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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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Showy Boat: There's plenty to enjoy in the way the WNO's ''Show Boat'' treads...
Opera: In a second act scene in Show Boat, the character Magnolia auditions to be a singer at Chicago's popular Trocadero Club. Magnolia was a star on the Cotton Blossom, but of course a Mississippi...
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Texas Hold 'Em: Yen Tan's ''Pit Stop'' offers a story about rural gay life
Film: A decade ago, when Texas-based filmmaker Yen Tan regularly commuted between Dallas and Houston, he wondered if he was alone out there. Pit Stop: Marcud DeAnd and Bill Heck ''I would stop at gas...
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Wretched Excess: Baz Luhrmann tromps across Fitzgerald's ''The Great...
Film: What kind of maniac tries to adapt The Great Gatsby? Few books are legitimate touchstones in American culture, and for better or for worse, F. Scott Fitzgerald's sits atop that very short list....
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Real Estate Roundup: Low interest rates fuel the D.C.-area housing market and...
Business: The Capital Pride Parade still winds around Dupont Circle every June, but Realtor Ted Smith of Stages Premier Realtors Washington argues that the epicenter of the LGBT community is now Logan...
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EV Advocates Entering Election Mode: LGBT group uses threat of Cuccinelli...
News: It's the poll heard round the commonwealth. EV Advocates, a nonprofit affiliate of Equality Virginia that performs voter outreach and education, sent an fundraising email to supporters soliciting...
View ArticleA Star Is Born: He may not be the first, but Jason Collins is a pioneer just...
Opinion: Jason Collins is not the first active professional athlete to come out. Tennis star Martina Navratilova came out in 1981. Her courageous act, however, was no threat to male heterosexual...
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Creating Space: The Next Generation Awards honor and encourage young LGBT...
Opinion: It was just over five-and-a-half years ago that I first brought the idea of the Next Generation Awards to Metro Weekly. Because I happen to be running a business, I fully admit that there were...
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Qween Amor Assaulted: LGBT-rights advocate and street performer with D.C....
News: Street performer, dancer and LGBT-rights advocate Qween Amor, a frequent fixture at Metro stations around the D.C. area, was assaulted and robbed while performing in New York City Tuesday. Qween...
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Electric Company: Tesla is courting car lovers with more favorable financing...
Gears: Craving a slice of Tesla's automotive future, but don't have the bank account for the $62,400 sticker price? Fear not. The company's CEO Elon Musk has announced that, in addition to now offering...
View ArticleMayor Offering Forum for LGBT Youth: Saturday town-hall event will be Gray's...
News: The office of D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) will be hosting its first LGBT-themed youth town hall tomorrow, at noon at Eastern Market's North Hall, located at 225 7th St. SE. Gray has held other...
View ArticleMaryland Del. Dwyer Appealing Sentence: Anti-gay lawmaker appealing 30-day...
News: A lawyer for Maryland Del. Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel Co.), one of the General Assembly's most vocal opponents of LGBT rights and same-sex marriage, has filed an appeal of Anne Arundel District...
View ArticleWhitman-Walker Expands Meningitis Response: Due to growing demand, health...
News: Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV/AIDS and LGBT-competent care, announced Tuesday it will be offering meningitis vaccinations to people who are...
View ArticleRobbery Victim Reports Anti-Gay Slurs: As status hearing is postponed, no...
News: The two men suspected of an April 25 altercation, in which they allegedly beat and robbed a man in the 1300 block of 14th Street NW just before 1 a.m., appeared in D.C. Superior Court today,...
View ArticleWhitman-Walker Honors Advocates: WWH to present three awards for work related...
News: Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center specializing in HIV/AIDS and LGBT-sensitive health care, will present three awards recognizing advocacy on behalf of the LGBT...
View ArticleNew DC Center Space Is Secure: David Mariner says rumored land swap reported...
News: Rumors of a potential land swap that could jeopardize the June relocation of The DC Center, the area's LGBT community center, were floated in an April 30 article in the Washington Business...
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You're the Top!: A roundup of Tony-nominated shows currently on Broadway
Feature Story:The Nance is the gayest play currently running on Broadway -- among other attributes, it features a gay writer (Douglas Carter Beane), a gay lead actor (Nathan Lane) and gay content,...
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Boots Over Broadway: Billy Porter has many people pumped up about his...
Feature Story: A couple weeks ago Katy Perry raved to her nearly 37 million followers on Twitter. ''Just saw KINKY BOOTS on Broadway & cried w/joy from it's [sic] powerful, beautiful message,'' the...
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