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  • City Fund Takes Flak

    By on April 22, 2014

    A coalition of LGBT advocacy groups and service organizations released a statement Monday evening expressing their disappointment that no LGBT-specific groups were named among 58...

  • Groups Rally Against PFZs

    By on April 12, 2014

    About 20 community activists and advocates rallied Friday outside the John A. Wilson Building, which houses the mayor’s office and the D.C. Council chambers, to...

  • D.C. GOP Commits to Full Slate

    By on April 8, 2014

    The D.C. Republican Party announced April 7 that it intends to place candidates who did not declare their intentions prior to the party’s April 1...

  • OHR Launches ”#safebathroomsDC”

    By on April 3, 2014

    The D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) today launched a new public-awareness campaign, ”Safe Bathrooms DC,” aimed at making it easier for transgender people in...

  • Bowser Beats Gray for Dem Nomination

    By on April 3, 2014

    District voters went to the polls April 1 to select nominees from each of the city’s four major political parties for various offices in this...

  • Catania Enters Mayor's Race

    By on March 12, 2014

    Councilmember David Catania (I-At Large) filed papers with the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance Wednesday morning declaring his intent to seek the city's mayoralty in...

  • Gray Falls Short at Stein Club

    By on March 7, 2014

    Incumbent Mayor Vince Gray (D) fell four votes short of securing the coveted endorsement of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's largest LGBT political...

  • Locals React to Clarified Coverage

    By on March 6, 2014

    D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) last week announced that the District of Columbia's Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking (DISB) would be advising health insurance...

  • UPDATED: Ruby Corado Recounts Friday-Night Incident

    By on March 1, 2014

    A transgender woman was arrested Friday night in the city's 16th Street Heights neighborhood after police pulled her over for an apparently over-crowded SUV and...

  • Stonewall Sports Offering Dodgeball

    By on February 6, 2014

    Stonewall Dodgeball will launch its inaugural season in March as part of Stonewall Sports, the nonprofit LGBTQ sports association raises money for various charitable causes...

  • The What, When and Who of 2013

    By on December 19, 2013

    It's not quite over, but 2013 has already piled up enough historic points to sit out the few days remaining to 2014. While the community...

  • D.C. activists join Friday protest against India sodomy ruling

    By on December 15, 2013

    About 25 protesters, most affiliated with the LGBT South Asian group KhushDC, gathered in front of the Indian Embassy off Dupont Circle Friday night for...

  • Guilty Plea in Stanton Road Stabbing

    By on October 25, 2013

    Michael McBride, defendant in the case of a non-fatal attack on transgender woman who suffered 35 to 40 stab wounds, pleaded guilty earlier this month...

  • Monica Palacio To Lead OHR

    By on October 24, 2013

    Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) announced Thursday plans to appoint the Office of Human Rights (OHR) Language Access Program Director Mónica Palacio as the interim...

  • Stage: Live Theater and Musicals in D.C.

    By on September 12, 2013

    It never ceases to amaze how remarkably rich, involving and varied the theater scene in Washington is. But it's always been that way -- only...