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  • Where Do We Fit?

    With the November elections five weeks past, people are finally turning away from electoral discussions. Who could blame the voters on the losing side if...

  • Shake-Up at HRC

    Less than one year after taking the helm, Cheryl Jacques has resigned as the head of the Human Rights Campaign, the organization announced Tuesday evening,...

  • Next Exit 4 Years: Mapping a New Direction

    Los Angeles and New York may be the country's cultural poles, but Washington sets the tone. The web of executive decisions, bureaucratic regulations, Supreme Court...

  • Local Leverage

    By so many measures, the 2004 presidential race is unprecedented. The George W. Bush vs. John Kerry slugfest is breaking records with money spent and...

  • LEAGUE (Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgendered United Employees) at AT&T

    LEAGUE members at a recent national leadership meeting Organizational Mission: LEAGUE at AT&T aims to lead, shape and change the workplace, the communities, and the...

  • Rock the House

    The organizers of the WEDRock benefit concert wanted to raise support for one of this year's most explosive issues, same-sex marriage. But they didn't want...

  • Politics of Interpretation

    Same-sex marriage has taken center stage in the 2004 presidential election. The Republican effort to amend the Constitution to prevent same-sex marriage from taking root...

  • Signature Moments

    ''My mother won't explain it,'' says Paris Barclay of his offbeat but memorably elegant first name. ''She claimed she was reading mythology when I was...

  • Trans Mission

    At the age of forty, a time when many people are contemplating the middle of their lives, Mara Keisling was at the beginning of a...

  • Leading the Charge

    Cheryl Jacques had a tough act to follow when she arrived in D.C. last January to take the helm of the Human Rights Campaign. The...

  • Letter from Robert York

    DEAR FRIENDS, On behalf of the Capital Pride committee, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 29th annual Capital Pride Festival. We hope...

  • Letter from Cornelius Baker

    As Charles Dickens wrote, ''it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'' For the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community, it...

  • Festival Booths and Vendors

    In alphabetical order, as of press time. Subject to change. The Capital Pride Festival Site, located along Pennsylvania Avenue, between 3rd and 7th Streets NW,...

  • 2004 Capital Pride Parade

    2004 Capital Pride Parade Participants In alphabetical order, as of press time. Subject to change. Saturday, June 12, rain or shine Stepoff is at 6:30...

  • Capital Pride Heroes

    Each year, the Capital Pride Planning Committee selects a number of individuals to honor as ''Capital Pride Heroes.'' These honorees have gone above and beyond...