Metro Weekly

All posts by Will O'Bryan

  • Be Bar Faces Off with Opponents

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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,...

  • Oldham Redux

    He may not be a native son, but New York native Frank J. Oldham Jr. is no stranger to D.C. In the early '90s, he...

  • Healthy Dialogue

    As part of National LGBT Health Awareness Week, Whitman-Walker Clinic on Tuesday night presented a public forum on gay health. ''It's a little smaller crowd...

  • First To Go

    Two big steps were made over the weekend toward the transformation of the area of Southeast D.C. that is home to a number of long-time...

  • Forever Annie's

    Some say it's a landmark. Some say it's an institution. Some call it a part of Washington's gay identity. Whatever Annie's Paramount Steakhouse is, there's...

  • Good Cop, Bad Cop

    The newly energized, local chapter of OUTfront -- a program of Amnesty International focusing on GLBT human rights -- held a community forum Thursday, Feb....