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  • LGBT Groups To Picket Molotov Concert

    By on August 24, 2013

    Members of the D.C.-area LGBT community announced Friday they plan to picket outside of a concert by the Mexican rock band Molotov due to the...

  • My Dreams Matter

    By on June 27, 2013

    I am an American. I speak and write English. I've gone to American schools, grown up with American friends, and pledged allegiance to the American...

  • Diversity and Unity

    By on June 20, 2013

    I am originally from Usulután, El Salvador, where I founded Mi Nueva Familia, a working group for fellow transgender women living with HIV. Almost four...

  • Latino Pride Split

    By on June 6, 2013

    A schism among organizers of D.C.'s Latino Pride celebration has resulted in two different sets of events in the days leading up to Capital Pride's...

  • A Leading Latina

    By on March 27, 2013

    The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP), a D.C.-area organization, will honor local activist Letitia Gomez at its second annual Women's History Month celebration, ''Mujeres en...

  • Heritage and Identity

    By on October 11, 2012

    Years ago, Esther Hidalgo didn't find much celebration of Hispanic heritage. At her suburban Maryland middle school, as a Latina she was in a minority...

  • LHP Names New VP

    By on August 6, 2012

    At the group's monthly meeting in July, the local 12-year-old Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) elected its first vice president, Esther Hidalgo. Hidalgo has worked...

  • David M. Pérez

    By on May 2, 2012

    Some gay people grow up to run screaming from conservative Christian upbringings. Not David M. Pérez. This Southern California native embraced the values of his...

  • Culture and Recruiting

    By on May 7, 2010

    Like the five other LGBT organizations in the District sharing space with The Center, the area's LGBT community center at 1810 14th St. NW, the...

  • Latino Art and Honors

    By on September 17, 2008

    The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) commemorates Hispanic Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Heritage Month with ''Presente,'' an exhibit chronicling D.C.'s gay Latino history. The...

  • Honoring Heroes

    By on September 5, 2007

    Despite the fact that José Gutierrez is one of Washington's prominent gay, Latino activists, he says he has never received an invitation to take part...