Marty Chernoff speaks at the 2013 Tracks Reunion in Washington, D.C.:
Video: Tracks owner and founder Marty Chernoff speaks to the crowd at the 2013 Tracks Reunion, Saturday, April 27, at Town Danceboutique in Washington, D.C. ...more
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Heel Thyself: ''Kinky Boots'': Cyndi Lauper's original songs go beyond the...
Stage: The new Broadway musical Kinky Boots is hands down this year's gayest -- or ''most fabulous,'' to go with Entertainment Weekly's coded description. You could even think of it as an update on La...
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Cracking Up: Shea Van Horn may have slowed down ever so slightly, yet he's...
Clublife: ''I can't imagine being 53 and working until 4 in the morning every weekend night,'' sighs Shea Van Horn, ''but I can't imagine myself not having some type of creative outlet.'' As it turns...
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Manning Up: Ross Mathews has grown from his early days as a ''big gay cartoon...
Events: ''I think there wasn't someone like me on TV before, so maybe it was a little culture shock. Like, who's this big gay cartoon clown?'' Everyone remembers his first time seeing comedian Ross...
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Warming Trend: Men's swimsuit fashions for 2013
Feature Story: Behold, the pleasures of summer. Ice cream cones…. Men in swimsuits…. Huh? We got there awfully fast, didn't we? And, well, why not? One of summer's gayer pleasures is to let our eyes...
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Night at the Ballet: NPR's Ari Shapiro's ''surreal opportunity'' to sing with...
Dance: Did you hear the one about NPR correspondent Ari Shapiro performing with The Washington Ballet? ''I'm not a dancer, and I do not dance,'' Shapiro says, ''but I get to sing this song while...
View ArticleBelting It Out: Jewish Music Festival offers the opposite of a dry lecture...
Music: ''It's a wonderful way to think about the rich tradition of so many Jews who were key to writing beautiful music for Broadway,'' says Carole Zawatsky, CEO of the DC Jewish Community Center....
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Flash over Substance: All of Iron Man 3's potential for meaningful moments...
Film: Let's just get this out of the way: Robert Downey Jr. is, and always will be, magnificent as Tony Stark. The character's cocky wit blends so pleasantly with the actor's anxious charm, it seems...
View ArticleAccidental Activism: How I found myself on the steps of the Supreme Court
Opinion: When I met my husband, Kelly Vielmo, almost 11 years ago, neither of us did anything that might be labeled ''activism'' on behalf of gay rights. Our lives had been fairly low key. Not our...
View ArticleAnnuals of Spring: Spring is the time to celebrate some significant LGBT...
Opinion: Anyone familiar with my writings round these parts already knows that I am solipsism central, so I'll just jump right to the point and say what a special and important time of year spring is...
View Article2013 Swimsuit Issue - Behind the Scenes: Video of Metro Weekly's team and models
Video: A behind the scenes look at Metro Weekly's annual Swimsuit Issue for 2013. Read more and see the full-size photos in our special feature, "Warming Trend." ...more
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Transgender Homicides in Baltimore and Elsewhere Raise Alarm: NBJC, NCAVP and...
News: The New York-based National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) and the D.C.-based National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) are calling for action after recent killings of young...
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2013 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards Selection Panel:
Feature Story: The Next Generation Awardees are chosen from a pool of community nominations by a panel of Washington-area LGBT leaders from the worlds of arts, activism, business and politics. The 2013...
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Je-Shawna Wholley: Next Generation Awards 2013
Feature Story: Thanks, in part, to high school years in the Junior ROTC in Forrestville, Md. – where she rose to the leadership rank of regiment commander – Je-Shawna Wholley was sitting pretty with a...
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Joseph Lewis: Next Generation Awards 2013
Feature Story: Throughout his life, 26-year-old Joseph Lewis has struggled with embracing the different facets of his identity – as a gay man, a deaf person and an adopted son. He's also refused to...
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Michael Komo: Next Generation Awards 2013
Feature Story: Michael Komo came to activism early in life. More than half of his 24 years have been spent advocating for LGBT equality and he describes that activism as the most rewarding aspect of...
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AJ King: Next Generation Awards 2013
Feature Story: It hit Alexander AJ King when he was only in high school. ''I was getting calls back to back to back from my friends saying, 'AJ, I just found out I'm positive,''' he says. The calls...
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The 2013 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards: AJ King, Michael Komo, Joseph...
Feature Story: Life gets better. That's a comforting truism for those of us on the older side of the LGBT community, who've watched as our country has gone from banning openly gay military service and...
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