All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Shabbaton in the Capital
If the term is new to you, think of the Hebrew shabbaton as roughly a sabbatical or a retreat. It can mean different things to...
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Picture Yourself
You may recall the following scene from Sex and the City when it was still just a TV show. Samantha wants to capture her good...
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Family Feud
Full Equality Now DC (FENDC), a group evolved from the local host committee of October's National Equality March, are turning their activist aim at The...
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Ally Beats Enemy
It's been a year – just a year, mind you – that Barack Obama has served as 44th president of the U.S. He's the first...
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Dollars & Sense
Mark Guenther knows exactly what he would like to convey to strangers: ''First off, I'm a nice guy.'' Considering his disarming smile and ready handshake,...
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Alexandria Effort
In the ongoing fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, the big news recently was the partnership announced Jan. 12 between the District and...
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Fitness: Work-Out Wisdom
January is a hot time for gyms, as well it should be. Among the dozen most popular New Year's resolutions compiled by the U.S. government...
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Calling Out Calvary
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church is no stranger to the local gay community. On one hand, church leader Bishop Alfred A. Owens Jr. has a...
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Continuing Education
Particularly around the holidays, we are ceaselessly implored to have conversations with our families about our sexual orientation. Ditch that reindeer sweater for a Task...
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Rating Rubbers
Rubber. Love glove. Sheath. Condom. Whatever you call it, the reliable prophylactic is arguably the simplest tool in the human-sexuality toolbox. For hundreds of years,...
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Coming Out ''Mike-sexual''
The evolution of the District is fast-paced these days. The population is growing, streetcars are on their way, and there's once again a first lady...
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Madness and Marriage
Some think of Christmas as a magical time of year. With all the school pageants, costumes and make-believe, it's definitely full of theatrics. Two weeks...
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2009: The Year in Review
If ever there were a roller-coaster year, 2009 was it. Oh, there were highs, much like the one that helped close out the year with...
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Heat for a Hero
With a weekend snowstorm headed to the District -- a city not celebrated for its snow-worthiness -- many Washingtonians were likely preoccupied Friday, Dec. 18,...
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Hurtling Toward Hope
With the new year and new decade approaching, I realized I hadn't indulged in much retrospection. Then, standing in line at the grocery store, I...
