News + Politics
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Last Word
''Estrangement from family, marginalization within and isolation from society, separation from children,...and inadequate access to culturally sensitive health-care practitioners are all factors that can adversely...
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Three Unwise Men
On the next-to-last night of Hanukkah I went to Alan and Will's house, and before the menorah lighting there was time to read a book...
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HIV/AIDS Report Card
Overall, the District's efforts in combating HIV/AIDS are above average, according to the DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice's third annual HIV/AIDS in the...
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Resolution to Wed
The Kensington, Md., Town Council passed a civil marriage equality resolution on Monday, Dec. 10, calling on Maryland legislators to enact the Religious Freedom &...
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Mum's the Word
Metro Transit Police have not yet released surveillance video or video images of the seven men who attacked a gay man on the Metro during...
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Locating Linder
Nearly three years ago, Feb. 20, 2005, Geraldine ''Jerrie'' Linder passed away. At 83, it was no surprise that she died of natural causes. What...
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Beyer Opts Out
During a Maryland District 18 forum at Montgomery County's Leland Community Center in Chevy Chase on Sunday, Dec. 9, Dr. Dana Beyer, a transgender Democrat...
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D.C. Center Plans 2008
The D.C. Center, metropolitan Washington's GLBT community center, held an annual brunch and planning meeting Saturday, Dec. 8, asking community leaders to offer upcoming events...
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Naked for NOVAM
In 2007, with proceeds from the group's sold-out calendar, the D.C. Cowboys donated $11,000 to Whitman-Walker Clinic. Now, the local dance troupe is getting ready...
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Hate Rail
By the time Nathaniel Salerno finally made it home to his apartment on Capitol Hill around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, his white shirt...
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Last Word
''I would have great regret and anxiety if I thought my comments were hurtful or in any way added to the already incredible pain that...
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2008's Gay Agenda
The D.C. Center, ''Home to GLBT in D.C.,'' is offering an annual community meeting and holiday brunch on Saturday, Dec. 8, to give local gay...
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Hate Talk
On the heels of what some perceived as a September spike in hate crimes -- with an assault peppered with anti-gay epithets adjacent to the...
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Meth by the Numbers
Thomas McDermitt was battling addiction long before discovering ''crystal.'' In the five years since graduating from high school in 1986, McDermitt outgrew his alcohol addiction...
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Last Word
''Men who have sex with men account for almost half of all people estimated to be living with HIV in the United States, and African...
