All posts tagged "dc"
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A 'Fix-It' Job at D.C. Fire Department
While attending college, Sgt. J.B. Wallace never intended to become a paramedic. It was only after she earned a bachelor of science in psychology and...
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Capital Pride 2007
Yes, that was Mayor Adrian M. Fenty marching and throwing bead necklaces at the Capital Pride Parade on Saturday, June 9. Fenty joined hundreds of...
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Put on Your Pride
It's kind of a no-brainer: Capital Pride is a community event. That doesn't explain why Whitman-Walker Clinic has been the sole producer of the event...
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Hometown Heroes
When it comes to the pageantry of parades, beyond the floats and marching bands, there is something romantic about the notion of ''grand marshals.'' That...
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Relocation Reloaded
Councilmember Jim Graham's (D-Ward 1) legislation to help nude-dancing, liquor-licensed venues displaced by they city's eminent-domain move to claim District land for a new baseball...
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Building Bridges
''Building a bridge to a brighter future'' was the theme as a panel of Washington-area GLBT leaders took the stage at Studio Theatre to discuss...
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Judge Hits D.C. Fire & Emergency Medical Services Agency
More than a decade has passed since the since Tyra Hunter, a transgender D.C. woman, died. But correcting the transphobic and homophobic culture of the...
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Power in numbers
About 100 people gathered at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Southwest Washington Thursday, May 17, for D.C. Fights Back's HIV/AIDS Speak Out. The goal: Start...
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Stein Dems Back Bill
The regular May meeting of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the primary voice of GLBT Democrats in the district, was billed as a chance to...
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Making History
As the nation's capital or simply as an American city with infinite plots playing out at the local level, Washington, D.C., offers a great setting...
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Home Sweet Home
In the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, talk often turns to real estate. The same could be said for most of the county, if not the...
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The Passionate Pragmatist
When the wheels of Washington's gay community are turning, it seems that Mario Acosta-Vélez is never far away. Perhaps it's his presidential post at the...
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Local News: A Look Back at 2006
History Boy Kameny (Photo by Todd Franson) THE LIBRARY OF Congress opened its sanctified shelves of Americana in October, making way for the addition of...
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Local Politics: A Look Back at 2006
Ballot Boxes Fenty IT MAY HAVE seemed like a political gimmick when Adrian Fenty ran his months-long campaign focusing on knocking on just about ever...
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Calling All Voters
All good things must come to an end — even when ”good” is a somewhat relative term. So it is that on Tuesday, Nov. 7,...
