Metro Weekly

News + Politics

  • Ya Got Trouble

    Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is always having to change the subject. First it was his health care reform law, which inspired President Obama's. Now...

  • Grieving for Gaurav

    As news spreads that the Sept. 10 death of Northwest Washington resident Gaurav Gopalan, 35, has been ruled a homicide by the city's medical examiner,...

  • City Offering Safety Event

    Amid a backdrop of ongoing violence aimed at the LGBT community, the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs has announced a Public Safety Open House event...

  • After Party

    For 13 years, the 1409 Playbill Café has catered to the theater crowd and neighborhood regulars at the vibrant intersection of 14th and P Streets...

  • Centaurs Celebrate Franson

    It's not often that the Centaur Motorcycle Club bestows its Bikeus Award. ''The last time it was given, seven or so years ago, was to...

  • Double L Win

    Now in its 13th year, the Mr. Double L Leather Contest wrapped up Sept. 17 with one of Rehoboth Beach's own, Allen Lerch, taking the...

  • Date with Delgaudio

    In a recent fundraising letter from the Falls Church-based Public Advocate of the United States, which bills itself as an organization that ''lobbies to fight...

  • Obama to Speak at HRC Annual National Dinner on Oct. 1

    Today, the Human Rights Campaign announced in a news release that President Obama will be making his second appearance at the organization’s annual national dinner....

  • Jamey Rodemeyer, 14, commits suicide after gay taunts [video]

    Despite making his own “It Gets Better” video, Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old in Williamsville, N.Y., appears to have taken his life this past weekend. He...

  • US Marines set up booth at gay center to begin recruitment

    Two U.S. Marine recruiters were interviewed several times in the press yesterday for a remarkable first-time event. They were invited to The Dennis R. Neill...

  • One gay soldier’s coming out seen by millions [video]

    A US soldier stationed in Germany had one of the world’s most viewed coming out experiences yesterday.  Identified in the press as 21-year-old Randy Phillips,...

  • The Faces of DADT Repeal Politics, September 20, 2011

    [Photo, above: Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks about the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at a news...

  • Multiple Charges Dog Washington

    The man accused of attacking a group of women, at least one of whom identifies as a lesbian, in Columbia Heights in late July has...

  • Gopalan Death Ruled Homicide

    The D.C. medical examiner's office has ruled that the death of Gaurav Gopalan, a local theater enthusiast who was found dead in the city's Columbia...

  • “DADT IS HISTORY.”

    With additional reporting by John Riley. [Photo: The U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station in New York City’s Times Square on Sept. 19, 2011, in the...