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  • Push for AG Post

    By on October 28, 2010

    The Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance, a volunteer LGBT political organization, announced this week that it endorses a referendum that seeks to change how D.C.'s...

  • Dismissals Explained

    By on July 15, 2010

    Lt. Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo didn't break the law they had been charged with breaking, and it is for that reason, according to a...

  • Suspension for Secrets

    By on June 9, 2010

    Allen Carroll has been running nightlife venues for the local LGBT community for more than 40 years, starting in 1970 with Phase 1, the Capitol...

  • D.C. Attorney General Backs BOEE on Marriage

    By on December 21, 2009

    D.C.'s Office of the Attorney General filed a brief Friday, Dec. 18, responding to a lawsuit brought last month by Bishop Harry Jackson against the...

  • Nickles Hits Initiative

    By on October 7, 2009

    In a letter dated Oct. 5, D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles has advised that a proposed ballot initiative to vote on defining marriage in the...

  • Parliamentary Patchwork

    By on September 2, 2009

    The District government on Friday, Aug. 28, released some points concerning the new laws recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions and eliminating discrimination in...

  • Referendum Wrap-Up

    By on June 17, 2009

    Over the past several weeks, Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., has been speaking, rallying and even officiating a...

  • Nickles Says No

    By on June 10, 2009

    D.C. Attorney General Peter J. Nickles issued an opinion today, June 11, advising the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics to reject a proposed referendum...

  • Mendelson Urges Recognition

    By on March 18, 2009

    City Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At large) has offered the latest word in the push to have Mayor Adrian Fenty recognize same-sex partnerships of other jurisdictions...

  • Transforming Corrections

    By on July 9, 2008

    D.C. Trans Coalition continues effort to amend DOC guidelines on transgender inmates Complaints regarding the handling of transgender inmates in D.C. jails, including stories from...

  • Prison Guideline Grudge

    By on June 18, 2008

    Jeri Hughes, a member of D.C. Trans Coalition, on June 12 fired the latest shot in an ongoing melee between the D.C. Department of Corrections...

  • Slinging Porn

    By on February 6, 2008

    D.C. made headlines recently with one of those stories that people like to use to mock the inefficiencies of government. On Jan. 23, the city...