All posts by Will O'Bryan
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DC Cowboys Countdown
Stepping Up Just ahead of the 2004 Atlantic Stampede gay rodeo, Kevin Platte was reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of the DC Cowboys dance company....
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National LGBT News Briefs: Good and Bad in Minnesota
Feinberg Arrested in Protest Supporting Cece McDonald Transgender activist and author Leslie Feinberg was arrested June 4 in Minneapolis for participation in a protest action...
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Global LGBT News Briefs: From Soccer to Sodomy
AllOut.org Effort Targets Ukraine Anti-Gay Bill The global LGBT-advocacy organization AllOut.org is turning its attention to Ukraine, where the Parliament is considering a bill, Law...
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Putting Pride Together
Running May 30 to June 10, much of Capital Pride 2012 – celebrating a theme of ''Be True. Be You!'' – has already happened. From...
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National LGBT Briefs: Protest, Praise and 'Ex-Gay' in Oregon
North Carolina’s Rev. Worley Warmly Welcomed It was May 13 when Pastor Charles Worley of Maiden, N.C.'s Providence Road Baptist Church told congregants how to...
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Global LGBT Briefs: Moscow Melee, Malaysia Book-Banning
Orthodox Christians Rough Up Moscow Pride Following an ongoing trend in Russia, dozens of gay-rights protesters were arrested May 27 for attempting to hold two...
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Lizzbian Power
Maybe you've heard the story about Lizz Winstead, as a budding comic, getting yanked off her feet by a bit of theater machinery as she...
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State Department Releases Annual Report on Human Rights, Details LGBT Mistreatment
The State Department this morning released its 2011 Annual Report on Human Rights, the 36th such annual report. Marking the release, Secretary of State Hillary...
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Royal Welcome
LGBT pride festivals are no strangers to divas. Genuine royalty, on the other hand, is quite a bit more rare. Arriving in D.C. from Ghana...
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DC Black Pride's Exceptional Expo
You already know what a bad Health & Wellness Expo might look like. There's the table for the HIV testing. Have another brochure about nutrition....
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Close to Home
It may not be a topic that fills the community with pride, but it's certainly relevant: LGBT youth homelessness. That's the topic the community will...
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Global LGBT Briefs: Up in Africa, down in Caucasus
Malawi President Stands Up for Gay Rights President Joyce Banda of Malawi, who rose from vice president to her country's top spot in April following...
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National LGBT Briefs: A Tee, a Test and Testy Meeting
Ohio Teen Wins Fight for Anti-Homophobia Tee The question of whether Jesus may have been a homophobe might be a question for the ages. Judge...
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Heated Verbiage
There is power in words. D.C.'s Regie Cabico knows that. Just read a few lines of his poem ''Love Letter from Andrew Cunanan.'' I have...
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Marking IDAHO at HRC
Activists around the globe marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) Thursday, May 17, a date chosen to mark the World Health Organization's...
