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	<title>Lambda Bridge Club: A Community Profile</title>
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Community Profile: Members of the Lambda Bridge Club MISSION&#58; For 25 years&#44; Lambda Bridge Club has provided a social atmosphere for gay bridge players&#44; with 50 active members&#46; ACTIVITES&#58; Lambda Bridge Club hosts both social and duplicate bridge&#44; a more challenging version of the game&#46; Ed Duffy&#44; a certified American Contract Bridge League &#40;ACBL&#41; bridge participant&#44; takes part in the games and is also in charge of refereeing the duplicate bridge games&#46; The group hosts social games on the first and third Wednesday of each month&#59; duplicate games&#44; which require playing with a partner&#44; on the other Wednesdays&#46; HOW TO JOIN&#58; For a social game&#44; just show up&#46; Players are asked to pay &#36;5 for each game&#46; For a duplicate game&#44; you must contact organizers in advance&#46; You should have some knowledge of the game&#46; &#39;&#39;We don&#39;t teach bridge and we don&#39;t have a beginning class or anything like that&#44;&#39;&#39; Duffy says&#46; &#39;&#39;You need to have some level of familiarity with the game to take part in the social game&#46;&#39;&#39;  ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>D&#46;C&#46; Aquatics Club: A Community Profile</title>
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Community Profile: Members of DCAC at a recent practice session MISSION&#58; The D&#46;C&#46; Aquatics Club &#40;DCAC&#41; promotes competitive and fitness swimming in a social&#44; team&#45;oriented&#44; coached setting&#46; ACTIVITES&#58; In addition to holding five local swim meets throughout the week&#44; DCAC also participates in the International Gay &#38; Lesbian Aquatics &#40;IGLA&#41; Championships&#46; DCAC will travel to Paris for the May 23&#45;28&#44; 2007 championship&#46; HOW TO JOIN&#58; Come to any of the weekly meetings and introduce yourself to a coach or board member&#44; who will assess your swim speed and put you in the appropriate swimming lane&#46; After two free swim trials&#44; guests are asked to join DCAC for &#36;35 a year&#46; Group members are also asked to pay for their share of DCAC&#39;s pool rental fees&#44; which is &#36;8 for each practice &#40;payable per visit or in advance&#41;&#46; Membership applications are also available online at www&#46;swimdcac&#46;org&#46; &#39;&#39;I was initially hesitant to join the team&#44;&#39;&#39; says DCAC member Wonkee Moon&#44; who has met most of his close friends through the group&#46; &#39;&#39;I swam elsewhere and didn&#39;t get a good feeling from the other groups&#46; I tried out DCAC and it&#39;s been a great resource&#46; It&#39;s for all walks of life&#46;&#39;&#39;  ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Capital Area Rainbowlers Association &#40;CARA&#41;: A Community Profile</title>
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Community Profile: CARA members on their 2006 Capital Pride Parade float&#40;Photo by Henry Linser&#47;file photo&#41; MISSION&#58; Founded in 1995&#44; CARA coordinates and promotes the sport of bowling for men and women in the Washington&#44; D&#46;C&#46;&#44; area gay community&#46; CARA currently has about 600 members&#46; COMMON ACTIVITIES&#58; With a number of leagues throughout the area and various bowling seasons&#44; CARA provides year&#45;round opportunities for competitive bowling&#46; HOW TO JOIN&#58; CARA is open to bowlers of all skill levels&#44; with weekly fees dependent upon a member&#39;s specific league&#46;  ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies &#40;GLIFAA &#41;: A Community Profile</title>
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Community Profile: Members of GLIFAA &#40;Photo by Todd Franson&#41; MISSION&#58; Founded in 1992&#44; GLIFAA works for full parity for GLBT personnel and their families in U&#46;S&#46; foreign affairs agencies&#46; GLIFAA also serves as a support network and source of information for GLBT employees and their families&#46; ACTIVITIES&#58; Lobby foreign affairs agencies to advance the group&#39;s mission&#44; while also offering social events for membership&#46; HOW TO JOIN&#58; Full membership available to foreign affairs officers&#44; with &#36;35 annual dues&#46; Other levels of membership are available to supporters&#46; Membership application is available online at www&#46;glifaa&#46;org&#46;  ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Asian Queers United for Action &#40;AQUA&#41;: A Community Profile</title>
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Community Profile: Members of AQUA at a recent happy hour event Mission&#58; To serve gay&#44; bisexual&#44; transgender&#44; and questioning Asian and Pacific Islanders &#40;API&#41; in the Washington&#44; D&#46;C&#46;&#44; area with advocacy&#44; education and social events promoting a positive image of API&#46; Founded&#58; 1997 Members&#58; 70  ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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