All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Strangely Familiar
Throw out the name ''Sedaris'' in the community and the gay writer David is often who pops into people's minds. But his older, straight sister,...
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Teacher's Pet
Perhaps it was spending formidable childhood years in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius that helped mold Michael Russotto's tastes -- as a Navy brat living...
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Honored Guest
In 2000, the International Lesbian and Gay Association held a Europe-wide conference on GLBT equality in Bucharest, Romania, intentionally challenging homophobia in that country. The...
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Be Bar Moves Ahead
By the time the June 26 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board meeting rolled around, the status of the proposed, gay-owned Be Bar lounge at 1318 Ninth...
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Silver Celebration
THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY, music has been used to make statements that go far beyond stringing notes together for the sake of a pleasing tune. Patriotic...
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Home Work
April was a banner month for Latin@s en Accion -- literally. The local group, championing the metro area's GLBT Latino community, joined the National March...
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Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA )
Members of GLIFAA (Photo by Todd Franson) MISSION: Founded in 1992, GLIFAA works for full parity for GLBT personnel and their families in U.S. foreign...
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Truth or Consequences
Within the gay community, years of so-called ''ex-gays'' falling off the wagon, assessments by the American Psychiatric Association, and plain commonsense have relegated the whole...
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Stein Dems Back Cropp
City Council chairman and D.C. mayoral hopeful Linda Cropp got two boosts from the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, a GLBT group, Monday night, June 12....
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Community Connectors
A week's worth of Capital Pride events may be synonymous with outward expressions of celebration. The week began, however, with a chance to pause for...
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Taking Pride
The arrival of June means just one thing: Pride season is once again upon us. Washington, D.C., is currently celebrating a week of events as...
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An Advertising Impasse
An African-American newspaper in Baltimore still won't run a controversial ad depicting anti-gay religious protestors, but the paper's representatives say the concern is about the...
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One Step at a Time
The 2005 Parade curves around Dupont Circle(Photo by Randy Shulman/Metro Weekly) Last year, Capital Pride celebrated a milestone birthday, turning 30. Now it's the parade's...
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Behind the Pride
''I'm in gay heaven,'' thought Christopher Dyer when he found himself backstage at a Capital Pride celebration as Martha Wash belted ''It's Raining Men'' from...
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Refusing to Run
Since its founding in 2004, the National Black Justice Coalition, the national organization dedicated exclusively to advocating on behalf of the African-American GLBT community, has...
