All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Party Time
During the past long weekend – thanks to organized labor – I had a chance to spend about 48 hours in Florida visiting with my...
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Right Turn
Autumn may have a different look and feel in different parts of the world – even a different time, depending on the hemisphere – but...
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Decks and Divas
Ask the uninitiated about a gay cruise and plenty of preconceptions come to mind. Some guess that every passenger passes a screening process that includes...
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Old World Autumn
To an American mind, Thanksgiving can be a cultural touchstone. It's the Rockwellian dinner table. It's the lesbian Tofurky banquet. It's reunions of family and...
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Follow the Sun
Those glorious days of Rehoboth Beach, Del., summer are winding down. As the Earth makes another orbit around the sun, there's not much a sun-seeker...
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GOProud on the ground in Charlotte for DNC rebuttals
By Matt Comer/QNotes CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Fresh off his trip to Tampa, Fla., for the Republican National Convention, Jimmy LaSalvia, co-founder and executive director of the...
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Schumer at DNC: We will pass ENDA
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks with a blogger at Charlotte’s Democratic National Convention (Photo by Matt Comer/QNotes) By Matt Comer/QNotes CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New...
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Zero Feet Away
In December 2011, Johnny Skandros, aka ''Johnny Scruff,'' turned 30, a threshold that consumes some gay men. ''I was working on Scruff,'' says the co-founder...
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Atlantic Cup Tourney Returns
Anthony Phuong is hoping for a homecoming. He's missed the Atlantic Cup. Not to be confused with the Atlantic Cup of sailing, soccer, football or...
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Russian LGBTA community responds to Madonna’s tour
“We rely on your solidarity very much. We are grateful to you for your support concerning the girls from the feminist punk rock band Pussy...
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Hater, Heal Thyself
Bryon Widner is the subject of a recent documentary, Erasing Hate. Widner, once a racist skinhead, tattooed himself to make his disposition clear. The documentary...
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D.C. Chamber Chosen
This morning, at the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce's 9th Annual National Business & Leadership Conference, now on in Chicago, the organization honored...
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Chavela Vargas, defiant lesbian singer, dies at age 93
“What hurt was not being homosexual, but when they throw it in my face as if it were the plague.” Famed singer Chavela Vargas writing in...
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LHP Names New VP
At the group's monthly meeting in July, the local 12-year-old Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) elected its first vice president, Esther Hidalgo. Hidalgo has worked...
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Secretary Clinton meets with LGBT coalition in Uganda
“It is critical for all Ugandans – the government and citizens alike – to speak out against discrimination, harassment and intimidation of anyone. That’s true...
