Metro Weekly

09/11/2026

With federal HIV funding at risk, Whitman-Walker Health is urging Washingtonians to support its 40th annual fundraiser on Sept. 19.

Whitman-Walker has been promoting the walk and amplifying its message about HIV to attract more participants and donations, including individual gifts, per-kilometer pledges, and corporate sponsorships.

The 40th Annual Walk & 5K to End HIV will take place from 7:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Roller Skating Pavilion at Anacostia Park, 1500 Anacostia Dr. SE, in Washington, D.C. Free on-site parking is available. Those unable to attend in person can still donate directly through Whitman-Walker’s website.

Learn more about the event and its importance at MetroWeekly.com.

09/08/2026

Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along receives a striking new production at Signature. "In tone, performance, and design, the production captures Merrily's tension between glamour and heartache, success and regret," writes critic André Hereford. ★★★★☆

Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along tells a sardonic tale of friendship and regret, recounted backward through time.

09/08/2026

Licensed professional counselor and owner of the LGBT+ Counseling Collaborative SC Nealy is currently searching for a suitable location to open a sapphic coffeehouse by day and cocktail bar by night in Arlington by the fall of 2027.

She plans to name the venue Lilli’s Bar in honor of the late Dr. Lilli Vincenz, a pioneering activist and the first le***an member of the Mattachine Society of Washington.

Learn more about Nealy’s plans and the current hurdles she faces by reading our full article at MetroWeekly.com.

09/07/2026

Big Brother showed viewers Jason De Puy without Salina EsTitties. The Drag Race favorite opens up about messy gameplay, missing gay people, and imagining a future beyond drag.

On Big Brother, Jason De Puy stepped out of drag, missed his q***r community, and began imagining a career beyond Salina EsTitties.

09/07/2026

"Are you getting an er****on?"

A gay New Jersey detective alleges a supervisor s*xually assaulted him while whispering those words. Russell Kingsland plans to sue the Attorney General's Office for $1.5 million over anti-gay harassment and retaliation.

Russell Kingsland plans to sue New Jersey's Attorney General's Office for $1.5 million, saying anti-gay abuse and retaliation destroyed his career.

09/07/2026

The state of Georgia will pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former Georgia Southern University employee who was fired last year after opposing the rollback of LGBTQ-friendly policies and outreach initiatives.

Gemma Skuraton, Georgia Southern’s former director of student wellness and health promotion, sued the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and Dr. Shay Little, the university’s vice president for student affairs, in her individual capacity in April.

Skuraton alleged that her firing violated her First Amendment and Title IX rights and constituted illegal retaliation for opposing s*x-based discrimination, which she argued includes discrimination based on gender identity.

Learn more about the case at MetroWeekly.com.

09/06/2026

"We don't have any female-centered spaces in the area."

SC Nealy hopes to bring Lilli's Bar -- a sapphic coffeehouse by day and cocktail bar by night -- to Arlington in 2027. She is now searching for a location and raising startup funds.

Named for pioneering activist Lilli Vincenz, SC Nealy's proposed venue would serve as a coffeehouse by day and cocktail bar by night.

09/06/2026

"Gemma Skuraton lost a job but she kept her moral compass."

Georgia will pay $250,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging Georgia Southern fired her for opposing LGBTQ rollbacks and defending transgender students.

The state of Georgia will pay $250,000 to a former university employee who pushe back against the rollback of pro-transgender initiatives.

09/05/2026

A gay, disabled wastewater plant employee says co-workers shunned him, made vomiting noises about his marriage, and targeted him with a false environmental complaint.

Now he's suing Grand Island, N.Y., alleging years of discrimination and retaliation.

A longtime Grand Island wastewater plant employee alleges years of anti-gay harassment, retaliation, and disability discrimination.

09/04/2026

A federal judge has found former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO mentally competent to stand trial, despite defense arguments that dementia and Alzheimer’s disease left him unfit.

In 2024, a decade after leaving the company, Jeffries was charged alongside Smith and alleged recruiter James Jacobson with operating a global s*x trafficking and prostitution enterprise from 2008 to 2015. All three men have pleaded not guilty to one count of s*x trafficking and 15 counts of interstate prostitution.

Get the full story at MetroWeekly.com.