Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "bears"

  • David Phillips

    David Phillips started to feel stress as time drew near for the Coverboy of the Year contest. ''Particularly the last three or four months. I've...

  • Change at BHT

    Several months from now you may not find Larry Stansbury of Brother Help Thyself working from his office on 14th Street NW. You may not...

  • Eleven Flavors of Local Leather

    Centaur Motorcycle Club D.C. Bear Club Defenders Levi/Leather Club (LLC), Washington, D.C.

  • Reigning Leather

    It's a question he hears all the time: ''Is that your real name?'' Yes, in fact, Steve Ranger is his God-given name. ''I'm just grateful...

  • Leather Scribe

    In October, 1971, Marcus Hernandez put pen to paper and began covering the San Francisco leather community. At age 74, he's still writing. Penned under...

  • Big Blowoff

    Forget small. Forget intimacy. Forget cramped. Blowoff is about to get bigger. A lot bigger. The popular monthly party, created three years ago by indie...

  • Eagle Honors

    Mr. D.C. Eagle 2005, Scott Jones, came to the end of his title run Saturday, Nov. 19. That evening, judges selected Bennett Long to succeed...

  • The Eagle Keeps Its Nest, For Now

    With the building of one convention center and the demolition of another, not to mention the continuing rise of commercial real-estate values in the revitalized...

  • Bob Mould: Independent Spirit

    When Bob Mould moved to Washington three years ago in June of 2002, he was at a crossroads in his life. Recently fully out, the...

  • Gen-X D.C. Bears

    Members of Gen-X D.C. Bears MISSION: An independent social group founded in 1999, Gen-X D.C. Bears is the original and only ''Generation X'' bear group...

  • Party Crasher

    Titan Bar held all the elements for a party Monday evening. Beyond the regular bar offerings, there was a buffet. The crowd of about 50...

  • District of Columbia Bear Club (DCBC)

    Members of DCBC MISSION: DCBC was created in 1995 to promote fellowship among Bears, Cubs, Levi/Leather and other diverse members of the District of Columbia...

  • Taylor-made Title

    One cold and drizzly afternoon, roughly a year ago, hundreds of leather aficionados gathered inside Almas Temple downtown for more than three hours of pageantry...

  • The Exhibitionists

    For some, MAL is about the legendary Leather Cocktails, the event from which the weekend born. Then there are those who look forward to the...

  • Appreciation

    Last Thursday morning, January 6, at 5:15 a.m., one of the GLBT community's biggest hearts gave out. The passing of Billy Collison at the age...