All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Death Stuns District
The news of Desi Deschaine's death spread like wildfire Tuesday morning in both the real and virtual worlds. By noon, July 14, there were more...
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Summertime Blues
When Maryland's Jake Nodar made his great, gay showing on the Discovery Channel's Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment, filmed in September 2008, blueberries...
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White Attire Returns
From a backyard party to one of the District's most dazzling annual events, to something of a hybrid, Abdur-Rahim Briggs has been doing his part...
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Principles and Pragmatism
IT IS SOMETIMES DONE with baby steps, other times with great leaps, and every so often it's done in circles. Still, advocates and enemies alike...
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Homebody
Some retail proprietors don't care much for the lingering, ''I'm just looking,'' sort of patron. Not so with Erin Mara and Henriette Fourcade, owners of...
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Forty-fied
For many adult years, when I imagined hitting my milestone 40th birthday, I pictured a small, chartered boat plying the Aegean Sea, filled with friends,...
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NBJC Transitions
Since 2003, the National Black Justice Coalition has served as the sole national group whose primary mission is to advocate on behalf of GLBT African...
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Bod Jobs
The season is upon us. Maybe you haven't made it to Rehoboth or some similarly gay, sunshiny holiday spot just yet this year, but that...
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Pride Guide
Although the fictitious Dolly Levi was so upset by the notion of the parade passing her by that she had to belt out a tune...
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Addressing an Epidemic
Though the air-conditioning kept the sweltering D.C. evening at bay, participants at the Capital Pride Town Hall: D.C.'s HIV/AIDS Crisis could not avoid creating their...
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Summer Sequel
From Boise to Barcelona, Shanghai to Omaha, June is a full month of GLBT pride celebrations far beyond Washington's own impressive offering. Among them, one...
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Chinese Takeaway
Though I'm up to my eyes with politics lately, my original intention for this particular installment of ''Stonewall Baby'' was to be more of the...
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Divine Intervention
When it comes to marriage equality, the conventional wisdom is that God is on the side of those opposed, that homophobic clergy are the rule...
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Chief Check-In
As the District gears up for this month's Capital Pride celebrations, a basement meeting room of the Foundry United Methodist Church at 1500 16th St....
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Out in the Wild
Jake Nodar discovered his love of horses when he was just a little boy, toting his ''My Little Pony'' -- the butch version, in navy...
