And while it wasn't a first Capital Pride outing for the D.C.-based National Trust for Historic Preservation, a membership-driven nonprofit organization founded in 1949 to preserve America's historic places and revitalize communities, the historical theme pushed the Trust beyond its regular booth to sign on as a "community partner," helping to sponsor this 34th Capital Pride celebration.
"That was a great theme to draw us in: documenting and preserving the history of our culture," says David Field, assistant director for the National Trust's Office of Human Resources, and a gay man who's taken an interest in his organization's outreach to the GLBT community. Accordingly, he points out that the 40-year anniversary of the GLBT riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village coincided with the 10-year anniversary of the Stonewall Inn being added to the National Register of Historic Sites. ...more
"I've done 11 books based on neighborhoods of Washington, and two from upstate New York," says the 43-year-old gay historic preservationist, who shares a home with his partner, freelance writer Gregory Alexander, in Baltimore's Charles Village. "That was all through Arcadia Publishing. My partner and I just did one on (Baltimore's) Charles Village through The History Press.
"Greater U Street has sold the most. It was one of my earlier ones. That's probably my favorite one. It was a lot of fun to research. There were a lot of firsts we documented." ...more
Community Pioneers Portraits, Oct. 1-31
Each year, the Rainbow History Project names "community pioneers." Photo portraits of the pioneers by Patsy Lynch, herself a pioneer, hang in the Langston Room of Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. ...more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)A federal judge in San Francisco says the sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban must hand over some internal campaign records to lawyers seeking to overturn the voter-enacted initiative.
U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker denied a request Thursday by the Protect Marriage campaign to shield all e-mails, memos and reports dealing with its strategy, voter messages and rationale for preventing gay couples from marrying.
The group had argued that releasing the information violated the free speech rights of its supporters and potentially subjected them to harassment from gay marriage adv ...
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP)Nevada's secretary of state issued domestic partnership certificate No. 1 at the state Capitol on Thursday as a state law providing many of the same legal rights as marriage to gay and straight partners went into effect.
The first couple to be issued the certificate — Lee Cagley and Larry Davis — shared tears and laughter and were congratulated by Secretary of State Ross Miller.
"This gives us the legal rights to act for each other's benefit," said Davis, a funeral home director. "It's a wonderful privilege and we're grateful."
While Nevada's constitution bans same-sex marriage, the dome ...
From Washington Blade staff reportsIllinois State Senator Heather Steans (D-7th District) introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state yesterday, according to a press release from Equality Illinois.
The bill would ensure state recognition of same-sex marriages while ensuring that religious institutions will not be required to perform marriages inconsistent with religious practices.
The bill is a companion to a civil unions bill introduced in the state House by Rep. Greg Harris (D-13th District) in January.
“This is not an issue of sacred versus secular - there are plenty of synagogues and churches that both recognize an ...
The woman behind Sarah Palin's 2010 memoir is no fan of the gays.
An LGBT activist is facing embezzlement charges after being arrested in Las Vegas for funneling $5.9 million from her employer into a secret bank fund.
Attempts to smear Obama appointee Kevin Jennings and say he once condoned statutory rape have hit a road block -- the student he advised on his sexual relationship with an older man was of legal age of consent at the time.
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