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Federal Judge Rules DOMA, Tax Code Force Unconstitutional Treatment For Same-Sex Couples
On Thursday evening, a federal judge in California held that the Defense of Marriage Act and a provision of tax law unconstitutionally limit same-sex couples...
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GLAA Issues ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies''
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., (GLAA) issued its ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies'' today, just as the DC Black Pride weekend is...
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Carson Hearing Postponed
A scheduled May 22 status hearing for LaShawn Carson, accused of shooting a gay man at a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant, has been postponed. A...
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Proclamations and Recognitions
Welcome Message from the DC Black Pride Board Board and List of Sponsors Black Pride Vendors
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State Department Releases Annual Report on Human Rights, Details LGBT Mistreatment
The State Department this morning released its 2011 Annual Report on Human Rights, the 36th such annual report. Marking the release, Secretary of State Hillary...
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New Poll Shows Voters Support Maryland Marriage Equality Bill, Buoyed By Increased Black Voter Support
A strong majority of Marylanders would vote to uphold Maryland’s recently passed marriage equality law if it is taken to a referendum in November, a...
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Launching Pride
Back in the younger years of DC's Black Pride celebration, I was coordinating HIV-prevention outreach efforts with one of my black co-workers at Whitman-Walker Clinic....
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Double Serving
At one point in the middle of the complicated hijinks of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's The Servant of Two Masters, Truffaldino, the servant in question,...
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Black Pride Vendors
As of press time; subject to change. The Expo will be held on Sunday, May 27From Noon to 6 p.m. Francis-Stevens Educational Campus2425 N St. NWWashington,...
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NAACP Gets to Yes
A group calling itself the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hardly sounds cutting edge. Yet 62 of 64 board members for the...
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2012 DC Black Pride Workshop Schedule
Saturday, May 26Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill Hotel400 New Jersey Ave. NWWashington, D.C. View Larger Map
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Black Pride Schedule of Events
All events at the Host Hotel unless otherwise noted. Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill Hotel400 New Jersey Ave. NWWashington, D.C. View Larger
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Official 2012 International Federation of Black Prides Events Calendar
June SAY IT LOUD!Albany, NYJune 1-2, 2012Contact: Jasán WardPhone: 518-432-4188Email: info@inourownvoices.orgblackandlatinogaypride.org PORTLAND BLACK PRIDEPortland, ORJune 6-12, 2012Contact: Khalil EdwardsPhone: 503-752-5766Email: portlandblackpride@gmail.com WASHINGTON, DC LATINO PRIDE*Washington, DCJune...
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Partying with Pride
Ashanti will perform at Fur Nightclub this Friday, May 25, as part of a ''mega party'' for DC Black Pride. It's purportedly the R&B singer's...
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Royal Welcome
LGBT pride festivals are no strangers to divas. Genuine royalty, on the other hand, is quite a bit more rare. Arriving in D.C. from Ghana...
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Release, Change of Bond Denied for Furr
Kenneth Furr, the off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer who allegedly shot at a car containing five people, including at least two transgender women, remains held...
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Film Forum
''It's disheartening for me to see how the island is saturated with homophobia,'' says Dre Woody Macko. Macko hopes the new documentary Taboo Yardies helps...
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Poolside View
(Photo by Julian Vankim)} AFTER A WINTER'S worth of work hitting the gym, counting calories and achieving that shape, you can indulge with a little...
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Board, Sponsors and Guide Masthead
The 2012 Black Lesbian & Gay Pride Day, Inc. Board Maxanne CheathamDerrick DunningJimma Elliot-StevensEarl Fowlkes, Jr.Kenneth HopsonKenya HuttonMarc MorganJune SpenceAndrea Woody-Macko Corporate & Community Sponsors...
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DC Black Pride's Exceptional Expo
You already know what a bad Health & Wellness Expo might look like. There's the table for the HIV testing. Have another brochure about nutrition....
