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  • D.C. Council Taking Steps for Homeless Youth

    By on November 29, 2012

    Members of the D.C. Council are trying to expedite the passage of a bill that would reform services for LGBT homeless youth before the next...

  • GLLU Website Ceases

    By on November 21, 2012

    An external website for the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) is no longer operating, prompting some local LGBT activists to...

  • Weekend of Awards

    By on October 16, 2012

    It was a busy weekend for Ron Simmons, president and CEO of Us Helping Us, People Into Living (UHU), the D.C. organization working to improve...

  • Shooting Shocks D.C.'s LGBT and Political Worlds

    By on August 16, 2012

    A security guard was shot inside the headquarters of the Family Research Council in Washington on Wednesday morning in what appears to be a politically...

  • UPDATED: Security Guard For Conservative Group Shot, Motivation Unknown

    By on August 15, 2012

    A security guard was shot inside the headquarters of the Family Research Council in Washington on Wednesday morning. According to a spokesman for the Metropolitan...

  • The DC Center Earns Excellence Award

    By on August 11, 2012

    DC Concerned Providers Coalition (DCCP), an organization that seeks to decrease infection rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among D.C.-area young men of...

  • Apple Approves D.C. Condom App

    By on August 10, 2012

    Out of condoms and lube? There's an app for that. Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone, recently approved a new mobile application – commonly called...

  • Pop-Up Books

    By on July 26, 2012

    Next weekend, D.C. gets its own pop-up gay bookstore. ''We are temporarily taking over the empty storefront right next to the center,'' explains The DC...

  • Disparity Dialogue

    By on June 21, 2012

    A group of about 20 LGBT community members and advocates gathered in the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington June 14 to listen to local experts...

  • DC Center Denied

    By on June 21, 2012

    The DC Center, the District's LGBT community center, was dealt a blow in its search for a permanent home after its proposal to rent a...

  • Men's Summer Summits

    By on June 14, 2012

    Health activists, get ready for a busy July, because Washington will be playing the role of host city. With D.C. set to host the 19th...

  • Close to Home

    By on May 23, 2012

    It may not be a topic that fills the community with pride, but it's certainly relevant: LGBT youth homelessness. That's the topic the community will...

  • Heated Verbiage

    By on May 23, 2012

    There is power in words. D.C.'s Regie Cabico knows that. Just read a few lines of his poem ''Love Letter from Andrew Cunanan.'' I have...

  • LGBT Locals Cheer Obama's Marriage-Equality Stance

    By on May 17, 2012

    To say that the reaction of the D.C. area's LGBT community to President Barack Obama's endorsement of marriage equality was favorable would be the understatement...

  • Closer to Home

    By on April 20, 2012

    David Mariner is on the verge of happiness. Just about 50 signatures away, actually. ''If we get 500 signatures, I'll be very happy,'' says Mariner,...