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Bowser to honor “Sheroes” of LGBT movement
As part of Women’s History Month, the Office of GLBT Affairs, partnering with the Mayor’s Office on Women’s Policy & Initiatives and the Mayor’s Office...
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A Home with Heart
“If I can make it, anyone can,” says Ruby Corado as she walks around an empty three-story house in Columbia Heights. The building is in...
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Cruz and Lankford introduce resolution of disapproval to overturn Council bill
Cruz and Lankford introduce resolution of disapproval to overturn Council bill
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First LGBT contingent to march in D.C. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
When Dr. Pat Hawkins was growing up in Grosse Pointe, Mich. as a child, her parents always used to take her to see Detroit’s St....
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Norton hits back at Heritage Foundation over Human Rights Amendment Act
D.C.’s non-voting delegate to the U.S. Congress slammed conservative think tank Heritage Foundation for its attempts to convince the D.C. Council to abandon plans to...
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Bunn, Toliver, Powell top GLAA’s candidate ratings
On Wednesday, the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) of Washington, D.C. released its ratings for candidates running in the April 28 special elections for the...
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Senate shuffle may open up opportunities
LGBT candidates could seek promotion in wake of Mikulski retirement
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AG Racine urges Supremes to support gay marriage
D.C.’s Attorney General Karl Racine on Friday joined a growing chorus of voices calling on the Supreme Court to legalize marriage equality via a nationwide...
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Suspect in Deoni Jones slaying to undergo further mental observation
Gary Niles Montgomery, the man accused of stabbing transgender youth Deoni Jones in the face as she waited at a Northeast D.C. bus stop in...
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Herring files amicus brief in favor of marriage equality
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) on Thursday filed an amicus brief arguing in favor of marriage equality ahead of April 28, when the U.S....
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SMYAL launches scholarship program
Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL) announced March 5 that it is launching a scholarship program aimed at providing financial assistance to LGBT...
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Tidying up Maryland’s equality statutes
Maryland already enjoys marriage equality and is one of a minority of states with legal protections for transgender people. For lawmakers, however, that’s not enough....
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Latino GLBT History’s new board members
The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP), the nonprofit organization focused on collecting, preserving and educating the public about the history, culture, heritage, arts and social...
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Transgender advocate to run against Hoyer
Kristin Beck, a well-known transgender advocate for open military service for LGBT people and a former member of the SEAL Team Six counterterrorism unit, earlier this...
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GLAA names award recipients
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (GLAA) has announced it will honor three people nominated as Distinguished Service Award recipients for 2015....
