Search results for "discrimination"
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Paging Mark Foley
As October surprises go, the Mark Foley IM imbroglio is the Washington scandal that keeps on giving. Congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned abruptly on Sept....
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Final Spin
The election wheel turns once more, and D.C. finds itself in the midst of a tightly fought race for the mayor's office. This being a...
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A Moral Movement
This past Valentine's Day, I had dinner with someone I had been seeing for a little more than two weeks. For a young man, my...
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Finding the Bridge
It was an emotional appointment for Darlene Nipper and much of the district's GLBT community. Her predecessor, Wanda Alston -- the first to head Mayor...
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Sister Schism
Since 1976, women have been gathering in the wilds of Michigan, creating a space that, say attendees and organizers, is at once political, liberating, nurturing,...
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Historic Record
Franklin Kameny was, as they say, a pioneer of the early days of the modern gay civil rights movement. Before even the 1969 Stonewall riot...
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On the Bright Side
For gay-marriage litigants, July was the cruelest month. Prior to the Washington Supreme Court decision in Andersen v. King County, there were two substantive state...
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Moving Forward
The third in an occasional series of interviews and stories on the 2006 D.C. mayoral race. As the D.C. summer begins its annual shift into...
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The Week In Pride
** -- Denotes Official Pride Event. Tuesday, June 6 **Annual LGBT Pride Week Interfaith Service ''Many Faiths, All Proud!'' -- Sponsored by the Celebration of...
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Capital Pride Heroes
Each year, the Pride Planning Committee selects a number of individuals to honor as ''Capital Pride Heroes.'' These eight honorees have made extraordinary efforts to...
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Trans Regs Advance
The D.C. Commission on Human Rights, the city's Office of Human Rights entity with authority over private sector human-rights complaints, took a step May 11...
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Secret Service
In a time of war, a good man is hard to find. Which makes it all the more frustrating that the U.S. military continues to...
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Family Ties
When it comes to gay and lesbian families, the past year has seen a bit of bunny business. You may remember last year when Buster...
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The Kids Are Not Alright
There was a full house of about 150 people in the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Forum space April 5. It was a ''who's who'' of...
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Gay Old Timers
Rainbow Retirement Sitting at the southern tip of the mouth of Tampa Bay, there is a spot akin to somewhere over the rainbow. It's here,...
