All posts by Yusef Najafi
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Police Chief Lanier Meets With LGBT Leaders to Address Community Concerns
In an effort to reach out to LGBT organization leaders who have expressed concerns about safety and police decisions in recent months, Metropolitan Police Department...
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Mayor Gray Commits to Addressing Anti-Trans Employment Barriers
Members of the local LGBT community, including the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), Transgender Health Empowerent and the DC Trans Coalition, met with Mayor...
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Equality Maryland continues search for new executive director
Equality Maryland announced today that is seeking applicants for the organization’s executive director position. While Lynne Bowman has served as the interim executive director of Equality Maryland since May...
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Maryland Governor Says Marriage Equality Bill Will Be an “Administration Priority” in 2012
[Photo: Maryland out gay Sen. Rich Madaleno (D-Montgomery) speaks at a news conference on July 22, 2011, in which Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) announced his...
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Equality Maryland Seeking 10-20 People to Serve on its Board of Directors
Following months of turbulence at Equality Maryland, from board member resignations to the departure of the organization’s executive director in April, the organization announced today...
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Coalition of Organizations to Launch Maryland Marriage Equality Campaign
Equal rights organizations are joining forces today at 11 a.m. at Baltimore City Hall to launch a coalition that seeks to secure marriage equality in...
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Equality Maryland Unveils Six-Month Strategic Plan, to Hire Financial Consultant
Equality Maryland’s board of directors unveiled today, the organization’s six-month strategic plan to “stabilize internal operations of Equality Maryland” by December 31. In a statement...
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Equality Maryland dropping three employee contracts, sets June 27 to unveil six-month strategic plan
Equality Maryland announced on Thursday, June 23, that the organization will not be renewing contracts with the organization’s field director Damon Hainline, field organizer Karess...
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D.C. City Councilmember Calls Safeway Cashier Incident “Unacceptable,” Demands Response
An incident involving a supermarket, a D.C. gay couple, an epithet and an apology grabbed the attention — and the Twitter feed — of a...
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Fired Equality Maryland ED Hired at Pride at Work
Pride at Work, a nonprofit labor organization that is the official LGBT constituency group for the AFL-CIO, announced today that Morgan Meneses-Sheets has been hired...
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Equality Maryland Board President Resigns, as Interim ED’s Focus Shifts
Last week Equality Maryland announced that it is currently in the midst of a financial crisis, and that it needs about $25,000 a month to...
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Equality Maryland Interim Head Comments on Future With Fiscally Troubled Organization
Equality Maryland’s interim executive director Lynne Bowman is in talks with the organization’s board about her future with the organization, on the heels of news reported first...
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Equality Maryland Board Explains Vote to “Remove” Executive Director
In a letter sent tonight from the Equality Maryland board members to “friends, allies, and supporters of LGBT equality” regarding the organization’s financial crisis, which...
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Activists Launch Gender Rights Maryland
Activists in Maryland followed up on a statement issued by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) on the hate crime indictiment of a suspect involved in...
