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Lesbian candidate at center of hotly contested Council race
Dionne Reeder (Photo via Reeder Campaign Twitter) Lesbian businesswoman Dionne Reeder’s campaign for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council as an independent candidate received yet another boost last...
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Catania named co-chair of new D.C. health commission
Gay former D.C. Council member David Catania (I-At-Large) was named co-chair of a newly created 27-member mayoral commission on health care reform. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) D.C....
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D.C. health care report expected to benefit LGBTQ residents
Former D.C. Council member David Catania served as co-chair of the Commission on Healthcare Systems Transformation. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) A 121-page report prepared by D.C....
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LGBT groups ask D.C. Council for millions
Cover art of the current Washington budget. LGBT activists were unsuccessful in securing $3.5 million last year, an amount they’ve roughly quintupled for 2021. (Photo via dc.gov) Activists have asked...
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Bowser names LGBTQ members to ReOpen DC Advisory Group
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced creation of a new group that will plan the city’s reopening after the COVID lockdown. (Photo by AFGE via Flickr) (Photo by AFGE via Flickr) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser...
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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...
View ArticleLGBTQ voters to choose among friends in D.C. elections
In what LGBTQ activists consider a highly positive development, all serious candidates running for mayor, D.C. Council, Attorney General, and the city’s congressional delegate seat and “shadow” U.S....
View ArticleCasa Ruby’s services must survive
A judge approved putting Casa Ruby into the hands of a receiver and approved the D.C. Attorney General’s recommendation of the Wanda Alston Foundation, of which June Crenshaw is the executive...
View ArticleD.C. Council poised for first out gay member since 2015
In a city whose voters, including LGBTQ voters, are overwhelmingly Democratic, D.C. Democratic elected officials – including Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson – are considered...
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Gay D.C. Council candidate Parker wins by wide margin
Ward 5 D.C. Council candidate Zachary Parker, who won the Democratic primary in June in a hotly contested seven-candidate race, won election to the Ward 5 Council seat on Tuesday by a wide margin,...
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