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  • Capital Pride Week: 10 Essential Tracks

    It’s Capital Pride week in D.C. once again. A time for reflection on the accomplishments of the past year, to celebrate who we are, revel...

  • Icona Pop’s New Single, U.S. Tour Dates

    Today the Swedish dance-pop duo Icona Pop, whose irresistible Top 10 hit “I Don’t Care (I Love It)” has now reached ubiquity, released new song...

  • 5 Gay Things to See or Do Before Pride

    Got Pride fever already? Well, here’s our pick for five slightly off-the-beaten-path ways to scratch your gay itch before next weekend’s parade, festival and parties....

  • Celebrating Community

    The Celebration of the Spirit Coalition (COTSC) will host the annual Pride Week Interfaith Service on Tuesday, June 4, marking the 30th anniversary of the...

  • Kick Starter

    ''Just watching people try and play kickball in drag is hilarious,'' Karl Muller says. ''The dresses are flying, the wigs are going, and everything.'' This...

  • DC Front Runners Launch Pride Event

    After a couple of false starts, things are finally running smoothly for the DC Front Runners, D.C.'S LGBT running club, as it prepares to host...

  • Capital Pride Names 2013 Heroes

    Capital Pride will honor five individuals as ''Pride Heroes,'' as well as recognize a number of other community members for their various efforts on behalf...

  • Emeli Sande to perform at Capital Pride

    Remarkable young soul singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé will be one of three featured headliners at this year’s Capital Pride Festival, Metro Weekly can confirm today. Sandé...

  • Keen on Keenan

    ''I would get bored, I think, with circuit parties eight-minute-long songs,'' says Keenan Orr. ''I think the closest to a circuit party I'm going...

  • Whitman-Walker Sponsoring Pride Parade

    Capital Pride announced yesterday that Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center specializing in LGBT and HIV/AIDS care, will be the presenting sponsor of the...

  • Pride Parade Switching Paths

    The local blog Borderstan reported Monday that Capital Pride has proposed a route change for this year's Capital Pride Parade. The proposal was submitted at...

  • 2013: A Look Ahead

    Welcome to the new year. If you've made some resolutions, best of luck in keeping them. They likely have to do with health and wealth....

  • Pride Surprise

    After you'd gotten your dose of Deborah Cox, once the beer garden ran dry, it might've seemed as though Capital Pride 2012 was packing up...

  • Capital Pride Parade 2012 [video]

    Thousands of people lined the streets of Washington, D. C. on Saturday, June 9, to see the spectacle of the 2012 Capital Pride Parade. Stepping...

  • There's No Place Like Pride

    It's nearly summer and pride is in the air. Thousands of locals and out-of-town visitors lined up along the District's streets and crowded onto Pennsylvania...