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  • Her Time, Again

    By on June 3, 2007

    Dance music hitmaker and '90s pop sensation Crystal Waters has always had strong support from the gay community, in part because of her chosen genre...

  • Metro D.C. PFLAG

    By on June 3, 2007

    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...

  • Festival Map

    By on June 3, 2007

    Sunday, June 10, 11am-6pm Take Metrorail on the Green or Yellow Line or Metrobus routes 30, 32, 34, 35 or 36 to Archives Navy Mem'l...

  • A Welcoming Home

    By on June 3, 2007

    Mara Levi jokes that during her early Capital Pride Mainstage set a couple years ago, she may have been seen as a bit of a...

  • National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)

    By on June 3, 2007

    SINCE THE EARLY '90s, the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) has taken a social-justice approach to improving the physical and emotional well-being of lesbian, gay,...

  • Parade Route Map

    By on June 3, 2007

    Saturday, June 9, 2007 - Begins 6:30pm Take Metrorail on the Red Line or Metrobus routes D6 or 42 to Dupont Circle in Downtown Washington,

  • Hip Hop Girl Power

    By on June 3, 2007

    A little exposure goes a long way, particularly for the lesbian hip-hop duo God-Des & She. ''We've gotten a lot of Pride offers this year,...

  • One in Ten

    By on June 3, 2007

    MARGARET MURRAY WAS brand-new to Washington, recently hired as the executive director of One In Ten, when she found herself walking through the 2006 Capital...

  • Manifest Destiny

    By on June 3, 2007

    Destiny B. Childs has racked up a lot of titles in three short years of life: Miss Gaye Dreamgirls. Miss International Gay Rodeo Association. Miss...

  • Capital Area Interweave (Unitarian Universalists)

    By on June 3, 2007

    WHY IS UNITARIAN Universalism appealing to gays? Archene Turner, co-chair of Capital Area Interweave, a group with about 40 members representing 15 D.C.-area Unitarian Universalists...

  • Hypnotic Effect

    By on June 3, 2007

    Hitting the Capital Pride main stage last year in 2006 was a big deal for the Mesmers. ''It was the biggest audience we had ever...

  • Whitman-Walker Clinic

    By on June 3, 2007

    THERE AREN'T ENOUGH pages in the Pride Guide to list all of the services Whitman-Walker Clinic has provided to the community over the past three...

  • The 2007 Black Pride Planning Committee

    By on May 23, 2007

    The 2007 Black Pride Planning Committee Chair James Hawkins Communications Director Ray Daniels Event Management Director DaJuan Xavier Event Management Associate Directors Charles Coward Tommy...

  • Black Pride Festival Vendors

    By on May 23, 2007

    Sunday, May 27, 2007 Washington Convention Center, Hall C 801 Mount Vernon Place NW Noon to 6 p.m. 8MO Recordings A&E Ventures LLC Adams National...

  • Official Club and Nightlife Events

    By on May 23, 2007

    The following venues and promoters have supported Black Lesbian & Gay Pride Day Inc., the nonprofit organization that produces D.C. Black Pride weekend. We hope...