All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Diva in a Dress
Tackle football is usually synonymous with fall weather and rough guys. That's old school. Today, tackle football can mean daffodil season and kick-ass women like...
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Protecting Peers
About 80 members of the metro D.C. GLBT community and allies gathered Tuesday night to continue strategizing against one of the community's stealthier enemies: same-sex,...
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Eco-Friendly
Everybody's going green. Some cities - though not D.C. - went dark last weekend for ''Earth Hour'' to inspire people to turn their lights off...
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Fueling Oppression
A few weeks ago, I was going to take up the call of American energy independence from a gay perspective. Some online research immediately pointed...
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Passover in Pink
While the modern world has the bittersweet claim of Juneteenth -- the June 19 holiday that since late in the 19th century marked the end...
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A Warm GLOE
The District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, better known as the DCJCC -- or simply as ''The J'' for those really in the know --...
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In the House
In New York City, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah claims to be the world's largest GLBT synagogue. Beth Chayim Chadashim, founded in 1972 in Los Angeles,...
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Hooters Hoedown
When it comes to hooters, one sort is definitely more gay than the other. The kind that comes with burgers, fries and bright-orange hot pants,...
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Discovering Our Past
As a child in rural Illinois, Mark Meinke read the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence's account of his time spent with the Arab Revolt...
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Memorial Day Disconnect
The District is familiar with Black Pride. After all, hitting its 18th year in 2008, the DC Black Pride festival is the nation's oldest, a...
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The DP Files
Tax season began more than a month ago for those with all the pertinent documents gathered, tax forms filled out and duplicated, taxes paid or...
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Do Tell
It was almost embarrassing to be an American at a recent Georgetown University Law Center panel titled, ''Sexual Orientation and Military Preparedness: An International Perspective.''...
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Wages of Sin
It's unlikely that anyone was more surprised than I when I found myself agreeing with Maggie Gallagher last week. Granted, her pro-marriage views tend not...
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Namasté
Through much of South Asia, from India to Nepal to Sri Lanka, hands pressed together with fingers pointed skyward is a gesture of respect and...
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Allied for Pride
Whitman-Walker Clinic announced on Tuesday, March 11, that its selection committee has chosen the Capital Pride Alliance to assume ownership of the annual Capital Pride...
