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D.C. police on Friday arrested Gary Niles Montgomery, 55, in connection with the fatal stabbing of Deoni Jones at a Benning Heights bus stop on Feb. 2.

Deoni Jones, 23, was stabbed in the head at a bus stop on East Capitol Street N.E. around 8:15 p.m. on Thursday. She died several hours later at a local hospital.

Speaking at a World AIDS Day candlelight vigil in Dupont Circle on Thursday, Dec. 1, District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray stressed his administration remains committed to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington.

Gays and lesbians from Maine to Hawaii celebrated the end of the military’s ban on openly gay and lesbian servicemembers as the repeal of the Clinton-era law became official at midnight Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, Sept. 20.

The promoter behind Jacob Pring Events has been going gangbusters lately pulling together ’’DC’s 1st Annual LGBT Volunteer Fair,’’ set for May 19 at Adams Morgan’s District nightclub.

The Sasha Bruce House will commemorate ’’SHINE Night’’ from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, with a ’’fun interactive event’’ featuring drum-circle performances by Akoma Drummers and the Young Women’s

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black spoke about Proposition 8, LGBT advocacy and the upcoming biopic on former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover at the Duplex Diner in the District on Tuesday, March 29.

Activists hope a marriage equality bill before Annapolis lawmakers will allow Marylanders to tie the knot in their own state, and not in the District of Columbia.

With 3.2 percent of the District of Columbia’s residents living with HIV/AIDS, public health officials and service providers continue to grapple with an infection rate that rivals those found in some sub-Saharan African countries.

It’s the season for embassy soirees in the nation’s capital, and the public is invited to attend a series of concerts and receptions.