All Entries Tagged With: "Washington Post"
WaPo botches Betts murder story
The Washington Post has made tremendous progress in covering overtly gay issues since its new editor took over. When same-sex couples walked the aisle in D.C., the Post was there, flooding the zone with a multimedia extravaganza of marriage coverage. But when the LGBT angle isn’t so obvious, the Post continues to cling to 1950s-era [...]
Rewind: Compare and contrast
Today’s story in the Washington Post about a group of gay and trans Iranian refugees reminds me of how far we’ve come in securing our rights. While we yawn at news of the latest celebrity coming out and are unimpressed by poll results showing that a majority of Americans are fine with having a gay [...]
Fenty vs. Gray presents tough choice for LGBT voters
Both seen as gay allies; race triggers shakeup in Council contests
Rewind: Wolves are stalking us
As the community and its allies celebrate another hard-fought victory this week — same-sex marriage in D.C. — wolves circle nearby, waiting for a chance to pounce. Tuesday was the first day lesbian and gay couples could pick up their marriage licenses and finally get married. Ceremonies were held all over the city, from the [...]
In response to gay marriage, Catholic Charities end city adoption contract
Catholic Charities, the charitable arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, announced this week that it has ended its city contract to provide foster care and adoption services for D.C. residents, saying it could not comply with rules requiring that it place children with same-sex couples. “Although Catholic Charities has an 80-year legacy of high [...]
Ex-partner of lesbian judge convicted
The former girlfriend of a lesbian D.C. Superior Court judge was found guilty Feb. 2 of three counts of breaking, entering and burglarizing the judge’s home after the judge ended their relationship. Taylar Nuvelle, 40, was ordered held without bond until her April sentencing at the conclusion of a weeklong trial. Her former companion, Magistrate [...]
Majority backs gay marriage, ballot measure in poll
A Washington Post poll published Sunday shows that 56 percent of adult D.C. residents surveyed favor legalizing same-sex marriage in the city compared to 35 percent who said they oppose it, with 9 percent saying they had no opinion. But the same poll also found that 59 percent of residents surveyed favor putting the issue [...]
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 [...]
Rewind: The week’s LGBT news
The first week of 2010 gave us an idea how the year will shape up. Out lesbian and gay elected officials were sworn in. A lot of attention was paid to Annise Parker, the new mayor of Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city. Her ascendance proved once more that out politicians can win on their [...]
Rehoboth, ‘Real World’ and RIP
Happy New Year and thanks for reading DC Agenda. One of my resolutions is to blog more in 2010 so here’s a quick update on things here. First, apologies for the web site down time on Sunday. We had a technical hiccup that is now resolved. Some older content is missing from the site but [...]
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