All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Alexandria Effort
In the ongoing fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, the big news recently was the partnership announced Jan. 12 between the District and...
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Fitness: Work-Out Wisdom
January is a hot time for gyms, as well it should be. Among the dozen most popular New Year's resolutions compiled by the U.S. government...
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Calling Out Calvary
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church is no stranger to the local gay community. On one hand, church leader Bishop Alfred A. Owens Jr. has a...
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Continuing Education
Particularly around the holidays, we are ceaselessly implored to have conversations with our families about our sexual orientation. Ditch that reindeer sweater for a Task...
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Rating Rubbers
Rubber. Love glove. Sheath. Condom. Whatever you call it, the reliable prophylactic is arguably the simplest tool in the human-sexuality toolbox. For hundreds of years,...
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Coming Out ''Mike-sexual''
The evolution of the District is fast-paced these days. The population is growing, streetcars are on their way, and there's once again a first lady...
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Madness and Marriage
Some think of Christmas as a magical time of year. With all the school pageants, costumes and make-believe, it's definitely full of theatrics. Two weeks...
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2009: The Year in Review
If ever there were a roller-coaster year, 2009 was it. Oh, there were highs, much like the one that helped close out the year with...
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Heat for a Hero
With a weekend snowstorm headed to the District -- a city not celebrated for its snow-worthiness -- many Washingtonians were likely preoccupied Friday, Dec. 18,...
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Hurtling Toward Hope
With the new year and new decade approaching, I realized I hadn't indulged in much retrospection. Then, standing in line at the grocery store, I...
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Buying in Bulk
Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa or Solstice -- or you're simply a guest at a nondenominational holiday party -- it's the season to give...
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Grant Cleveland
First things first. If you read Grant Cleveland's October ''Coverboy Confidential'' interview, you might still have a couple of questions. For starters, Metro Weekly asked...
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RCKNDY
The first thing you need to know about RCKNDY is that the name is pronounced ''rock candy.'' With that out of the way, owner David...
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Chamber's New Chief
Try to follow the pink dollar in D.C. these days, and you've got to be sharp. After all, after nearly two decades, the Potomac Executive...
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Punch-Line Politics
Two transgender rabbis walk into a bar.... Wait, scratch that. Riki Wilchins, among the most prominent voices in America's gender-identity discourse, has taken a new...
