Metro Weekly

News + Politics

  • Pulse of the People

    Ranging from alarm to hope, a panel of D.C.'s black gay leaders strove to outline what they saw as the state of their community as...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • GLAA Marks 35 Years

    When the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance celebrates a milestone, it's a bit like the tortoise making his victory lap to the hare's chagrin. Steadily,...

  • Youth Pride Festival Rescheduled Due to Weather

    Citing a weather forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for substantial rain Saturday, April 22, the Youth Pride Alliance board members have decided...

  • Gay Families on a Roll

    Though the rain slowed at times, it refused to go away, making for a soggy time at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. But...

  • Gays in Eurabia

    Four years after the assassination of gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, his warning of the threat posed to the rights of European gays and women...

  • Growth Spurt

    Marking its 10th year, the stage is set for Youth Pride Day in Rock Creek Park at the corner of P and 23rd streets NW...

  • Be Bar Faces Off with Opponents

    Opponents and supporters of the proposed Be Bar at 1318 Ninth St. NW , which would cater to the gay community with a lounge and...

  • Perking Me Up

    Our relationship began in the early '90s, when I was still living in Des Moines and she was in New York City. I'd never been...

  • D.C. Coalition Coalescing

    About 50 people joined the D.C. Coalition at a reception Sunday, April 9, introducing the community to the group's new board members, elected last month....

  • The Kids Are Not Alright

    There was a full house of about 150 people in the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Forum space April 5. It was a ''who's who'' of...

  • Lizard Lounge's Last Act

    The Lizard will shortly no longer be a king on the Sunday night scene. After almost eight years the weekly Lizard Lounge party will close,...

  • Ball Games

    As a kid, I threw like a girl. Or, I would have, if the girls on my little league team hadn't thrown better than I...