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  • Transgender Shooting Prompts Rally

    By on August 26, 2011

    Local community organizations and advocacy groups are holding a rally to bring attention to an increase in violence against transgender individuals after an altercation with...

  • Police Chief Lanier Meets With LGBT Leaders to Address Community Concerns

    By on August 16, 2011

    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...

  • Sit Down with the Chief

    By on August 16, 2011

    Leaders from local LGBT organizations sat with Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier for nearly two hours on Aug. 16, in closed-door meeting at which...

  • Building Trust

    By on July 27, 2011

    While ''LGBT'' has grown commonplace, the ''T'' remains not quite as fully integrated into the broader community. Just as commonplace, in my own experience, is...

  • Critical Mass

    By on July 6, 2011

    Community members expressed frustration earlier today during the third hate crime oversight hearing within the past four years. Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At large), chair of...

  • Defining Meth's Impact

    By on January 12, 2011

    Comments attributed to Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier regarding crystal methamphetamine use in the District resulted in a minor skirmish last week with prominent gay...

  • Coalition of No Consent

    By on December 14, 2009

    D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier's ongoing agenda of reconfiguring the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) has raised a number of...

  • Lacking Liaison

    By on November 26, 2009

    Little more than two years ago, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Cathy Lanier sat with members of the local LGBT community and promised that the...

  • Lacking Liaison

    By on November 24, 2009

    Little more than two years ago, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Cathy Lanier sat with members of the local LGBT community and promised that the...

  • Questions and Answers

    By on October 28, 2009

    Local gay activist Peter Rosenstein doesn't trust Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier. He didn't feel that way two years ago when Lanier shared with him,...

  • Chief Check-In

    By on June 3, 2009

    As the District gears up for this month's Capital Pride celebrations, a basement meeting room of the Foundry United Methodist Church at 1500 16th St....

  • Meeting with the Mayor

    By on January 21, 2009

    Last year was not a good year. Two reported homicides and several violent attacks against GLBT people in the District galvanized the community, leading several...

  • Fenty, Lanier Meet with GLOV

    By on January 15, 2009

    Chris Farris and Todd Metrokin, co-chairs of the newly re-formed Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), met with D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Metropolitan Police...

  • Mayor Sets Meeting

    By on December 31, 2008

    The recently re-formed Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) is ending a seemingly violent 2008 with a commitment from Mayor Adrian Fenty to meet with...

  • Rainy Day Rally

    By on November 19, 2008

    The midday Metro cars coming into D.C. on Saturday, Nov. 15, were filled with supporters of marriage equality for same-sex couples. The riders carried signs...