All posts by Will O'Bryan
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IML Entourage
While Washington took time during Memorial Day Weekend to celebrate DC Black Pride, Chicago spent the weekend with the International Mr. Leather contest. A few...
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Suspension for Secrets
Allen Carroll has been running nightlife venues for the local LGBT community for more than 40 years, starting in 1970 with Phase 1, the Capitol...
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Hot Times
Technically, summer is still a couple weeks away, with a June 20 or 21 start date, depending on your Northern Hemisphere locale. But with Memorial...
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The Etheridge Edge
It's a sad time in coupledom. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the lesbian Democrat from Wisconsin, and her partner, Lauren Azar, are reportedly separating. So are Al...
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A Touch of Lace
Stepping off the Rhode Island Avenue sidewalk and into Lace for the first time, it's easy to imagine what Alice must've felt falling down the...
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Indignation Celebration
Lately, I've been eyeing a juggernaut of righteous indignation barreling through our community. So, hooray for that. It was righteous indignation that got the kids,...
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Pride & Heritage Hero
Few embody the intersected identities of being gay and being of Asian ethnicity as vividly as Ben de Guzman. Whether serving for a time as...
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Mason Leaving Capital Pride
Capital Pride announced on May 13 that Dyana Mason, the organization's executive director, will be departing at the end of her contract in July. As...
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Activist Attacked
Tyrone Hanley has lost his memory. Not all of it, just the hours between sometime Friday afternoon, April 30, to the next day when he...
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GLOV Urges Caution
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), on May 7, issued a second community alert warning people -- particularly gay men -- about arranging meetings with...
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Community Call
Following its initial round of 14 community meetings -- including one in D.C. Sept. 21 -- across the continental U.S., as well as in Puerto...
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Pentagon's Perilous Pause
Plenty of progressives have mixed feelings about the military, particularly pacifists. But I'm not a pacifist. Nor am I a hawk. And I've never been...
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Commissions Calling
Plenty of people are looking for work during this recession of double-digit unemployment rates. But how many might be looking for unpaid positions? The Presidential...
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Multiple Arrests in Betts Investigation
The Brian Betts homicide investigation came to a head yesterday, May 3, with the arrests of four suspects: Deontra Q. Gray, 18, of the 1300...
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Arrest in Betts Case UPDATED
This morning, May 3, police arrested Artura Otey Williams, 46, a resident of the 5300 block of 5th Street NW, in the course of the...
