Metro Weekly

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  • Women's Work

    By on November 19, 2003

    Among the many pleasures of last month's Reel Affirmations Film Festival was seeing myself on the big screen. I'm proud to have been just one...

  • Marriage Win in Massachusetts

    By on November 19, 2003

    The Massachusetts Supreme Court on Tuesday finessed the issue of gay marriage, deciding that same-sex couples have the right to wed but leaving it to...

  • Politically Correct

    By on November 12, 2003

    In my little nuclear-free suburb last week, the voting members of my ward joined together to elect a lesbian to represent us on the Takoma...

  • Kicking the Habit

    By on November 12, 2003

    Two times as many lesbians report being heavy smokers than straight women, says the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer, so it's no surprise if...

  • Changeover

    By on November 5, 2003

    Massachusetts State Senator Cheryl Jacques will become the next president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the organization announced on Monday, following...

  • Fighting Hepatitis

    By on October 29, 2003

    Previously we looked at hepatitis A and all the excellent reasons to get the readily-available vaccine. Now it's time to learn about hepatitis B and...

  • Beautiful Day

    By on October 29, 2003

    ‘Tis the season of gay tourism. I don't mean my friends and I hopping on that Olivia Cruise to Lesbos. I mean other folks, gay...

  • Grave Lessons

    By on October 15, 2003

    I spent my 40th birthday talking to a lesbian ghost. More specifically, I made a pilgrimage to the tomb of famous lesbian author Radclyffe Hall,...

  • ABCs of Hepatitis

    By on October 15, 2003

    How do you know if you're at risk for hepatitis? Well, do you have anal or oral sex? How about rimming? Have you ever shared...

  • Building Blocks

    By on October 15, 2003

    The new HRC headquarters building at 17th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW. (Photo by Michael Wichita) Blue and yellow confetti filled the air at...

  • 'Atta Girl!

    By on October 8, 2003

    There was a girl in my neighborhood growing up who was as sporty as any boy on the block. She wore baseball caps every day,...

  • Bearing False Witness

    By on October 1, 2003

    It's Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and loved ones have pampered me with gifts of sweet things (for a sweet year). The jumbo bag...

  • Push for Pap

    By on October 1, 2003

    If a woman rarely or never has sex with men, should she still get regular Pap smears? Absolutely, say experts in lesbian health. Yet a...

  • Reality Bites

    By on September 24, 2003

    When I was a little kid, I used to watch a show called Romper Room and hoped each day with all my might that Miss...

  • Everyday Terror

    By on September 17, 2003

    On the second anniversary of the September 11th attacks I thought about the kinds of ''domestic'' terrorism that America has chosen to ignore for so...