All posts tagged "david catania"
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Victory Fund Endorses Catania for Mayor
D.C. Councilmember David Catania (I-At Large) has gotten a big-name endorsement, even before he officially announcing any candidacy. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, the...
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Remembering Deoni Jones
It's been two years since Deoni Jones, a 23-year old transgender woman, was stabbed in her face and killed while waiting at a Northeast D.C....
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Polls Offer Mixed Bag for D.C. Elections
While two recent polls show D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) benefiting from a split field of Democrats, there are also indications Gray could face a...
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D.C. Gay Candidates Gearing Up for 2014
2014 promises to be another banner year for the District's LGBT community, which enjoys – at least on paper – almost full equality with the...
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D.C. Mayor Signs LGBT-Backed Bills
Mayor Vincent Gray (D) signed into law Tuesday afternoon two measures aimed at expanding opportunity and choices for District's LGBT community. With Gray's signature, the...
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Cops vs. Condoms
One message emerging from last week's AIDS 2012 conference in Washington was that an AIDS-free generation is within sight, if only we muster the will...
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Questions on Crime
Members of the D.C. City Council chastised the Metropolitan Police Department for a perceived failure to effectively engage local community members on initiatives aimed at...
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Anti-Bullying Bill on Track for Vote in D.C.
On April 20, as students around the country recognized the Day of Silence to remember LGBT students who lost their lives due to bullying or...
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HIV Bills Moving Swiftly in D.C.
Two bills designed to increase awareness and promote a dialogue on HIV/AIDS between patients and service providers are closer to becoming law after being passed...
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Senior Services
When former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty signed marriage equality into law in December 2009, Frank Kameny was missing. He had to attend to his heating...
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HIV/AIDS Nonprofit Head Insults Gay Councilmembers
The director of an HIV/AIDS nonprofit – now being sued by D.C.'s attorney general for allegedly diverting more than $300,000 in city funds intended for...
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Planning Ahead
The XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), the preeminent conference dedicated to HIV/AIDS, held every two years, will be returning to Washington for the first...
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Outspoken, Ep. 25: Lesbian Health & Favorite Stereotypes [video]
Outspoken, Ep. 25: Lesbian Health & Favorite Stereotypes This week, host Ebone Bell stops by the Mautner Project Gala on Saturday, March 5, to ask...
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Top Court Declines
For updates to this story, visit Metro Weekly's Poliglot blog.On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request by Bishop Harry Jackson and others...
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The Path Down the Aisle
Two weeks before the start of 2010, Mayor Adrian Fenty joined a crowd of about 200 at All Souls Unitarian Church where he signed the...
