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Looking Forward: DC’s LGBT 2017 in Preview
The year ahead offers plenty of opportunities for D.C.'s LGBT community to organize, socialize and celebrate.
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Virginia governor’s executive order prohibits discrimination by state contractors
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has signed into law an executive order that prohibits discrimination against LGBT people by state contractors, subcontractors and state employees. Executive...
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Virginia LGBT advocates call on General Assembly to nix bathroom bill
LGBT advocates and allies are calling on legislative leaders within the General Assembly from both political parties to reject a bill that seeks to restrict...
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Del. Bob Marshall introduces bathroom bill in Virginia
Virginia lawmakers may spend their time during the 2017 legislative session debating a “bathroom bill” that would impose North Carolina-style restrictions on public sex-specific restrooms...
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Avenue Jack to close this month
Connecticut Avenue men's clothing store was known for elegant, eclectic items
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Ford’s Theatre “Christmas Carol” cast raises $88,000 for Food & Friends
In the spirit of the holiday season, Ford’s Theatre Society has announced that a donation drive during performances of this season’s “A Christmas Carol” raised...
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Transgender journalist announces run for Virginia House of Delegates
Danica Roem, a former journalist for the Montgomery County Sentinel and a lifelong resident of Manassas, Va., has announced she will run as a Democrat against longtime...
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Khush DC at the DC Center, a group for queer South Asian people
When Anish Tailor was emerging from the closet in early 2015, he felt confused and alone. He didn’t know any out LGBT Indian people, save...
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Aisha Moodie-Mills: LGBT community must fight harder than ever after “disastrous election”
At last weekend’s Victory Institute conference, the talk was all about how to prevent LGBT rights from backsliding in a potentially hostile Trump administration
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Head of MPD LGBT Liaison Unit could face disciplinary action
Sgt. Jessica Hawkins is accused of taking underage interns to a bar and engaging in other inappropriate behavior
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Community Profile: Sis’tah Talk at the DC Center
Sis'Tah Talk provides a forum for transgender women to share stories, advice and experiences with one another
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Rainbow flags popping up in Mike Pence’s D.C. neighborhood
Some Northwest D.C. residents in D.C.’s Chevy Chase neighborhood are hoisting rainbow flags as a symbolic sign of protest against Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who...
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Earline Budd steps back in to fill a void in transgender community
New nonprofit hopes to provide much needed services
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D.C. submits bid for Gay Games XI in 2022
Washington, D.C. is trying again for a chance to host the Gay Games in 2022 after losing out to Cleveland in 2014. Held every four...
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Robbers using Grindr to ensnare victims, Baltimore police say
Baltimore police are searching for three men who they say used Grindr and other social media apps to lure people to Northeast Baltimore and rob...
