As ever, Denizens will host Pride-related events throughout June, and will also be well-represented in Pride festivities. Affirm your heart and amuse your ears is what the music of Be Steadwell will do, without a doubt. The graduate of Oberlin College of Music and Howard University sings as well as raps, occasionally even beatboxing, and uses vocal looping technology to create intriguing, memorable, and full-sounding songs, live as well as recorded, encompassing genres as diverse as folk, hiphop, jazz, and soul.
I started dating a girl in high school, and my family was really cool with it. I was very lucky in that way. Rainier, Md. The dancers and actors will build pieces around a narrative that includes the songs. Some of them are dark. Gartshore has been a familiar presence in D. A few years later, while performing at the Kennedy Center as part of its lauded Sondheim Celebration festival, Gartshore decided to make the move from New York to D.
Ultimately, though, the admirer of the U. Gartshore also appreciates D. Soon after law school, Brabham met the man who is now his husband, Drew Porterfield.
The two North Carolinians live in D. Brabham eventually burned out on his job with a high-powered law firm and now runs a small but growing local restaurant chain that the couple co-owns with Aschara Vigsittaboot, including two locations of Beau Thai and BKK Cookshop. Every week, the Cookshop donates proceeds to a different charity through its Terrific Tuesdays promotion.
Although the charitable beneficiaries are still being finalized, participants in the event include such esteemed outfits as the Columbia Room, Estadio, Rappahannock Oyster Bar, and Primrose. And I had gone down that route of trying to fix what I thought was wrong with me. And ultimately, when I was in law school, I began to realize that there was nothing to be fixed.
And despite my efforts, nothing had changed in terms of how I felt. During the month of Pride, we certainly run specials and hang the rainbow flag throughout the restaurants and other things to make it more obvious that time of year…. But all throughout the year, we try to support a variety of gay and gay-friendly organizations, through donations and what-not.
He came out after going away to college. Eight years ago, Lindsay settled in D. C, which he now considers home. And there is another whole world out there [full of] people like you. Visit pridefund. He serves as one of the caretakers for his mom, who has dementia. Bring all colors together, all genders together—and all for free. If you call me Sir, I will accept it. All of that keeps him busy, if not rich.
It makes me feel good to see where we are today. Brewed in Holland. Even her mother has taken it all in stride. When are you having kids? I think that for a long time gay people made their own families in different ways, and I think that that was a really beautiful thing. But you never know. I did not come out until I moved to the D.
I am a lesbian, I am a black woman, and I am an advocate for the arts. Among these is the film festival Reel Affirmations, which she once ran as a volunteer director in its earliest days. We went dark for a couple of years. I know that Pride month, especially here in D.
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Whatever your next step is, we can help you take it with confidence. To ensure all Parade and Festival attendees have a great time, the Capital Pride team suggests participants consider the following:. Wear comfortable shoes and sunscreen. Some attendees are limited in their ability to walk long distances. If you think you might need assistance, consider renting a wheelchair or scooter; or reserve a pedi-cab through national pedi cabs nationalpedicabs.
Consider using Spot Hero to reserve and pay for your guaranteed parking space. Check them out at: www. Be advised, members of the Metropolitan Police Department are responsible for enforcing all applicable laws and ordinances.
Such statutes include, but are not limited to, public decency, alcohol, controlled substances, public safety, and standard vehicle insurance requirements. All rights reserved. Have fun and be safe. If you see something, say something! Notify event management volunteers, vendors, or law enforcement officers immediately.
The block party will feature DJs and dancing, food trucks, beverages, and facilities including port-a-pots, cooling stations, and medical care. The parade kicks off on Saturday, June 9, at P. The last float should pass the finish line at 14th and NWby p. Ticketed bleacher seating returns with a new, more accessible location—it will now be located at New Hampshire Avenue at Q St NW Accessible space is reserved and American Sign Language interpreters are available at all stages.
The Pride Family Zone offers families with children a break from the heat and the street between p. And p. Fun for kids of all ages, bring your family and make memories with lawn games, inflatables, and more! We are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. We are gender-creative. We are allies. In exchange, we expect you to bring your full self to dream big, drive hard, and do right.
Join us. Gregory A. Cendana - Organizer, strategist, and performer, Gregory A. He is also a staunch advocate for immigrants and refugees, including those who are undocumented, and is proud to be a part of the movement for Black lives.
Gregory has worked within civil rights, labor, youth, and other movements to push for change and always brings an intersectional lens to his work. Jesse Garcia grew up in rural South Texas, born and raised in the border town of Brownsville.
After graduate school, Jesse was hired by the U. Throughout his year career, he has worked for agencies promoting commerce, national defense, international development, and anti-poverty programs.
Arriving in Washington, D. When his political appointment ended in , Jesse decided to call the District his permanent home. Jesse wants to combat racism with positive images of our community and give our younger generation examples that they, too, can become leaders. The new format involves weekly minute podcasts on Mondays.
