News + Politics
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Now Open for Business
Registration has opened for those planning to attend Washington's first city-sponsored LGBT Economic Development Summit, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, Nov....
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Pride Retreat Postponed
Whitman-Walker Clinic has postponed its all-day Capital Pride Planning Committee ''retreat,'' originally slated for Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, and open to...
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AIDS Walk Success
Click for more pics from AIDS Walk 2007 This time last year, the Whitman-Walker Clinic must have been pleased as the tally showed they had...
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Plea for Parents
It didn't take long for Ruth Landy, 40, and her partner of four years, Elizabeth Landy, 34, to realize that even talking about adoption costs...
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Brett's Back
The Metropolitan Police Department is increasing the clarity in its arsenal. Chief Cathy Lanier's plan to expand the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit's services beyond...
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From the Editor
One of the questions I'm often asked in my capacity as a film critic is, ''What's your favorite movie of all time?'' My answer usually...
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HAA calling for HIV/AIDS listings
The Department of Health's HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA) is currently preparing an updated version of its free ''Directory of HIV/AIDS Services in the District of Columbia,''...
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Crawling for Kids
The Youth Pride Alliance's ''Fall Crawl,'' scheduled for 3 to 7 p.m., on Saturday, Oct. 20, hitting a number of venues on 17th Street in...
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Out On the Web
There's not exactly a ''main event'' on National Coming Out Day. Mark Shields, the 30-year-old Logan Circle resident, who directs the D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign's...
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One Stroke at a Time
There are plenty of sports clubs in the D.C. area catering to the gay crowd -- from softball to running to biking to ultimate Frisbee....
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Last Word
''It is an absolutely unfair burden. It is a burden no one else is asked to bear, and it is something I will not do.''...
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Filling the Vaccine Vacancy
September ended with some discouraging news in the effort to make a vaccine against HIV. Pharmaceutical giant Merck announced it was halting its large-scale clinical...
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Dr. Discrimination
While presenting her testimony to the Montgomery County Council Tuesday, Oct. 2, against the passage of a bill that would protect transgender people by adding...
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Mouse Trap
From violence, to dilapidated schools, to alarming HIV-infection rates, Washington is not necessarily the easiest place to be a kid. These understood realities of the...
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Last Word
''Moving forward on this bill now will also better serve the ultimate goal of including people who are transgender, than simply accepting total defeat...
