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Local:  Marriage vote set for Dec. 1
D.C. Council committee votes 4-1 to kill broad religious exemption
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.   NOV. 13, 2009
A bill allowing same-sex marriages to be performed in D.C. cleared its first major hurdle Tuesday when a City Council committee voted 4-1 t...  [more]


Local:  Georgetown students unnerved after anti-gay attacks
‘I thought D.C. was more open and things like this wouldn’t happen’
By AMY CAVANAUGH   NOV. 13, 2009
Editors’ note: This is the first of a two-part series examining the campus climate for LGBT students at Georgetown following recent an...  [more]


Local:  U.S. Attorney’s office reps grilled over Hunter killing
Prosecutor ‘never heard’ of gay panic defense
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.   NOV. 13, 2009
A prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s office defended last week his handling of a gay-related murder case before an audience of LGBT a...  [more]

Local:  3 men charged in Mont. Co. hate crime
Victims hit with rocks, called ‘faggots,’ ‘lesbians’
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.   NOV. 13, 2009
Three men have been charged with attempted murder and committing a hate-related assault in Wheaton, Md., last month after police said they a...  [more]

Local:  Wone defendants seek dismissal of some charges
Defense says obstruction of justice not applicable
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.   NOV. 13, 2009
Citing a flaw in the city’s obstruction of justice law, attorneys for three gay men implicated in the murder of attorney Robert Wone f...  [more]


Local:  Police Log
The D.C. police department’s Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit weekly report
By STAFF & WIRE REPORTS   NOV. 13, 2009
The D.C. police department’s Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit was recently involved in the following cases. The GLLU assists in a wide v...  [more]

Local:  Obituary
Alejandro Garcia, 40
By JAIMIE SCHOCK   NOV. 13, 2009
Alejandro “Alex” Garcia of Washington died from myositis, an auto-immune disorder, Oct. 30 in Long Beach, Calif., according to h...  [more]


Local:  MCC elects new pastor
"We are truly blessed"
By JOSHUA LYNSEN   NOV. 13, 2009
Rev. Dwayne Johnson was elected Sunday as the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington’s new senior pastor. “We are truly ...  [more]

Local:  Local PFLAG chapter moves
Whitman-Walker to rent group space
By JOSHUA LYNSEN   NOV. 13, 2009
The local Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays chapter’s offices are moving to the Whitman-Walker Clinic in January. ...  [more]

Local:  D.C. same-sex marriage supporters press case
Bill testimony includes man’s proposal to partner
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.   NOV. 6, 2009
For the second week in a row, witnesses supporting a same-sex marriage bill far outnumbered opponents at a D.C. City Council hearing that he...  [more]


Local:  Stein Club honors local activists
Six receive leadership honors
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.   NOV. 6, 2009
The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city’s largest local LGBT political organization, presented its annual leadership awards Oct. ...  [more]

Local:  D.C. Council honors Desi Deschaine
Council votes unanimously to adopt resolution
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.   NOV. 6, 2009
The D.C. City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt a resolution honoring the late Desi Deschaine, a gay rights advocate and former ...  [more]





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