Washington DC Blog Posts

Party like a lady: Equality March womens’ events

October 7, 2009 / No Comments



Women’s parties abound this weekend in Washington, DC , as everyone gathers for the National Equality March. The capitol city is lesbian friendly, boasting two bars, each with their own event lineups.
Phase1 is teaming up with the National Equality March for a dance party and march fundraiser on Friday, October 9th. Doors open at 9pm [...]

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Out on the town: Zack Rosen’s Washington, D.C.

October 7, 2009 / No Comments



Zack Rosen, editor-in-chief of The New Gay, which he describes as an online publication for “alternative queers,” is also, in his spare time, a Washington, DC, party promoter of great creativity. Check out his Homo/Sonic–Equality Edition, at the Black Cat nightclub after the National Equality March.
If that’s not enough, he also happens to be DJing the [...]

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Out on the town: Pam Spaulding’s Durham

September 25, 2009 / 2 Comments



Pam Spaulding is a CNN commentator and creator of the award-wining blog, Pam’s House Blend, which goes far beyond gay and lesbian issues to touch on trans rights, race, class, the religious right and what Pam, in her trademark biting wit, dubs the “general asshattery” of life in 21st-century America. You need not lean as far [...]

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GayCities official guide to October’s march on Washington

September 23, 2009 / 3 Comments



GayCities is proud to announce a major new partnership with the National Equality March, Washington, D.C., October 10-11. We’ve worked together to create the official guide to the march, with events ranging from activist training sessions to the massive rally on the Washington Mall. But of course, as LGBT-ers coming together in one of the nation’s great [...]

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Out on the indie rock scene with singer Tom Goss

September 19, 2009 / No Comments



UPDATED: If you asked Tom Goss, ten years ago, What do you want to be when you grow up? he likely would have answered in one of three ways: gymnast, wrestler or Catholic priest. Any of the three would have made sense: he was born into a home of gymnast parents and siblings in Wisconsin, [...]

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Out on the scene with DJ Scotty Thomson

July 16, 2009 / 1 Comment



When DJ Scotty Thomson burst onto the scene about five years ago, not only was he a breath of fresh air, but a double dose of eye candy. He got his start in NYC, where he became known as the jock who would strip down to his skivvies as the afternoon or night wore [...]

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My Pride photo challenge: And the winner is…

July 10, 2009 / 3 Comments



In the end, it took a fabulous, defiant image–out of more than 400 submissions–to claim the grand prize in the GayCities My Pride photo challenge: RuPaul at the mic with the U.S. capitol looming large in the background, submitted by member Billy Khuong of Virginia.
Postcard!, declared Moxy Hart, one of our judges.
I heard somewhere that we [...]

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