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All posts tagged "larry stansbury"

  • In Memoriam: Larry Stansbury (1947-2009)

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    ''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

    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

    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...