* Metro Weekly profiles two laid-off longtime Whitman Walker Clinic employees, Barbara Chinn and Pat Hawkins.
* The Post details Malia and Sasha's first day of school at Sidwell Friends:
Usually the recommencement of classes at a private school don't warrant breaking updates: The girls' motorcade left the Hay-Adams Hotel for Sidwell Friends School. They arrived early! [...]

Last night, a commenter on this blog made the connection between a Washington Blade story identifying the victim of yesterday's police shooting as David Kerstetter, and a 2003 Metro Weekly feature which highlighted the home Kerstetter shared with his now-deceased partner, Paul Brazitis. Kerstetter was shot and killed by police yesterday inside the condo—part [...]

Metro Weekly has an update on Washington, D.C.'s bid for the 2014 Gay Games. According to the paper, "D.C.'s bid, which included a requisite $1,000 fee, came from the Metropolitan Washington Gaymes Inc., a nonprofit 501c3 set up specifically for the Gay Games bid." Brent Minor, president of GLBT sporting organization Team DC, attended the [...]

Metro Weekly fronts its election round-up this week, reporting on gay issues in the District, Maryland, and Virginia races. In "Outing the Vote," Will O'Bryan sums up election day for GLBT wonks: "For politically minded locals," he writes, "Tuesday, Nov. 4, is the Super Bowl, World Series and American Idol finale, all rolled into one—on [...]

Tony Randolph Hunter, the victim of an assault outside Mt. Vernon Square nightclub BeBar, has died, Metro Weekly reports. Hunter, a gay man, was struck in the back of the head while walking near the club on the evening September 7th. He died yesterday afternoon.
The incident is being investigated as a hate crime by MPD. [...]