News + Politics
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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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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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A Friend's Passing
Rev. John Mack died at George Washington University Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 15, eight weeks after developing High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) and pneumonia while...
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Tennis Trophy
The Capital Tennis Association (CTA), the organizer of an annual gay tennis tournament in Washington, donated $19,500 to the Washington AIDS Partnership, on Wednesday, Jan....
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Latino Outreach
The Latino History Project is encouraging Web site developers, logo artists and event volunteers to join the organization during its upcoming retreat at Whitman-Walker Clinic's...
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Searching for Answers
About 70 people gathered for nearly three hours the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 15, at an HIV/AIDS Town Hall Meeting seeking to rekindle some of...
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Sink or Swim
When he was in his 50s, Don Kilhefner started having difficulty getting out of bed in the morning. ''I felt depressed,'' the Los Angeles psychologist...
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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...
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Wishing Will
My first plan for the new year was to send Mayor Fenty a subscription to Monocle, the fabulous new magazine from the same empire that...
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No Endorsement from Stein Club
Members of Washington's Gertrude Stein Democratic Club were unable to reach a majority vote in selecting a candidate to endorse for the 2008 presidential elections...
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Mautner Project Appoints New E.D.
As the newly appointed executive director of the Mautner Project, Leslie J. Calman is hoping to double the health organization's budget, currently nearing $1 million,...
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Marriage Buildup
Lawmakers in Maryland finalized a definition for ''domestic partner'' last week to comply with a state law passed last year that requires insurance companies in...
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Clinical Restructuring
Whitman-Walker Clinic announced Jan. 10 that it will layoff more than 10 percent of its workforce as part of a ''restructuring'' of the long-time GLBT...
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Domestic Bliss
When I was 25 and at the height of my twinkie powers, the idea of settling down seemed romantic but unlikely. The idea of getting...
