All posts tagged "district of columbia"
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View thousands of AIDS Memorial Quilt panels virtually in new World AIDS Day exhibit
Each state's display pulls together select panels honoring those lost to HIV to commemorate World AIDS Day
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D.C. to install rainbow art at 17th and P Streets NW to mark Pride Month
Installation in District's Dupont Circle neighborhood is part of the Department of Transportation's Art in the Right of Way program
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Asian American groups and LGBTQ allies demand response to anti-Asian harassment amid COVID-19 crisis
Advocates say political leaders need to stand up against rhetoric that scapegoats Asians for current pandemic
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D.C. extends its COVID-19 emergency orders through May 15
Order clarifies guidelines for social distancing and use of face coverings when venturing outside the home
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D.C., Maryland, Virginia all issue stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19 pandemic
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has issued a stay-at-home order for all District residents, following the lead of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Virginia Gov....
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Can a pro-gay “urban Republican” gain traction in Washington, D.C.?
Michael Bekesha hopes Ward 6 voters can see past Trump and support a "socially progressive, fiscally responsible" Republican
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D.C. fines Aetna for violating privacy and disclosing patients’ HIV status
Insurance company's mailings allowed people to see confidential medical information contained inside
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Kent Boese, Ward 1 D.C. Council candidate, earns Victory Fund endorsement
An openly gay D.C. Council candidate has won the endorsement of the LGBTQ Victory Fund ahead of the June 19 Democratic primary. Kent Boese, one...
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Norton calls out First Amendment Defense Act for threatening D.C.’s civil rights laws
Bill would essentially gut D.C.'s pro-LGBTQ laws by treating the District as an extension of the federal government
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Norton introduces bill to protect LGBTQ rights from congressional meddling
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s non-voting delegate to Congress, has introduced a bill to protect D.C.’s LGBTQ rights and reproductive freedom laws...
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15 states and D.C. file amicus brief opposing Trump’s military ban
Amici states argue that a ban on transgender service members is discriminatory and unconstitutional
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Transgender Day of Remembrance set for Monday, Nov. 20
Local communities will honor those transgender people killed by violence in recent years
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D.C. DMV issues first non-binary gender licenses to D.C. residents
On Tuesday, Nic Sakurai’s 6-month long push to have their non-binary gender identification reflected on their driver’s license came to an end. “I got up...
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Report shows 9th consecutive year of decrease in new DC HIV infections
Annual report on infectious diseases shows there's still a high incidence of HIV in Wards 2, 5, 7 and 8
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Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz will not seek re-election
GOP congressman frequently challenged D.C. home rule and tried to overturn city's marriage equality law
