All posts by Will O'Bryan
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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...
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Cuckcoo for Coco
It's hard to find any China-related news these days that doesn't focus on the Olympics or Tibet, which makes it harder for Coco Zhao --...
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Healing Humor
Karen Williams has been a Buddhist for 36 years and a comic for 25. She's a mother, a grandmother and queer. And if you don't...
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Hit List
Arriving at the recent town-hall meeting regarding same-sex, intimate-partner violence called by the new Rainbow Response coalition, I was a little worn. I'd already spent...
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Diva in a Dress
Tackle football is usually synonymous with fall weather and rough guys. That's old school. Today, tackle football can mean daffodil season and kick-ass women like...
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Protecting Peers
About 80 members of the metro D.C. GLBT community and allies gathered Tuesday night to continue strategizing against one of the community's stealthier enemies: same-sex,...
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Eco-Friendly
Everybody's going green. Some cities - though not D.C. - went dark last weekend for ''Earth Hour'' to inspire people to turn their lights off...
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Fueling Oppression
A few weeks ago, I was going to take up the call of American energy independence from a gay perspective. Some online research immediately pointed...
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Passover in Pink
While the modern world has the bittersweet claim of Juneteenth -- the June 19 holiday that since late in the 19th century marked the end...
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A Warm GLOE
The District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, better known as the DCJCC -- or simply as ''The J'' for those really in the know --...
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In the House
In New York City, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah claims to be the world's largest GLBT synagogue. Beth Chayim Chadashim, founded in 1972 in Los Angeles,...
