Search results for "discrimination"
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Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) National Capital Area
Members of GLSEN at a recent happy hour event ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION: GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and...
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Gathering Steam
The local, monthly community meetings to discuss GLBT participation in the Millions More Movement (MMM) are quickly gaining steam. The seventh monthly meeting, initiated in...
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Human Rights Revisited
To bolster the nearly 30-year-old D.C. Human Rights Act's protections for transgender people in the district, council members Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) and Vincent Orange...
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D.C. Coalition, Inc.
ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION: Founded in 1978, the D.C. Coalition seeks to abolish discrimination against, and build a strong political and economic base for the black LGBT...
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Capital Pride Heroes 2005
Each year, the Capital Pride Planning Committee selects a number of individuals to honor as ''Capital Pride Heroes.'' These honorees have gone above and beyond...
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Finding Common Ground
The first few weeks at a new job are always busy, and that's proving particularly so for Joe Solmonese as he settles in as the...
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Stage Presence: Theatrical Bonds
In 1999, Jeanette L. Buck -- a local filmmaker, playwright and director -- was accosted by a stranger in her home, brutally attacked and left...
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Hipster Gays
I left Brooklyn for all the wrong reasons. My first year in New York, I was a resident of that increasingly sought after borough, first...
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Give a Hoot, Don't Recruit
When it comes to protesting the Pentagon's ban on allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly, law schools have been in the forefront. But...
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Virginia's Resolved Outpost
Thirty years ago, on March 25, 1975, the Alexandria City Council made a big step toward securing its reputation as one of Virginia's most progressive...
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Health Fare
For the LGBT community, next week's official agenda is health. From March 13-19, the D.C.-based National Coalition for LGBT Health presents LGBT Health Awareness Week,...
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Hostile Territory
''Why did you move to the hate state?'' That's what I've been asked, in various forms, since I left D.C.'s Adams Morgan/Columbia Heights neighborhood last...
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Absent Recognition
This past year was groundbreaking for gays in black journalism. From black churches supporting or opposing gay marriage to the alarming rise in HIV infection...
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SLDN's Full Court Press
When Monica Hill joined the Air Force in the 1990s, she and her partner thought it was an excellent way to both act on her...
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Where Do We Fit?
With the November elections five weeks past, people are finally turning away from electoral discussions. Who could blame the voters on the losing side if...
