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PHOTOS: High Heel Race

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Published

15 years ago

October 27, 2010

Shi-Queeta-Lee attends the 2010 High Heel Race. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

A large crowd of people lined Frank Kameny Way to watch the 24th annual High Heel Race on Tuesday. Participants donned elaborate costumes and stopped along the route before the race to pose for pictures for the hundreds of spectators. Brian Segal won the race wearing a black polka dot dress.

(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)

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PHOTOS: ‘No Kings’ rally and march

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Demonstrators in a "No Kings" protest march toward the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, March 28. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

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