Washgton, D.C.'s hidn gay history is unvered 'Secret Cy'

Contents:

• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
• D.C. LAWSU CLAIMS AARP SERVIC ILLEGALLY FIRED GAY MAN
• GAY WASHGTON DC
• LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
• WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

Supreme Court cisn favor of a web signer who did not want to work for gay upl bolsters s fight the U. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circu Richmond is an early tt of how that major Supreme Court cisn ptg ee speech agast anti-discrimatn laws will play out beyond the hypothetil suatn that se, which volved a platiff who had never actually ma weddg webs or been asked to do so by a gay person. “The Court rejected the dissent’s assertn that s cisn opened the door to discrimatn employment, ” ACLU attorney Josh Block wrote a reply to Becket’s the exampl raised the Supreme Court did not clu a relig anizatn or a gay employee, and Gorsuch repeatedly voked a 2000 cisn allowg the Boy Suts to expel a gay volunteer on “exprsive associatn” grounds.

D.C. LAWSU CLAIMS AARP SERVIC ILLEGALLY FIRED GAY MAN

“We all said that thoands of relig anizatns all across the untry ask their employe to uphold their tradnal view of marriage word and ed, and if you terpret the statute that way, ’s gog to unleash lots of lawsus agast them, ” Goodrich the Supreme Court has specifilly said preventg racial discrimatn is a pellg ernment tert that jtifi rtrictg First Amendment eedoms, he noted that the Supreme Court has rejected such a fdg on discrimatn agast gay or transgenr people. The Crew Club, which has operated as a gym, sna and bathhoe for gay men the natn’s pal for 25 years, will close s doors for good at s Logan Circle area lotn on Febary 29, acrdg to s founr and -owner DC Allen. Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Social” at 7 p.

GAY WASHGTON DC

Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Gam” at 7 p. Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Dner & Conversatn” at 6 p.

Can be LGBT iendly too if ’s not necsarily a “gayborhood”. Gay Neighborhoods outsi of Logan Circle. I've read several plac that Logan Circle seems to be the gay place to be, but let's face , 's damn expensive.

LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY

What are some other areas, maybe even more specific--wh hog that someone n actually afford on a median salary, that are gay-iendly? I'm Dallas, TX currently, and although this cy is fairly progrsive pared to the rt of the state, we still have a very distctive gayborhood. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

They claim the rat was first dumped near their back door by rtrant employe, and Mike was returng the favor.(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Plas.The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. The flag is a symbol of Waybourn’s solidary wh the LGBTQ+ muny, which he has nurtured — and fought for — sce the 1980s.Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office.

WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'

He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group. He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton.

“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home,” Waybourn said.As an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay rights.Lols pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years,” he emailed.Asked whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.”But, she add, “this, to me, is not polil.