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The Year in Pictures 2006

5,500 photos from 144 of Washington, DC's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Scene community and nightlife events

By on December 27, 2006

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January

· HRC’s L Word Premiere Party

H20

· Halo
· Remingtons

· D.C. Eagle
· Hot Ash Cigar Smoker

Green Lantern

· Leather Cocktails

Almas Temple

· Mr. MAL 2006

Almas Temple

· Reaction Dance

Official MAL Closing Party, at Nation

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· JR.’s
· 30 Degrees
· Blowoff

9:30 Club

· Hush

Chloe Restaurant
February

· Liquid Ladies

Apex

· Woof!

Titan

· Freddie’s Follies

Freddie’s Beach Bar

· Lizard Lounge
· Ziegfeld’s

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· Scarlet’s Annual Bake Sale and Auction

D.C. Eagle

· Heat

· Cobalt
· Wet’s 11th Anniversary Party

with Mark Dalton. Edge/Wet Nightclub
March

· Green Lantern
· Dyke Night’s 3rd Anniversary

D.C. Eagle

· Glamour, Glitter & Gold

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The Red Carpet. Titan Bar.

· Glamour, Glitter & Gold

The Center’s 1st Annual Academy Awards Gala. Titan Bar.

· Black Pride 2006 Kickoff Party

Halo

· Fuego’s Mardi Gras Party

Cada Vez

· The Academy of Washington’s Miss Gaye Universe, DC Ball & Miss Gay America, DC Pageant

Almas Temple

· 1409 Playbill Café’s 8th Anniversary

1409 Playbill Café

· Drag Kings Show 6th Anniversary

Club Chaos

· Freddie’s Beach Bar

5th Anniversary Celebration

· The Fireplace
· Blowoff

Nightclub 9:30

· Liquid Ladies

Apex

· DC Eagle
· Stormy Vain’s Drag Cabaret Show

Benefiting BHT. Green Lantern.
April

· Last Night at Ziegfeld’s

Ziegfeld’s/Secrets

· The Victory Fund Champagne Brunch

The Mayflower Hotel

· PEN Annual Awards Dinner

Westin Embassy Row

· Lizard Lounge’s Final Night

MCCXXIII Nightclub

· D.C. Coalition’s Web Site Launch Party

Fab Lounge

· Team D.C.’s Spring Fashion Show

Cobalt

· JR.’s Annual Easter Bonnet Contest

JR.’s

· The Truth Fundraiser

Cada Vez

· The Hippo

· Cherry Main Event

9:30 Club

· GLAA’s 35th Anniversary and Distinguished Service Awards

Washington Plaza Hotel

· American Brotherhood Weekend

Holiday Inn on the Hill

· Men of Mautner
May

· Youth Pride Day

Rock Creek Park

· Youth Pride Infatuation Dance

VelvetNation

· Log Cabin Republicans National Dinner

Ronald Reagan Building

· Fab Lounge’s Grand Opening

Fab Lounge

· The Academy’s Golden Boy Awards

Omni Shoreham Hotel

· The Task Force’s 17th Annual Leadership Awards

Omni Shoreham Hotel

· NOVAM’s Imagine Gala

Torpedo Factory

· Servicemembers Legal Defense Network’s 14th Annual National Dinner

Washington Renaissance Hotel

· Blowoff

Nightclub 9:30

· One In Ten’s Walk the Red Carpet

Spring Gala & Auction. Hotel Helix.

· A Celebration of Life

Whitman-Walker Clinic’s 13th Annual Spring Gala. Andrew W Mellon Auditorium.

· A Night Out for Equality

Equality Maryland’s 5th Annual Gala. Bethesda North Marriott Hotel.

· Madonnarama

VelvetNation
June

· Fun in the Sun: 2006 D.C. Black Pride Festival

Old Convention Center Site, 9th & H Streets NW

· Red Hott

2006 D.C. Black Pride Nightlife, 9:30 Nightclub

· Fever: 2006 D.C. Black Pride Nightlife

Republic Gardens

· Fire Starter: 2006 D.C. Black Pride Nightlife

Wet / Edge

· The Great Big Int’l Drag King Show 6

9:30 Club

· Swim

Chloe

· Mystics Pre-Season Event

Hosted by the HRC Federal Club and The Women in the Life Association. Verizon Center.

