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Madame President: Nikisha Carpenter always keeps faith and hope in mind...
News: There's faith in Nikisha Carpenter's handshake. Literally. Her right wrist bears a tattoo of the word ''faith,'' while her left wrist features a tattoo that reads ''hope.'' Nikisha Carpenter...
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Sticks and Stones: Mayor Declares April 21 Bully Free DC Day
News: ''Hello my name is fag.'' D’Angelo Morrison (Photo by Yusef Najafi) ''Or at least that's the name I was called in school,'' said D'Angelo Morrison, an intern at the Sexual Minority Youth...
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Telling Secrets: Justin Terry-Smith becomes a children's author with I Have a...
News: LGBT locals – particularly those in the leather and HIV communities – likely know Justin Terry-Smith. He served as Mr. Maryland Leather 2010. He's been amazingly public about his HIV status with...
View ArticleA Perfect Storm: The horrifying attack on Chrissy Polis may be the moment...
Opinion: The event at the Rosedale, Md., McDonald's on Monday evening, April 25, was both a vigil in support of Chrissy Lee Polis – a trans woman brutally beaten there a week earlier as she exited the...
View ArticleSeasonal Change: Reflecting on 17 years of Metro Weekly highlights how much...
Opinion: While next week may be the official 17th anniversary of Metro Weekly, this week actually marks the 17th year of working on the magazine. It did, after all, take a few days to turn the idea...
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Mame's Scrapbook: Five Decades of Fabulous: On the occasion of its 50th...
Feature Story: After a tour in the Navy, Carl Rizzi came to D.C. for a career in the Postal Service. But the life of a fabulous high-drag performer beckoned and Rizzi created his other self, Mame...
View ArticleAlliance of Fighters: When the oppressed band together with vision, they make...
Opinion: Representatives from the faith, business and arts communities joined political activists and public officials on April 20 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance...
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Help From Ohio: Founding executive director of Equality Ohio to help...
News: When Lynne Bowman starts working at Equality Maryland on Monday, May 2, her number one priority is stabilization. Bowman ''My role at Equality Maryland will be to help stabilize and to move...
View ArticleOutspoken: What's in Your Easter Bonnet? (video): Talking with contestants in...
Video: This week, Ebone Bell makes her way through a crowded JR.'s on Easter Sunday during the bar's annual Easter Bonnet contest to find out what puts a bee in everyone's bonnet, what part of a...
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