All posts by Will O'Bryan
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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...
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Swim for Life Beats Goal
The accounting is in from the 21st Annual Maryland Swim for Life, held July 14 and hosted by the District of Columbia Aquatics Club (DCAC),...
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Sizzling Sidewalks
Think of Tennessee and what comes to mind? Dollywood? Maybe you should think of sidewalk sales. After all, it was such a sale in tiny...
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Tea Party and Bengal Tigers
Right Wing Watch, part of People for the American Way, is bringing attention to an email from Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips sent today...
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The World in Washington
There is a sort of magical portal at the corner of M and 17th Streets NW. Step away from the street traffic and the noise,...
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Chef Art Smith Challenges Chick-fil-A in Chicago Sun-Times
When we cook for people our intention is to nourish them, not to give them our opinions or judge them. As I always say,...
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Audacia Ray posts Red Umbrella protest video
At yesterday’s AIDS 2012 panel “The U.S. Congress and the Global AIDS Epidemic,” chaired by Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), protesters holding red umbrellas interrupted the...
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Global Forum on MSM & HIV releases report of rejected AIDS 2012 abstracts
Today, the Global Forum on MSM & HIV released a new report, “Missing Voices from the Field,” a collection of “more than 100 abstracts on...
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Dozens of locals counter the tiny AIDS 2012 Westboro Baptist appearance [video]
Wednesday, members of the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church – followers of the Rev. Fred Phelps – arrived at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center...
