All posts tagged "dc center"
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D.C. Council Taking Steps for Homeless Youth
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...
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GLLU Website Ceases
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...
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Weekend of Awards
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...
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Shooting Shocks D.C.'s LGBT and Political Worlds
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...
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UPDATED: Security Guard For Conservative Group Shot, Motivation Unknown
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...
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The DC Center Earns Excellence Award
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...
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Apple Approves D.C. Condom App
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...
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Pop-Up Books
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...
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Disparity Dialogue
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...
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DC Center Denied
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...
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Men's Summer Summits
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...
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Close to Home
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...
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Heated Verbiage
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...
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LGBT Locals Cheer Obama's Marriage-Equality Stance
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...
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Closer to Home
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,...
