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NAACP Image Awards Honor People of Color in Creative Arts

by Brenda C. Siler March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

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MYRICK: Private Acts, Public Shaming — Decoding the Far Right’s Attack on Who Can Access Bathrooms

by Svante Myrick February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

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EDITORIAL: Not a Difficult Ask — Let Trans People Live Their Lives in 2023

by WI Editorial Staff January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

A resident stops by a vaccine clinic in southeast D.C. to receive a monkeypox vaccine. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Are Monkeypox Incident Reports Unfairly Highlighting Gay Males?

by Lindiwe Vilakazi September 28, 2022November 30, 2023

Monkeypox Prevention Efforts at Upcoming LGBTQIA Events Get White House Help

by Lindiwe Vilakazi September 2, 2022November 30, 2023

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Bowser Opens LGBTQ Adult Homeless Shelter in Ward 7

by WI Web Staff July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

**FILE** Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)

MORIAL: Bring Brittney Griner Home

by Marc H. Morial June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

The Pride Festival held on Sunday, June 12 featured a day of entertainment and advocacy with over 300 exhibitors and is billed as the largest annual event in Washington, D.C. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Pride Parade Fuels Activism on LGBTQ Issues

by James Wright Jr. June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Pride Month began as a protest against police brutality when police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in New York, a gay bar, on June 28, 1969. President Clinton issued a formal proclamation in June 1999 recognizing the month of June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Restaurants and bars in neighborhoods throughout D.C. decorate and celebrate Pride Month. (Alicia Butler-Adams/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: Pride Festivities Are Great But Only Legal Guarantees Will Provide Equality

by WI Editorial Staff June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

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Editor's Column

EDITOR’S COLUMN: We All Have the Right to Be Proud, Even If You’re Gay

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor June 1, 2022June 2, 2022