News + Politics
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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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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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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...
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Now Open
The Concerned DC Providers Coalition, a group committed to improving the health of ''young transgender women of color and men of color who have sex...
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Assault at HRC Store
Sgt. Brett Parson, head of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department's special liaison units, including the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), and the Human Rights...
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Grant Givers
Brother Help Thyself, a community-based organizations that helps other non-profit organizations serving the GLBT and HIV/AIDS communities in Baltimore and D.C., gave away more than...
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Tragedy in Woodbridge
Darius Cooke no longer sleeps in the bed he once shared with Keith Jamar Truesdale, his partner of nearly two years. Until he moves out...
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Church Lady
When Rev. Christine Wiley took her turn to speak at a recent HIV/AIDS town-hall meeting called to address the alarming data recently cited in a...
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Last Word
''You would need a magnifying glass to see any real or substantive differences between the three candidates.'' -- Alan Van Capelle, executive director of the...
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Living Single
I am, at heart, an introvert. It's not that I don't have friends (I have a few) or don't like people (some of you are...
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Going for Barack
''We are one people.'' It is easy to say, but we have struggled over it for 232 years. The charismatic speaker, who once wrestled with...
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Medical Check-In
Nearly 30 years to the day of the Whitman-Walker Clinic being officially chartered -- Jan. 13, 1978 -- the clinic held a press conference. The...
