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Opinion:Just to be clear about this before I start: I was appalled that Bob McDonnell could be elected governor of Virginia and absolutely horrified the Ken Cuccinelli was elected attorney general. In fact, I can't even remember who else ran for attorney general -- all I know is that I voted for the candidate who was not Ken Cuccinelli. As a current Northern Virginia resident who also happened to attend college in the state lo these many years ago, I'm ...more

News:As piles of snow melt away, preparing the stage for cherry blossoms, change is in the District's air. But it's not all Mother Nature's doing. One In Ten, the LGBT cultural organization responsible for the annual Reel Affirmations film festival, marking its 20th year in 2010, is readying for its own big changes. What those changes will be, however, remains to be seen. ''A lot of festivals across the country have been closing their doors, and we don't want to ...more

News:In a city as dynamic as Washington, and with a vibrant LGBT community to match, there's no doubt that there are an endless number of local leaders worth heralding for their contributions. In an effort to identify a few more of these folks, Metro Weekly's Next Generation Awards and Capital Pride's Heroes awards are now accepting nominations. The Next Generation Awards, marking their second year, celebrate local ''activists, leaders and artists'' younger than 30, while Capital Pride's Heroes are defined ...more

News:For some, the notion of a mass wedding might conjure discomforting images right out the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. But that's not the case for dozens of local gay and lesbian couples who have registered to exchange vows at an upcoming mass wedding in the District on March 20. GLBT Wedding Services by Event Emissary is offering Saturday's daylong affair under the title ''Our Time Has Come,'' to be held inside the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium downtown. The ...more

Travel:Like a fine cheese or wine, some things simply get better with age. This certainly seems to be the case for Santa Fe, as the capital of New Mexico celebrates its 400th anniversary. Throughout its history, Santa Fe has been a destination for those on a quest -- from Spanish conquistadores seeking new land to artists seeking inspiration to gays seeking acceptance. Today, Santa Fe trails only San Francisco among U.S. metro areas in the percentage of households headed by ...more

Music:''Grease has something to say about the family we choose,'' says Jeff Buhrman. ''GLBT people understand that concept about choosing our family, defending each other. It's all in this musical -- you've just never seen it that way before.'' Certainly you've never seen Grease the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington's way -- a new all-male production based on the original 1972 Broadway version. ''Over the years Grease has been sanitized,'' says Buhrman, GMCW's artistic director, noting that the original ''is ...more

News:It happens every two years. High school and middle school students take part in the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which asks them questions about depression, school safety, sexual behavior and drug use. But local LGBT activists are expressing serious concerns after learning that data from the latest D.C. survey, collected by the city's Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), will not be included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) next report as it ...more

News: President Barack Obama took the setting of the National Prayer Breakfast – an annual Washington event that has drawn criticism from several quarters this year due to its sponsorship by The Fellowship, aka The Family – to strongly denounce the proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" currently being considered in Uganda as ''odious.'' Obama told the assembled national and international figures today, Feb. 4, ''We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are — whether it's here in the United ...

News: In the ongoing fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, the big news recently was the partnership announced Jan. 12 between the District and the National Institutes for Health (NIH). As stated in the District's Jan. 12 release, "…the new $26.4 million DC Partnership for HIV/AIDS Progress (was created) to decrease the rate of new HIV infections in the city, improve the health of District residents living with HIV infection, and strengthen the city's ongoing response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic." Alexandria Health Department (Photo by Todd Franson) On a ...