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Maryland's Gay Wunderkind: Already famous for his work in cancer detection,...
News: You can't blame Jack Andraka for not yet knowing what career he wants later in life. Then again, the average 16-year-old isn't often the inventor of a tool -- soon to be on the market -- that...
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Next Generation's Next Step: Co-Publisher Sean Bugg departing Metro Weekly to...
News: Many are familiar with Metro Weekly's Next Generation Awards, which for five years have celebrated members of the LGBT community younger than 30 who already have amazing accomplishments to their...
View ArticleSniping on the Mount: Taking stock of the March on Washington anniversary...
Opinion: After the Aug. 24 rally at the Lincoln Memorial honoring the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, some people complained that they couldn't hear the speakers. This...
View ArticleFuzzy Little Balls: Openly gay athletes like Robbie Rogers and Jason Collins...
Opinion: I was still in elementary school when I first began banging tennis balls against the cinder-block side of my grandparents' garage using an old wooden Jack Kramer racquet that my great uncle...
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Marcos: Live and (seeking) uncut
Coverboy Interview: He's funny, campy, quick-witted and doesn't mince words, just like any other drag queen who knows how to work an audience. Marcos, known in some circles as Eclipse B. Child, has a...
View ArticleEquality Maryland's Silver Celebration: State's primary LGBT-advocacy...
News: The Free State's local LGBT rights organization Equality Maryland has announced it will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Oct. 27 in Baltimore, with special honors for Sen. Richard Madaleno...
View ArticleQuarter Century of HOPE: D.C.-area HIV-support organization plans 25-year...
News: The local HIV nonprofit organization Health Options and Positive Energy Foundation, better known as HOPE DC or the HOPE Foundation, has announced details of a 25th anniversary celebration Sept....
View ArticleD.C. Transgender Assault Gets Trial Date: Suspect accused of stabbing woman...
News: Michael McBride, the man accused of stabbing a transgender woman anywhere from 35 to 40 times in June in the District's Fort Stanton neighborhood, appeared in D.C. Superior Court today to set a...
View ArticleUSAO Considering Bias Enhancements for June Assault: Prosecution asks D.C....
News: The U.S. Attorney's Office advised D.C. Superior Court Judge Juliet McKenna Thursday that it will possibly pursue bias enhancements – also known colloquially as ''hate-crime charges'' – against...
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Equality Virginia Pushing License Plate: Virginia plate backing LGBT equality...
News: If Equality Virginia has its way, in about a year drivers in the commonwealth will be seeing cars bearing pro-LGBT license plates along Virginia's roads. The state's primary LGBT-rights...
View ArticleD.C. Joins Russian Embassy Kiss-In: Sunday protest to oppose oppression of...
News: LGBT activists in cities across the world, including Prague, Stockholm and Brussels – as well as Washington – are planning to hold a global ''kiss-in'' in front of multiple Russian embassies...
View ArticleArlington's Sweet Sunday: AGLA hosts Sept. 8 ice-cream social and charity drive
News: The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) will host an ice-cream social tomorrow, Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Aurora Hills Community Center, at 735 18th St. South, in Arlington. This year's...
View ArticleDebasing the Peace Prize: History teaches us to mistrust assurances of...
Opinion: If President Obama launches the missile strikes he proposes against Syria, with or without authorization from Congress, he should send his Nobel Peace Prize back to Oslo. Obama ran for...
View ArticleStein Club Announces Award Recipients: Local LGBT leaders to be honored at...
News: The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the District's largest LGBT political organization, will honor four local leaders who have made a contribution to the D.C. area's LGBT community at the group's...
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Bell Labs: National Geographic presents Jim Lehrer's play about the original...
Stage: ''All I know about Alexander Graham Bell is I think he invented the telephone.'' Which is exactly what Jim Lehrer said after he was asked to write a play about the famous scientist and inventor...
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Four-Day Affair: Woodhull's Sexual Freedom Summit set to offer conversation...
News: You might think it's a reunion of Creating Change, the annual conference affiliated with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey will be there. So will...
View ArticleWhitman-Walker Readies 2013 AIDS Walk: Health center's biggest annual...
News: Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV/AIDS and LGBT-competent care, launched its latest campaign for the 2013 AIDS Walk Washington last week to...
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Virginia's 2013 Battlefield: Fisette and Parrish assess the importance of...
News: Many in Virginia's LGBT community are steeling themselves ahead of what they expect to be brutal fall campaigns, the outcomes of which could deeply impact how LGBT residents are treated by state...
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Three Steps to the Future: From Hawaii to James Franco to Tom Daley to hate...
Opinion: It's an old saw of journalism that if you can string together three related instances you have a trend or, at least, a think piece. So let's start mashing up three seemingly unrelated gay...
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Stage: Live Theater and Musicals in D.C.: Fall Arts Preview 2013
Feature Story: It never ceases to amaze how remarkably rich, involving and varied the theater scene in Washington is. But it's always been that way -- only now there's more of it than ever. No matter...
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