All posts tagged "capital pride"
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Reasons for the Season
So, four seasons, 12 months and 52 issues later, here we are again at Pride weekend. Sometimes it feels like a holiday, with all the...
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Samson's Strength
The Men is a new band from Brooklyn that JD Samson says plays ''really heavy music, somewhere between hardcore and metal.'' In other words, it...
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The Attractions of Pride
''People have told me that they feel empowered, that my songs are so empowering,'' singer Deborah Cox told Metro Weekly in 2010. ''Even though some...
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Coming Out for Pride
A banner ad on a Metrobus rumbling down K Street last week caused at least one double-take. Two attractive young men stand cheek to cheek...
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Putting Pride Together
Running May 30 to June 10, much of Capital Pride 2012 – celebrating a theme of ''Be True. Be You!'' – has already happened. From...
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Parade and Festival Maps
The 2012 Capital Pride Parade and Festival will be held Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10. Both events will take place at the same...
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The Normandy Hotel adds a little pride to its step
Capital Pride, Washington, D.C.’s annual LGBT gay pride event, will kick off on May 30, and The Normandy Hotel is joining in the celebration. Beginning with...
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GLAA Issues ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies''
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., (GLAA) issued its ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies'' today, just as the DC Black Pride weekend is...
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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...
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Deborah Cox Headlines Capital Pride Main Stage
Gay-popular singing sensation Deborah Cox will close this year’s Capital Pride festivities as headline performer on Sunday, June 10. The festival Main Stage lineup also...
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Capital Pride Names 2012 Heroes
Capital Pride this morning announced the five locals who have been selected to serve as the 2012 Capital Pride Heroes. They are Andrew Barnett, Eboné...
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Capital Pride Accepts Charity Challenge
Capital Pride's ''Friends of Pride,'' a special recognition for those individual donors who help keep the annual LGBT festival free for attendees, isn't new. But...
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On Pace for Pride
With a cold wind blowing, summertime's Capital Pride Festival and Parade may seem a world away. To pull together one of the city's grandest annual...
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Pride Placements
Capital Pride, the organization responsible for the annual LGBT event of the same name, announced changes to the board and staff this morning, which were...
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Jennifer Holliday performs 'And I Am Telling You' [video]
The extraordinary Jennifer Holliday performed her signature hit, ''And I Am Telling You,'' from the musical Dreamgirls, at the 2011 Capital Pride Festival on Sunday,...
