Metro Weekly

Gauge: Margaret Murray, executive director of One in Ten, the area's nonprofit organization responsible for the annual Reel Affirmations LGBT film festival every October and a host of other gay-related arts and culture events, will be leaving the organization effective Nov. 6.

Murray at Reel Affirmations 19
(Photo by Ward Morrison) Murray, who moved from to D.C. from Florida to take the position just prior to the 2006 festival has accepted a position as major gifts officer at Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine, a D.C.-based nonprofit that seeks to end animal testing, among a number of other efforts.
"The big focus (at One in Ten) is on finding an executive director or interim staff," Murray says. "My big passion is film, so I'd love to keep programming the festival or have a role in that. ...more

Feature Story: The beast is almost here.
Do you hear the tintinnabulation of its bells around the corner? See the glinting gold and silver of a million mall store baubles dangling from its evergreen limbs? Smell the scent of eggnog and casseroles and decorative spray snow that triggers fond memories of family celebrations that never actually happened?
Yes, Christmas is coming. ...more

Gauge: Longtime gay activist Larry Stansbury, 61, died Saturday, Oct. 31, following a weeks-long struggle at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the District.

Stansbury
(Photo by Todd Franson/file photo ) "It was an ordeal," says Steve Blum, Stansbury's roommate and friend of many years, responsible for making medical decisions on Stansbury's behalf. "It started about eight weeks ago when he fell and broke his hip. They didn’t want to do surgery till he stabilized. Then he got an infection. Eventually his kidney and liver shut down."
Stansbury had a history of renal problems, Blum says, including two kidney transplants. ...more