The show is available on iTunes, GooglePlay, Soundcloud and at jessegarciashow. Patrick moved to the DC area in and has been working in the hospitality industry for the past 34 years.
Patrick was welcomed by CMC as a groupie, embraced as an associate member, and ultimately given the honor of full membership. Later in Patrick entered and won the Mr. Double L Leather contest in Rehoboth Beach. What a rush. Who would have thought that — despite frequent moves around the country, an early childhood in England, and a frustrated puberty in West Germany — an Indiana boy born into an Air Force family would compete in a Leather contest in Rehoboth Beach and become as Mr.
Empoderate Drag in During that year, Sylvanna volunteered as a health educator informing youth about the importance of getting tested and of taking steps to prevent HIV. She has also volunteered as a performer at the Youth Pride for three consecutive years to promote self-acceptance among young people.
She also brought the Latinx presence to Dupont Italian Kitchen Bar and the Green Lantern in order to create an environment where the Latinx culture could be embraced and celebrated. Sylvanna Duvel has been a performer at Rumba Latina at Cobalt for five consecutive years where she started to use her voice to fight the stigma against HIV u ndetectable people and to bring awareness about HIV treatment.
Through her charisma when performing, volunteering at events, or promoting a club or event, Sylvanna constantly encourages her fans to love and express themselves freely through any form, artistic or otherwise.
He created the character of Sylvanna Duvel, a fierce and beautiful drag queen. Your contribution will guarantee that the Capital Pride Alliance will have the resources necessary to incorporate new and innovative ideas, suggestions, and efforts into our programming.
Pixie Windsor was born and raised on the eastern shore of Maryland, studied art history in college, and moved to DC in After a few years in the restaurant business, she decided to open a tiny square foot vintage furnishing store in Adams Morgan in Windsor moved to 14th street NW to a huge sq ft space in , just as the neighborhood was changing. From the fresh baked cookies at the door to the smiles and laughter of the staff and cute delivery staff!
Miss Pixie wants everyone to feel at home. She hosts fundraisers, movies, art exhibits for her staff, craft classes, plays, and pop ups for local businesses. Bianca Humady Rey was born and raised in the Philippines. She moved to the United States in the fall of , and began working in the healthcare field in Karen works as a Safety Officer for the federal government. Karen believes whole heartedly in the importance of giving back to her community.
Linda supports through charitable giving over 30 organizations annually. In addition to her three adult children and three grandchildren, Linda sponsors two young girls in India through Unbound. Linda had a long career in finance and accounting for DC-based companies.
Linda has participated in four volunteer trips with Global Volunteers, including delivering lectures on Transgender and her personal story in Costa Rica and Appalachia in West Virginia. She also volunteers locally with the Manna Food Center, assisting with food boxing and sorting for local needy families.
The conversation about HIV is changing. There are more HIV prevention options than ever before. Be yourself. Be human. ForeverProud Working together for a more inclusive future. Learn more at td. I was gifted a Vanity fair Lena Waite cover edition, and seeing her big gorgeous face on that cover filled me with a lot of emotion. It was pride mostly, I kind of felt childish again, not as if I had a crush but I experienced a longing like you really want those extra Oreos, or the two-wheeler bike for Christmas, the one with the racing stripe.
It was something pure. For me the stories open up a similar longing, loneliness, and angst. And so many of the problems we talk about in chapters highlight the ways that queer identities are treated differently and the toll it took on our lives.
The cover article was penned by Jacqueline Woodson, another black queer woman! I hope today all our folks are proud to cross that cover, but more than anything I want our youth to feel that they can one day grace any cover or create the movie or magazine or work of art that does. It moved me to read these stories of bruises to masculinity and insecure patriarchy parts on the metro and in open spaces where patriarchy is the rule of land.
I was scared to death reading in the barbershop. But no one noticed, nor asked about the content of the manuscript in my hands. Something about a cover story feature takes up a lot of space in a magazine. There are multiple interviews, and photo shoots. There are multiple edits, and fact-checking. Front cover invites for black women come miles apart and millions in between, and, for queer folks, each time one of us dies. There are pictures of her gay married life and her slay-mazing fashion.
And it makes you feel part of her world, her community. The story is in the center, like melted goodness waiting for you to turn the page. As young MOC folk we were a wreck; we were bruised and emotionally traumatized by parents, relationships, the state, and systems that had really disposed of our purpose because of our identities. We have all dealt with challenges to our identities, character, and choices. We were free to go and do, but when we ask for safety that includes mental health, emotional health issues, and acceptance, then we are faced with a backlash.
Fighting for the right to get a milkshake at the bar, and to come through the front door like any paying patron is community liberating public space. Good thing our community knows much about this kind of vulnerability.
Jay and I were present at an April D. The needs of our community have changed in the short time since then. There are so many spaces in the District now that empower and wrap around queer identities, for service, leisure, and wellness. People of all walks join our marches, parties, and share queer spaces. We must also consistently show up to create and defend those spaces. When I got my copy of Outside the XY—an Anthology produced by a group of Masculine of Center MOC folks doing the work of undoing patriarchy—that thick, army green modern artifact of queer identity challenged me to make the most of what I could control in the spaces in my life.
