All posts tagged "halloween"
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Silver Anniversary in Heels
A longstanding Halloween season celebration is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and one of its chief organizers is calling it quits after this year's event. The...
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Trick-or-treat travel
Ghosts, goblins and gays are synonymous with Halloween. And if you’re looking for a spooktacular LGBT-friendly destination to spend the holiday, here are Elsewhere’s picks:...
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Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
Originally broadcast on PBS, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life focuses on the composer, arranger and pianist who was Washington-native Duke Ellington’s right hand man for decades,...
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The 2010 17th Street High Heel Race [video]
And they're off! The 2010 High Heel Race was the largest ever -- with a turnout that numbered in the tens of thousands along the...
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Halloween Happenings
In the gay community, Halloween is like Christmas: A chance to get presents and prizes, if you dress up for the occasion. Gay bars and...
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Outspoken, Ep. 11: Ghostly Encounters and Scary Movies [video]
In this week's edition of Outspoken, host Ebone Bell hits up the 25th Annual 17th Street High Heel Race and poses the seasonal ''Halloweenish'' questions:...
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Halloween's a Drag
There are vague memories – just a blur – of tromping around in my mother's pumps. What was I, 3? As a high school junior,...
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Pumped to Race
Organizers of the 24th annual High Heel Race, set for Tuesday, Oct. 26, are asking for three things: One, they need volunteers. Two, they want...
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Touting Terror
Fear bonds people together. So do joy, lust and a number of other extreme emotions. It's just that fear rarely receives its due. Rather, communal...
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A Royal Outing
Halloween has always been a holiday particularly well celebrated by two groups of people -- the queer community and kids. In the past few years,...
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Batty for Halloween
(Photo by Todd ''Fresh from the Grave'' Franson ) A time for terror? A chance to play dress-up? A family affair? Halloween can be all...
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Dressed to Kill
You can learn a lot about other people by trying to be one of them. At least, that's the lesson I learned years ago, the...
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A Homo Halloween
Boo! Did we scare you? Probably not. You're all big boys and girls, after all. But even big boys and big girls can run into...
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Cheap Costumes
Admit it. Every Halloween comes with a touch of been there, done that as the annual parade of Dorothys and first-time drag queens hits the...
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Hair 'em, Scare 'em
While they say clothes may make the man, Ebone Bell, aka E-Cleff, says it really has more to do with the facial hair. And with...
