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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....
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Surrogacy Struggle
Following two hearings earlier this month, advocates for gestational surrogacy are continuing their push for two bills that set forth standards for gestational carrier agreements,...
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Remembering Mame Dennis
The community mourns a sudden loss
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Man, 60, kills 95-year-old Maryland neighbor, claiming “unwelcomed sexual advances”
Police in Montgomery County, Md. issued documents against Eric S. Dyson, 60, charging him with theft and the first degree murder of a 95-year-old veteran, Dan...
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Legendary D.C. drag queen Mame Dennis dies aged 74
Legendary D.C. drag queen Mame Dennis dies at age 74
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Marshall’s Parting Shots
If the last week proved anything to Virginia’s LGBT community, it’s that one always needs to keep an eye on the machinations of the commonwealth’s...
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Nail in the Coffin: All LGBT Bills Dead in Virginia
Virginian LGBT public employees who do not work for the state must wait another year to gain workplace protections after a bill that would have...
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Better Know a Committee: House General Laws
Meet 22 Virginia lawmakers who get to decide whether you can be fired for being LGBT
