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Capital Pride Alliance opens award nominations
The Capital Pride Alliance, which plans and carries out Washington’s annual Pride festivities, is accepting nominations for the Capital Pride Heroes and Engendered Spirit awards,...
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D.C. Council passes health care cultural competency bill
The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved a first-of-its-kind bill that would require all licenses, certified and registered health care professionals to undergo cultural competency training...
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BHT surpasses $3 million in grants awarded at 2016 ceremony
$75,000 in grants given to 23 organizations at Baltimore ceremony
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Virginia Senate passes pair of nondiscrimination bills
The Virginia Senate on Friday passed a pair of nondiscrimination bills with bipartisan support, sending them to the House of Delegates for consideration. The Senate voted to...
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Furies Collective house approved as D.C. historic landmark
The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) on Thursday unanimously approved the site of the Furies Collective, a lesbian feminist separatist collective, to become a...
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Virginia bill proposes Kim Davis-style clerk exemptions
A Virginia Senate committee has set the stage for what could be an inevitable showdown between opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage, as embodied by...
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Anti-gay Virginia lawmaker discovered cruising Grindr
College student tipped off news outlet; editor declined to reveal man's identity
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Virginia Senate committee approves nondiscrimination bills
A Virginia Senate committee has approved two measures that would prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in public employment and housing, with both bills earning bipartisan support as...
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4th Circuit to hear Virginia transgender student’s appeal
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday will hear the appeal of a Virginia transgender student who is challenging his school’s restroom policy requiring...
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Furies Collective gains ANC approval as it seeks historic status
A lesbian feminist separatist collective has inched closer to its goal of being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, after ANC officials approved...
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Nine anti-gay bills loom large over Virginia in 2016
Marriage equality may be the law of the land following last year’s Supreme Court decision, but anti-gay lawmakers in the Virginia General Assembly are hitting...
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Equality Virginia grants four employers Fairness Accreditation
LGBT rights organization Equality Virginia is honoring four more Richmond-based companies with its Virginia Fairness Accreditation on Thursday, Jan. 7 for their commitment to internal...
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Merger announced between Equality Maryland and FreeState Legal
Organizations hoping to have a new organization in place by June.
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Lawsuit: Fairfax LGBT nondiscrimination policy is unlawful
Several Fairfax County residents have filed a lawsuit against the Fairfax County School Board, alleging that the board’s decision to amend its nondiscrimination policy to...
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Latino GLBT History Project elects new executive officers
The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP), the nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving and educating the public about the history and contributions of D.C.’s LGBT...
