� Lou Chibbaro Jr. has reported on the LGBT civil rights movement and the LGBT community for more than 30 years, beginning as a freelance writer and later as a staff reporter and currently as Senior News Reporter for the Washington Blade. He has chronicled LGBT-related developments as they have touched on a wide range of social, religious, and governmental institutions, including the White House, Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, the military, local and national law enforcement agencies and the Catholic Church. Chibbaro has reported on LGBT issues and LGBT participation in local and national elections since 1976. He has covered the AIDS epidemic since it first surfaced in the early 1980s. � Google

Valentine’s Day weddings at D.C. courthouse

Gay couples among '14 on the 14th'

February 14, 2013 | 3 Comments

Honduran gay leader appeals to U.S. for help

Palacios on U.S. tour raising awareness of 89 anti-LGBT murders

February 13, 2013 | Comments Off

NOM president’s 80-hour workweek?

IRS forms raise questions, reveal Brown’s $253,000 salary

February 13, 2013 | 2 Comments

Obama endorses Orlando as host for 2018 Gay Games

Endorsement letter considered first of its kind from U.S. president

February 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

Bill would create ‘temporary’ marriage officiants

Wells and five other members want to allow couples to choose any adult to perform wedding

February 13, 2013 | Comments Off

New partnership to combat hate crimes

Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs will team up with U.S. Attorney's Office to collect community impact statements for hate crimes cases

February 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

Anti-gay group targets National Cathedral over gay marriage

Ralph Reed organizes petition drive to stop Cathedral from receiving historic preservation grants

February 11, 2013 | 1 Comment

Ethics board says Graham violated ‘code of conduct’

But gay Council member won’t face sanctions

February 8, 2013 | 4 Comments

Family Research Council shooter pleads guilty

Newly released documents say Corkins confirmed plans for mass killing

February 6, 2013 | 2 Comments

Roommate charged in murder of D.C. man

Sources say victim was gay; judge released suspect from jail three weeks before killing

February 6, 2013 | 4 Comments