The View from DC: Sirens outside my window
Remember when I mentioned the sirens earlier? Here’s a video of what’s outside my...
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The view from D.C.: More photos of Friday afternoon
A bystander using his phone to video rioters destroying a limo two young men crawled on top of a...
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The view from D.C.: Protests, riots clog streets in Capitol
The apartment where I am staying in D.C. is less than a mile from the White House. I just took a...
Read MoreIf you like it build a museum to it, Houston may get Beyoncé monument
Hometown heroes have always been honored with monuments; from Hannibal, Missouri’s Mark Twain Museum to Cleveland’s memorial to President Garfield, from Atchison, Kansas’ Amelia Earhart museum, to Concord,...
Read MoreUPDATE: Suspect arrested in D.C. shooting
Police in Washington, D.C., have charged Darryl Willard with “assault with intent to kill while armed,” in connection with the shooting early Monday of a transgender woman in southeast D.C. Washington, D.C. police...
Read MoreMarriage Opponents to Keep Fighting Against Equality in D.C.
Opponents of marriage equality are readying themselves once again for an attempt to strip the right to marry from same-sex couples in the nation’s capital. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who chairs the Republican Study Committee,...
Read MoreOhio Congressman Targets D.C. Marriage Equality
Social conservatives in Congress may push to roll back marriage rights for same-sex couples in Washington, D.C. Advocate.com: Daily...
Read MoreSupreme Court Rejects Appeal by D.C. Marriage Equality Opponents
Today we applauded the Supreme Court’s rejection today of a last-ditch appeal by marriage equality opponents determined to put the rights of same-sex couples in D.C. up for a public vote. Last March, D.C. became the sixth...
Read MoreD.C.: SCOTUS protects marriage (no quotation marks needed)
Good news for D.C.: Bishop Harry Jackson’s appeal to the Supreme Court to let D.C. residents vote on marriage equality, which was approved there last year, has been rejected by the Supreme Court, the AP reports SCOTUS...
Read MoreHRC Volunteers in D.C. Keep Dialing In for Equality Across the Nation
In this last week before the critical Midterm Elections, we’ve been contacting HRC members all over the country from here in D.C. It’s exciting because I know just how much of an impact every conversation makes. On Monday...
Read MoreD.C. Region Volunteers Keep Equality Spreading
The following post comes from HRC Regional Field Organizer Christine Sloane . Christine is working hard here in D.C. to support the 30 HRC staff that will be on the ground in 16 states by Election Day, working with HRC-endorsed...
Read MoreD.C. Volunteers Make a Difference in NY
I love campaign season. The period leading up to elections can be terribly stressful for many of us, but it can also be tremendously rewarding. I am in western New York right now, where we are working hard every day to make...
Read MoreDavid Cicilline: Capital D.C. already on his monogram — next his address line?
From the Victory Fund’s Gay Politics: Providence, R.I., Mayor David Cicilline has won the all-important Democratic primary in the race to represent Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, a key victory in an...
Read MoreHRC to Join One Nation Working Together March in D.C.
The following is from HRC Associate Director of Diversity Donna Payne: HRC has recently endorsed the One Nation Working Together March for jobs, equality and justice. In doing so, we have joined thousands of our progressive...
Read MoreRobocall Targets Gay D.C. Pol
An anonymously released robocall went out to Washington, D.C. residents claiming that Councilmember Jim Graham, who is up for reelection this fall, paid for a woman’s abortion. Advocate.com: Daily...
Read MoreGay Republicans Dismiss D.C. Rankings
Gay Republican candidates for the D.C. Council are dismissing a gay political club’s rankings that gave them lower scores than the incumbents. Advocate.com: Daily...
Read MoreDid D.C. Police Just Nab Gay Federal Worker Delando King’s Killer?
D.C. police arrested Marcus Mclean for the Aug. 8 stabbing death of Delando King, 34, a gay federal worker who was seen on security cameras entering his apartment building with an unidentified man early Sunday morning. The man...
Read MoreIs D.C. Rag Metro Weekly Facing Closure Over a $1 Million Fraud Lawsuit?
It's not just the advertising downturn in print that's hurting gay print publications large and small. A lawsuit slapped against Metro Weekly owner Jansi LLC is asking for over million — almost certainly more...
Read MoreKirven arrested in D.C. protest
Chaz Kirven, right, was among the eight protesters who staged a sit-in Thursday in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s D.C. office, calling for passage of ENDA. Four, including Kirven, were arrested. (Photo e-mailed to Dallas...
Read MoreSame-sex marriages begin in D.C.
Today is the first day for same-sex weddings in Washington, D.C. Couples were able to apply for licenses last week, but due to a mandatory waiting period, the licenses couldn’t be issued until today. Beginning at 9 a.m....
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