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One of the longest serving shelters for young LGBTQ people experiencing homelessness in D.C. is facing closure after losing almost $1 million in funding from...

Nellie’s went a step further Friday by hiring LGBTQ+ activist Ruby Corado as their manager and director of community engagement. “I have been trying to make sure that we address the issue of community interaction,” Corado said. “So I know that what happened here, I believe that needs to be addressed.” Demonstrators say hiring Corado is a public relations stunt. “It seems as though a last-ditch ploy,” one said.  The protesters want Nellie’s to release more surveillance video of ...

Nellies hires new manager to focus on concerns of LGBTQ+ people of color Ida Domingo Replay Video UP NEXT Nellies Sports Bar in D.C. announced Friday that they have hired a new manager after being closed for more than a month following a viral video that caught a woman being dragged by a former security vendor.  The sports bar posted about the new hiring on their Facebook page. They say Ruby Corado was named as the new manager. "She will assist in ensuring that all of Nellie...

It allowed Ruby Corado, the organization’s founder, to expand her life’s work of helping LGBTQ youth, many of whom were surviving on the streets. Too many, despite the staff’s best efforts, didnt make it. Now, Corado is on her 30th year of efforts to rescue young people from the streets that she herself emerged from. But Casa Rubys desire to move on from their current lease will not be cheap, as there are still about three years left on it. Corado has hopes of uniting the center’s curre...

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Activists in D.C. say the unprecedented security ahead of Inauguration Day has put homeless transgender and LGBTQ people at increased risk.

Ruby Corado (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Longtime transgender activist Ruby Corado, the founder and current executive director of the D.C. LGBTQ community services center Casa Ruby, announced on Monday in a Facebook posting that she plans to step down as Casa Ruby’s leader around the middle of 2022. “In 1 year and a half I will step down from Casa Ruby LGBT Community Center so I can focus on my Trans Global Institute, my new business and make room for new trans leadership!” she...