All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Cover Quartet
Dr. Pat Hawkins remembers her first Pride celebration in D.C. – from a distance. It was the mid-1970s and she was working with youth, keeping...
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New Neighbor
While the ongoing uncertainty of Uganda's ''kill the gays'' bill – a for-now tabled proposal to radically reinforce Ugandan law, which already criminalizes homosexuality –...
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Taking Stock
LGBT people often have to come out more than once. Perhaps you've started a new job and your encyclopedia-like grasp of Glee hasn't tipped off...
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Grant for Good
Verizon Wireless and the Verizon Foundation announced May 13 that they have awarded a $20,000 grant to D.C.'s Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) to...
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Gentle Ben
It's likely the fantasy of many gay men. In a New York City hotel room, Ben Cohen, 32, is fresh from the shower. Sorry, gents,...
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Pring Fling
If the gayest corners of D.C. seem a little quiet next Thursday evening, Jacob Nathaniel Pring might be to blame. The promoter behind Jacob Pring...
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Victoria Kirby
Ralph Ellison wrote The Invisible Man as a novel exploring the narrator's sense of social invisibility as an African-American man of the early 20th century....
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Auntie Hero
At first glance, the upcoming OutWrite ''Pioneers'' event at The Center, the area's LGBT community center, is already substantial, celebrating re-releases of two powerful books:...
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NYAC's Last Days
Monday's announcement from the National Youth Advocacy Coalition may not have been a complete surprise to board and staff, but much of the community has...
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Arlington Addition
Furthering Arlington's identity as arguably Virginia's most progressive county, this Sunday will see the meeting of its first youth PFLAG meeting, hosted by the Unitarian...
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Telling Secrets
LGBT locals – particularly those in the leather and HIV communities – likely know Justin Terry-Smith. He served as Mr. Maryland Leather 2010. He's been...
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D.C. Goes for Orange
While the results are not yet official, it appears that D.C. voters returned Vincent Orange (D) to the City Council in Tuesday's special election to...
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Name Changer
Over the course of its nearly four decades, the Whitman-Walker Clinic – born as the Gay Men's VD Clinic – has been a constant component...
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Chamber's Stars
The George Washington University Business Plan Competition, which awards $50,000 annually to students, faculty or alumni, named its 2011 winners last week – and the...
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Million Dollar Man
Lifetime Television used to be the gay man's go-to station. Today -- perhaps even more so than Logo -- that distinction would seem to go...
