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2012 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards Selection Panel:
Feature Story: The Next Generation Awards 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 2012...
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David M. Pérez: The Next Generation Awards 2012
Feature Story: Some gay people grow up to run screaming from conservative Christian upbringings. Not David M. Pérez. This Southern California native embraced the values of his youth and carries them...
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Terra Tempest Moore: The Next Generation Awards 2012
Feature Story: Describing Terra Tempest Moore, Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League Executive Director Andrew Barnett wrote, ''She is a natural leader, talented public speaker, and fierce advocate...
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Iimay Ho: The Next Generation Awards 2012
Feature Story: Iimay Ho remembers one of the first times direct activism paid off for her. While a junior in high school, one of her classmates drew a Chinese man during a discussion of Confucianism....
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Christopher Barnhill: The Next Generation Awards 2012
Feature Story: Christopher Barnhill may be only 25 years old. But to hear this Metro Weekly Next Generation Award winner tell it, he's already fulfilling his life's purpose. As a schools engagement...
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Avenging Marvels: Magnificently helmed by Joss Whedon, ''The Avengers'' is a...
Film: Take a minute to consider how incredible it is that The Avengers exists. This movie, after all, is more than seven years in the making. Along the way, five others had to be filmed, released, and...
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Uplifted: Pilobolus: Baltimore native Nile Russell was all ready to give up...
Dance: Nile Russell was all ready to give up dancing. ''In modern dance, there were people freaking out the audience just for the sake of freaking them out, chaos for the sake of chaos,'' says Russell....
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Black Bluegrass: Carolina Chocolate Drops drum up interest in little-known genre
Music: The black string music tradition predates the blues. It even influenced and echoes what is today commonly known as traditional folk and bluegrass. But don't worry if you haven't heard of it....
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Dancing to Memories: Kyle Abraham honors memories of his father in ''The...
Dance: ''It started out as kind of a stutter,'' says Kyle Abraham, about his father's aphasia, a type of brain damage. ''Two years later, it started getting worse. So it was just a gradual thing.''...
View ArticleCircle Celebration: D.C.'s Youth Pride marks a second year back in Dupont Circle
News: D.C.'s 16th annual Youth Pride celebration went ahead as planned Saturday, April 28, with periods of cloudiness and sunshine, but none of the showers that have forced postponements in the past....
View ArticleRuby Corado to Open LGBT Latino Resource Center: Local transgender activist...
News: Everybody is welcome at Casa Ruby. That's the pitch from local transgender activist Ruby Corado, who plans to open an LGBT-targeted resource center in Columbia Heights this month at a...
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Surveying the Transgender Scene: DC Trans Coalition carrying out needs...
News: For the next six months to a year, the DC Trans Coalition (DCTC) will be surveying members of the District's transgender community in hopes of obtaining a fresh perspective on the major concerns...
View ArticleGeneration Now: Celebrating an anniversary for Metro Weekly is made sweeter...
Opinion: Eighteen years old may seem young for a human being, but it seems pretty old for a magazine. This issue of Metro Weekly is the one where we flip the calendar and celebrate our 18th anniversary...
View ArticleHouse Arrest for IHOP-Shooting Suspect: Judge releases woman accused in...
News: 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 as she awaits a felony status hearing....
View ArticleWho's your favorite Avenger?: Take our poll. Enter to win an XBox 360.
Poll: // Read Chris Heller's review of The Avengers. ...more
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Biblical Proportions: However you come to it, WNO's biblical and...
Opera: With a busy narrative, a biblically minded libretto, and a director who assumes a cogent, educated audience, the Washington National Opera's Nabucco isn't for those who like their opera...
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Coverboy: Brandon: Hard worker seeking success
Coverboy Interview: Resilience, hard work and independence are values prized by 24-year-old Brandon. The native Marylander earns his keep as an office administrator for the federal government by day...
View ArticleTransPride's May Move: D.C.'s sixth annual transgender event goes from early...
News: In this season of pride, space on the calendar can be pretty tricky to come by. But Capital TransPride did a good job at securing its spot in the lineup in early June, just ahead of the primary...
View ArticleVote Now for DC's Favorite Otter!: Who is your favorite? Watch the video then...
Poll: On May 4, 2012, Metro Weekly joined all the otters at the DC Eagle for Otter Crossing, the monthly gathering for D.C.'s scruffy, hirsute set (and their admirers). In honor of the new Asian...
View ArticleCapital Pride Accepts Charity Challenge: Friends of Pride matching grant...
News: Capital Pride's ''Friends of Pride,'' a special recognition for those individual donors who help keep the annual LGBT festival free for attendees, isn't new. But it's been steadily increasing in...
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