All posts by Will O'Bryan
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French National Assembly approves marriage equality
“The April 23, 2013, vote marks a new step toward equality for all couples and all families.” Inter-LGBT, an umbrella organization of several French LGBT...
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“Ex-Gay” star John Paulk expresses “great sorrow”
“I no longer support the ex-gay movement or efforts to attempt to change individuals — especially teens who already feel insecure and alienated. I feel...
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Vive L’Enfant!
At the last turn of the century, Jim Ball, a New Jersey native, was working in PR and marketing, another dynamic transplant to Manhattan. Christopher...
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Lesbian couple wins Hawaii accommodation suit
“When visitors or residents are subjected to discrimination, they suffer the sting of indignity, humiliation and outrage, but we are all demeaned and our society...
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Paris archbishop says gay marriage could incite violence
“This is the way a violent society develops.” Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, the archbishop of Paris, telling a gathering of French bishops April 16 that legalizing...
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California issues groundbreaking directive on transgender health care
“This one letter will save lives. For years, transgender Californians have been denied coverage of basic care merely because of who we are. Discriminatory insurance...
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Group releases inaugural “The Trans 100” list, including many with D.C. ties
“If you recognize that this project is incomplete, and yet still has much to offer, then we trust you will find what we did: an...
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USAID announces new LGBT partnership
“This partnership leverages the financial resources and skills of each partner to further inclusive development and increase respect for the human rights of LGBT people...
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Steeple Chasing
There are probably plenty of things you haven't seen until you've seen them done New Orleans style. Taking my husband to the Big Easy last...
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Groups challenging Medicare ban on gender-reassignment surgeries
“Medicare’s categorical exclusion of this care lacks any scientific basis. Study after study has shown that these surgeries are the only effective treatment for many...
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NYC Pride Taps Earl Fowlkes
Hear the name Edith Windsor this week and it's hard to think about anything but Windsor v. United States getting its day in the Supreme...
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Nominations Open for Next Generation
Springtime is not just about blooming flowers. With school graduations, there is also something of the bloom of youth in the air. With Metro Weekly,...
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GLAAD to Fox News: Don’t return to our events until we discuss anti-LGBT bias
“If Kimberly and Jamie expect to attend future GLAAD events, they will first need to sit down with us to discuss Fox News’ embarrassing, biased...
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UPDATED: Uganda in the Spotlight
Sarah Imes Borden and her husband, Ian, usually spend their evenings with MSNBC. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln theater academics try to get in a daily...
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The Goddess of Gay Days
There's something about Judy Tenuta and gay audiences. There is a mysterious connection that's kept the two intertwined for the duration of her comic career,...
