� 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

Md. juvenile authorities seek release of youth charged in transgender beating case

Baltimore County prosecutors oppose early release of Chrissy Polis attacker

February 2, 2012 | 4 Comments

Fla. gay Republicans hail Romney victory

Log Cabin warns of ‘anti-gay pandering’

February 1, 2012 | 4 Comments

Gay ex-congressman shuns politics in Florida

Robert Bauman, outed in 1980 sex scandal, lives quietly in Wilton Manors — and opposes same-sex marriage

January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments

Fla. Log Cabin members tilt toward Romney

Former Massachusetts governor wins straw poll at ‘gay’ GOP caucus in Miami

January 29, 2012 | Comments Off

Trans Coalition, GLAA oppose ‘prostitution free zones’ bill

law creating the zones has resulted in improper targeting of transgender women

January 27, 2012 | 3 Comments

Kameny honored by Astronomical Society

worked for the federal government as an astronomer in Washington in the late 1950s

January 27, 2012 | Comments Off

O’Malley says marriage bill brings dignity, religious freedom

LGBT advocates, clergy, labor leaders join governor in launching campaign to pass bill

January 24, 2012 | Comments Off

Hospital apologizes for ‘delay’ in allowing visit by lesbian partner

Women file discrimination complaint against Washington Adventist Hospital

January 23, 2012 | 13 Comments

Breakaway Episcopal churches lose court case in Virginia

Final decision may not come for more than a year after appeals process is exhausted

January 19, 2012 | 2 Comments

Gay man sworn in as D.C. Marshal

Hughes recommended to President Obama by Del. Holmes Norton

January 19, 2012 | Comments Off