PHOTOS: Us Helping Us Picnic

Members of the LGBT community and friends gathered in Fort Dupont Park for the annual event on Monday.

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May 29, 2013

Comedian Sampson McCormick and emcee Rayceen Pendarvis speak with a girl on the stage at the Us Helping Us Black Pride BBQ and Picnic on Monday. (Washington Blade photo by Damien Salas)

Us Helping Us, an organization committed to improving the health of black, gay men, held its annual picnic in Fort Dupont Park on Monday, May 27.

(Washington Blade photos by Damien Salas)

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