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Council hopefuls back LGBTQ rights at Stein Club forum
The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club held a virtual forum on Monday for candidates for the D.C. Council to speak with members of the LGBT community. (Screen captures via YouTube) All 23 candidates...
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Stein Club unable to endorse in three key D.C. Council races
The Stein Club’s members voted to endorse the re-election of D.C. Council member Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7). (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, D.C.’s...
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Pinto considered winner in Ward 2 D.C. primary
Brooke Pinto won with just under 30 percent of the vote. Although the D.C. Board of Elections has yet to certify the outcome, it became clear on Friday that former Assistant D.C. Attorney General...
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D.C. Council candidates White, Henderson, Downs win top GLAA ratings
Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Randy Downs is running for the Ward 2 D.C. Council seat in the Nov. 3 general election as an independent. D.C. Councilmember Robert White (D-At-Large);...
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6 gay candidates competing in crowded field for Council, school board
(Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Three openly gay candidates are running for seats on the D.C. Council and another three are running for seats on the city’s nine-member State Board of Education...
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Mayor joins Whitman-Walker in groundbreaking for new building
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council members Trayon White (D-Ward 8) and Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) joined other city officials and community leaders in a groundbreaking ceremony on July 15 for...
View ArticleLawsuit reveals gay ANC commissioner placed on D.C. police ‘watch list’
A lawsuit filed in federal court by a local defense attorney accusing D.C. police of illegally placing her name and the names of journalists and community activists on a “watch list” to identify...
View ArticleTwo gay candidates disqualified from D.C. primary ballot
A member of the Capital Stonewall Democrats, D.C.’s largest LGBTQ local political group, mounted a successful challenge before the D.C. Board of Elections earlier this month that resulted in a gay...
View ArticleProposed budget cut by DC Council called harmful to LGBTQ Pride events
The D.C. Council Committee on Business and Economic Development voted on April 27 to approve a series of budget recommendations to the full Council that calls for cutting $1.5 million from a city...
View ArticleD.C. Council member Gray won’t seek re-election
D.C. Council member Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7), a longtime supporter of LGBTQ rights, released a statement on Wednesday, Dec 20, announcing he will not run for re-election in 2024. Gray, 81, a former...
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