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Title: Faith Mitchell Interview, October 26, 2019

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Title: The Washington Blade, July 11, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the refusal of tax-exempt status of a gay youth organization; an article on a local HIV and AIDS organization's work with clients; an investigation into a possible hate crime; an invocation of sodomy law in Fairfax County; the findings of a housing discrimination investigation in Alexandria; hearings in Virginia to make sex education optional; a meeting between Mayor Marion Barry and the Gay Men and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) about the candidates for fire chief; a holocaust survivor's story; anti-gay bias in the Air Force; a court ruling regarding child custody and parent sexual orientation; an immigration victory for a Russian lesbian immigrant to the United States; and Gay literature and 'coming out'., Volume 28, Number 28

Title: The Washington Blade, September 12, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on Human Rights Campaign Lobbyist Winnie Stachelberg; AIDS groups negotiations with Congress on funding; DC AIDS Ride fundraiser for Food and Friends and Whitman-Walker Clinic; LGBTQIA+ activists in local politics including Sabrina Sojourner, Jim Hunter, Todd Mosley; sex education made optional in Virginia; DC Black, Lesbian and Gay Pride Day fundraising; a Hagerstown Robbery; a Baltimore Shooting; POZ Life Expo health resources fair that was protested by ACT UP; the death of Mother Teresa; John Lewis' speech to the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum; advocacy for Employment Non-Discrimination Act; and child custody issues in gay divorces. This edition also includes obituaries, reviews and announcements of television shows, restaurants, books, film, theater and other local events, and classified ads., Volume 37

Title: The Washington Blade, February 17, 1995
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a proposed funding increase for the Clinton administration's AIDS budget; the death of award winning author Paul Monette; a protest held after the refusal of a marriage license to a gay couple; the state of funding of the military's AIDS and breast cancer research programs; the Passages conference celebrating its 10th anniversary; the winning of a visitation battle by a gay, HIV positive father; an police investigation into the link between a strangulation and a murder of two gay men; a sex education program in Fairfax County, Virginia public schools; a failed attempt to add protections for gays to Virginia's hate crime law; a Vatican investigation to decide whether two Catholic clergy in Maryland can continuing ministering to gays; the AIDS update conference; a teengaer convicted of killing two gay men; Representative Henry Hyde's homophobic remarks against Representative Barney Frank; a White House briefing for gay activists on the Surgeon General nominee; the head of the Log Cabin Republicans clarifies stance on an employment discrimination bill; a gay Republican attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and lobbies for employment discrimination legislation and congressional support against anti-gay attacks; a budget increase and the formation of a 'think tank' for the National gay and Lesbian Task Force; wedding ceremonies for gay couples; an author's novel featuring an overweight woman; and a new magazine launched for the Deaf gay community;, Volume 26, Number 7

Title: The Washington Blade, February 24, 1995
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the upcoming Supreme Court hearing on a Colorado anti-gay initiative; the supreme Court's examination of a Boston, Massachusetts St. Patrick's Day parade controversy; Black Gay Pride organizational conflict; the story of Mandy Carter, the Human Rights Campaign Fund's liaison to the National Black gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum; Anti-gay televangelist Pat Robertson and the pro-gay religious activist who protest at CBN headquarters; hearings on an governor-backed gay civil rights bill in Maryland; a Presbyterian church's transition to a 'More Light' congregation; a suspect sought by police in the strangulation of a gay man; the sex education curriculum in Fairfax County, Virginia; Apple's history with gay inclusion and their decision to pull a CD-rom that includes gay-related references; fruit fly research and insights on sexual orientation; a decision to remove gay people from the multicultural education curriculum in New York; Mayor Giuliani's desire to downsize the Human Rights Commission in New York City; a push to re-authorize the CARE Act; Olympian Greg Louganis' HIV status; homophobic remarks against Representative Barney Frank from Representative Dick Armey; a man's reflections on turning off life support systems for his dying mother; lesbian comedian Lea Delaria; the OutWrite conference for gay writers; and a review of the book Out in America., Volume 26, Number 8

