All posts by Will O'Bryan
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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...
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Village People
There were barely enough chairs to go around Sunday, Nov. 23, as about 25 people -- possibly a capacity crowd for the D.C. Jewish Community...
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Milk: The Man, The Movie
It takes a certain amount of stature to get a school named after you. With an elementary school in San Francisco and a high school...
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Stein Successors
Members of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, a gay organization and among the most influential in District politics, elected the club's 2009 officers at a...
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Terry's Turn
PreventionWorks, a 10-year-old, local, nonprofit organization working in HIV-prevention and health advocacy, announced Nov. 13 that Philip Terry will be serve as the group's new...
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History's Heroes
With the recent election, I was hopeful that Proposition 8 would not pass. A former Floridian, I might've cared more about their similar Proposition 2,...
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UHU Turns 20
Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc., will soon mark 20 years of working to prevent HIV infections among black gay and bisexual men, and...
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Railing for a Retreat
To and from all nearby points, we Washingtonians commute. Some make their daily roundtrips on rails, some on tires, some on foot. In the midst...
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Personal Best
In 2003, Will Gartshore crafted a cabaret at Signature Theatre entitled Finding Home, which examined his previously rootless existence between New York and Washington along...
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Final Countdown
It's a pleasantly humid autumn night in the nation's capital. But on this Tuesday, Nov. 4, along with the drizzle, there is electricity in the...
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Pump It Up
Look upon any pedestrian crowd, and you're bound to find any number of women casually going about their business in high heels. Enter any gay...
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Halloweenie
Sure, it may be conventionally considered a gay holiday, but -- diversity being the bane of the monolithic -- Halloween is not universally loved by...
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Fake and Fabulous
Tribbles may be trouble and PETA has been known to paint the town red, so when it comes to fur, going fake has its advantages....
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Healthy Discussion
In mid October, it was once again time for what has become the premiere assembly for discussing the collective health of gay, bisexual and transgender...
