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Rent control is quickly becoming an election issue for LGBTQ voters in urban areas
Every $100 increase in rent is associated with a 9% increase in the homelessness rate and rents are skyrocketing in gayborhoods.
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Man tackled by security at DC hotel after threatening to shoot gay people
The man allegedly threatened to “blow” a security guard’s “skull off” before getting tackled on a sidewalk.
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I was a witness to perseverance at the historic confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
“I would tell them to persevere.”
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Corrections officer that has endured anti-gay discrimination & was almost raped is suing
“They torture my soul. I’m being persecuted for who I am when I serve with dignity, honor and respect…. I’m treated like trash,” the officer said.
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Dave Chappelle tells high schoolers “I’m better than you” when they call him a “childish bigot”
“It was a huge power imbalance of this grown man and his camera crew — and these 14- to 18 year-olds without their phones, just high school kids,” one student said.
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Dave Chappelle’s alma mater reschedules but move forwards with naming theater after him
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts believes that by rejecting “cancel culture,” but showing students they can “should balance creative freedom with protecting the rights and dignity” of others, they can have a “teachable moment.”
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You can be a witness to history by being an extra in the film about Bayard Rustin
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are serving as producers for the Netflix film. They’re currently casting actors to film in Pittsburgh and DC.
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Gay Asian man & his parents beaten near Kamala Harris’s home in DC by man yelling slurs
The attacker screamed that the man is a “f****t” and his family is “not Americans” right before he started hitting the man’s parents.
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The statehood of Washington D.C. is the key priority to our civil rights
It is simply not right that residents of the District of Columbia are denied equal representation in the very city that boasts the strength of American democracy.
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A block party protest is held outside of gay bar where Black woman was dragged by hair
Nellie’s Sports Bar continues to face sustained protests, especially after taking down their Progress Pride flag. Now the Washington DC bar’s facing an investigation.