Metro Weekly

All posts by Will O'Bryan

Home / Articles posted by Will O'Bryan (Page 82)

  • Pulse of the People

    By on May 3, 2006

    Ranging from alarm to hope, a panel of D.C.'s black gay leaders strove to outline what they saw as the state of their community as...

  • Be Bar scores a victory

    By on May 3, 2006

    The seven members of the district's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon, May 3, to seat only ANC 2F as a protestant of...

  • Community Theatre

    By on April 26, 2006

    Joel Markowitz likes to tell the story about the night he repeatedly shushed a stranger in a darkened theater. When the lights came up, the...

  • GLAA Marks 35 Years

    By on April 26, 2006

    When the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance celebrates a milestone, it's a bit like the tortoise making his victory lap to the hare's chagrin. Steadily,...

  • Youth Pride Festival Rescheduled Due to Weather

    By on April 20, 2006

    Citing a weather forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for substantial rain Saturday, April 22, the Youth Pride Alliance board members have decided...

  • Be Bar Faces Off with Opponents

    By on April 19, 2006

    Opponents and supporters of the proposed Be Bar at 1318 Ninth St. NW , which would cater to the gay community with a lounge and...

  • Growth Spurt

    By on April 19, 2006

    Marking its 10th year, the stage is set for Youth Pride Day in Rock Creek Park at the corner of P and 23rd streets NW...

  • Gay Families on a Roll

    By on April 19, 2006

    Though the rain slowed at times, it refused to go away, making for a soggy time at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. But...

  • The Kids Are Not Alright

    By on April 12, 2006

    There was a full house of about 150 people in the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Forum space April 5. It was a ''who's who'' of...

  • D.C. Coalition Coalescing

    By on April 12, 2006

    About 50 people joined the D.C. Coalition at a reception Sunday, April 9, introducing the community to the group's new board members, elected last month....

  • Gay Old Timers

    By on April 5, 2006

    Rainbow Retirement Sitting at the southern tip of the mouth of Tampa Bay, there is a spot akin to somewhere over the rainbow. It's here,...

  • Searching for Home

    By on April 5, 2006

    Sandy Douglass knows the ins and outs of aging. She's the CEO of The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia, a non-profit retirement community...

  • Log Cabin's Councillor

    By on March 29, 2006

    In the middle of March, new members were sworn-in for the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). Considering the epidemic's disproportionate infection rate in the...

  • Last Dance

    By on March 22, 2006

    The party at VelvetNation is coming to an end, promoters announced Wednesday, March 22. The biggest ongoing, weekly gay bash in D.C. will be going...

  • Anniversary Gift

    By on March 22, 2006

    The Center, ''home for GLBT in metro D.C.,'' was counting its blessings Tuesday, March 14, in the company of about 40 well-wishers. The rough count,...