All posts tagged "mpd"
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D.C.’s Transgender Day of Remembrance service protested over police presence
Ashley Love stormed the stage at Trans Day of Remembrance, outraged that MPD officers were at the event.
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Forum: Capital Pride Can and Must Do Better
"How can Pride stand for any of us, if it doesn't stand for the most marginalized members of our community?"
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City officials: Bias-related crimes in D.C. are up from 2015
A majority of bias-related crimes in D.C. target members of the LGBTQ community, according to city officials. Crimes targeting victims because of their gender identity...
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Transgender woman shot in Northeast D.C. dies from her injuries
A transgender woman who was shot on the Fourth of July has died from injuries sustained in that attack. 22-year-old Deeniquia Dodds, also known as...
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“Gay-in” Friday night at Adams Morgan bar where Pride flag was burned
Local LGBT residents are staging a “gay-in” at a predominantly straight bar and restaurant in Adams Morgan after the establishment had its rainbow flag burned...
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D.C. to increase security measures at Capital Pride Festival following Orlando shooting
Capital Pride Festival and Concert will continue as scheduled, with a moment of silence for the victims of the Orlando shooting
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Transgender woman arrested at trans rights demonstration
Scuffle with police led to woman's arrest at protest calling attention to transgender mistreatment
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Prostitution-Free Zones Under Fire
The D.C. Council heard testimony last week on a bill that would repeal a controversial section of the D.C. Code that allows the chief of police...
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Community Responds to Task Force Recommendations
Seven local groups that deal with LGBT rights issued a combined response Thursday to findings of the Anti-Defamation League's Hate Crimes Assessment Task Force (HCATF)...
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UPDATED: Ruby Corado Recounts Friday-Night Incident
A transgender woman was arrested Friday night in the city's 16th Street Heights neighborhood after police pulled her over for an apparently over-crowded SUV and...
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GLOV Announces Guardian Award Recipients
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), a program of The DC Center dedicated to preventing and responding to violence against the District's LGBT community, will...
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Carson Found Guilty in IHOP Shooting
A D.C. Superior Court jury today found 28-year-old Lashawn Carson guilty of aggravated assault while armed and related weapons charges for shooting a gay man...
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Continuance in IHOP-Shooting Trial
The trial of LaShawn Carson, the 28-year old Washington woman accused of shooting a gay man following an altercation at a Columbia Heights IHOP restaurant...
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Arrests Made in June 23 Assault
Two women pleaded not guilty in D.C. Superior Court today to charges of simple assault related to a June 23 incident involving a gay man....
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UPDATED: Transgender Woman Suffers Knife Attack in Southeast D.C.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating the case of a transgender woman who was hospitalized after being stabbed up to 40 times. The attack...
