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  • DC Cowboys 'Save a Horse'

    By on June 13, 2012

    The DC Cowboys make their final appearance at the 2012 Capital Pride Festival, opening with ''Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy),'' on Sunday, June 10....

  • Buns Away

    By on June 13, 2012

    So I'll share a little secret: When I first decided to take my 12-year-old nephew to this year's Capital Pride Parade to ride in our...

  • Gray Wows at Town Hall

    By on June 12, 2012

    Speaking at a June 7 Capital Pride town-hall meeting at the Charles Sumner School at 17th and M Streets NW, Mayor Vincent Gray (D) received...

  • Pepper Mashay Gets DC Pride Fesitval Soaking Wet [video]

    By on June 12, 2012

    Pepper Mashay performed a selection of her dance music songs at the 2012 Capital Pride Festival on Sunday, June 10. These included ''I've Got My...

  • DC Cowboys Countdown

    By on June 7, 2012

    Stepping Up Just ahead of the 2004 Atlantic Stampede gay rodeo, Kevin Platte was reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of the DC Cowboys dance company....

  • Reasons for the Season

    By on June 7, 2012

    So, four seasons, 12 months and 52 issues later, here we are again at Pride weekend. Sometimes it feels like a holiday, with all the...

  • Samson's Strength

    By on June 7, 2012

    The Men is a new band from Brooklyn that JD Samson says plays ''really heavy music, somewhere between hardcore and metal.'' In other words, it...

  • The Attractions of Pride

    By on June 7, 2012

    ''People have told me that they feel empowered, that my songs are so empowering,'' singer Deborah Cox told Metro Weekly in 2010. ''Even though some...

  • Coming Out for Pride

    By on June 6, 2012

    A banner ad on a Metrobus rumbling down K Street last week caused at least one double-take. Two attractive young men stand cheek to cheek...

  • Putting Pride Together

    By on June 5, 2012

    Running May 30 to June 10, much of Capital Pride 2012 – celebrating a theme of ''Be True. Be You!'' – has already happened. From...

  • Parade and Festival Maps

    By on June 5, 2012

    The 2012 Capital Pride Parade and Festival will be held Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10. Both events will take place at the same...

  • The Normandy Hotel adds a little pride to its step

    By on May 26, 2012

    Capital Pride, Washington, D.C.’s annual LGBT gay pride event, will kick off on May 30, and The Normandy Hotel is joining in the celebration. Beginning with...

  • GLAA Issues ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies''

    By on May 25, 2012

    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...

  • Close to Home

    By on May 23, 2012

    It may not be a topic that fills the community with pride, but it's certainly relevant: LGBT youth homelessness. That's the topic the community will...

  • Deborah Cox Headlines Capital Pride Main Stage

    By on May 14, 2012

    Gay-popular singing sensation Deborah Cox will close this year’s Capital Pride festivities as headline performer on Sunday, June 10. The festival Main Stage lineup also...