News + Politics
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Obama welcomes Senate vote advancing ENDA
President Barack Obama applauded the U.S. Senate for advancing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Monday evening, telling supporters at a fundraiser that progress is being made...
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Senate advances ENDA toward final vote
The U.S. Senate voted 61-30 to invoke cloture on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Monday evening, setting the stage for a final vote on the...
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Maine Congressman Mike Michaud comes out as gay
U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud (D-Maine), a six-term congressman and the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor in 2014, officially acknowledged he was gay in a Nov....
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Republican Sen. Dean Heller comes out in support of ENDA
Hours before the first Senate vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in 17 years, the bill gained its latest Republican supporter Monday. Sen. Dean Heller...
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Mautner Project Competing for $50,000 Grant
Mautner Project, a D.C.-based organization aimed at improving the health of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women through primary medical care, support services, education and advocacy,...
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Metro Weekly To Receive Prism Award
Metro Weekly will be honored with a Prism Award, given to individuals or entities who have made a contribution to the LGBT community, at a...
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White House urges undecided senators to vote yes on ENDA
With a Monday evening vote on the horizon in the Senate, the White House expressed its strong support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act today, urging...
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Metro PFLAG DC’s David Fishback responds to Dexter Manley’s use of anti-gay slur
“My reaction was to be very, very sad, initially, frankly, for Mr. Manley. But my second reaction is that in making a statement like that,...
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Jeri Hughes Enters Race for Stein Club President
Jeri Hughes, a local transgender activist and longtime member of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's largest LGBT political organization, has entered the contest...
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Hagel orders full National Guard compliance for same-sex benefits
Nearly two months after several states began blocking requests for benefits by members of the National Guard with a same-sex spouse, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel...
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E.W. Jackson says he “respects every individual,” but won’t apologize for past anti-gay statements
“Well, look, my role as a minister is to teach the Bible. Now the Bible has said some things that people in popular culture don’t...
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While Senate readies ENDA vote, uphill House push remains
For the first time in 17 years, a landmark piece of legislation that would prohibit employers from anti-LGBT workplace discrimination is on its way to...
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Asian, Party of One
So while I was driving my nephew back to Falls Church for a weekend visit, we were having a conversation about the experience of 8th...
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Dialing for Democrats
Every Wednesday evening in recent weeks, about 10 people meet at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) headquarters in downtown D.C. and get straight to work....
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Chris Brown assaults man in DC, uses homophobic slur
“I’m not down with that gay shit. I feel like boxing.” – Singer Chris Brown, to Adam Parker, a 20-year-old man perceived to be gay...
