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All posts tagged "washington"

  • Mixed Schoolbag

    Continuing her introduction to the District, the new chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Michelle Rhee, cleared her calendar Monday night to...

  • Relocation moves forward

    The D.C. City Council on Tuesday passed, after second reading, gay Councilmember Jim Graham's (D-Ward 1) heavily amended One-Time Relocation of Licensees Displaced by the...

  • A 'Fix-It' Job at D.C. Fire Department

    While attending college, Sgt. J.B. Wallace never intended to become a paramedic. It was only after she earned a bachelor of science in psychology and...

  • Capital Pride 2007

    Yes, that was Mayor Adrian M. Fenty marching and throwing bead necklaces at the Capital Pride Parade on Saturday, June 9. Fenty joined hundreds of...

  • Put on Your Pride

    It's kind of a no-brainer: Capital Pride is a community event. That doesn't explain why Whitman-Walker Clinic has been the sole producer of the event...

  • Hometown Heroes

    When it comes to the pageantry of parades, beyond the floats and marching bands, there is something romantic about the notion of ''grand marshals.'' That...

  • Relocation Reloaded

    Councilmember Jim Graham's (D-Ward 1) legislation to help nude-dancing, liquor-licensed venues displaced by they city's eminent-domain move to claim District land for a new baseball...

  • Building Bridges

    ''Building a bridge to a brighter future'' was the theme as a panel of Washington-area GLBT leaders took the stage at Studio Theatre to discuss...

  • Power in numbers

    About 100 people gathered at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Southwest Washington Thursday, May 17, for D.C. Fights Back's HIV/AIDS Speak Out. The goal: Start...

  • Judge Hits D.C. Fire & Emergency Medical Services Agency

    More than a decade has passed since the since Tyra Hunter, a transgender D.C. woman, died. But correcting the transphobic and homophobic culture of the...

  • Stein Dems Back Bill

    The regular May meeting of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the primary voice of GLBT Democrats in the district, was billed as a chance to...

  • Making History

    As the nation's capital or simply as an American city with infinite plots playing out at the local level, Washington, D.C., offers a great setting...

  • Home Sweet Home

    In the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, talk often turns to real estate. The same could be said for most of the county, if not the...

  • The Passionate Pragmatist

    When the wheels of Washington's gay community are turning, it seems that Mario Acosta-Vélez is never far away. Perhaps it's his presidential post at the...

  • Local News: A Look Back at 2006

    History Boy Kameny (Photo by Todd Franson) THE LIBRARY OF Congress opened its sanctified shelves of Americana in October, making way for the addition of...