Metro Weekly

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  • Run baby, run!

    By on March 1, 2006

    Running laps around the football field in high school phys. ed. was just not for me. I did it because it was required and I...

  • That Sinking Feeling

    By on February 22, 2006

    In the end, it came down to plumber's putty. OK, not really ''in the end.'' The end has yet to be reached; I do have...

  • Fighting the Holy War

    By on February 1, 2006

    Given the poll-driven pieties of so many politicians, it is hard to imagine a public figure quoting Christ's admonition in Matthew Chapter 6 against making...

  • Badly Aimed Boycott

    By on January 25, 2006

    In a Jan. 9 email to members of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission's International Advisory Committee, IGLHRC Executive Director Paula Ettelbrick and...

  • That Time of Year Again

    By on January 25, 2006

    Dear friends, family, assorted acquaintances: Happy holidays! Wow, can you believe 2005 is almost over? It seems like Christmas 2004 just ended and here we...

  • Oppose Alito?

    By on January 18, 2006

    The analysis of Supreme Court confirmation hearings has become the post-Cold War equivalent of Kremlinology, the study of Soviet behavior relying on exquisitely subtle clues...

  • Human Nature

    By on December 21, 2005

    The issue of what to do for New Year's Eve is just about here again. As usual, I've got zilch for ideas and, like many...

  • Drama Queen

    By on December 21, 2005

    I have a weakness -- well, it's one of many, of course. But this one is particularly vile and causes me special shame when I...

  • Brokeback's Lack

    By on December 21, 2005

    In a 1980 essay entitled ''The Boys on the Beach,'' conservative writer Midge Decter described the gay men who summered at Fire Island in the...

  • Crain's Campaign

    By on December 14, 2005

    Atop his editorial in the Dec. 9 issue of the Washington Blade, editor Chris Crain declares, ''After years of enduring silly claims that gay equality...

  • Chilly Reception

    By on December 7, 2005

    When I look outside the front windows of my house, the sky is pitch black but the view is lit by bright white snow. I...

  • Court on Campus

    By on December 7, 2005

    May the federal government deny funds to universities that ban military recruiters from campus? That's the issue the Supreme Court began considering this week in...

  • Open House

    By on November 16, 2005

    I'd rather hang out at anyone's apartment than a bar. There's a bar called Tribe on the corner of our block that's filled with the...

  • The Cute One

    By on October 26, 2005

    It has been years since I've answered an ad in the Women Seeking Women section of anything. It's been years since I've needed to; my...

  • Sense in Advertising

    By on October 26, 2005

    If we do better than expected when Texans vote on an anti-gay marriage amendment on Nov. 8, much credit should go to the National Gay...