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Welcome to DC Black Pride Weekend

For 2013, the mood is all about ''Stepping Up & Being Heard''

Published on May 23, 2013, 3:02am

Marking its 23rd year, it's time for the annual DC Black Pride weekend. Running Friday, May 24, through Sunday, May 25, the weekend is full of events that are cultural, social and educational. Add on the unofficial, ancillary events, and the celebration actually runs all the way into the wee hours of Tuesday morning, May 27. ''There's an undercurrent of excitement,'' says Earl D. Fowlkes Jr., CEO and secretary of Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Inc. (BLGPD), which produces ...[Read]

Pastor No More

Larry Burks is taking his first steps in the world beyond his clergy closet

Published on May 23, 2013, 2:58am

Pastor Larry Burks earned a reputation at his Southern California church for his fire-and-brimstone rhetoric about homosexuality. He was an upstanding, married member of the clergy on the rise. Not only did he have a congregation, wife and conservative reputation; he also had a secret. Pastor Burks was gay. While he maintained the lie well, he decided in 2010 that he would do it no longer and left the pulpit in early 2011. ''I'm running away from the ministry like ...[Read]

Ready, Set, Activism

DC Black Pride screens five films shining a light on community issues

Published on May 23, 2013, 2:56am

Amir Dixon wasn't sure how willing some young black gay men would be to go on record about the struggles they face. But once Dixon established a rapport and a safe space, ''people opened up and shared very deep, deep things, like drug abuse and sex work and hurt and pain and vulnerability -- all these major things.'' Dixon's interview subjects, from cities around the country, realized ''that at the end of the day this isn't about them. It's about ...[Read]

ACTing Out

African-American Collective Theater presents its 15th DC Black Pride production

Published on May 23, 2013, 2:54am

With all the events that make up the DC Black Pride weekend, quite a few people – from workshop coordinators to town hall facilitators to speed-dating overseers – will have that well-known phrase in mind at some point: ''It's showtime!'' In the case of Alan Sharpe, however, not only will he bring the phrase back to its roots, he'll use it twice. Sharpe, founding artistic director of D.C.'s African-American Collective Theater is putting on a show. {Alan Sharpe (Photo by ...[Read]

Schedule of official events

DC Black Pride 2013

Published on May 23, 2013, 2:49am

Friday, May ...[Read]

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