Tag Archives: Washington DC

VIDEO: Clinton At The AIDS Conference

Live-streaming right now on C-SPAN. I’ll have the video here once it becomes available.

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Day One At The 2012 AIDS Conference

JMG reader Mark King reports from the first day of the 2012 International AIDS Conference. I’ll have coverage later today of Sec. Clinton’s opening speech.

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WASHINGTON: Continental Staffers Honored At Dulles AIDS Quilt Display

The travel blog Jaunted was moved to tears. Ever just started crying in an airport? Until this week, we’d have answered “no”—and even this week, it wasn’t anything to do with our flight. No, it was the sheer power of the blocks of the AIDS Memorial Quilt currently on display at Washington Dulles, and in particular this block, “Sewn with …

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Pity DC

And lots of people still don’t have power. The number of households without power dropped Thursday, but for the half a million people still in the dark after last week’s heat-driven storms, life was just as uncomfortable. The thermometer was still hovering around the 100-degree mark in many places, and it’s not likely to move much until the start of …

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DC Still Dark

Huge chunks of Washington DC and its surrounding counties are going into a fourth day without electricity, with relief for hundreds of thousands not expected until Friday. Politicians may not have been happy Sunday when power companies told customers that their electricity may not return until the end of the week, but the severity of Friday night’s storm left utility …

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DC Republicans Back LGBT Rights

Via press release from Log Cabin Republicans: Yesterday, the DC Republican Committee (DCRC), the DC equivalent of a state party, became the first Republican state party to insert inclusive language into its party platform leading up to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. Under the heading of ‘Family and Marriage,’ the DCRC added, “We, the Republicans of the District …

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AIDS Quilt Returns To DC

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Gay Night At DC’s Ballpark

Clip description: For it’s 8th annual Night Out at the Nationals, Team DC broke a new record with more than 4,000 tickets sold as part of the nation’s largest LGBT night in professional sports. Taking part in the celebrations were Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), who threw out the first pitch; special guests Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP and outspoken …

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The AIDS Quilt Needs Volunteers

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display in the nation’s capital this summer. And they need your help.

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The Godfather Of Go-Go, Dead At 75

Chuck Brown, the famed spark of that uniquely DC style of horn-driven funk called “go-go,” has died at the age of 75. In addition to being go-go’s principal architect, Mr. Brown remained the genre’s most charismatic figure. On stage, his spirited call-and-response routines became a hallmark of the music, reinforcing a sense of community that allowed the scene to thrive. …

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Bomb Threat At HRC’s Offices

UPDATE: The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force offices are also being evacuated now. Other LGBT groups have reportedly received threats.

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Atheists Rally In Washington DC

An estimated 10,000 atheists rallied in Washington DC this weekend in what’s being called the largest such gathering in history. The Reason Rally, sponsored by 20 atheist, secular and humanist groups, was billed as a “coming-out” party in the heart of Washington for a segment of the American population that is growing faster than any religious group. “There are too …

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Smithsonian AIDS Quilt Exhibit

Panels from the NAMES Project will be on display as part of this summer’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival on Washington DC’s National Mall. The exhibit runs June 27th to July 1st and July 1st thru July 4th. When last measured, the AIDS Quilt weighed 54 tons in its entirety. It’s the largest piece of community folk art in the world. Bring …

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Billboard Of The Day

The above billboard just went up in Washington DC to promote the Reason Rally, the “largest gathering of the secular movement in world history.” Christian groups plan to be there to counter such luminaries as Richard Dawkins and PZ Meyers. The True Reason site says: This is not a counter-demonstration. We are going there to share Christ person to person …

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FRC Promotes “Ex-Gay” Event

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Billboard Of The Day

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DC Intro’s Gay Divorce Bill

The Washington DC City Council has introduced a gay divorce bill. Because if you got gay-married in DC, you probably can’t get gay-divorced in your home state. In a little noticed development, D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) introduced a bill in October that would allow same-sex couples who marry in D.C. but live in states that don’t recognize their …

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DC DMV Offers HIV Tests

Washington DC’s Department of Motor Vehicles recently launched a test program offering free in-house HIV tests. The response has been so good, the city has expanded the program to other agencies. In a city with one of the highest percentages of residents living with HIV or AIDS, health officials have now test-driven the in-DMV testing and are finding that it …

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WASHINGTON: President & Kids Visit Gay-Friendly Dupont Circle Bookstore

In support of Small Business Saturday, the president today treated his kids to an armful of items from Dupont Circle’s gay-friendly Kramer Books. Part of the bookstore is a brunch spot packed with gay men on most weekends. The retail industry is encouraging shoppers to patronize mom-and-pop businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It’s a counterpoint to Black Friday and …

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TODAY: Frank Kameny Memorial

A memorial for late gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny takes place from 3pm-8pm today at Washington DC’s Carnegie Library, where Kameny’s body will lie in repose.

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