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  • Federal Act Applies

    By on June 10, 2010

    The criminal provisions of the Violence Against Women Act – which allow the federal government to prosecute those who travel across state lines to attempt...

  • Trans Woman Shot

    By on June 7, 2010

    The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced on Friday, June 4, that members of MPD's 6th District are investigating an assault with a dangerous weapon, which...

  • Arrest in Betts Case UPDATED

    By on May 2, 2010

    This morning, May 3, police arrested Artura Otey Williams, 46, a resident of the 5300 block of 5th Street NW, in the course of the...

  • Suspect Pleads Guilty

    By on February 16, 2010

    On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Christopher George McDonald plead guilty, in front of D.C. Superior Court Judge Craig Iscoe, to assaulting and threatening a group of...

  • 180 Days for Death

    By on October 14, 2009

    Judge Rafael Diaz of the D.C. Superior Court sentenced Robert Lee Hannah to the maximum of 180 days, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, for ''simple assault''...

  • Injury, Then Insult

    By on June 24, 2009

    In his first few days living in the District last fall, Jonathan Howard found himself caught in a daily routine: opening his Web browser to...

  • Police Seek Suspect

    By on April 1, 2009

    The Metropolitan Police Department is on the hunt for a suspect believed to have been involved in a ''gay on gay'' robbery near Massachusetts Avenue...

  • Tyra Banks takes on self-loathing gays [video]

    By on March 1, 2009

    Tyra Banks hosted a show with the topic, “I Hate Being Gay.” It began like this: “This is Shane, and he says gay people are...

  • Attacker Sentenced

    By on February 11, 2009

    Judge Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. on Feb. 6 sentenced Ruddad Abdulgader, originally from Sudan, to 30 months incarceration for participating in a bias-related hate crime...

  • Attacker Sentenced

    By on February 5, 2009

    Judge Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. on Feb. 6 sentenced Ruddad Abdulgader, originally from Sudan, to 30 months incarceration for participating in a bias-related hate crime...

  • 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...

  • Focus on Frustration

    By on December 17, 2008

    Wes Della Volla wants to know why the man who was arrested on Oct. 1 for allegedly threatening to run over him and his boyfriend...

  • Logan/Shaw Murder

    By on December 17, 2008

    The Washington Metropolitan Police Department is requesting the public's help in gathering information about the murder of a 35-year-old Portuguese gay man, who was shot...