Loving where you rent in D.C.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, our thoughts often turn to love. While we may think of candlelit dinners or romantic gestures, love extends beyond relationships—it’s about the spaces we inhabit and how we nurture our connection to them. Loving where you live can have a profound impact on your well-being, and for renters in Washington, D.C., transforming an apartment into a cherished home is not only possible, but also can feel essential.

The time is 30 years ago and not a smartphone in sight. It’s an almost envious time at this point since our phones bring us so much distraction and distress as much as they do ease and convenience. In Primary Trust, playwright Eboni Booth takes us to a simpler time but emotions can still be tricky to navigate. Only in the ’90s, Kenneth had to do it directly instead of behind a screen.

Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) social media account has taken to X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday to boast about the removal of an LGBTQ+ page from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) website.Newsweek has reached out to the DHS via email for comment on Sunday morning.Since beginning his second term, President Donald Trump has taken steps to unravel protections for LGBTQ+ people as their rights have been under scrutiny since his 2024 presidential campaign.On Inauguration Day, Trump signed an executive order titled "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government." The order mandated that his administration would use "clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male." The federal government will also use the word "sex" instead of "gender" with all official documents, including passports, visas and Global Entry cards, "accurately reflect the holder's sex.""Agencies are no longer going to promote gender ideology through communication forms and other messages," a Trump administration official told reporters at the time, adding that "federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology."Since then, several websites related to topics of gender identity and sexual orientation have been taken down.In a Saturday evening post on X, DOGE pointed towards the removal of the LGBTQ+'s webpage on the DHS' website."Adjustment to DHS website," DOGE wrote, attaching screenshots of the before and after of DHS' LGBTQ+ website page that spoke about how the LGBTQ+ community faces violence.Although it's unclear when exactly the webpage was taken down, as of Sunday morning, when visiting the "LGBTQI+ Community Resources" page on the DHS website, visitors are now taken to a page that states: "Page Not Found. It looks like K-9 Scout wasn't able to find the page that you are searching for.

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CAMP Rehoboth Theatre Company will kick off its 2025 season with its first-ever poetry jam followed by a full-stage production of “5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche” on Friday, Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. at CAMP Rehoboth’s Elkins-Archibald Atrium.

Reality star Gemma Collins has blasted Nigel Farage over vile online posts by one of his Scottish candidates.

La artista puertorriqueña ha reafirmado su apoyo a la comunidad trans con una publicación en Instagram.

Bells, drums and chants rang out Saturday afternoon in Union Square in Manhattan as thousands of New Yorkers gathered to protest an executive order from the Trump administration targeting transgender children and teens. The order, which threatens to withhold federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming treatments to trans youth, has left many local families worried and reeling.