Metro Weekly

News + Politics

  • Vacancy Filled

    In September 2004, when D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams announced the creation of the Mayor's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, he said, ''I'm...

  • Applauding Allen

    It may have been six months in the making, but the Greater Washington, D.C., STD Community Coalition finally got the chance to honor D.C. Allen...

  • Eagle Honors

    Mr. D.C. Eagle 2005, Scott Jones, came to the end of his title run Saturday, Nov. 19. That evening, judges selected Bennett Long to succeed...

  • Open House

    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...

  • Deciphering Syphilis

    Syphilis infection rates are apparently on the rise in the U.S. On Nov. 8, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the...

  • Eminent Eviction

    The District government exercised its eminent domain powers Oct. 25, filing a legal claim to properties in the area of the proposed Southeast baseball stadium...

  • Sense in Advertising

    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...

  • The Cute One

    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...

  • Dawson's Discount

    The phrase ''Charity begins at home'' is open to some interpretation. Local musician Sharon Dawson is living one possible interpretation, with her newly-released discount card...

  • Bob Siegel Responds to D.C. Land Grab

    The District government exercised its eminent domain powers Oct. 25, filing a legal claim to properties in the area of the proposed Southeast baseball stadium...

  • Same time next week?

    One of my therapist's favorite solutions to my perennial problem of feeling stressed out is to find ways for me to do more work. ''You'd...

  • Marching On

    Boykin The Rev. Willie Wilson, the national executive director of the Millions More Movement (MMM) who made headlines this summer for homophobic comments during a...

  • Trouble in Texas

    Hardly anyone seems aware of it, but on Nov. 8, Texans will vote on an unusually far-ranging state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and anything...

  • AIDS Walk 2005

    Banner year? The Oct. 1 AIDS Walk (Photo by Todd Franson ) Though not quite on par with last year's figures, as yet, Kim Mills,...

  • Budgets and Buildings

    On Thursday evening, Oct. 6, The Center: Home for GLBT in Metro D.C. opened its doors and its accounting books -- to a degree --...