Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "bears"

  • Leather in the Lead

    There's an axiom of which I never grow tired: Perspective is everything. I think I'm an ethical person; others would cast me into the pits...

  • Wingspan

    It's a warm November Thursday and Ted Clements is getting ready for business. He walks through the empty – almost hallowed – space on New...

  • Leather Laureates

    Dan Noël competed for Mr. MAL in 1989 as a 28-year-old, active-duty Army police officer. He even used his real name at a time when gays...

  • A Year in Leather

    Matt Bamford may look like a little guy, but he's had a big year. After all, serving as Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity....

  • Comic Relief

    Meet Dick and Duane. The beefy, furry comedic team from New York don't want to be called bears, and they're not leather enthusiasts but the...

  • Seeing the Light

    ''I hate when people are posting on Facebook and everything has an exclamation point,'' says Guy Smith. For the same reason, you won't find lighting...

  • Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend Guide

    Full Schedule of Events.All events (unless otherwise noted) are at: Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill400 New Jersey Ave, NWWashington, DC Friday, Jan. 14 Registration, Capitol Rooms...

  • Outspoken, Ep. 3: Bear Hunt [Video]

    Sean Bugg travels to Town for the new D.C. Bear Happy Hour to discover what bears like on their pizza, and to ask the question,...

  • Proud in Leather [video]

    D.C. Leather Pride presented a street festival and fair on Sunday, June 6, 2010, in the parking lot adjacent to the city's longstanding leather bar,...

  • IML Entourage

    While Washington took time during Memorial Day Weekend to celebrate DC Black Pride, Chicago spent the weekend with the International Mr. Leather contest. A few...

  • Four for More

    On the morning of this year's Capital Pride Parade, Saturday, June 12, organizers of the fourth annual Capital Trans Pride will give guests the opportunity...

  • Brotherhood of Love

    Centaur Motorcycle Club has been producing Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend's official events long before its current president, Steve Kenney, discovered the organization 20 years ago. ''MAL...

  • Mister Marcus Luncheon

    Washingtonians who cannot travel to attend Marcus Hernandez's memorial on Saturday, Nov. 21, in his hometown San Francisco, are invited to gather and eat lunch...

  • 10-Year-Old Boys

    With ''leather boys'' from as far away as Korea in attendance, the DC Boys of Leather celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend with a ''run''...

  • 30 Rocks

    Vance Garrett will turn 30 this year. And he'll celebrate by going to New York's Black Party, the 30th edition of which takes place next...