Title: The Washington Blade, October 6, 2000
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the Supreme Court's decision to decline cases imvolving the LGBTQ community; the bludgeoning murder of Gay student Eric F. Plunkett at Gallaudet University; The likely delay of a Senate vote for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act; A vigil for Danny Overstreet, who was murdered in a mass shooting in a Roanoke, Virginia gay bar; The signing of an order by the mayor that requires that the term 'sexual orientation' be included in notices pertaining to Washington, D.C.'s non-discrimination policies; The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club's vote to endorse Adrian Fenty for Ward 4 D.C. City Council; U.S. Senator Chuck Robb's website meant to reach gay voters; Montgomery County Pride in Rockville, Maryland; A rally staged by Amnesty and Outfront at Dupont Circle coinciding the release of an Amnesty International report on women's rights in Saudi Arabia; A meeting at the White House with liaisons to the Gay and African American communities; The closing of the Casa Nova bar and restaurant in Somerset County, Pennsylvania and the efforts of a fundamentalist minister to have it shuttered; The decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court that in the event of the separation of Lesbian partner who have a child; the non-biological parent has a legal right to visitation; Vermont Civil Union statistics that show that most civil unions come from other states; An attack on Democratic Presidential nominee Al Gore's record on Gay and AIDS issues by the Log Cabin Republicans through political ads; The higher likelihood that Gay people would receive reductions under President George W. Bush's tax plan for gay people than under Al Gore's proposed plan; The American Civil Liberties Union's decision to defend the North American Man-Boy Love Association in a civil suit; The removal of John Paulk as the board chairperson of Ex-Gay Group Exodus North America after he admitted to entering a Washington, D.C. gay bar; Glucosamine sulfate supplements for osteoarthritis; A look at Roanoke, Virginia gay bar mass shooter Ronald Gay's as part of the gay community; The need for nuance in gay activism; The Art-O-Matic exhibit and the featuring of LGBTQ artists; The new film 'The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy'; The new book 'Lesbian Art in America'; Gay Latino Magazine 'QV'; Former boy band 'Big Fun' member Phil Creswick; Updates from the Olympics; The new book 'In the Arms of Africa: The Life of Colin M. Turnbull'; and The call to 'eliminate Gays' by the Namibia Minister of Home Affairs. This edition also includes obituaries, listings and reviews for theater; television shows; music; books; film; dance; sports; religious services and other events; and classified ads and personals., Volume 31, Number 40

Title: The Washington Blade, March 3, 1995
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on routine 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy violations; the rejection of AIDS funding cuts; same-sex marriage legislation wins and losses in South Dakota and Utah; the controversy surrounding home access HIV antibody testing; Reverend Candace Shultis' installation service as new pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington; the fight over sex education in Fairfax County, Virginia; the production of the Black Pride; Demetri Moshoyannis' address at an AIDS conference; the Metro TeenAIDS conference; the omission of topics about lesbians from the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women; Tampa, Florida's gay civil rights ordinance; Lesbian mother Sharon Bottoms' Virginia Supreme Court fight to regain custody of her three-year old son; The Black gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum shifting organizational structure; AIDS activists at a republican fundraising dinner; the blocking of the nomination of an openly lesbian public utility commisioner by the Texas senate; the Puerto Rican response to murders of two unarmed gay men committed by police; the inclusion of gay people in the U.S. Department of Education's Nondiscrimination Statement; Reverend Mel White and his anti-gay Christian Broadcasting Network; The medal win of an openly-gay Navy lieutenant; the rhetoric surrounding HIV status; the 20th anniversary of ATandT forbidding workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; A review of Terrence McNally's play 'Love! Valour! Compassion!'; Writer and editor Marilyn Hacker, breast cancer, and her dismissal from The Kenyon Review., Volume 26, Number 9

Title: The Washington Blade, March 10, 1995
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on recent anti-gay and pro-gay bills; Human Rights Campaign lobbying on Capitol Hill; a meeting between Reverend Pat Robertson and Metropolitan Community Church official Mel White that resulted in the end of the latter's three-week fast; Fairfax County board of education debates before a vote on sex education; planning for D.C.'s annual Gay Pride parade and festival; the transformation of the Inner City AIDS Network; an exhibition entitled 'Living in a World with AIDS'; information from conference presentation on D.C.'s gay history, and the activism of the Mattachine Society; a mistrial in the case of the strangulation murder of gay hotel clerk Alan Haskell; the removal from the ballot of a Tampa, Florida referendum to repeal a law protecting gays from discrimination; gay activists' hopeful attitudes about new NAACP board chair Myrlie Evers-Williams; an anti-gay initiative in Cincinnati and the likelihood for U.S. Supreme Court Review; a reception held by Al and Tipper Gore for 150 gay activists; House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his relationship with his Lesbian half-sister Candace Gingrich; U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole; the increase of anti-Gay violence in 1994; the religious right and their efforts to court traditionally progressive black voters; the use of the words 'Gay' and 'Queer'; musical artist Donna Summer; Comedian Kate Clinton; a gathering of 'glamour Lesbians' at Los Angeles, California's Biltmore Hotel to benefit women's services at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center; obituaries; cultural reviews; and upcoming events., Volume 26, Number 10

