� 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

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

Jay Schmidt, 67

Popular Tracks, Nation bartender remembered and friendly and sharp, love for organs and organ music

February 6, 2013 | Comments Off

Gay deaf man sues city for mistreatment

Claims jail officials handcuffed him, deprived him of HIV meds

February 6, 2013 | 4 Comments

Boy Scouts board meets to consider lifting gay ban

Gay scouts deliver 1.4 million petition signatures calling for end to ‘discrimination’

February 5, 2013 | 2 Comments

Mayor, city officials attend memorial for slain trans woman

Gray calls on U.S. Attorney to explain why murder wasn’t classified as hate crime

February 4, 2013 | Comments Off

‘Closet case’ Koch dead at 88

Former N.Y. mayor faulted for lackluster AIDS response

February 2, 2013 | 7 Comments

Gay couple seeks to block U St. liquor licenses

Nightlife advocates say ban on new bars stifles development

January 31, 2013 | 10 Comments

Historic lesbian publication on display at Smithsonian

Items from Kameny’s collection, including The Ladder, displayed as part of exhibit that includes fragment of the Plymouth Rock

January 31, 2013 | 4 Comments