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  • In Memoriam: Larry Stansbury (1947-2009)

    By on June 8, 2010

    For the past 35 years Capital Pride has been planned and operated by a volunteer corps who have given of themselves for the benefit of...

  • One Man's Mark

    By on November 11, 2009

    During his final days Larry Stansbury didn't quite resemble the dedicated community activist and organizer so many in the D.C. area remember. Lying in a...

  • Community Mourns Stansbury

    By on November 4, 2009

    Longtime gay activist Larry Stansbury, 61, died Saturday, Oct. 31, following a weeks-long struggle at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the District. Stansbury (Photo...

  • Labor of Love

    By on June 8, 2009

    Capital Pride is all about the volunteers. Top to bottom, inside and out, the largest annual festival in the nation's capital -- along with the...

  • The Righteous Riots

    By on June 8, 2009

    There was a time when the phrase ''Stonewall'' was more likely to conjure images of the Civil War than of Greenwich Village. Then again, perhaps...

  • Change at BHT

    By on December 13, 2006

    Several months from now you may not find Larry Stansbury of Brother Help Thyself working from his office on 14th Street NW. You may not...

  • Behind the Pride

    By on May 31, 2006

    ''I'm in gay heaven,'' thought Christopher Dyer when he found himself backstage at a Capital Pride celebration as Martha Wash belted ''It's Raining Men'' from...

  • A Helping Hand

    By on January 29, 2003

    Photography by Michael Corelison The young woman with the neon-strawberry-colored hair drops a small business card in front of Larry Stansbury and rushes off. On...

  • Time Well Spent

    By on January 24, 2001

    Twenty-three years is a lot of time to make a difference. For Brother, Help Thyself and the organizations it supports, twenty-three years has been time...