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Nancy Pelosi Throws First Pitch at Washington Nationals' Pride Night

The former speaker was honored at the team's "Night OUT" event.

Bat Boy Comes Out, Finds Acceptance

Spenser Clark is the bat boy for the Nationals as well as the ball boy for the Washington Wizards basketball team and a senior in college.

Anti-Gun March for Our Lives Rally Denied Permit

The National Park Service will not allow the event to take place at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

DC Breaks Ground With Transgender Campaign

Washington, D.C., has put together the nation's first government-funded campaign to fight discrimination against transgender people.

Sean Doolittle Refused White House Trip to Support His Two Moms-in-Law

The World Series-winning Washington Nationals pitcher said he skipped a meeting with Donald Trump because the president is "widening the divide in the country." 

Why I’m Marching

COMMENTARY: At first he thought the march on Washington planned for October was ill-timed and ill-advised, but Michelangelo Signorile now says there couldn't be a better time to take to the National Mall en masse.

Jill Biden Champions LGBTQ+ Rights Movement's History Amid Rising Anti-Transgender Legislation

The first lady underscores the Biden-Harris administration’s unwavering support for LGBTQ+ rights at the PFLAG national convention amidst a torrent of discriminatory bills nationwide.

National Journal Spotlights Gay Washington

The influential political magazine publishes its first Gay Washington special issue.

WATCH: Trans Priest Takes Pulpit at National Cathedral

The Reverend Dr. Cameron Partridge shared a message of inclusion in a history-making sermon.

Matthew Shepard Remembered in Emotional Interment Service

Shepard's ashes were interred today at the Washington National Cathedral.

Speakers Announced for National Equality March

Speakers for the October 11 National Equality March on Washington were announced on Thursday.

Bahati Rejected from National Prayer Breakfast

The Ugandan politician who introduced the so-called kill the gays bill, has been disinvited to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.

Livid Donald Trump demands apology over bishop's 'nasty' National Prayer Service sermon

He called Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon “nasty in tone," said she wasn’t good at her job, and claimed that “she and her church owe the public an apology.”

Drag group slams Donald Trump for takeover of Kennedy Center board and vowing to end drag shows

Trump said that he was specifically motivated to overhaul the center so he could end the drag shows it occasionally hosts.

Matthew Shepard Portrait Unveiled at Washington National Cathedral

The newly commissioned portrait of Shepard was revealed on what would have been Shepard's 46th birthday.

Artist Aims to Take 10,000 LGBT Portraits to National Mall in D.C.

Photographer iO Tillett Wright plans to use photos of 10,000 people to tell a national LGBT story.

MLB Crowd Cheers for Gay Couple's Engagement

The crowd cheered for the proposal between men that happened during a Washington Nationals Game.

Humble ‘first millennial’ Jimmy Carter honored with glorious, funny state funeral

The Advocate reports from inside Washington National Cathedral for the 39th president’s state funeral.

PHOTO: Going Once, Twice, at HRC Dinner

The Human Rights Campaign's 17th annual national dinner in Washington, D.C. on October 5 included an Ally for Equality Award for Jennifer Lopez, and...

Bishop who confronted Trump led ceremony honoring Matthew Shepard

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and out Bishop V. Gene Robinson presided over a Washington National Cathedral ceremony honoring the hate-crime victim and the interment of his ashes there in 2018.