All posts by Will O'Bryan
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David M. Pérez
Some gay people grow up to run screaming from conservative Christian upbringings. Not David M. Pérez. This Southern California native embraced the values of his...
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Lauper's D.C. Date
She won't be belting out her signature songs, but Cyndi Lauper is heading to Washington nonetheless. It will be a visit for the kids. ''I...
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Birthday Bear
''My birthday is actually on Friday, while we're doing our book signing,'' says Travis Smith, whose party will be promoting ''Guide for the Modern Bear,''...
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Youth Pride 2012: Youthful Measures
Celebrating LGBT youth pride seems to gain traction with every passing year. People come out younger. Institutions working with youth – like schools, nonprofits, local...
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Closer to Home
David Mariner is on the verge of happiness. Just about 50 signatures away, actually. ''If we get 500 signatures, I'll be very happy,'' says Mariner,...
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Marriage Matters
Internalized homophobia is commonplace. You could say it's the result of powerful marketing – repeated catch phrases, sermons and punditry reinforcing a notion that gay...
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Sweet 16 in Dupont
While Youth Pride Day may have gotten its start in Dupont Circle, there was much more room out of the way down at P Street...
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Family Restaurant
For the latter half of the 20th century and now moving dependably into the 21st, Annie's Paramount Steak House has offered a warm welcome to...
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Light Touch
Washington is an international city, overflowing with embassies and other global institutions. That's not to say, however, that the District is brimming with Old World...
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End of an Icon: Vann Chen
In various locales, every once in a while there comes a colorful personality that seems to add a splash of color or bit of panache,...
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Praise for HRC's Donna Payne
Donna Payne, the D.C.-based associate director of diversity for the Human Rights Campaign, as well as a founding board member of the National Black Justice...
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Street Wise
Growing up in suburban Maryland, the most dangerous element in young Cyndee Clay's life may have been going to public school. Hers was a conservative...
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Checked Out
On one hand, the Library of Congress is the institution that houses a large portion of the late gay-rights icon Frank Kameny's legacy – despite...
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When in Rome
Vacations are supposed to be a time to relax, recharge or let loose. A holiday trek may also be highly educational. Certainly, that was the...
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LGBT News Briefs: Pageant and Parish
Beauty Pageant Hopeful Takes on Miss Universe Over Gender Identity Jenna Talackova, 23, spoke on Tuesday, alongside celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, about her ordeal of...
