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Dupont Circus?

Kenneth in the 212  Oct 14 09

The District of Columbia's award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit is being slowly dismantled, a cost-cutting move that say puts a vulnerable population at risk at a time when hate crimes are on the rise.
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Sunday Sweets: 20 Years of Philly Ball Culture, Capital Pride Bands

About.com Gay Life  Sep 27 09

Ballroom, House and Vogue: Vogue femme, butch queen, O-P-U-L-E-N-C-E. The Black LGBT Archivists Society of Philadelphia is hosting an exhibition celebrating 20 years of ball culture at the William Way Community Center in Philadelphia.
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Equality won't come overnight

Washington Blade Opinion  Jul 10 09

Equality won't come overnight We can't compare struggles, but we have learned from the black civil rights movement By Robert Turner Friday, July 10, 2009 ONE MONTH AGO, we were in the midst of celebrating Capital Pride and marking the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, which is universally acknowledged as the birth of the modern gay rights movement.
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Find your bitch!

Washington Blade Bitch Session  Jun 26 09

Find your bitch! Aww, look at you gay federal employees. You're almost equal to your heterosexual counterparts.
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Bitch session

Washington Blade Bitch Session  Jun 19 09

Bitch session Capital Pride was a blast this year! Let's do it again next month. By Friday, June 19, 2009

Re: “Gay marriage? Give it up and concentrate on securing our civil rights in every city, state and county.
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Wrong ANSWER

Washington Blade Opinion  Jun 19 09

Wrong ANSWER Why did a Stalinist organization march in the Capital Pride Parade? By James Kirchick Friday, June 19, 2009 IMAGINE MY SURPRISE UPON WITNESSING at the Capital Pride parade — somewhere between the flatbed truck carrying a bevy of line dancing, Speedo-clad cowboys and the flotilla of vamping drag queens — a contingent from the International ANSWER Coalition.
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Behind The Scenes at D.C. Pride

Bilerico  Jun 16 09

So what really is the best part of working behind the scenes at one of the largest LGBT Pride events in the country? The longtime activist in me says it's the clean bathrooms with no lines and a truck full of cold water, but the queer kid who has still not grown up (at least not yet) takes away a memory of watching, hearing and feeling thousands of us make the air vibrate and the ground shake while Martha Wash sings "It's Raining Men.
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The intersection of gay activism and medical marijuana

Pams House blend  Jun 15 09

Most folks here in the coffee house know I work for NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws).
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Pride & Gay Marriage Takes Center Stage

Google Gay Marriage News / MyFox Washington DC  Jun 15 09

Pride & Gay Marriage Takes Center StageMyFox Washington DC, DCBy Roby Chavez/ myfoxdc WASHINGTON - A decision this week could eventually put the gay marriage debate in front of voters.
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Happy Pride. Be Proud. Every Day.

Bilerico  Jun 12 09

It's June - which means LGBTQ Pride parades, festivals and street fairs are happening in cities and in nearly every state across this nation that we call the United States of America.
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Gay pride invitation goes sour Albany Times Union

Gay News Blog  Jun 11 09

ALBANY -- A local woman whose vandalized Volkswagen launched her on a career as a gay activist welcomed nationwide as a speaker, often in conjunction with a documentary film she made about her experiences, will not be in the Capital Region for this weekend's gay pride festival because of a dispute with event organizers.
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Frank Kameny, 84, to be honored at DC Pride

Google Lesbian News / Metro Weekly  Jun 08 09

Frank Kameny, 84, to be honored at DC PrideMetro WeeklyFrank Kameny, 84, recalling the reasons he became one of America's first organizers of gay and lesbian rights.
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Driving Mr. Kameny

Bilerico  Jun 03 09

Last night we kicked off Capital Pride week here in Washington, DC. The opening event is one that I love for many reasons, not the least of which is that it is held inside (gotta love the humidity here).
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My Pride: Robert Burden’s Washington, D.C.

GayCities Blog  Jun 02 09

Robert Burden, 22, has lived in Washington, D.C. just shy of a year. But like an ambitious politician in the nation’s capital, youth and inexperience hasn’t stopped him from grabbing a key post, in this case as chairman of volunteers and member recruitment for Capital Pride, held June 5-14, 2009–with the Pride Parade June 13.
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