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Meet Jenny Durkan: Possibly the first openly gay U.S. Attorney
”I am so pleased the Obama administration also recognizes Jenny’s leadership and experience, and nominated her for this important position. I hope the Senate will...
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Crystal Clarity
Two decades ago, Crystal Waters was just another bored D.C. government employee. On a lark, she turned to recording music, and in short order, the...
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Capital Pride Countdown
If Destiny B. Child's (aka Richard Legg) performance at the final Capital Pride meeting on Wednesday, May 13, is any indication, organizers of the 34th...
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Marriage Matters
The setting was nearly divine, as marriage-equality activists gathered in a hall of All Souls Church, Unitarian, in Columbia Heights. The sky turned to twilight...
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Woman on the Verge
When the June/July issue of The Advocate magazine featured ''Forty under 40,'' an exhaustive list of young GLBT people, running through the worlds of business,...
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Tribal Warfare
There is plenty of inequity in our country. Whether it's poverty, discrimination, oppression, take your pick. We're far from perfect. We may be richer, more...
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Geared Up
Who would have thought that salvation would come in the form of a man with the self-ascribed moniker McG? But it has. McG, who made...
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Big Country
Everything about the world-premiere musical Giant at Signature Theatre is as big as the title suggests. The ''Texas-sized'' musical features an ambitiously scaled concept, a...
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Proud Parents
In some places around the country, gay and lesbian people are still banned from adopting children. Likely in those same areas -- and well beyond...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Things wobble slowly towards maximum stasis. Once they reach their natural still point, they'll wind back up and begin the process all over...
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Designing Woman
Despite the bohemian trendiness of the '30s when Noel Coward wrote Design for Living, he must have known that most audiences, being typically conventional, would...
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Rhoda Returns
''She was so much more outrageous than I would ever think of being,'' says Valerie Harper of legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead. ''She would make Rhoda...
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Red Hot
''It's not going to be like any other night at Apex,'' says Adam Ross Wilson, who is bringing his party Calor to city's longest-running gay...
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One for the Ladies
In the professional promotion, there are a few words officially associated with Lace, a restaurant and nightclub in Northeast D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood: ''Sophisticated. Mature. Sexy....
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From the President of DC Black Pride
Khalid Parker What an exciting year! I am so glad to humbly serve as President of Black Lesbian & Gay Pride Day, Inc. (DC Black...
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Kirkland's Contribution
Just a couple of hours before the 2009 DC Black Pride ''Pure Love'' Kickoff Party moves into high gear, some members of the community will...
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Pure Love on the Runway
The Superfly Fashion Show, DC Black Pride's official fashion show event, starting at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 22, will feature a genuine commitment ceremony...
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2009 DC Black Pride Calendar
Events in this listing are current as of the time of publication. Check event listings at the hospitality suite at the Host Hotel. HOST HOTEL...
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Something for Everybody
It's no wonder that Khalid ''KP'' Parker, president of DC Black Pride, is a little tired. Have you seen the lineup of everything that's been...