Title: The Washington Blade, October 4, 2002
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles about a house burnt down after a couple filed a suit against a Montana university for domestic partner benefits; A D.C. appropriations bill passing without changes to the domestic partners law; An upcoming Whitman-Walker clinic fundraising the AIDS walk; 'Moral character' and adult businesses in Prince William County; A 'Feygele Feud' game show dispute; Senator Warner at the Log Cabin Republican Clubs of Virginia fundraiser; Changes to University of Maryland’s housing contract; Comments about gays by a New York Giants rookie; Phony calls about gay adoption targeting an Arizona candidate; A man identified as gay suing the website; A YMCA leader fired over a same-sex union protest; Mixed reactions to efforts to honor gay law enforcement officials in Florida; A ruling in MGM Grand anti-gay harassment case having implications nationwide; National Coming Out Day; Spermicide nonoxynol-9 and HIV infections; HIV reinfections; Men acquitted for ‘homosexual behavior’ in Egypt; The beating of a transgender prostitute in Canada; A teen on probation for the intimidation of a neighbor; A West Hollywood anti-gay attack; San Diego hate-crime attacks; Barriers to healthcare for lesbian and bisexual women; Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras; Tasmania, Australia reforms for same-sex couples; Coca-Cola to offer AIDS drugs in Africa; The first confirmed AIDS case in Vanuatu; How a Canadian teacher may lose their job over anti-gay letters; and news coverage of a Manassas 'sex sting'. An obituary for 'Bear' Goodrum. Profiles on candidates for Virginia – Congressman Jim Moran (D), Congresswoman Connie Morella (R); Author Nick Jamilla; Photographer Howard Roffman. Opinions on Rosie O'Donnell, hate crimes, sexual harassment charges against Scott Hitt, and abstinence-only sex education and HIV. Letters about a proposed D.C. liquor bill, D.C. nightlife, anti-gay subtext in Buffy, fundraising and the AIDS ride, and the crystal meth problem. Segments on health, religion, and sports. Telephone directory for Gay resources. Advertisements for local business, services, and events. HIV drugs, trials, and support services. Entertainment reviews. Employment opportunities. Real estate. Personals and classifieds.

Title: The Washington Blade, May 13, 2005
Description: An independent weekly newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features news articles on topics including a Maryland Judge blocking gay inclusive content to Montgomery County sex education curriculum; Team D.C. , an umbrella organization representing more than a dozen gay and lesbian sports teams, requests 'gay night' at R.F.K.; Cherry 10, the annual circuit party event that raises money for gay organizations in the District, suffers lackluster attendance; 100 House seats on the line in Virginia primary; Swedish researchers find brain responses differ among gays and and straights; New Oregon bill would derail civil unions; Supreme Court to tackle complex Solomon amendment case; Black gays feel excluded by organizers of the Million More Movement march; Man sues New York gym over gay sex in locker room; Vatican condemns Spain's gay marriage law; Also included are and other local, national, and international news, as well as obituaries, a medical report, a list of HIV/AIDS community resources, a “Forum” section featuring letters from readers and viewpoints columns, calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, self-help, and sporting events, film, book, restaurant, television, music, and theatre reviews, a section on home-related topics such as cars and real estate, classified, personal, and encounters ads, and advertisements for various events and services., Volume 36, Number 19

Title: The Washington Blade, May 20, 2005
Description: An independent weekly newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features news articles on topics including Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) has just one more week to decide the fate of four pro-gay bills approved earlier by the General Assembly last month; Whitman-Walker Clinic plans layoffs, program cuts after a shortage of funds forced the clinic to withhold half of its employees’ paychecks; Massachusetts gays celebrate 1st anniversary of legalized marriage; Recent controversy over a Montgomery County sex education curriculum has revived a debate among parents and educators about when is the proper age to talk to young people about sex and who should do it; Cada Vez, local restaurant, fights ANC license challenge; Gay pioneer, Frank Kameny, celebrates 80 years with friends at birthday party; Federal judge overturns Neb. marriage amendment; HRC leader, Joe Solmonese, wraps tour of 'red states' says workplace issues top gays' concerns; Soulforce's Equality Ride to protest schools' anti-gay policies; McGreevey, West cases draw different reactions from gays, activist group backed N.J. governor, assailed Spokane mayor; Gay Men's Chorus of Washington to honor lawyers for advocacy work; Also included are and other local, national, and international news, as well as obituaries, a medical report, a list of HIV/AIDS community resources, a “Forum” section featuring letters from readers and viewpoints columns, calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, self-help, and sporting events, film, book, restaurant, television, music, and theatre reviews, a section on home-related topics such as cars and real estate, classified, personal, and encounters ads, and advertisements for various events and services., Volume 36, Number 20

