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  • Metro DC PFLAG

    By on June 4, 2008

    It's hard to miss the Metro D.C. PFLAG contingent as they march along the Capital Pride Parade route. This collection of parents, family and friends...

  • Pride Sponsors

    By on June 4, 2008

    Capital Pride Sponsors 2008 Presenting Sponsor: Southwest Airlines Capital Sponsors: Metro Weekly Suntrust Bank Washington Blade Legacy Sponsors: Wachovia Bank Whole Foods Yuengling Advocate Sponsor:...

  • Pride Scopes

    By on June 4, 2008

    Heavenly Round Up: There is chaos under heaven and the situation is excellent! Surely those words make this a day to remember, a day to...

  • One in Ten

    By on June 4, 2008

    Margaret Murray, executive director of One In Ten, was brand-new to Washington when she found herself walking through the 2006 Capital Pride Festival along Pennsylvania...

  • The Center

    By on June 4, 2008

    For both The Center, ''Home for GLBT in Metro DC,'' and the D.C. Crystal Meth Working Group (CMWG) it sponsors, things have been busy since...

  • Pretty Powerful

    By on June 4, 2008

    The Maryland-based band Odd Girl Out was named after a lesbian pulp novel, but it shares a name with a popular book that was turned...

  • National Youth Advocacy Coalition

    By on June 4, 2008

    Since the early 1990s, the Washington-based National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) has taken a social-justice approach to improving the physical and emotional well-being of lesbian,...

  • Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance (AGLA)

    By on June 4, 2008

    When it comes to Washington's GLBT community, Virginia isn't just a place that lies across the Potomac -- it's a full and vibrant part of...

  • Spirited Connection

    By on June 4, 2008

    Jason Warner and deMarco DeCiccio know they've sown some confusion out there. ''I think where people get confused is, are we gay? Yes. Are we...

  • Radical Faeries

    By on June 4, 2008

    When Harry Hay, founder of the gay-pioneering Mattachine Society and a leftist, was called to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s,...

  • Community Partners

    By on June 4, 2008

    History. Vision. Legacy. A sense of our past. A plan for our future. A respect for our heritage. History. Vision. Legacy. Those are the ideals...

  • Transitioning to Tomorrow

    By on June 4, 2008

    From its roots in the streets of Dupont Circle to Francis Field, from intimate neighborhood morning to an expanded evening parade, Capital Pride is nothing...

  • Mautner Project

    By on June 4, 2008

    ''I'm proud that we are standing,'' says D. Magrini, health education director at the Mautner Project, a lesbian health organization. ''The idea that an organization...

  • Arts Corner

    By on June 4, 2008

    Sunday, June 15, 2008 12 Noon to 6pm For the ninth year running, the GLBT Arts Consortium is proud to sponsor the performance stage at...

  • March Madness

    By on June 4, 2008

    Come Saturday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m., whether the sun is shining or there's a deluge of rain, the 33rd annual Capital Pride Parade officially...