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Trans Pride is May 19-21
Teen activist Gavin Grimm is keynote speaker on Saturday
Capital Trans Pride kicks off its three-day celebration with a meet and greet with previous Engendered Spirit Awardees, local community activists and supporters at Whitman-Walker Health (1525 14th St., N.W.) on Friday, May 19 from 6-8 p.m.
On Saturday, May 20 Capital Trans Pride Day will be at Studio Theatre (1501 14th St., N.W.), with special guest Gavin Grimm, on Saturday, May 20 from 9 a.m.-7p.m.
The day’s festivities will include educational workshops and panel discussions covering topics such as resume building and employment discrimination, health insurance coverage, HIV prevention, legal name and gender change and more. The Resource Fair will host more than 25 vendors, agencies and organizations with resources for the community. Reel Trans Film Festival will present a screening of “MAJOR!,” a documentary about transgender activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. The film chronicles Griffin-Gracy’s fight for the rights of transgender women of color. Grimm, a TIME 100 honoree, will also make an appearance. There will be coffee, drinks and snacks for attendees. Admission is free.
New Hope Baptist United Church of Christ (309 E St., N.W.) hosts a special transgender-focused service on Sunday, May 21 at 2 p.m. Rev. Kenneth King will lead the service.
For more information on these events, visit capitalpride.org/events/
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Washington Improv Theatre hosts ‘The Queeries’
Event to celebrate queer DMV talent and pop culture camp
The Washington Improv Theatre, along with the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, will team up to host “The Queeries!” on Friday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. at Studio Theatre.
The event will celebrate Queer DMV talent and pop culture camp. With a mixture of audience-submitted nominations and blatantly undemocratically declared winners, “The Queeries!” mimics LGBTQ life itself: unfair, but far more fun than the alternative.
The event will be co-hosted by Birdie and Butchie, who have invited some of their favorite bent winos, D.C. “D-listers,” former Senate staffers, and other stars to sashay down the lavender carpet for the selfie-strewn party of the year.
Tickets are just $15 and can be purchased on WITV’s website.
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Drag Underground returns
Indiana Bones, Bombalicious Eklaver, Shi-Queeta Lee, Cake Pop! to perform
Dupont Underground and the Washington Blade have teamed up to host “Drag Underground” on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Dupont Underground.
Performers include Indiana Bones, Bombalicious Eklaver, Shi-Queeta Lee and Cake Pop.
Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.
The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner is set for Saturday, April 27 at the Washington Hilton with Colin Jost serving as emcee.
President Biden is scheduled to speak and numerous celebrities are expected around D.C. all weekend for related parties and events.
The Washington Blade is the only LGBTQ outlet that is a member of the Association and is hosting a table of VIPs, including actor Billy Porter and Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).
“We look forward to the Dinner each year to celebrate our press freedoms and to thank a range of allies and supporters for their work on behalf of the LGBTQ movement,” said Blade Editor Kevin Naff.
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