News + Politics
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Empowered in Mount Pleasant
On June 8 La Clinica del Pueblo welcomed members of the local LGBT community to see the site that will house its youth drop-in center,...
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Founder's Fight Ends
Over the past several months, Jerome Sikorski was a regular -- though emotional -- part of his friend Jerry Filbin's days. ''I saw him twice...
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DOJ Dollars for D.C.
Fill in the blank. That's what Morgan Lynn, supervising attorney at Women Empowered Against Violence Inc. (WEAVE), and others, asked LGBT people and allies to...
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NOM's Deep Pockets
The Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA) alerted D.C. voters this week that Robert ''Bob'' King of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 5A has received a...
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Sudden Departure
During a news conference on Tuesday, June 8, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced that Dr. Shannon Hader has resigned from her position as senior deputy...
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Family Feuding
Last Thursday morning, June 10, the humidity was already thick by 9 a.m. But that's D.C. No surprise there. Still, it was a beautiful morning,...
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The Wedding Singer
Elton John's performance during the celebration of Rush Limbaugh's fourth attempt at successful matrimony has become like the inappropriate and unwanted wedding gift that keeps...
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Ending With a Bang
The prosecution in the Robert Wone conspiracy trial ended on a strong note this week, even as the judge in the case awarded the defense...
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Philadelphia Boy Scouts: We have the right to discriminate against gays and keep $1 rent of city’s property
”They wanted to force Cradle of Liberty to say something that Cradle of Liberty doesn’t have to say.” Jason Gosselin, a representative for the Cradle...
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Gay Minnesota police officer files discrimination suit over harassment
”He tried so many times to deal with it internally because he did not want to have his career derailed by this…. He wasn’t flaunting...
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Germany recognizes gay marriage from Canada as ”registered partnership”
“The court agreed with the view of the authorities that he could not be registered as ‘married’ because a marriage under German law requires different-sex...
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Conviction for Bias
The Metropolitan Police Department announced on Wednesday, June 16, that a D.C. Superior Court jury has found two men guilty for their involvement in a...
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News Analysis: Opening Arguments, at the Close
More than five months ago, the trial questioning the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 – prohibiting same-sex marriages in the state – began in U.S....
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Moving The Center
On Monday, June 21, The Center, the metro area's LGBT community center, will open its doors at a new location at 13th and U Streets...
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Mixed Messages on Blood
After a generation of gay men grew up being prohibited from donating blood after having had sex with just one man even one time since...