Title: The Washington Blade, May 27, 2005
Description: An independent weekly newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features news articles on topics including a group of 14 Republican and Democratic senators who reached an agreement that will allow votes on three previously blocked federal court nominees, including William Pryor, who is opposed by gay rights groups; Gay supporters seek to override Ehrlich veto making it difficult for the LGBTQIA to get hospital visiting rights; DC Department of Health Director Dr. Gregg Pane outlined a new payment plan after council members spotlighted problems in HAA's methods of reimbursing AIDS agencies; Maryland school board to rewrite sex ed curriculum. Both sides claim victory in Montgomery County dispute; Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch testified before Congress on Tuesday that he does not have the authority to enforce a ban on discrimination against federal employees based on sexual orientation; Spokane Mayor Jim West and former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey draw different reactions from gay activists, who say distinction lies in mayor's child abuse allegations; The American Library Association opposes the Parental Empowerment Act, which was introduced by Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.). The legislation would require states to give small groups of parents more control over which books school libraries buy and is intended to keep kids away from books that discuss homosexuality; Lawsuit seeks to overturn cohabitation ban gays impacted by rarely enforced Virginia, West Virginia laws; HIV-positive man arrested for having unsafe sex, former partner brought charges against Georgia man for consensual sex; Transgender-inclusive hate crimes bill introduced in U.S. House; Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch testifies that there is no protection for gay federal employees, activists call for special counsel's resignation; Also included are and other local, national, and international news, as well as obituaries, a medical report, a list of HIV/AIDS community resources, a “Forum” section featuring letters from readers and viewpoints columns, calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, self-help, and sporting events, film, book, restaurant, television, music, and theatre reviews, a section on home-related topics such as cars and real estate, classified, personal, and encounters ads, and advertisements for various events and services., Volume 36, Number 21

Title: The Washington Blade, June 3, 2005
Description: An independent weekly newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features news articles on topics including Whitman-Walker lays off 50, slashes budget; House, Senate differ on hate crimes bill, Sen. Kennedy measure omits explicit transgender language; Capital Pride prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary; Mat Staver, general counsel for the social conservative group Liberty Counsel, said many parents are complaining that schools are teaching subjects in sex education classes that are outside of their family values; Maryland Del. Donald Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel) announced this week that he has stopped collecting signatures to repeal a gay rights bill already vetoed by the governor; Maryland Episcopalians oppose same-sex marriage ban; Gay sex arrests continue along G.W. Parkway, Attorneys say 20-year crackdown fails to deter at Turkey Run Park; Del. Robert Marshall expressed concern that the wording in the Virginia Assembly's proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage could leave it open to legal challenge; LGBTQIA+ marriage supporters failed in their first attempt to garner enough votes in the California Assembly for a measure that would extend marriage rights to same sex couples; Activists, authors and leaders of the nation’s black and gay civil rights movement expressed concern about the challenges they face during a town hall meeting titled “Being Black and Gay in America.”; AIDS researchers are optimistic that they may have found a vaccine that would treat people already living with HIV.; The CDC and Prevention is funding a series of studies that researchers hope will add scientific data to the simmering public conversation about men who have sex with men on the down low; Gay Washingtonians and their allies are making plans to celebrate, reflect and socialize June 2-12, as part of Capital Pride’s 30th anniversary; Also included are and other local, national, and international news, as well as obituaries, a medical report, a list of HIV/AIDS community resources, a “Forum” section featuring letters from readers and viewpoints columns, calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, self-help, and sporting events, film, book, restaurant, television, music, and theatre reviews, a section on home-related topics such as cars and real estate, classified, personal, and encounters ads, and advertisements for various events and services., Volume 36, Number 22

Title: The Blade, May 24, 1979
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on outrage over the light sentence given to Harvey' Milk's assassin in San Francisco, efforts to make teen sexual education more gay-friendly, controversy in Congress over the FBI firing of a gay man contrary to Justice Department policy, coverage of gays in the media, the release of the teen who attacked gay men at a New York City anti-nuclear protest, news from a gay health conference, a story on religious pilgrimage to Israel by gay Muslins, Jews, and Christians, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 10, Number 11

