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  • Black Pride Festival Vendors

    Sunday, May 27, 2007 Washington Convention Center, Hall C 801 Mount Vernon Place NW Noon to 6 p.m. 8MO Recordings A&E Ventures LLC Adams National...

  • Official Club and Nightlife Events

    The following venues and promoters have supported Black Lesbian & Gay Pride Day Inc., the nonprofit organization that produces D.C. Black Pride weekend. We hope...

  • Something to Talk About

    If you've ever caught any of the episodes from the third season of BET's College Hill, a reality show about eight black college students, you...

  • Healthy Relationship

    Among the infamous milestones of the HIV pandemic, June 2005 and the figure 46 percent stand out for African-American gay men. It was then that...

  • Idol Time

    Franchelle ''Frenchie'' Davis gained fame -- and infamy -- during an all-too-brief round as a finalist in American Idol's second season. But she had her...

  • Official 2007 International Federation of Black Prides Events Calendar

    From Altanta to Toronto, below is the list of Black Pride events around the U.S. and Canada. June BLACK GAY PRIDE NEW ENGLAND Boston, Ma....

  • Community Resource Guide

    The following is a list of Washington, D.C. Community-Based Organizations. The Abundant Life Clinic 717 Eighth St. SE Washington, D.C. 20003 Dr. Michael Muhammad, Exec....

  • 2007 Official Black Pride Sponsors

    PlatinumD.C.GovernmentHumanRights CampaignMetroWeeklyWashingtonBlade GoldBETClikMagazineCoca-ColaCoorsBrewing Company SouthernVoice SilverKaiserPermanenteUsHelping Us BronzeAdamsNational BankBennettCareer InstituteEbonyPyramid EntertainmentGLADDI.Gorman JewelersKMPGNationalBlack Justice CoalitionNationalCenter for Lesbian Rights NationalGay and Lesbian Task ForceRedHot BroadwaySuccumbMagazineTheCenter - Home...

  • Inhuman Conditions

    In recent weeks, those who ride the Metro have invariably come across the large posters advertising an exhibition of human bodies that have been variously...

  • Power in numbers

    About 100 people gathered at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Southwest Washington Thursday, May 17, for D.C. Fights Back's HIV/AIDS Speak Out. The goal: Start...

  • Row Your Boat

    Out 2 Paddle, a gay rowing team sponsored by metropolitan Washington's Asian/Pacific-Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA), took the gold at the sixth annual Dragon...

  • Save the Clubs

    I do not spend much time in nude dancing clubs. I nonetheless defend them for several reasons: Because adults in an international city like Washington...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Maybe you've got it like that, and maybe you've fallen into believing the hype. With so much extra material swirling around the issues...

  • Ich bin Transvestit

    This is the root of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf's story: ''I am a transvestite.'' Brave words, even now. Imagine saying them in Germany during the rise...

  • Past Perfect

    We have been spoiled by the multiplex, lulled into a sense of security and confidence by the men and women behind the curtains who make...