On May 10th and 11th, hundreds of veterans from across the United States will descend on Washington, DC with one clear message for Congress – “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) needs to go and it needs to go this year! The National Veterans Lobby Day on DADT, a project of Servicemembers...

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(AP) – At least 50 same-sex couples were lined up to apply for marriage licenses when city offices opened Wednesday, the day the unions became legal in the nation’s capital. Cheering erupted from the crowd when the first couple signed in at the city’s marriage bureau inside the Moultrie...

(AP) — Gay and lesbian couples will soon be able to marry in Washington, but the debate over same-sex marriage has sounded different here, with references to interracial marriage and Martin Luther King Jr. During the past year, both sides have courted the support of Washington’s black community,...

This morning, D.C.’s highest court denied marriage equality opponents’ eleventh hour efforts to derail historic legislation set to take effect next Wednesday, March 3rd, that will make D.C. the latest jurisdiction to permit same-sex couples to marry. The three judge panel of the Court of Appeals...

AP — Gay couples will likely be able to apply March 2 for marriage licenses in the nation’s capital. That’s the day the city projects a bill it passed legalizing same-sex marriage will go into effect. The district’s City Council passed a bill last month. But the bill, which has been signed...

(AP) WASHINGTON, DC — The DC Board of Elections and Ethics has announced it will hold a public hearing on whether the public should be able to vote on a measure to allow same-sex marriages in the nation’s capital. The board announced Thursday that it will hold a hearing Feb. 16. It will be...

It’s not every day that GLBT equality advocates find themselves praised as “reasonable” by anti-gay groups. Then again, it’s not every day that GLBT equality advocates stand up for the right to free expression by people who wish to strip them of their on family rights. The approval of...

The District of Columbia is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by opponents of same-sex marriage. The plaintiffs, led by local pastor Bishop Harry Jackson, are seeking to get their proposed ban on gay marriage on the ballot. They are suing after the Board of Elections and Ethics turned them down. City...

By Tim Craig Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 15, 2009; 3:30 PM The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, setting off a wave of excitement in the gay community even as opponents vow to continue the fight on Capitol Hill. The bill, approved by...