All posts tagged "youth"
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Daniel Hernandez on Giffords, Guns and Community Involvement
Shortly after 10 a.m., Jan. 8, 2011, Daniel Hernandez heard what he thought were fireworks at an event for Rep. Gabby Giffords in the parking...
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Boy Scouts delay consideration of lifting national gay ban
The Boy Scouts of America will not consider lifting the organization’s long-standing ban on gay members and leaders until May, the group announced today. In...
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D.C. Council Taking Steps for Homeless Youth
Members of the D.C. Council are trying to expedite the passage of a bill that would reform services for LGBT homeless youth before the next...
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Introduction to SMYAL [video]
Video produced by Metro Weekly and presented at the 15th Annual SMYAL Fall Brunch at the Meridian Oriental Hotel in Washington,
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The DC Center Earns Excellence Award
DC Concerned Providers Coalition (DCCP), an organization that seeks to decrease infection rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among D.C.-area young men of...
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National LGBT Briefs: Rust Belt Horror, Suspect Sermon And Teen Shabbaton
Two Women Accused in Pennsylania Killing Of Ex-Girlfriend Testimony at a July 25 preliminary hearing is revealing horrific details in the May 17 murder of...
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Youth Day at AIDS 2012 Is Wednesday!
D.C.’s Metro TeenAIDS is presenting Youth Day at AIDS 2012 tomorrow, July 25. It’s a full day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the...
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Teaching Acceptance
To hear Caitlin Ryan talk about her 40-year career helping families come to terms with LGBT children is to be reminded how much things have...
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National LGBT Briefs: Orbit, Arthur and La Raza Launch
Kameny Namesake Joins List of Heavenly Bodies While the late gay-rights pioneer Frank Kameny – a D.C. local who died Oct. 11, 2011, at the...
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Montgomery Co. Fliers Nixed
The Montgomery County School Board voted 6-1 Monday evening to end the county's quarterly program that allowed community nonprofits to send home informational fliers with...
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National LGBT Briefs: Texas Tragedy, Catholic Counter and a Union
Teen Lesbian Couple Found Shot in South Texas A lesbian couple, Mary Christine (aka Kristene) Chapa, 18, and Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, were discovered Saturday,...
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Mayor Set To Sign
Mayor Vincent Gray (D) has set a date, June 22, to sign the recently passed bill to combat bullying, intimidation and harassment of youth in...
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Town Hall Tackles Youth Homelessness
Representatives of both local and national D.C.-based nonprofit groups shared their experiences of working with homeless LGBT youth Thursday night, May 31, at the ''LGBT...
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Circle Celebration
D.C.'s 16th annual Youth Pride celebration went ahead as planned Saturday, April 28, with periods of cloudiness and sunshine, but none of the showers that...
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Lauper's D.C. Date
She won't be belting out her signature songs, but Cyndi Lauper is heading to Washington nonetheless. It will be a visit for the kids. ''I...
