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Creating Change 2020: Everything You Need to Know
LGBTQ conference offers activists a chance to celebrate successes and take back power from those who oppress the community
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Virginia Beach Human Rights Commissioner resigns over anti-LGBTQ Facebook posts
After first refusing to step down, Kenick El later said he'd resign following a now-cancelled meeting on Oct. 31
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JR.’s Bar will be closed this weekend due to dispute over liquor license
Facebook post claims closure will not affect upcoming High Heel Race
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Trans United Fund endorses Virginia Del. Danica Roem for re-election
Endorsement was based on Roem's advocacy on behalf of working-class people and other marginalized groups
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Virginia Beach human rights commissioner calls homosexuality an “abomination” and a “mental illness”
Hampton Roads Pride denounces comments and calls on city to examine vetting process for commission appointees
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Chefs for Equality lays out a spread to benefit HRC Foundation
For the eighth consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation will team up with prominent food writer David Hagedorn, and Christopher Vazquez and Rick Davis...
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Virginia Beach will ask General Assembly to ban conversion therapy next year
Republican lawmakers have consistently thwarted efforts to ban therapy, deemed "ineffective" by most experts
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SMYAL celebrates 35 years of serving LGBTQ youth at annual fall brunch
Event will celebrate successful programs, and honor the work of LGBTQ immigration lawyer Ava Benach
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Impulse Group DC offers an entertaining twist on sexual health education
Nonprofit uses an "entertainment-based" approach to educate on HIV and AIDS, mental health, and substance use
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The DC Sisters bring flamboyance and fun to the serious fight for LGBTQ equality
The DC Sisters bring flamboyance and fun to the serious fight for LGBTQ equality
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West Point, Va., teacher sues over firing for refusing to use trans student’s correct pronouns
A Virginia teacher who was fired for insubordination after he refused to refer to a transgender student using male pronouns is suing his former employer....
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Out & Equal helps companies make their workplaces more LGBTQ-affirming
The organization's 2019 Workplace Summit helps businesses network and promote diversity
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LGBTQ advocates deliver letter to D.C. councilmembers calling for sex work decriminalization
A coalition of LGBTQ activists and advocates has dropped off copies of a letter addressed to members of the D.C. Council, signed by 72 different...
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DC’s rideshare drivers more likely to cancel on LGBTQ, black riders
Study into rideshare apps found LGBTQ people and allies were twice as likely to have a ride request canceled
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Police arrest suspect accused of attacking trans women in Northwest D.C.
Suspect allegedly used anti-trans rhetoric, telling one victim "I am going to kill you" and "I hate transgender female"
