This week’s Metro Weekly reports some disturbing news that a gay couple was kicked out of a local Rite Aid pharmacy without reason. Jay Hill and Mike Browne went into the store at 13th and U streets NW last Friday to make a purchase, and they embraced as they browsed an aisle. Hill told MW the manager walked by, saw them and did a double take. The manager then asked the security guard on duty…

Metro Weekly brings us news of the latest development in the ongoing battle between Shaw’s churches and new businesses moving into the area. Yesterday the ABC board voted unanimously to decline to recognize two groups of potential protestants to the liquor license for Be Bar, a new establishment opening near the intersection of 9th and O Street, N.W., leaving ANC 2F as the only official protestant still standing. It’s become a largely standard procedure for…

Good morning, Washington. We hope you had a pleasant weekend — and that you didn’t have to go anywhere. The street closures put in place for the Millions More March made getting in and out of the city harder than usual. The participants quoted by the Post seem to regard the event as a success. The two attendees in this picture by EXB-WDC certainly seem to be having a pleasant time. But not everyone…

City officials are reeling after a member of D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams’ cabinet was found dead in her home. Wanda Alston had served as advisor to the mayor as director of the D.C. Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. She is pictured to the right in a photo from the Washington Blade printed in a story from last July about the selection of a new head for the D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration. The AP…