All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Spring Surprise
As baseball season enters full swing, the new Washington Nationals stadium will mark its official two-month anniversary May 30. Meanwhile, it seems those Southeast D.C....
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Soldiering On for HIV Vaccine
The September 2007 announcement by Merck that the pharmaceutical giant was halting its large-scale, HIV-vaccine trial due to poor results, haunted a May 16 gathering...
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Officially Empowered
Earlier this month poet Dana Gioia, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, delivered a commencement address to the 300 graduates at Wisconsin's Beloit...
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Chatty Cathy
It's a rainy Friday afternoon, and Cathy McElrath Renna is sitting on the floor -- the chairs have yet to arrive -- of what will...
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Virginia's Historic Moment
Lawrence Webb made history this month. May 6 saw several elections across Virginia, including the race for three seats on the Falls Church City Council....
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I Want My Mommy
It's Mother's Day and, as usual, I'm prepared. The tulips I ordered so many days ago arrived right on time on Mother's Day Eve, as...
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Make Mom's Day
Your window till Mother's Day is rapidly closing. Fear not -- there is still time. For the traditional flowers, A Little Shop of Flowers, www.dcnet.com/littleshop,...
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Dragon Quest
Using the Out2Paddle calendar, 2006 was Year One. That was when this dragon-boat team, affiliated with Asian/Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA), made waves...
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Gay Cop Conclave Hits D.C.
In 2005, Brett Parson, then a sergeant with Washington's Metropolitan Police Department, headed down to Key West to catch the end of a national conference...
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State of Hate
D.C. City Council Chairman Vincent Gray wants to condemn hate. Vincent Gray On Monday, May 5, Gray announced a resolution condemning hate that he planned...
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Musical Bears
While many New Yorkers spent late 2001 trying to make sense of the new post-9/11 world, Freddy Freeman spent the time making his world bigger....
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Ban the Tan
About two years ago, Allan Green, 67, knew something was wrong, something that needed to be checked. ''I simply knew there was something not right....
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Jody's Family Affair
This is a poignant time of year for Jody M. Huckaby, who in March marked three years as the executive director of Parents, Families &...
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Civics Lesson
What's your trick for getting out of jury duty? I'd be very surprised if you don't have at least one simple method to suggest. Last...
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Season's Cleanings
While springtime may be the busiest season for airing out the homestead, some people have been working since fall. Namely, Junk in the Trunk, a...
