“They bring this roadshow around to a lot of different places and it doesn’t attract that much attention,” the Human Rights Campaign’s press director said.
Jul 27, 2012
LGBT Protesters Target Chick-fil-A Food Truck
Some 30 LGBT protesters descended on Chick-fil-A’s D.C. food truck yesterday to inform fans of the chain’s fried chicken and waffle fries that their money was going to support groups that are opposed to same-sex marriage.
Mar 09, 2010
First Same-Sex Couples Get Hitched in D.C.
The Post reported earlier that the very first gay couples to get legally wed in the District of Columbia this morning were Jeremy Moon and Bryan Legaspi, a pair of White House staffers, and James Betz and Robert Hawthorne. The two couples appear to have held their marriage ceremonies nearly simultaneously, one inside the courthouse in judges chambers, and the other just outside the building. Meanwhile, three of the couples we talked to last week,…
Dec 16, 2009
Same-Sex Marriage Vote Provokes Love and War
D.C. Council members David Catania (I-At-large), Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5), and Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) celebrated at Long View Gallery Tuesday night. Photo courtesy Renna Communications. In the wake of Tuesday’s D.C. Council vote to legalize same-sex marriage, supporters celebrated while opponents promised war. Hundreds of supporters gathered at the Long View Gallery in Shaw last night to celebrate the victory at a party hosted by the Human Rights Campaign. As activists warmly…
Oct 12, 2009
HRC Cleans Up Graffiti Left by ‘Radical Queers’
Photo by Holly Le Workers this morning outside the D.C. headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign, one of the most influential LGBT organizations in the country, were finishing cleaning up graffiti left by vandals there over the weekend. HRC spokesperson Brad Luna said the vandalism was minimal, with no broken windows and nothing disturbed inside the building. Images posted to the internet indicate the graffiti consisted of messages like “Quit Leaving Queers Out,” along…