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Launching Pride
Back in the younger years of DC's Black Pride celebration, I was coordinating HIV-prevention outreach efforts with one of my black co-workers at Whitman-Walker Clinic....
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Double Serving
At one point in the middle of the complicated hijinks of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's The Servant of Two Masters, Truffaldino, the servant in question,...
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Black Pride Vendors
As of press time; subject to change. The Expo will be held on Sunday, May 27From Noon to 6 p.m. Francis-Stevens Educational Campus2425 N St. NWWashington,...
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NAACP Gets to Yes
A group calling itself the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hardly sounds cutting edge. Yet 62 of 64 board members for the...
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2012 DC Black Pride Workshop Schedule
Saturday, May 26Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill Hotel400 New Jersey Ave. NWWashington, D.C. View Larger Map
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Black Pride Schedule of Events
All events at the Host Hotel unless otherwise noted. Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill Hotel400 New Jersey Ave. NWWashington, D.C. View Larger
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Official 2012 International Federation of Black Prides Events Calendar
June SAY IT LOUD!Albany, NYJune 1-2, 2012Contact: Jasán WardPhone: 518-432-4188Email: info@inourownvoices.orgblackandlatinogaypride.org PORTLAND BLACK PRIDEPortland, ORJune 6-12, 2012Contact: Khalil EdwardsPhone: 503-752-5766Email: portlandblackpride@gmail.com WASHINGTON, DC LATINO PRIDE*Washington, DCJune...
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Partying with Pride
Ashanti will perform at Fur Nightclub this Friday, May 25, as part of a ''mega party'' for DC Black Pride. It's purportedly the R&B singer's...
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Royal Welcome
LGBT pride festivals are no strangers to divas. Genuine royalty, on the other hand, is quite a bit more rare. Arriving in D.C. from Ghana...
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Release, Change of Bond Denied for Furr
Kenneth Furr, the off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer who allegedly shot at a car containing five people, including at least two transgender women, remains held...
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Film Forum
''It's disheartening for me to see how the island is saturated with homophobia,'' says Dre Woody Macko. Macko hopes the new documentary Taboo Yardies helps...
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Poolside View
(Photo by Julian Vankim)} AFTER A WINTER'S worth of work hitting the gym, counting calories and achieving that shape, you can indulge with a little...
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Board, Sponsors and Guide Masthead
The 2012 Black Lesbian & Gay Pride Day, Inc. Board Maxanne CheathamDerrick DunningJimma Elliot-StevensEarl Fowlkes, Jr.Kenneth HopsonKenya HuttonMarc MorganJune SpenceAndrea Woody-Macko Corporate & Community Sponsors...
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DC Black Pride's Exceptional Expo
You already know what a bad Health & Wellness Expo might look like. There's the table for the HIV testing. Have another brochure about nutrition....
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From the DC Black Pride Board
May 25, 2012 Greetings DC Black Pride Attendees! The DC Black Pride Board of Directors would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to...
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Battle Ground
''I guess it's time to take it in, my gaydar needs some inspection,'' Simone Battle sings on her peppy song ''He Likes Boys.'' Battle, you...
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Colin Powell Supports Marriage Equality, Says of Gay Friends: “They are as stable a family as my family is.”
Retired Gen. Colin Powell — the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff whose voice in 1993 in support of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”...
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Obama Campaign Launches LGBT Outreach Effort, With HRC’s Solmonese Wearing Two Hats
Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese was on double duty today, serving as the main speaker on the launch of the Obama for America campaign’s...
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Virginia's Vexing Politics
As the saying goes, ''Virginia is for lovers.'' While few would argue the tourism slogan applies to gay people, one might wonder when the state...
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Close to Home
It may not be a topic that fills the community with pride, but it's certainly relevant: LGBT youth homelessness. That's the topic the community will...
