For the city’s free LGBT paper, it’s part of a “much bigger issue” of vandalism at its newspaper boxes.
The Washington Blade’s 11th Annual Best of Gay D.C. voting ends today, so get out there and exercise your franchise. For DCist as Best Local Blog, of course.
LGBT groups around D.C. are questioning the D.C. Police Department’s decision to omit the transgender identity of a woman killed early Wednesday morning in Northeast. In a press release after the shooting, MPD had originally identified the transgendered woman’s legal name, Myles Mclean, who had started using the name Lashai Mclean following a gender transition several years ago. Although Mayor Vincent Gray acknowledge Mclean’s transgender status in his own press release, the police department…
The Washington Blade is back today, having returned to its original name after publishing as DC Agenda since November. If you have trouble finding a hard copy (or, if you’re just like us and read everything online), below is a .PDF of the redesigned gay weekly. This week’s stories can of course also be viewed at the paper’s website, which for now is still www.dcagenda.com, although the nameplate has indeed been changed. What do you…
Starting this Friday, D.C.’s LGBT weekly newspaper will once again be called the Washington Blade, the Post is reporting. The Blade as we knew it ceased to exist in November, after it was abruptly sold and shuttered along with several other gay weekly titles across the country. But staffers of the former Blade quickly regrouped and began publishing the DC Agenda, headed up by editor Kevin Naff and publisher Lynne Brown. Since then, the…
From the ashes of the Washington Blade, DC Agenda has risen. The staff of the suddenly shuttered LGBT publication has managed to put together a new web site and “a modest, early iteration” of a print edition, both out today, less than a week after they all lost their jobs. From their introductory message:The former staff of the Washington Blade remains united and DC Agenda represents our effort at continuing the important mission and…
The folks who were all abruptly laid off from the Washington Blade earlier this week are meeting tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the Hard Rock Cafe (11th and E Streets NW), where they hope to greet loyal readers and/or potential investors & volunteers who want to help them get a brand new newspaper off the ground. Read more about what they’re up to at SavetheBlade.com, and stop by to join them for a drink tonight….
Incredibly sad and surprising news for the LBGT media world, not to mention the local media scene: The Washington Blade has been shut down. The LGBT publication’s twitter feed first alerted us to what was going on just a little while ago: “Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today. Thank you for your support. (Keep following us for developments.)” Sure enough, even the Blade’s web site has been taken down. Creative…
>> The father of a 4-year-old boy who was shot to death in October was arrested yesterday and charged with killing the man believed responsible for the child’s death. [WaPo] >> The 15-year-old D.C. boy who is charged with hitting an MPD bicycle officer with a stolen limousine has entered a not guilty plea. [WJLA] >> DCPS students spell better than school administrators. [Examiner] >> The Washington Blade has endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for…
Via the Washington Blade, three organizations are competing to take over Capital Pride from the Whitman-Walker Clinic, which began organizing the event in 1997 with One In Ten, DC’s LGBT arts group. Whitman-Walker became the sole producer and financier of Capital Pride in 2000. The three interested parties include the Southwest Renaissance Development Corporation, a group founded by the Westminster Presbyterian Church; the LGBT Community Center; and the recently-formed Capital Pride Alliance. All submitted proposals…
