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All posts tagged "singers"

  • Mainstage Moments [video]

    The Capital Pride Festival Mainstage is always a delightful, energetic melting pot of local and regional talent and national acts. More than 2 dozen acts...

  • Country Pride [video]

    Nashville star Chely Wright, who earlier this year became the first prominent country artist to come out of the closet, headlined this year's Capital Pride...

  • The Wright Path

    There've been a lot of firsts this year for Chely Wright, starting with her coming out in May that made her the nation's first openly...

  • Day of Dance

    Singer Inaya Day remembers the time her uncle -- a pastor -- asked to hear her single ''Nasty Girl.'' ''I was like, 'I don't think...

  • Born to Strum

    In the past year, Michelle Raymond has taken up, among other things, softball, rowing, kickball and sailing. And all because of Jim Carrey. Yes, that...

  • The Etheridge Edge

    It's a sad time in coupledom. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the lesbian Democrat from Wisconsin, and her partner, Lauren Azar, are reportedly separating. So are Al...

  • Mya Cancels Pride Appearance

    Capital Pride Festival headliner Mya, slated to perform as the headliner on the main stage and closing this year's 35th annual festival, has cancelled her...

  • Youth Pride Day on Stage [video]

    SMYAL dancers vogue, duckwalk and Shablam! on stage at Youth Pride 2010: Michelle Raymond performs an acoustic version ''Umbrella'' for Youth Pride

  • Mya Homecoming

    The Capital Pride Alliance announced on Thursday, May 6, that this year's Capital Pride Festival headliner will be R&B singer Mýa. ''We're really excited to...

  • Sia Change

    Sia Furler is honored to be Christina Aguilera's ''bitch.'' Furler, who records under her first name, just wrapped up work co-writing for Aguilera, as well...

  • The Musical Empowerment of Deborah Cox

    ''A lot of people say, 'Man, you sound like you're going through it,'' says singer-songwriter Deborah Cox. You can sense the concern just from a...

  • Tom Goss Performs ''Who We Are'' [video]

    Openly gay singer-songwriter Tom Goss gave a rich, stirring performance of ''Who We Are'' at the Human Rights Campaign's rally for repeal of ''Don't Ask,...

  • Tegan & Sara

    Tegan and Sara Quin actually look like twins on the cover of Sainthood. ''For years we rejected this twin image, people always trying to twin...

  • Boy Talk

    ''West End Girls.'' ''It's A Sin.'' ''Always On My Mind.'' ''Go West.'' ''New York City Boy.''Quickly approaching 30 years of musical partnership, Neil Tennant and...

  • RuPaul at Capital Pride 2009

    RuPaul (Charles) entertains the crowd at Washington, DC’s 2009 Capital Pride Festival.