� 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

Local news in brief

Celebrations mark Kameny’s 85th birthday & more

May 20, 2010 | Comments Off

Fourth suspect arrested in gay principal’s slaying

Teen joins others charged with first-degree murder

May 19, 2010 | 2 Comments

Wone’s widow takes the stand

Trial begins with wife’s testimony, chilling 911 tape

May 19, 2010 | 9 Comments

Graham, Thomas win Stein Club endorsements

Announcements come as Orange enters Council chairman race

May 18, 2010 | Comments Off

Opposing attorneys spar as Wone trial begins

Prosecutors say case 'not about sexual orientation'

May 17, 2010 | Comments Off

Community celebrates Kameny’s 85th birthday

Gertrude Stein Democratic Club to host Friday reception

May 17, 2010 | Comments Off

Capital Pride, Black Pride plans coming together

Lambda Rising owner among this year’s honorees

May 13, 2010 | 1 Comment

Betts murder draws attention to gay pick-up crimes

Police report three gay chat-line incidents since December

May 13, 2010 | 1 Comment

Obituaries

Dori Ann Steele, 53, Michael Baker, 64, and Everett Waldo, 77

May 13, 2010 | 1 Comment

Wone defendants waive right to jury trial

Prosecutors agree; judge to decide fate of 3 gay men

May 12, 2010 | Comments Off