Search results for "equality act"
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Honoring our Allies
As part of its 12th annual celebration, the Youth Pride Alliance is honoring three allies who have contributed to the well-being and growth of GLBTQ...
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Events, Speakers, Entertainment, Booths
List of Events Youth Pride Allies Reception Friday, April 25 7 p.m. Toutorsky Mansion 1720 16th St. NW Tickets: $25 21 and up only Youth...
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Accomplishments and Challenges
Looking back on Maryland's 2008 legislative session, which concluded on Monday, April 7, Equality Maryland saw reason to celebrate -- as well as reason to...
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Hit List
Arriving at the recent town-hall meeting regarding same-sex, intimate-partner violence called by the new Rainbow Response coalition, I was a little worn. I'd already spent...
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Breaking Barriers
Breaking down barriers is old hat for Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton. After all, she's been breaking them since she was a little girl in Montreal. The...
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Strained Glass
It was like a bad case of déjà vu. Walking into the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C. (MCCDC) on a Saturday morning only to...
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Lavender Legalese
It was more than a year ago that Lisa Kershner, a lawyer with a private practice in Calverton, Md., and others met with Dan Furmansky,...
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Mautner Honors Maccubbin
As an activist and entrepreneur, Deacon Maccubbin has been a guiding light in the area's GLBT community for more than 35 years. According to the...
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Last Word
''In his absence, he's standing up one more time and showing people the way.'' -- Thatcher Bailey, a high-school classmate and friend of Ric Weiland,...
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Parental Guidance
It may not be Truman Capote's legendary Black-and-White Ball of 1966, full of pop culture's who's who donning masks for the ''party of the century,''...
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False Narratives
Elections are not simply about which candidate will emerge the victor, but about whose narrative will prevail. Narrative here means a story that steers the...
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Winter Weary
You may be done with winter, but winter's far from done with you. With nearly two months to go, make sure you're prepared with cap...
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Calling on Annapolis
When thinking about Equality Maryland's upcoming Lobby Day in Annapolis on Monday, Feb. 11, Dan Furmansky, the equal-rights organization's executive director, can't help but quote...
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Clarification
In Feel the Heat (Domestic Partner, 1/31/08), jetBlue Airways was credited with being the first U.S. airline to include anti-discrimination protection for gender identity when...
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Branching Out
The D.C. Chapter of Immigration Equality will host a reception and fundraiser in support of same-sex, bi-national couples, and GLBT or HIV-positive asylum seekers, on...
