News + Politics
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Scarlet Contribution
The Scarlet Foundation raised approximately $12,000 during its 37th Annual Bake Sale and Auction, on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the DC Eagle. ''There was great...
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Gone, Never Forgotten
Members of the GLBT community and allies are invited to attend ''Before the Ballpark: Remembering What We Had in SE,'' at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday,...
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Survival Tactics
When a woman is sexually assaulted by another woman, it's obviously not rape: no penis, no rape. And when a man is sexually assaulted, there's...
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Countdown for Chaos?
Despite rumors to the contrary, Club Chaos, a 10-year-old GLBT restaurant and bar located at 1603 17th St. NW, has not shuttered its doors. It...
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Syringes and Spine
This week on Capitol Hill, supporters of syringe-exchange programs (SEP) for HIV prevention celebrated a victory. Last year, Rep. José Serrano (D-N.Y.) led successful efforts...
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Warm Donation
Ray Daniels D.C. Black Pride has donated 14 bags of coats, about $1,000 and food items to Damien Ministries, collected...
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Baking for Beneficiaries
The Scarlet Foundation Inc., organizer of Scarlet's 37th Annual Bake Sale and Auction, is using this year's event to honor Cornelius ''Neil'' R. Alexander Jr.,...
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Clarification
In Feel the Heat (Domestic Partner, 1/31/08), jetBlue Airways was credited with being the first U.S. airline to include anti-discrimination protection for gender identity when...
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Writing on the Wall
Although the Metropolitan Police Department would not release information regarding what authorities described as ''homophobic graffiti'' found inside a restroom at the Fifth District Police...
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Calling on Annapolis
When thinking about Equality Maryland's upcoming Lobby Day in Annapolis on Monday, Feb. 11, Dan Furmansky, the equal-rights organization's executive director, can't help but quote...
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Lobby Day 101
Sitting calmly in the office of a man who voted against your civil rights, by supporting the successfully passed marriage amendment that prohibits same-sex marriage...
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Slinging Porn
D.C. made headlines recently with one of those stories that people like to use to mock the inefficiencies of government. On Jan. 23, the city...
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Last Word
''He has gone out of his way to ensure that the department has a new air of inclusiveness and an open and welcoming environment for...
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Branching Out
The D.C. Chapter of Immigration Equality will host a reception and fundraiser in support of same-sex, bi-national couples, and GLBT or HIV-positive asylum seekers, on...
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Damien Ministries' Nickel Dies
Rev. James R. Nickel, executive director of Damien Ministries, the HIV/AIDS organization inspired by the Catholic Church and located in Northeast, had beaten renal cancer...
