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View ArticleGrowing Support for Maryland Marriage Equality: New poll shows majority back...
News: A majority of Marylanders say they would vote to uphold Maryland's recently passed marriage-equality law, according to a new poll. Currently, supporters of the law have a double-digit edge over...
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Swim for Life Beats Goal: DCAC's annual fundraiser nearly doubles 2011...
News: The accounting is in from the 21st Annual Maryland Swim for Life, held July 14 and hosted by the District of Columbia Aquatics Club (DCAC), a swimming and social club for LGBT and allied...
View ArticleTrial Date Set in Marine Stabbing Case: Marine accused of stabbing fellow...
News: Michael Poth, the Marine accused of killing a fellow Marine following an incident where he allegedly called the victim a ''faggot'' after having earlier seen the victim embrace another man, was...
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Turkish Media Meet Gay Peers: As part of State Department tour, five...
News: Members of local LBGT media outlets met with five Turkish journalists at the Meridian International Center in Northwest D.C. Friday, July 27, to discuss topics of interest to the visiting press....
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Coverboy: Shane: Son of the Shore
Coverboy Interview: The second time's the charm for 21-year-old Shane, at least when it comes to applying to be a Coverboy. The Eastern Shore native applied to grace the pages of Metro Weekly nearly...
View ArticleLHP Names New VP: D.C.'s Latino GLBT History Project establishes new post,...
News: At the group's monthly meeting in July, the local 12-year-old Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) elected its first vice president, Esther Hidalgo. Hidalgo has worked on the organization's...
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D.C. Rolling Out Trans Ads: Government-sponsored campaign aims to counter...
News: It's all about respect. That's the message of the latest campaign by the D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR). Hitting its stride with its current campaign to raise awareness about housing...
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D.C. Chamber Chosen: NGCLCC names CAGLCC ''LGBT Chamber of the Year'' at...
News: This morning, at the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce's 9th Annual National Business & Leadership Conference, now on in Chicago, the organization honored D.C.'s Capital Area Gay...
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Field Goals: Wade Davis talks about life on the gridiron, after the NFL and...
Feature Story: It seems fair enough to say that Wade Davis has an impulsive streak. Six years ago on Christmas Eve, stranded in a Chicago airport by a Midwestern snowstorm, Davis called up the man he'd...
View ArticleUking it Up: Strathmore welcomes thousands to celebrate the ukulele
Concert: ''Did you know we had 964 ukulele players last year?'' Marcy Marxer is reminiscing about the success of last year's UkeFest at Strathmore, which attracted a crowd of 2,100 people. Marxer, with...
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August Sizzler: Once you meet the Weston family, you just might want to call...
Stage: It's probably impossible to leave a production of August: Osage County without feeling a pang or two of familial guilt. But whatever you do, don't let that dissuade you from seeing it. Just...
View ArticleNational LGBT Briefs: Chicken and Chill: The great Chick-fil-A continues to...
News: Chick-fil-A Push and Pull In the wake of the latest Chick-fil-A brouhaha – with company President Dan Cathy making recent statements against marriage equality, followed by debate about the...
View ArticleGlobal LGBT Briefs: Jubilation in Entebbe, Marriage-Minded in France and Oz:...
News: Activists Arrested, But Uganda Pride a Success Despite arrests, some participants of Uganda's first LGBT Pride festival say the inaugural event was a relative success, Gay Star News reports. The...
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HRC Cash To Aid Marriage-Equality Campaigns: Even with marriage equality...
News: Money makes the world go 'round. And extra dollars fuel the fight for equality. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBT civil rights organization, announced Aug. 6 it would...
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Platform in Play: News Analysis: A marriage-equality plank in the Democratic...
News: When news broke early last week that the Democratic Party had taken a giant step toward endorsing marriage equality as part of their national platform – with the 15-person committee responsible...
View ArticleHater, Heal Thyself: At some point, that fault you find in others is your own
Opinion: Bryon Widner is the subject of a recent documentary, Erasing Hate. Widner, once a racist skinhead, tattooed himself to make his disposition clear. The documentary follows his hours of painful...
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Queer the Smear: No matter how much we watch our own words, some hateful...
Opinion: It is absolutely no secret that I have a foul mouth, a propensity for profanity that goes beyond those within earshot and often ends up screaming across computer screens. During the recent...
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Apple Approves D.C. Condom App: DC Center's HIV Working Group releases iPhone...
News: Out of condoms and lube? There's an app for that. Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone, recently approved a new mobile application – commonly called an ''app'' – that uses an interactive GPS map to...
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