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  • Ruby Corado to Open LGBT Latino Resource Center

    By on May 2, 2012

    Everybody is welcome at Casa Ruby. That's the pitch from local transgender activist Ruby Corado, who plans to open an LGBT-targeted resource center in Columbia...

  • David M. Pérez

    By on May 2, 2012

    Some gay people grow up to run screaming from conservative Christian upbringings. Not David M. Pérez. This Southern California native embraced the values of his...

  • Occupational Art

    By on April 12, 2012

    ''It's a real mix, and a real attempt to bring our local artists together,'' says Quique Aviles. The actor and performer has essentially created a...

  • Paying Homage

    By on April 12, 2012

    Every night just before performing his one-man show, Jorge ''Jay'' Alvarez has a moment of panic. ''Oh my God, do I have this in me...

  • Coverboy: René

    By on March 2, 2012

    There was a time when René, 21, growing up in Aurora, Ill., was in the shadows, suffering the bullies in elementary and middle school. Then...

  • Living the Life

    By on June 6, 2011

    This year will be 24-year-old Jonathan Bascope's third year performing at the Capital Pride Festival. But this year also marks a first for the Northern...

  • Ricky Martin at the HRC National Dinner [video]

    By on October 10, 2010

    Pop star Ricky Martin -- who recently came out -- make a surprise appearance at the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010...

  • Congressional Ties

    By on July 14, 2010

    ''Being sometimes the first transgender person in their workspace – openly disclosed as trans – is an important part of what it is that we...

  • Empowered in Mount Pleasant

    By on June 17, 2010

    On June 8 La Clinica del Pueblo welcomed members of the local LGBT community to see the site that will house its youth drop-in center,...

  • Four for More

    By on June 2, 2010

    On the morning of this year's Capital Pride Parade, Saturday, June 12, organizers of the fourth annual Capital Trans Pride will give guests the opportunity...

  • Culture and Recruiting

    By on May 7, 2010

    Like the five other LGBT organizations in the District sharing space with The Center, the area's LGBT community center at 1810 14th St. NW, the...

  • José Ramirez

    By on April 29, 2010

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? As Metro Weekly honors the second round of Next Generation awardees, one of the 2009 crop...

  • Cesar Ayala

    By on December 16, 2009

    ''Dreams do come true,'' says Cesar Ayala. ''Look at me, I made it to the top three.'' Ayala, 22, woke up screaming with joy the...

  • Rick Garcia, Chicago

    By on October 7, 2009

    Rick Garcia (Photo by Kat Fitzgerald / Windy City Times) Rick Garcia is not attending the Equality March as the political director of Equality Illinois,...

  • Dimas Natividad, Albuquerque, N.M.

    By on October 7, 2009

    Dimas Natividad Dimas Natividad has never been to Washington before. But that's not to say he's not interested in politics. At 19, the sophomore student...