Search results for "dc equality act"
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LGBT Groups React to Thomas Resignation
Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (D), generally perceived as an ally to the District's LGBT community, resigned from the council late in the evening,...
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Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance Sets Agenda
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (GLAA), a nonpartisan political organization for the LGBT community and the oldest continuously operating one of...
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Activists Picket MPD and Prosecutors
More than 30 local activists representing a coalition of LGBT organizations protested in front of Metropolitan Police Department headquarters and the U.S. Attorney's Office for...
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HUD Secretary Supports Marriage Equality
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan became the first sitting cabinet secretary to announce support for marriage equality, saying on Nov. 15 that...
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Equality California Withdraws 2009 “Net Neutrality” FCC Letter
Following Metro Weekly‘s June 20 report about a series of LGBT organizations that have submitted letters to the Federal Communications Commission regarding issues that had...
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Hochul’s Win: A Marriage Equality Victory in New York Special Election
A new supporter for marriage equality and proponent of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has won election to the U.S. Congress with tonight’s...
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CBS’s Craig Ferguson Sketch Mocks Trans “Character”
Tonight, the night after the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality released a report about the widespread prevalence of...
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2011 Gay Events in DC
All dates are subject to change at each organizer's discretion. For more detailed information as events approach, check Metro Weekly's ''Community Calendar,'' your complete guide...
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DC’s Cardinal Wuerl continues campaign against gay marriage and sex [video]
“You have to put that into context about what the Church would be concerned about. When we’re dealing the question about military readiness or morale,...
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Gay DC Councilman, Jim Graham, attacked by anonymous, anti-abortion robocalls
“Jim Graham paid for an abortion for his male companion’s chief of staff’s girlfriend. It’s no secret, as reported by a local newspaper. Paying to...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was against gay marriage, says DC preacher Anthony Evans [video]
”Well, it’s fairly simple. We look at gay marriage as — not a civil rights issue, but a moral question. And the moral question is...
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DC Court of Appeals Upholds Decision Denying Marriage Initiative
The D.C. Court of Appeals issued its awaited decision in Bishop Harry Jackson’s appeal of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics’s decision that his...
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Thanks to gay couples, DC marriage licenses may hit new record [video]
In the first three months of 2010, the court processed 376 applications. Since March 3 — when gay marriage became legal in the District —...
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Howard University: Acronyms Full of Equality
IN OCTOBER 2008, BLAGOSAH celebrated not only the group's eight-year anniversary, but a resurgence after a few years of a sort of slumber. What was...
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DC Residents Alarmed by Robo-Calls: Anti-gay marriage group, NOM, targets District voters at home
”The National Organization for Marriage is sponsoring robo-calling of DC residents asking if they think marriage should be between only one man and one woman....
