Feature Story: Every sport has its hallowed grounds and those few athletes who have the good fortune and great talent to compete on them. In tennis, few grounds are as revered as Wimbledon.
“You walk through the gates, there are beautiful flowers, the set-up of the courts, the players’ area,” says Rennae Stubbs. “The fans are unbelievable, it’s always packed in appreciation for what we do, from start to finish in the day.”
Stubbs well knows the feelings that arise from walking onto Centre Court – she’s won the Wimbledon women’s doubles crown twice, and made the final once more this year with fellow Australian Sam Stosur, where they fell to the sisterly juggernaut of Serena and Venus Williams. ...more
“You walk through the gates, there are beautiful flowers, the set-up of the courts, the players’ area,” says Rennae Stubbs. “The fans are unbelievable, it’s always packed in appreciation for what we do, from start to finish in the day.”
Stubbs well knows the feelings that arise from walking onto Centre Court – she’s won the Wimbledon women’s doubles crown twice, and made the final once more this year with fellow Australian Sam Stosur, where they fell to the sisterly juggernaut of Serena and Venus Williams. ...more
Gauge: When it comes to cities known for vibrant, black-GLBT communities, D.C. routinely sits in the upper tier. DC Black Pride, for example, is the world's first "black pride" GLBT organization, formed in 1991. The DC Coalition of Black GLBT Men and Women -- founded in 1978 -- was one of the groups that helped start it. But while DC Black Pride has continued to grow, the DC Coalition has seen interest ebb and flow.
Today, it looks like the tide might be coming back in.
"With the activities we have planned, I hope we're starting it up again," says Carlene Cheatam, who traces her first involvement back to 1980. Today, she says she's seeing new interest in the group, which, while remaining active, was last thriving around the Millions More Movement. That event, an October 2005 march and rally in Washington that brought together all corners of the African-American community, fueled the DC Coalition, particularly in the effort to have a speaker identified with GLBT community included in the rally. ...more
Today, it looks like the tide might be coming back in.
"With the activities we have planned, I hope we're starting it up again," says Carlene Cheatam, who traces her first involvement back to 1980. Today, she says she's seeing new interest in the group, which, while remaining active, was last thriving around the Millions More Movement. That event, an October 2005 march and rally in Washington that brought together all corners of the African-American community, fueled the DC Coalition, particularly in the effort to have a speaker identified with GLBT community included in the rally. ...more
Gauge: With the tragic death of Desi Deschaine, 29, who apparently drowned in Baltimore's Inner Harbor after a day of boating July 12, friends were tasked with finding a way to fill the void left by his absence.
For Craig Max, local attorney and CPA, that meant the Desi Deschaine Foundation for Excellence in Government, a group he hopes will encourage and recognize good local governance in the same way that its namesake did.
“For those of us here in D.C. that are involved in local politics and local government, the space left by Desi’s untimely departure is huge,” says Max. “He was a real institution in and of himself among local policy makers and so some of his friends were thinking about how we could work together to continue his legacy of public service. ...more
For Craig Max, local attorney and CPA, that meant the Desi Deschaine Foundation for Excellence in Government, a group he hopes will encourage and recognize good local governance in the same way that its namesake did.
“For those of us here in D.C. that are involved in local politics and local government, the space left by Desi’s untimely departure is huge,” says Max. “He was a real institution in and of himself among local policy makers and so some of his friends were thinking about how we could work together to continue his legacy of public service. ...more
LOS ANGELES (AP)E. Lynn Harris, a pioneer of gay black fiction and a literary entrepreneur who rose from self-publishing to best-selling status, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 54.
Petty Officer Jonathan Campos of Lancaster, Calif., was charged Thursday in connection to last month's fatal shooting of Seaman August Provost of Houston. Provost was shot multiple times as he stood guard at
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The U.S. Navy says a sailor has been charged in military court with murder and other offenses in the shooting death of a gay San Diego seaman.
By AMY CAVANAUGH, Washington Blade
Desi Deschaine, the gay communications director for D.C. City Council member Jack Evans, was buried this week at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Bristol, Conn., after his death last Sunday in Baltimore's Inner Harbor following a weekend boating trip.
Sgt. Jeffrey Chaney, the Baltimore Police Department's LGBT liaison, said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Deschaine's death as an accidental drowning. Deschaine was 30.
Neil Alpert, Deschaine's long-time friend, attended the funeral and described the turnout as "amazing."
"The funeral home was packed and his parents lined the wa ...
Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, an LGBT-focused business advisory group based in San Francisco, has scored a major get for its annual summit this fall: John Berry, the openly gay director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today picked Ronald E. Albers for a judgeship on the San Francisco County Superior Court.
Theresa Sparks, the transgender woman who has served two terms as president of the city’s police commission, has ruled out running for a third term. When she first won the coveted seat by one vote back in 2007, Sparks became the first transgender person to head a city oversight panel. But her ascension led to [...]
Marriage equality foes have sued the state of Wisconsin tonsin to block a “sneaky” domestic-partnership registry scheduled to come into effect next month. 
The race for a vacant U.S. House seat in New York is heating up as the state's GOPers have found their candidate in a pro-gay state assembly member. 
Nearly 40% of gay women smoke, compared to 18% of their heterosexual counterparts, according toding to new figures from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
The air ambulance service recently leased two new EC135 helicopters to replace two older BK117 models, which have been in service at Vanderbilt since 1987. The new aircraft, as well as LifeFlight's th
Exercise infuses dance with exercise. Fit Nashville gym is infusing dance party fun into fitness by offering new Zumba® classes.
A Nashville gay bar has been named one of the 50 best in the country by Logo Network's gay travel Web site.
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Best-selling author known for depicting black gay culture, including the 'down-low'
Key Democratic senator says Senate can't pass health care overhaul without GOP backing
Opponents of a gay-inclusive domestic partnership law have delayed the start of the law
It was only about half as big as he’d hoped it’d be — and, we’re sure, zero-percent “successful”… although we have a hunch that within the next few days, a ringer or two may emerge, claiming to have been “delivered out of homosexuality”: 10,000 celebrate gay pride uptown A crowd of more than 10,000 celebrated Charlotte’s gay [...]
California may be in a shambles, but living here still has a few rewards — Barbara Boxer among them. By the way, when you get to Sen. Boxer’s floor remarks, notice the letter from Lee Baca — do you remember his name? We certainly do. Via email this morning: Last week, the Senate voted to pass [...]
Well, looky, looky here: A list of anti-gay bigots who contributed to killing marriage equality in Hawaii… in 1998. I stumbled across this while Googling deep and hard for a single donor to Proposition H8 for Base8 (we’ll let her figure out who she is, and how she unlocked this treasure trove of information). I haven’t even [...]
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