According to reports, the D.C. office of the Human Rights Campaign and the office for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force were evacuated after police passed along credible bomb threats. 

Staff have since returned to the HRC office following the "all clear" from D.C. police, but the story concerning the NGLTF is still developing. 

(Sources: JoeMyGod; Gawker)

Cyndi Lauper is certainly earning her special honor from the Department of Health and Human Services (which she'll be presented with on May 9); while in D.C., Lauper plans to lobby President Obama and members of Congress on behalf of homeless LGBT youth. 

Oooh! Luke MacFarlane, on-stage within touching distance? Sign us up!

Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.) announced today that fresh off their Broadway run, Luke MacFarlane, Patrick Breen, and Christopher J. Hanke will be leading the national tour of the play, The Normal Heart.

Details after the jump.

There’s something seriously wrong when you can be fired for being gay in our nation’s capital.

Peter TerVeer was employed by the Library of Congress, but now claims that discrimination based on his sexual orientation and religious beliefs led to his firing.

More after the jump.

Ooh! This is pretty special.

The NAMES Project Foundation/AIDS Memorial Quilt has announced that in honor of its 25th anniversary this year, The AIDS Memorial Quilt will be returning to Washington, D.C., in its entirety this June and July.

More after the jump.

Three people have been hospitalized this past week after being attacked in Washington, D.C. Two of the incidents are being considered hate crimes with the third being investigated as a possible hate crime. More after the jump.

The Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.) has suspended Father Marcel Guarnizo for "intimidating behavior" after he refused to give a woman communion at her mother's funeral. Details follow. 

Some of us may want to start a tax scam ring involving 72-day marriages that end with us donating some money to charity in lieu of returning wedding gifts, but pesky anti-gay laws keep us from realizing this Kardashian-inspired dream!

Well, D.C. is looking to help some of us out. The City Council of the District of Columbia has approved legislation that helps same-sex couples who married in the city but are non-residents obtain a divorce. Details and a local new report follow. 

At this morning's press conference announcing the coalition of some 80+ American mayors pushing for full marriage equality across the country, New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have stolen the show. Details follow. 

Sorry, Avengers—a coalition of some 70 mayors have united in the spirit of love to form the real super-group that we're looking forward to most in 2012. Details follow. 

Updated Wednesday 4:50 p.m. (PST)

This girl is cray cray and has been testing our patience since her and her husband's "invite" to the White House which required stealth ops to enter.

It turns out that this family has wasted headlines again. Apparently Michaele has not been kidnapped, but is instead partying it up with the Neal Schon (the lead guitarist of Journey) in Tennessee.

America, listen closely, when you watch shows that make everyday people celebrities, you will have to deal with their everyday issues becoming headlines. You're welcome.

(via TMZ)

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The Real Housewives of D.C. star Michaele Salahi was, according to her husband Tareq, abducted on Tuesday...

GOProud head Jimmy LaSalvia, who himself was the victim of an alleged anti-gay hate crime attack this week in D.C., appeared on MSNBC to say that gays are more in need of guns to prevent hate crimes than federal protections from Washington.