Mike Schwartz, chair of the SMYAL Board of Directors, announced the appointment of Sultan Shakir as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective August 4. SMYAL supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.
Names: Katy Ray & E. Sansing
Ages: Katy Ray, 28; E. Sansing, 28
Professions: Katy is an English teacher, Erica is a Philosophy and Ethics instructor, and both write for Tagg.
Spending 30 plus days of celebrating what Barack Obama and all of us capital city queers affectionately call LGBT Pride Month was a fabulous whirlwind. This year, even as my ears were solidly blocked with glitter, I had no problem hearing the roar of engines…
n 2013, more than 624 bills were proposed regulating women’s bodies and reproductive rights, compared to zero bills regulating men’s bodies. In the first three months of 2014, 733 pieces of anti-choice legislation were introduced in state legislatures.
