Metro Weekly

All posts by John Riley

  • Meeting NoVa Health Needs

    Due in part to the state's historically conservative tilt and anti-gay policies that have been enacted in state law, Virginia is often viewed as having...

  • Coverboy: Noah

    If you like guys with a positive attitude, you'll love Noah. Originally from Bangkok, Noah has been in the United States for three years, where he's...

  • D.C. Sets First Bi Pride Day

    The District will celebrate its first officially recognized Bisexual Pride Day on Sept. 23 as part of a grassroots effort to be celebrate the bisexual...

  • LHP Announces Honorees

    The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) will honor three local activists for their efforts on behalf of the Latino LGBT community at the organization's 8th...

  • Montgomery Co. Police Searching for Trans Teen

    Montgomery County Police are asking the public to be on alert for a missing transgender teen, asking for any information related to the teen's disappearance....

  • AGLA Welcomes Fairfax Pride President

    The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) will host a community forum Sunday, featuring guest speaker Brian Reach, president of Fairfax Pride. The event will...

  • Virginia's 2013 Battlefield

    Many in Virginia's LGBT community are steeling themselves ahead of what they expect to be brutal fall campaigns, the outcomes of which could deeply impact...

  • Whitman-Walker Readies 2013 AIDS Walk

    Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV/AIDS and LGBT-competent care, launched its latest campaign for the 2013 AIDS Walk Washington last...

  • Mizeur touts endorsements from key areas, straw poll victory

    Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), a gubernatorial candidate from Maryland seeking to become the first woman governor of the Free State and the first out...

  • Virginian-Pilot Endorsement of Herring Makes Democrats 3 for 3

    “Obenshain has developed a reputation in the Senate during the past nine years as a legislator who favors ideology over the common interest… has increasingly...

  • Stein Club Announces Award Recipients

    The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the District's largest LGBT political organization, will honor four local leaders who have made a contribution to the D.C. area's...

  • Arlington's Sweet Sunday

    The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) will host an ice-cream social tomorrow, Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Aurora Hills Community Center, at 735 18th...

  • D.C. Joins Russian Embassy Kiss-In

    LGBT activists in cities across the world, including Prague, Stockholm and Brussels – as well as Washington – are planning to hold a global ''kiss-in''...

  • Equality Virginia Pushing License Plate

    If Equality Virginia has its way, in about a year drivers in the commonwealth will be seeing cars bearing pro-LGBT license plates along Virginia's roads....

  • USAO Considering Bias Enhancements for June Assault

    The U.S. Attorney's Office advised D.C. Superior Court Judge Juliet McKenna Thursday that it will possibly pursue bias enhancements – also known colloquially as ''hate-crime...