· Latin@s En Accion Gala

American Clergy Leadership Conference Hall

· D.C. Dyke March

Dupont Circle

· 2006 Capital Pride Parade

Dupont Circle area, Washington, DC

· 2006 Capital Pride Festival

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC

· The 2006 Mr. & Miss Capital Pride Pageant

Apex

· Capital Pride Bachelor Auction

Remington’s

· Pets-DC’s 13th Annual Pride of Pets Dog Show

Dupont Circle

· Cobalt
· Metro Teen AIDS Art and Articles Auction

Embassy of Finland

· Miss First Lady D.C. Continental

Chaos

· Drag Benefit for Food and Friends

Green Lantern

· Woof!

Titan
July

· Apex
· Phase 1
Atlas: Whirld

MCCXXIII Nightclub

· UMMAH’s White Attire Affair

The Ronald Reagan Building

· Velvet’s Last Dance

Nation

JR.’s
August

· A Different Kind of Ladies Night

Topaz

· Omega
· DC Eagle

· Halo
· Riff Raff

Green Lantern

· Remington’s

Freddie’s Beach Bar

Cobalt

· Fuego’s Wig Out Party

Cada Vez

· Smart Ass Trivia

Titan

· The 2006 Miss Gay DC America Regional Pageant

Apex
September

· Be Bar’s Opening Night

BeBar

· Calor’s Opening Night

Fur Nightclub

· Dario’s Opening Night

Café Napoli
Vida Fitness Grand Opening

Verizon Center

· JR.’s 20th Anniversary

JR.’s

· ASGRA’s 2006 Atlantic Stampede

Montgomery County Fairgrounds

· The Mautner Project’s 16th Anniversary Gala

Washington Hilton

· BHT’s Gay & Lesbian Night at King’s Dominion

Richmond, VA

· The Center’s End of Summer Tea Dance

Washington Plaza Hotel

· Hillwood’s Gay Day

Hillwood Museum & Gardens

· Jewish Literary Festival Gay Author’s Brunch

DCJCC
October

· Halo’s 2nd Anniversary

Halo

· Green Lantern
· Ramrod
ATLAS’s 16th Anniversary Celebration

Club MCCXXIII

· Reel Affirmations XVI Opening Night Party

The Ellington Rooftop Terrace

· 10th Annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner

D.C. Convention Center

· Inova Country Hoe-Down

Odyssey Cruise Ship

· Remington’s
· Capital Halloween Invitational Tournament Masquerade Happy Hour

Doubletree Crystal City

· A Different Kind of Ladies Night

Be Bar

· High Heel Race

17th Street, Dupont Circle

· More High Heel Race

17th Street, Dupont Circle
November

· Ultimate Halloween Bash

Apex

· Employee Turnabout Show

Green Lantern

· Leather Sabbat

DC Eagle

· 1409 Playbill Cafe
· 18th and U Duplex Diner

· Election Night Out

Capitol City Brewing Co.

· JR.’s
· Five Years of Tuesdays

Cobalt

· Blowoff

Nightclub 9:30

· Mr. DC Eagle 2007

DC Eagle

· The Hippo

· Whitman-Walker’s Art for Life

Organization of American States

· SMYAL’s Fall Brunch

Renaissance Mayflower Hotel

· NGLCC National Dinner

National Building Museum

· Green Lantern’s 5th Anniversary

Green Lantern

· D.C. Black Pride Fall Harvest Reception

HRC Action Center and Store
December

· Freddie’s Beach Bar
· The Fireplace

· D.C. Drag Kings 10th Anniversary

Chaos

· Crack

Club DC9

· National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Holiday Party

Busboys and Poets

· Gertrude Stein Democratic Club Holiday Party

Beacon Hotel

· After ”The Opens” Party

18th and U Duplex Diner

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