� 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

Arrest made in Monday shooting of trans woman in Southeast D.C.

Cause of Saturday’s ‘suspicious’ death of transgender person unresolved

September 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

D.C. police report ‘suspicious’ death of trans woman

Medical examiner set to determine if death is homicide

September 10, 2011 | 18 Comments

Legacy of 9/11

10 years later, assessing impact of attacks on rights of same-sex couples

September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment

Ryan White funding delays ’resolved’ for AIDS groups

Baltimore reduced client services; Whitman-Walker ‘weathered’ crisis

September 7, 2011 | Comments Off

Probable cause found that off-duty cop fired gun at trans women

Judge orders D.C. officer held without bond

September 5, 2011 | 1 Comment

Police chief meets with LGBT activists for third time in month

Captain reinstated as head of liaison units

September 5, 2011 | 5 Comments

Solmonese to step down as head of HRC

Source denies reports of sweeping shakeup

September 2, 2011 | 19 Comments

Choi trial halted after challenge to judge’s ruling

Preliminary evidence shows ‘vindictive prosecution’

September 1, 2011 | 14 Comments

Hearing postponed for cop charged with shooting trans women

Affidavit says D.C. officer stood on hood of car, fired through windshield

August 30, 2011 | 12 Comments

Choi trial opens with clash over White House protest rules

Defense to argue that activist didn’t break the law

August 30, 2011 | 3 Comments