Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "LGBTQ"

  • Buns Away

    So I'll share a little secret: When I first decided to take my 12-year-old nephew to this year's Capital Pride Parade to ride in our...

  • Montgomery College To Host LGBT Consortium

    Montgomery College's Takoma/Silver Spring campus will host a daylong consortium Friday, June 22, aimed at determining best practices for promoting LGBT acceptance on college campuses....

  • IHOP Shooting Suspect Rejects Plea Deal

    A woman accused of shooting a gay man inside a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant in March rejected a plea deal this morning, sending her case...

  • Town Hall Tackles Youth Homelessness

    Representatives of both local and national D.C.-based nonprofit groups shared their experiences of working with homeless LGBT youth Thursday night, May 31, at the ''LGBT...

  • Capital Pride Hosts Interfaith Service

    Even in the midst of chaos and activity, there's always time for quiet reflection. So, too, amid a flurry of Pride activities, is there an...

  • AGLA Awards 2012 Scholarships

    The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA), a nonpartisan LGBT organization in Northern Virginia, awarded two public high school seniors with $2,000 scholarships at the...

  • Tom Goss: Back in my college town, out of the closet

    I’m sitting in a Holiday Inn Express in Warrensburg, Mo., home of the University of Central Missouri, UCM, and I can’t but think what my...

  • House Arrest for IHOP-Shooting Suspect

    The woman arrested and charged with shooting a gay man following an altercation at a Columbia Heights IHOP restaurant has been placed under house arrest...

  • Lauper's D.C. Date

    She won't be belting out her signature songs, but Cyndi Lauper is heading to Washington nonetheless. It will be a visit for the kids. ''I...

  • Backward Glances

    Some large portion of the collective Democratic mind will always see the world as if it's still 1993. That's when the backlash against President Bill...

  • La Raza Study Challenges Stereotypes

    A new study by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS) examining support among Hispanics for LGBT rights finds...

  • Carson Hearing Rescheduled

    The preliminary hearing for a woman accused of shooting a member of the LGBT community at an IHOP Restaurant in Columbia Heights was continued and...

  • Counting the Crimes

    The March 20 demonstration for victims of crimes that seemed to target members of the LGBT community may have been more warranted than organizers imagined....

  • Skinner Scheduled for Trial

    The man accused of approaching two teenage girls, 15 and 16, near the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station and threatening to rape them in front of...

  • Bowie State Opening Center for LGBT Students

    Bowie State University will make LGBT history come April 2. On that Monday, the university will become the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU)...