Title: The Washington Blade, August 3, 2007
Description: The Washington Blade is an independent newspaper published in Washington, D.C. serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features an article by Lisa Keen on Dupont Circle Democrats being evenly split in their donations between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama; Lou Chibbaro, Jr. on the Tyra Hunter Drop-in Center - formerly Supportive House - for transgender youth being 'swamped' with clients; Joshua Lynsen on Baltimore City Council candidate Fred Mason III winning union support; Elizabeth Perry on Fortune 500 companies in D.C. increasingly offering protections for transgender employees; Chibbaro on D.C.'s gay-inclusive sex education curriculum attracting little attention during a public comment period; Chibbaro on a burglary interfering with an arrest being made in the murder of Robert Wone; Joey DiGuglielmo on the cancer treatment of local lesbian activist Cheryl Spector; Guglielmo on an arrest in a homophobic attack on a group of gay men in Dupont Circle; Amy Cavanaugh on local lesbian-owned cleaning service Maid to Clean; Katherine Volin on 9th and U Streets, NW becoming a nightlife destination and increasing straight use of the Rehobus D.C. to Rehoboth Beach bus service; Alison Bechdel's 'Dykes to Watch Out For' and Michael Derry's 'Troy' comics; a map of gay-friendly bars in D.C.; photos by Henry Linser; national and international news items; book, film, music, television, restaurant and theater reviews; editorials; advice columns; community events calendars, letters, classifieds, personal ads; and obituaries., null

Title: The Washington Blade, July 13, 2007
Description: The Washington Blade is an independent newspaper published in Washington, D.C. serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features an article by Joshua Lynsen on national gay organizations endorsing Fred Mason III in a Baltimore City Council race; Lynsen on former Metropolitan Police Department Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit head Brett Parson recovering from cancer surgery; Lynsen on the fight over Montgomery County, MD's gay-inclusive sex education curriculum possibly moving to federal court; Lou Chibbaro, Jr. on newly-appointed D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender liaison Jane 'JB' Wallach and the department's history of homophobia; Chibbaro on Mayor Adrian Fenty announcing a push to expand youth HIV testing; Chibbaro on a Council bill to support relocation of strip clubs displaced by Nationals Park passing; Chibbaro on three newly-introduced Council bills to expand protections for domestic partners and transgender people; Patrick Folliard previewing the Capital Fringe Festival; Katherine Volin visiting Alexandria's Del Ray neighborhood; Zack Rosen on Nellie's Sports Bar opening and a 'Night Out at the Nationals' event; a map of gay-friendly bars in D.C.; photos by Henry Linser; Paige Braddock's 'Jane's World' and Greg Fox's 'Kyle's Bed and Breakfast' comics; national and international news items; book, film, music, television, restaurant and theater reviews; editorials; advice columns; community events calendars, letters, classifieds, personal ads; and obituaries., Volume 38, Number 28

Title: The Washington Blade, July 6, 2007
Description: The Washington Blade is an independent newspaper published in Washington, D.C. serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features an article by Lou Chibbaro, Jr. on Councilmember Phil Mendelson proposing a bill to extend all benefits of marriage to domestic partners; Joshua Lynsen on Montgomery County, MD rejecting challenges to its gay-inclusive sexual education curriculum; Lynsen on Congress moving toward allowing D.C. to fund a needle exchange; a Chibbaro obituary of John Rock, proprietor of the Chesapeake House, in the 1970s the first male strip club in Washington; Katherine Volin on D.C. events for Transgender Awareness Month; Zack Rosen on the lack of local social outlets for gay Latinos; a map of gay-friendly bars in D.C.; photos by Henry Linser; Michael Derry's 'Troy' comic; national and international news items; book, film, music, television, restaurant and theater reviews; editorials; advice columns; community events calendars, letters, classifieds, personal ads; and obituaries., Volume 38, Number 27

Title: The Washington Blade, August 17, 2007
Description: The Washington Blade is an independent newspaper published in Washington, D.C. serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features an article by Joshua Lynsen on a resolution in a long-running dispute over custody of the remains of a Baltimore man between his parents and partner; Joey DiGuglielmo on D.C. Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee vowing to support a gay-inclusive sex education curriculum; Elizabeth Perry on Rehoboth Beach electing Pat Coluzzi as its first openly lesbian commissioner; Perry on allegations of entrapment in a series of arrests for sex offenses in Rehoboth; Perry on a dearth of HIV resources in rural Virginia; Perry on an 'ex-gay' group distributing literature in Arlington County Public Schools following the settlement of a lawsuit; Katherine Volin on D.C. streetwear designers, including Emore'J Lee and Kelly Cobb; Alison Bechdel's 'Dykes to Watch Out For' and Michael Derry's 'Troy' comics; a map of gay-friendly bars in D.C.; photos by Henry Linser and Elizabeth Perry; national and international news items; book, film, music, television, restaurant and theater reviews; editorials; advice and gossip columns; community events calendars, letters, classifieds, personal ads; and obituaries., Volume 38, Number 33

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