News + Politics
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D.C. Marriage 101
Did you know that the District of Columbia now ranks sixth in the nation (as compared with states) in legal protections for same-sex couples? This...
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Healthy Choice
To mark the fifth annual LGBT Health Awareness Week, organized by the D.C.-based National Coalition for LGBT Health, the Whitman-Walker Clinic is holding an open-house...
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The Birds vs. the Bees
Parents representing Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum (CRC) generated buzz last week by protesting against Montgomery County's sex-ed pilot program with signs that read ''Health...
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Flamingo Road
You don't have to freeze your fanny out in the cold in order to smoke a cigarette at Freddie's Beach Bar & Restaurant. Jennifer Michie,...
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Zoning Out
A pending effort to transfer the liquor license used for the former Edge-Wet nightclub in Southeast D.C. -- a victim of baseball stadium-fueled redevelopment --...
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Transgender Titles
After brainstorming with other members at Transgender Health Empowerment, Inc., Brian Watson, director of programs at THE, says he decided that a pageant was the...
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Final Chapter
Funny, generous, kind. Those are the words friends use to describe Niam Marcus Slyman -- better known simply as Marc -- who died Monday, Feb....
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Prime-time Pioneer
In mid July of 1992, the United States was simmering -- not from the heat, so much as the feeling of change in the air....
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Local News Briefs
Virginia Legislative Session wraps Sarah Gustafson, president of Equality Fairfax, says she is ''pleased'' with the outcome of Virginia's 2007 legislative session, which convened Jan....
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Positive Nutrition
The kitchen is said to be the heart of the home -- and for people who are HIV positive, it can be the heart of...
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Defining a Foe
Continuing its series of ''town hall'' style forums to discuss methamphetamine use in Washington, the D.C. Crystal Meth Working Group (CMWG) Monday evening, Feb. 26,...
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Visible Moments
Sonali Gulati never had the chance to come out to her mother, who died several years ago. For the past two years, the South Asian...
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Last minute break
The answer was in his wallet all along. And when Howard Daniel stumbled upon on the business card of Steven S. Smith in November 2006,...
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State of the Movement
Nearly 100 people gathered at the Human Rights Campaign's headquarters on Tuesday, Feb. 20, for the D.C. Chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists...
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Local Briefs
Whitman-Walker Clinic welcomes Capital Pride partners Thirteen local organizations have partnered with Whitman-Walker Clinic to organize and plan this year's Capital Pride celebration, scheduled for...
