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PHOTOS: Last First Friday

Women in the Life sponsor final event at the Loft

Published

15 years ago

July 5, 2011

Women in the Life held the final 'First Friday' event at the Loft at the Warehouse on Friday. (Washington Blade photo by Nicole Reinertson)

Women in the Life sponsored the final “First Friday” event at the Loft at the Warehouse (4th and Penn streets, N.E. off New York Avenue) on Friday, July 1. The Women in the Life events had catered to lesbian women of color for the last 18 years.

(Washington Blade photos by Nicole Reinertson)

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