Lou Chabbaro Jr.

LGBT Advocates Raise Alarm over ‘Facial Recognition’ Technology

LGBT people, especially transgender people, could be subjected to discrimination, harassment, and identity theft if careful government controls are not placed on rapidly developing and widely used facial recognition technology, according to the group LGBT Tech. The Staunton, Va.-based group has joined six other LGBT organizations in signing on to a June 3, 2019 letter(…)

Gay & Lesbian Chamber Announces New Name

The D.C.-based Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce announced on Aug. 2 that it’s changing its name and rebranding its image for the second time in its 28-year history.  Its new name will be the Equality Chamber of Commerce DC Metro Area (ECCDC).  “Originally founded as the Potomac Executive Network (PEN), the Chamber(…)

Trans March on Washington Set for Sept. 28

A National Transgender Visibility March on Washington originally planned for March 31 will now take place Saturday, Sept. 28, according to a statement released on Tuesday by organizers of the march and related events. Marissa Miller, a D.C.-based transgender activist and leader organizer, said the march will begin with a 9:30 a.m. rally at Freedom(…)

Microsoft to Reassess PAC Money for Anti-LGBT Lawmakers

Microsoft last week became the first of 49 LGBT supportive corporations identified by a new LGBT group as collectively contributing millions of dollars through their Political Action Committees to members of Congress with the “worst of the worst” anti-LGBT records, to consider halting those contributions. The new group, Zero for Zeros, identifies itself as a(…)

Gilead Hit with more Lawsuits over Harmful Side Effects of AIDS Drug

Another two lawsuits were filed last week in California against the U.S. pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc. by several dozen patients who claim the company withheld from the market for more than a decade a drug for treating HIV that it knew was safer and more effective than the drug it promoted during that period.(…)

Queer Liberation March Retraces Route of World’s First Pride March

The Queer Liberation March, the second of two marches in New York City on Sunday that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, drew more than 45,000 marchers according to one of its lead organizers. Longtime lesbian activist Ann Northrop, who is among the leaders of the Reclaim Pride Coalition, which organized the Queer(…)

LGBT People Urged to be Counted in 2020 U.S. Census

The D.C.-based National LGBTQ Task Force was part of a coalition of more than 15 national civil rights and progressive advocacy groups that launched a campaign last week to encourage members of marginalized communities to make sure they are counted in the 2020 U.S. Census. In a development that LGBT activists view as a positive(…)

D.C. Sees Alarming Increase in Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes in 2018

The number of anti-LGBT hate crimes reported in D.C. in 2018 nearly doubled from the number of reported cases in 2016, according to recently released data by D.C. police. The data show there were a total of 97 reported hate crimes in the nation’s capital in 2018 based on the victims’ sexual orientation or gender(…)

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