All posts by Will O'Bryan
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From Wyoming to Washington
Setting the Stage TWO YEARS AGO, under the guidance of artistic director Paul Tetreault, Ford's Theatre launched the Lincoln Legacy Project to annually build programming...
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UPDATED: Community Loses Past GLAA President
This time last year, Barrett L. Brick was being honored by Immigration Equality with the group's Global Vision Award as a ''consistent voice in speaking...
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Change Is Good
My Facebook identity needs a change. For weeks, my profile photo has been the Trayvon Martin stylized black-and-white hoodie. My cover photo is Evgeny Feldman's...
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Tropical Terror
Micah Fink might be straight, but sometimes the ''ally'' badge alone is enough to cause anxiety. ''I think anybody who works with this community in...
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Report surfaces of Sept. 11 anti-gay attack in Russia
“We made him sit on a bottle so that he repents for his sins and comes to reason. We did this to protect the dignity...
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FCC’s Commissioner Pai delivers keynote at LGBT Tech Partnership forum
“A few statistics illustrate the importance of broadband to LGBT teenagers in the United States. Gay teens spend an average of five hours online each...
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Four-Day Affair
You might think it's a reunion of Creating Change, the annual conference affiliated with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Task Force Executive Director...
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Gay Korean director and partner hold public, symbolic Seoul wedding
“Now people cannot but call us as a married couple as we have had a wedding. It is important whether or not we become a...
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NCLR launches ‘Stop LGBT Hate in Russia’ campaign
“Russia’s appalling treatment of LGBT people has taken a shocking turn with the passage of these horrific laws. In the wake of these laws, discrimination...
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Champion in the fight against DADT, Darren Manzella, 36, killed in car accident
Darren Manzella, one of the most high-profile faces in the fight to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on out military service by gay,...
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Human Rights First report advises White House on challenging Russia’s anti-LGBT law
“The central goal of U.S. policy should be to bolster those fighting for freedom on the frontlines and to protect LGBT Russians from persecution and...
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Next Generation's Next Step
Many are familiar with Metro Weekly's Next Generation Awards, which for five years have celebrated members of the LGBT community younger than 30 who already have...
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A Date To Remember
When it comes to dates, Paul Kuntzler is a sort of human computer. ''I first came to Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1961, for John...
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Fired Up for the Future
At 35, Aisha Moodie-Mills was a long way from arriving on the scene when the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place. But...
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Community mourns José Sarria, aka Empress I José
“Words cannot express what a tremendous loss I feel today on the passing of José Sarria. He is an icon of the LGBT community, a...
