Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "new york"

  • Hotels say “I Do” to gay couples

    With the recent approval of same-sex marriage in New York, hotels from upstate New York to Costa Rica have launched new LGBT wedding and honeymoon...

  • A Singular Sensation

    Following weeks of cautious optimism, years of debate and almost 42 years since the riots at the Stonewall Inn, the Empire State passed the final...

  • President Obama, gay marriage & New York: Maddow examines ‘awkward’ fundraiser [video]

    MSNBC host Rachel Maddow took a look tonight at President Barack Obama‘s trip to New York today to raise funds for his presidential campaign. He...

  • Club Rites

    ''The '80s are a bit of a blur,'' laughs Stephen Pevner. The 50-year-old is pretty sure he went to storied New York club Paradise Garage,...

  • Creating Joy

    Ric Sena was organizing parties as early as age 13. ''I remember my mother saying, 'All the kids are on the beach,''' recalls Sena, who...

  • New York Senate Defeats Gay Marriage Bill: 24-38 vote [video]

    “Ayes 24, Nays 38. The bill is lost.” Final announcement from the New York Senate after debating and voting on a bill to legalize same-sex...

  • A Stinging Defeat

    Following one of the most dramatic and emotional discourses thus far in the gay marriage debate, the New York Senate voted 24 to 38 today...

  • Lisa Wojehowski, Monroe, N.Y.

    Lisa Wojehowski Lisa Wojehowski says it's her duty as a young, straight person to stand up for other people's rights. ''What I always say to...

  • Big Apple Buses

    As locals continue to make the trek to New York in droves, bus lines appear to be grabbing an ever-larger portion of the pilgrimage. In...

  • Peter's Pride

    ''A lot of people miss the Roxy and the big-room experience,'' says Peter Rauhofer. ''We saw this as an opportunity.'' For many years, Rauhofer served...

  • I [HEART] Stonewall

    ''What would it look like if everyone came together to experience a totally different quality of event?'' That's the question Vance Garrett asked himself when...

  • Talking Tina

    Crystal methamphetamine was on dozens of people's minds Monday afternoon at the Barceló Hotel on P Street. While mention of a hotel and crystal meth...