All posts tagged "glaa"
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Wedding Planners
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...
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The Waiting Game
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...
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Outing the Vote
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...
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Gay History Month
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,...
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Political Points
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...
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The Ick Factor
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...
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Bob Summersgill
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...
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Problem Solver
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...
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Distinguished Group
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...
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Past and Present
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,...
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Clearing the air
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...
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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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Debate Heats Up
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...
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Acknowledging Accomplishment
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...
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Gays Groups Evaluate May 1 Candidates
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...
