a harbinger. I was a passenger in a car traveling down a small highway in Idaho and the tumbleweed...

  • Where's the wedding?

    The Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, which opposes gay marriage, has just issued a new report finding that relatively few gay couples are getting...

  • Borderline Crazy

    I remember watching that Richard Linklater movie, Slacker, in 1991 and thinking to myself, ''These people are pathetic.'' I was 13 and had no concept...

  • A Bee in My Bonnet

    As far as I know, I am allergic to bees. When I was a child, wandering barefoot through the grassy expanses of my home state,...

  • Traditional Values

    The headline of the lead story in last week's Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's gay newspaper of record, said it all: ''Gay Families Join Easter...