We party together in droves, we leverage education, and are employed in queer services. The queer economy includes business owners, statesman, and hustlers. When we also make room for wellness and community on our terms we force the world to be safer. We are building a close-knit web of identities so potentially powerful that the rest of the world would be liberated on our terms.
Back at the school resource fair, there was a heavy police presence. Uniformed officers stood talking in small groups blocking doorways, resource tables and generally standing awkwardly near the doors throughout the day. Just as a person with anxiety it was mentally exhausting. As a black person, it was disastrous. And like the standing room full of adults present with eager smiles and handshakes were longing to support youth in the schools, there was a feeling of exhaustion at the work that still needs to be done to fully liberate our current systems.
After the event we discussed that police presence on the youth of color who filtered in and out of the event. Maybe those students were being targeted or disciplined by school officials instead of mistreated by school bullies. Maybe those officers were queer and could identify with the shared experience of being ostracized. In the same breath we know why those officers were there that day. That might not be the way they operate, but in their career feelings are not the priority.
Any community that only builds on those negative experiences to be united is already weak. But in that space of anti-LBGTQ trauma there was some kind of barrier to building community with them beyond the handcuffs and harassment. We have gay police officers, homeless youth, dead black trans women, and lack of healthcare access, a community with serious health needs, and trauma from police and state violence. At the resource fair, the Six Color Support Circle facilitated a wellness planning workshop for youth.
Young adults and a few grown folks, including Anthony Green, joined us to map and draw our own personal wellness toolboxes. Our internal differences put our mental and emotional selves at harm, and once the dust settles the result weakens us. Then our queer, trans, and POC youth become even more vulnerable to the physical danger from street and state violence.
State violence for queer youth, looks like rising rates of homelessness and being pushed out of school for fighting-back-is-the-last-straw against the gay-bashing bully. But those threats exist everywhere.
For rural queers safe spaces are most often the one gay club in town. And when school, family, and sexuality all collide on a young queer life many end up in a city like DC, exposed to the edges of those institutions with resources that were not meant for the LBGTQIA community but not enough to take on everything that comes with it.
The likes of Jaywalking Productions help to give so many more options for those spaces here in Washington, DC. But even those come into compromise at times.
Anthony recalls one past community discussion that erupted into violence and prompted trainings into problem solving, and conflict resolution amongst community in his work. I remember fights at Nellies and tending to community beef. When state violence intersects with queer identities there is a physical element at play. This is how access to healthcare has become political. Our identities, our bodies, and everything from age to employment, determine health insurance premiums. It is harder to hold the state responsible for discrimination so as to allow its sick citizens to suffer in pain.
Our bodies and minds are on the chopping blocks. We need room to safely deal with queer police identities, and queer education, and all the health and wellness for all the millions of LBGTQIA bodies that have dealt with trauma and discrimination since birth. We need room to unlearn harmful coping, and to make mistakes, to reclaim emotional wellness.
Working on gentrification and police violence campaigns in Central Brooklyn our issues were clearly about space and who had a right to be there. Interpersonal and intimate partner violence rupture our sense of safety and community. The pronouns tripped over, the uncomfortable family moments at restaurants, and the barbaric gendered restrooms. The shit adds up, eats up, and eats away. Anthony serves on the front lines in our community.
And it can be hard to find success in these primarily white institutions. The working world has gendered norm expectations that disadvantages POC. Queer students experience discrimination and are pushed out of high school or preyed upon in colleges. Our social norms in spaces like these create a special threat to us. Our community has to work and live within their rules and expectations and as long as we are distracted by internal violence, we can be easily destroyed.
There were house parties, and block parties, and BedStuy Pride, and workshops, trainings on safety, and a very strong sense that the hundreds of other community members who were mainly POC artists and organizers also wanted this liberation.
We created safe spaces in numbers and in corners, basements, and on the street— and when we left them they were changed. This official pride opening party goes from p. Here We Go Again. The race is sold out and there is no waiting list. Click here for the race guide. Capital Pride Brunch : Saturday is a busy day for Pride goers.
Attendees can enjoy complimentary mimosas and vodka drinks, performances and more. Ticket sales end at a. Friday and will only be sold at the door if space allows. Click here for more information. Capital Pride Parade : The parade will kick off at p.
Expect floats, vehicles, marchers, politicians, community groups and much more. All Rights Reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.
Latest vaccine numbers. Share This: share on facebook share on twitter share via email print. The Capital Pride Parade is one of the biggest events of Pride Month with thousands of people expected to come to the D. That could mean some traffic headaches and concerning weather. Here's what you need to know. Street closures and parking Traffic will be severely impacted during and before the parade. Emergency no parking Saturday, June 9 — 11 a. Related News.
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