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PHOTOS: ‘Wake Up! The Most FAB Party at the RNC’

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks to gay Trump supporters

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10 years ago

July 20, 2016

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at the 'Wake Up!' party in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

A group of LGBT Donald Trump supporters held an event at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University on July 19, 2016 during the Republican National Convention. The “Wake Up!” event, billed as the “Most Fab Party at the RNC,” was sponsored by Breitbart News, Gateway Pundit and LGBTrump. Speakers included Milo Yiannopoulos, Pam Geller and Dutch Party of Freedom founder and MP Geert Wilders.

Photographer Lucian Wintrich displayed his works.

A group outside of the event protested with a “Queers against racism” banner.

: Geert Wilders

: Pam Geller

: Metro yanked ads for Milo Yiannopoulos’s book.(Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)

: Photographer Lucian Wintrich

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PHOTOS: SUNFESTIVAL

Annual dance party held amid weekend festivities in Rehoboth Beach

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3 days ago

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A scene from the SUNFESTIVAL Night of Dance at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Sept. 6. (Washington Blade photo by Daniel Truitt)

The annual CAMP Rehoboth fundraiser, SUNFESTIVAL, was held over Labor Day weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Del. The festival included a massive dance party at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Sunday.

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PHOTOS: Miss Gay Old Bay

Maryland drag pageant held at The Lodge

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Michael Key

From left: Miss Gay Old Bay winner Vanya Varushka, Miss Gay Maryland America 2025 Ivanna Rights, and Miss Gay Old Bay first alternate Glitter Douglas.

The Miss Gay Old Bay pageant was held at The Lodge in Boonsboro, Md. on Friday, Aug. 29. Vanya Varushka was crowned the winner. Glitter Douglas was named first runner-up. Both Varushka and Douglas qualify to compete in the Miss Gay Maryland pageant in October.

(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)