Brian Watson: Community Rock

Bestgayblogs ran a story about Brian back in mid-July.  Since then, Brian Watson gave Gayagenda.com an exclusive interview.  Read the story here, and then the interview.  Brian is a true-to-life GLBT SuperHero!  Thanks Brian!

DC Activist Brian Watson hasn’t slept much lately.  He has been busy preparing for the opening of The Wanda Alston House, a groundbreaking housing program for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) youth in Washington, DC. It is the first transitional living program dedicated to preparing GLBT youth for independent living and adulthood in the District of Columbia. Wanda Alston was a prominent leader in the GLBT community and was the first appointee to direct the Mayor’s Office of GLBT Affairs. According to Brian,”The Wanda Alston House is for these youths, to be able to have a home to go to that’s safe from hurt, harm and danger, where people don’t judge them and where they can develop into successful adults. It’s an environment where they don’t have to worry about surviving. A lot of GLBT youth turn to suicide or substance abuse, or even to prostitution as a way to survive. A lot of it has to do with the fact that they have nowhere to go. The housing program is trying to help those youths by providing a safe place to go.

Read more about Brian and his work on this project at washblade.com. Thank you Brian!