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LGBT Issues

DC Capital Pride Parade 2010

DC Capital Pride Parade 2010

The DC Capital Pride Parade was held Saturday, June 12, 2010 in Northwest Washington, DC.
DC Capital Pride Parade 2010 – Images by Joe Tresh


DADT Equality Rally at White House

DADT Equality Rally at White House

DADT Equality Rally at Lafayette Square and Protest at the White House May 2, 2010.
“This rally with be held to pressure the President with the demand he transmit IMMEDIATELY to the Senate Armed Service Committee the language for repeal into the Defense Authorization Bill. ”
DADT Equality Rally and White House Protest – May 2, 2010 [...]


“Ask Not” screening at the U.S. Capitol

“Ask Not” screening at the U.S. Capitol

VIP screening of “Ask Not,” the PBS documentary on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by Emmy-nominated documentarian Johnny Symons, on Tuesday, April 27, 2010.
“Ask Not” viewing at the U.S. Capitol – Images by Joe Tresh


GLAA 2010 Distinguished Service Awards

GLAA 2010 Distinguished Service Awards

Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC (GLAA) 2010 Distinguished Service Awards “to local individuals and organizations that have served the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community in the national capital area.” The awards were presented at GLAA’s 39th Anniversary Reception, held on Tuesday, April 20 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Washington [...]


CAGLCC 20th Annual Awards Dinner Gala

CAGLCC 20th Annual Awards Dinner Gala

CAGLCC 20th Annual Awards Dinner Gala – Images by Washington, D.C. News, Event, Wedding, and Nightlife Photographer Joe Tresh


GLAAD President Jarrett T. Barrios Reception

GLAAD President Jarrett T. Barrios Reception

GLAAD President Jarrett T. Barrios Reception – Images by Washington, D.C. News, Event, Wedding, and Nightlife Photographer Joe Tresh


Dan Choi Handcuffed to the White House Fence

Dan Choi Handcuffed to the White House Fence

Same-Sex Marriage Legal in DC

Same-Sex Marriage Legal in DC

Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Legal in DC – Images by Washington, D.C. News, Event, and Nightlife Photographer Joe Tresh
A dozen couples outside of the Superior Courthouse of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 3, 2010, waited to be among the first same-sex couples in the District to receive a marriage license, including the first couple, Angelisa Young and her [...]


Lambda Rising Donates to History

Lambda Rising Donates to History

Lambda Rising’s Last Day – Behind the Scenes – Images by Washington, D.C. News, Event, and Nightlife Photographer Joe Tresh
Deacon Maccubbin and his partner Jim Bennet donate years of materials – including a banner from the 1987 Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights- from storage at Lambda Rising to the Rainbow [...]


Gay Marriage Reception

Gay Marriage Reception

If you’ve already looked through this album, look again. I have added some new photos.

Reception for Gay Marriage in DC Dec 2009 – Images by Washington, D.C. News, Event, and Nightlife Photographer Joe Tresh


DC Council Votes for Marriage

DC Council Votes for Marriage

Last Tuesday the DC City Council voted to allow same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia. I was covering the legislative session for DC Agenda and Q Syndicate.
DC Council votes to allow same-sex marriage – Images by Washington, D.C. News, Event, and Nightlife Photographer Joe Tresh


Rally for DC Marriage Equality

Rally for DC Marriage Equality

I have a lot of photos to update for the blog.
Here’s my complete gallery to the Rally for DC Marriage Equality held at the Kennedy Recreation Center last Monday night.
Rally for DC Marriage Equality Dec 2009 – Images by Joe Tresh


DC Agenda Hits Streets

DC Agenda Hits Streets

DC Agenda First Day Distribution – Images by Joe Tresh
This morning I took photographs of the staff of DC Agenda gathering together for distribution of their first edition, a modest 8-page paper. My photo of the staff from Wednesday appears on the front. After picking up the prints, the staff met briefly then disbursed throughout [...]


Blade Is Now DC Agenda

Blade Is Now DC Agenda

I stopped by the Hard Rock Cafe for the Washington Blade’s “Tweetup,” or meetup. Of course the Blade no longer exists any more, so this was actually a meetup for the now-all-volunteer staff of the new LGBT paper, DC Agenda. DC Agenda will hit the newsstands with a modest first edition.
The new website will be [...]


Washington Blade Paper Box

Washington Blade Paper Box

Obama Signs Shepard Act

Obama Signs Shepard Act

I’m going to be going backwards in time as I upload to this new blog, because I have a lot of stuff from this year that I want to be sure to share. (Hint, please subscribe to RSS now!)
My first assigned event as the first contributing photographer for Q Syndicate, the nation’s leading provider of [...]