All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Cut Without Cash
On Dec. 16, Whitman-Walker Clinic, founded in 1973 as a gay men's STD clinic and today serving a diverse population of clients while maintaining GLBT...
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Religious Overload
When I was 7, my family was in Ireland during the St. Patrick's Day weekend. We went to Blarney Castle and I ate my first...
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GLOV Presses Fenty
The newly re-formed GLOV -- Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence -- on Dec. 17 sent a letter to Mayor Adrian Fenty asking that he take...
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2008: The Year in Review
George Santayana, poet and philosopher, advised that, ''Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.'' And who better to take advice from...
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Civil Strategy
California voters spoke Nov. 4 when they pulled the plug on marriage equality for gays and lesbians -- won in the California Supreme Court less...
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WWC Announces New Cuts
Nearly a year since Whitman-Walker Clinic's January 2008 restructuring announcement, which included staff layoffs of up to 10 percent and the sale of its headquarter...
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Tomas Cabrera
Tomas Cabrera (Photo by Jeff Code) When last we visited Tomas Cabrera, the 23-year-old was teaching group exercise classes in Seven Corners and pursuing a...
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Like a Glove
At a recent forum to discuss HIV/AIDS and young, gay men -- or men who have sex with men, to be perfectly accurate -- the...
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Lending an Ear
In the District, people talk about HIV/AIDS -- a lot. Of course, with a statistical profile that puts D.C. on par with sub-Saharan Africa when...
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A Lizard Last
Mark Lee, host of the Sunday night institution, Lizard Lounge, has announced that he will discontinue the weekly dance party, with Sunday, Dec. 14, serving...
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Balance and Boundaries
Aside from death, infidelity may be the most heart-wrenching of couples' calamities. Every human art form -- from poetry to pop songs -- has tackled...
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Life's a Drag
Dito van Reigersberg has made a name for himself in Philadelphia, a founder of that city's Pig Iron Theatre Company. Pig Iron performances have earned...
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Northern Va. Nods
In keeping with holiday-season traditions, the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) is honoring one individual and one group at the group's annual holiday party,...
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Radically Relevant
This year, 2008, marks two bittersweet 20-year anniversaries: World AIDS Day, first observed Dec. 1, 1988, and Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc., incorporated...
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Thanksgiving Table Tableau
Sometimes America takes a breather. Barack Obama heralds one of those eras. It's not that America completely disengages from the rest of the world, but...
