Washington DC Blog Posts

Day at the (urban gay) beach

July 1, 2009 / 3 Comments



Gays & lesbians have not just created entire gayborhoods in the world’s best cities. They have created their own beaches, smack in the middle of those urban enclaves. Which is particularly handy in tough economic times like these–you can simply pack the sunscreen & water bottles, and wander a few blocks to the beach haven [...]

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Bride to be? Keep out!

June 16, 2009 / No Comments



Chicago bar owner Geno Zaharakis takes an interesting approach when it comes to hosting soon-to-be brides in plastic tiaras and their gaggles of feather boa clad bridesmaids. His Boystown bar, Cocktail, displays a sign as easy to read as the seductive looks that shoot across the small lounge after last call. The message? “No Bachelorette [...]

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My Pride: Robert Burden’s Washington, D.C.

June 1, 2009 / No Comments



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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Out on the town with Kirby Dick

May 30, 2009 / No Comments



Kirby Dick’s documentary Outrage is a dead-on depiction of the politics of outing. So the fact that Dick is not gay makes the feat–whether you agree with outing or not–all the more impressive. Dick accomplished this the old fashioned way, by spending hundreds of hours researching the topic and interviewing scores of gay activists. In [...]

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New pride guides are here!

May 30, 2009 / 2 Comments



 

Pride season is here, bigger and bolder than ever. So to help make your pride experience the best possible, we created guides to some of the biggest in the U.S., Canada–and even EuroPride in Zurich.
Check out some of the cool, interactive features:

FIND: Of course you can follow the parade routes on GayCities. But you can also [...]

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Calling all Queers: Marriage equality rallies nationwide

May 25, 2009 / 3 Comments



(Updated)–The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the ballot measure that enshrined a ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution. Now begins the hard work of changing the hearts and minds of voters, one-by-one. Here’s a glimpse of that massive campaign, starting right now with rallies across the nation.
The most massive is Day of Decision, [...]

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Updated: Gay prides of color

May 21, 2009 / 3 Comments



Ok, so these boys don’t look like they are struggling, exactly. But behind flamboyant pride celebrations are some serious battles for legal and social equality, especially in racial & ethnic minority communities, and the genius of pride is that it manages to celebrate the struggle.
Year by year the growing number of ethnic pride celebrations help make LGBT [...]

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