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CAMP Rehoboth boosts online programming during COVID crisis114 Shares CAMP Rehoboth’s offices may be closed, but much of its programming continues online. (Washington Blade photo...

Exclusive: 47 lawmakers call for LGBTQ inclusion in U.S. int’l coronavirus effortsRep. Dina Titus (D-Nevada) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) are calling for LGBTQ-inclusion...

D.C.-area LGBT residents share COVID-19 experiencesLGBT coronavirus survivors from the region. Runny nose, some sneezing, itchy eyes — when Ryan Bos started experiencing those symptoms...

Amazon enlists Freddie’s restaurant for COVID meal deliveriesFreddie Lutz told the Blade he was ‘delighted’ to accept Amazon’s offer to prepare and help deliver...

U.S. Attorney objects to release of defendant convicted of anti-LGBTQ hate crime151 Shares U.S. Attorney for D.C. Timothy J. Shea opposed the early release of...

Rachel Levine, the ‘Anthony Fauci of Pennsylvania,’ takes on COVID-19Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine is leading the charge against COVID-19 in Pennsylvania. (Photo...

LGBTQ groups seek safeguards against COVID-19 discriminationAt least 170 LGBTQ and allied organizations are calling for measures to prohibit discrimination in the treatment and...

Empathy is saving my business481 Shares Lisa Wise, CEO of Flock DC (Photo Courtesy of Flock DC). I own a family of mid-sized property management...

LGBTQ-owned businesses improvise to stay afloat amid COVID-19 pandemicLucas Mendieta (left) and Nathan Perry are the owners of Cutting Edge Elite in New York....

New York City ‘in-person’ Pride events cancelledA scene from New York City Pride; this year’s event has been cancelled. (Washington Blade file photo by...

Bowser extends coronavirus closings to May 15D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser extended the city’s emergency order requiring all non-essential businesses to shut down on-site operations...

U.N. agency says sex workers hit hard by coronavirus pandemicCyndee Clay, executive director of HIPS, said the group is starting an emergency fund to...

Trump now says COVID-19 data on black Americans coming ‘within two weeks’President Trump, missing his earlier target, says data on COVID-19’s impact on black...

‘We’re going to party again’Dave Perruzza (on right) during happier times at Pitchers. The bar is closed and he’s worried about continuing to incur...

Spain to test if PrEP can prevent COVID-19 infection in medical workers669 Shares Spain is set to test whether PrEP can prevent COVID-19 infection in...