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  • Wedding Planners

    By on April 1, 2009

    There was no press release, no big speech, no photo for posterity. Instead, it seems the meeting Councilmember David Catania (I-At large) called March 19...

  • The Waiting Game

    By on January 28, 2009

    If you're confused about what has changed in D.C. jails since Virginia Soto, a woman who was wrongfully placed in a male facility for two...

  • Outing the Vote

    By on October 22, 2008

    According to figures posted by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, the District of Columbia counts about 330,000 registered voters. About 90 percent of...

  • Gay History Month

    By on October 1, 2008

    In September, for example, the Library of Congress announced that a collection of materials from pioneering gay-rights local Frank Kameny, known as the Kameny Papers,...

  • Political Points

    By on August 20, 2008

    The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington D.C. (GLAA), recently announced the group's candidate ratings for the Sept. 9 primaries. Based upon candidate questionnaires...

  • The Ick Factor

    By on July 2, 2008

    Some gay folks just wish that my colleagues and I in the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance would shut up about sex. It's not that...

  • Bob Summersgill

    By on June 11, 2008

    When it comes to super heroes, the stories are all the more compelling when they've taken a beating. Maybe the same holds for Capital Pride...

  • Problem Solver

    By on April 16, 2008

    Brian Watson likes to fix things. But a decade before making Washington his home and establishing himself as one of the city's most prominent young...

  • Distinguished Group

    By on February 20, 2008

    The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., has announced its six ''Distinguished Service Award'' recipients for 2008, who the group will honor for...

  • Past and Present

    By on October 17, 2007

    There's no better time to visit with ABilly S. Jones than during October. One on hand, it's when he celebrates his anniversary with his partner,...

  • Clearing the air

    By on June 20, 2007

    D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said there are no plans to disband the city's award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, despite media reports and an...

  • Judge Hits D.C. Fire & Emergency Medical Services Agency

    By on May 23, 2007

    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...

  • Debate Heats Up

    By on May 23, 2007

    For those who could not make it to the May 16 town-hall meeting called by Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5), at Bethesda Baptist Church...

  • Acknowledging Accomplishment

    By on April 18, 2007

    Washington is a city bursting at the seams with history, though gay history doesn't often come to mind. New York trumps other locales with the...

  • Gays Groups Evaluate May 1 Candidates

    By on April 11, 2007

    Ahead of the May 1 special election for D.C. City Council seats from Wards 4 and 7, as well as a Board of Education seat...