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Four people were arrested this week in connection with the murder of Brian Betts, the gay principal of Shaw Middle School in D.C. (Photo by Bel Perez Gabilondo; courtesy of D.C. Public Schools)

Three teens charged in gay D.C. principal’s murder

Police say victim met killers through sex chat line

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D.C. should elect its attorney general

D.C. should elect its attorney general

The District needs an independent attorney general responsible to the people and not answerable to the mayor. I have been privy to previous administrations’ discussions when they tried to recruit and vet a person for the position that used to be called the Corporation Counsel. We have since changed the name of that position to [...]

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Men’s clubs closed in city crackdown on sex businesses

Men’s clubs closed in city crackdown on sex businesses

D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles revealed last week that his office shuttered a sex club for gay men known as the “Men’s Parties” and “D.C. Wrestling Club” as part of a city-wide crackdown on prostitution and other “unlawful sexually oriented activities.” “The District has worked diligently to bring to light the illegal activities occurring at [...]

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D.C. judge rejects ballot measure on gay marriage

D.C. judge rejects ballot measure on gay marriage

Opponents of same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia lost their second court challenge in less than a year Thursday when a Superior Court judge ruled that a voter initiative seeking to ban such marriages cannot be placed on the ballot. Judge Judith Macaluso ruled that the D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics acted properly [...]

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