News + Politics
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Cherry Fund Bears Fruit for Local Organizations
The Cherry Fund, the local not-for-profit all-volunteer organization that holds charity dance events to raise funds for HIV/AIDS service organizations, will host a beneficiary reception...
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Rob Portman could be first GOP presidential candidate to back marriage equality
Rob Portman, the first Republican senator to openly support same-sex marriage, is leaving the door open to a possible run for president in 2016. In...
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Wanda Alston Foundation gains charitable organization status
The Wanda Alston Foundation, the local organization that provides services and programs to serve LGBTQ youth and operates the Wanda Alston House, the city’s only housing...
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LGBT-rights groups withdraw support for ENDA
Several major LGBT-rights organizations pulled their support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Tuesday due to the bill’s religious exemption. The American Civil Liberties Union, Gay &...
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Hobby Lobby decision fuels battle over LGBT rights and religious liberty
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in the Hobby Lobby case, which found some religious employers can refuse to pay for insurance coverage of...
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HAHSTA Report Bears Good News on HIV Front
The District of Columbia Department of Health’s HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Administration (HAHSTA) released its annual report Wednesday highlighting the progress that HIV/AIDS advocates...
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Burger King unveils its Proud Whopper
“Burger King restaurants have always been places to eat great tasting food, let your guard down and just be yourself without any judgement.” — Burger King...
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Evangelism as Therapy
Encountering the Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg in the D.C. Council Chambers on June 27 took me back five years to our battles over the...
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Calling All Candidates
Groups seek to increase LGBT representation on D.C.’s ANCs
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D.C. Council Mulls Reparative Therapy Ban
Councilmember Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) presided over a nearly five-hour hearing on Friday where she listened to testimony for and against a bill pending before...
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Federal judge strikes down Kentucky same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down Kentucky’s ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, declaring the law in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment...
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Labor Department will protect transgender workers from discrimination
The Obama administration will issue guidance “to make clear that discrimination on the basis of transgender status is discrimination based on sex,” Labor Secretary Thomas...
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Obama announces executive order protecting transgender federal employees
President Barack Obama announced Monday that he would take additional executive action to protect LGBT workers by signing an executive order to protect transgender federal...
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Study finds signs of LGBT discrimination among federal contractors
LGBT workers seeking employment with federal contractors are more than 20 percent less likely to be called back for interviews than less qualified straight applicants,...
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Supreme Court lets California’s “ex-gay therapy” ban stand
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to weigh in on California’s ban on “ex-gay therapy” for minors Monday, clearing the way for the law to go...
