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Get your heels ready!

The 30th annual High Heel Race is Tuesday night

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10 years ago

October 19, 2016

Mariah Cooper

High Heel Race (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)

The 30th annual 17th Street High Heel Race is in Dupont Circle on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ba’Naka and Birdie LaCage will serve as the race grand marshals. The parade begins at 7 p.m. and the race starts at 9 p.m. The event will take place rain or shine. Race registration is at Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) to receive a monitor and sign a waiver. Runners must be at the start line on 17th Street and R Street by 8:50 p.m. Volunteer registration is at JR.’s Bar & Grill (1519 17th St., N.W.) at 6:30 p.m. There will be an after party for volunteers at JR.’s following the race.

For more information, search for the event on Facebook.

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This is an afternoon and evening focused on one essential question: How do we build businesses and a business community that can thrive? The Pride in Business Expo and Profits & Pours with Stephanie will create a powerful forum for connection, practical knowledge, and economic opportunity at the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs. The Pride in Business Expo, taking place from 4-7 p.m., brings the region’s LGBTQ+ business community together to showcase businesses, build relationships, discover resources, and create new opportunities.

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Learn more about Virginia’s queer history

‘The Remarkable Visibility of Hannah Nokes’ event scheduled for Wednesday

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October 4, 2026

Tinashe Chingarande

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Queer Virginia Contributor Amy Bertsch will host “The Remarkable Visibility of Hannah Nokes” on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. at Sprouse Rare Book Room inside the Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library (717 Queen St., Alexandria, Va.).

Amy will share the story of Hannah Nokes, an African-American transgender woman who made headlines in 1933 when she testified in a high-profile murder trial. Learn about Nokes’s life, her place in history, and the broader social context of her remarkable story. Her story is among those featured in the book “Queer Virginia: New Stories in the Old Dominion.”

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Annapolis Pride arrives this weekend

Sixth annual LGBTQ celebration held in Maryland capital

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Tinashe Chingarande

Annapolis Pride is set for Saturday. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)

The Sixth Annual Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m. on the streets adjacent to St. John’s College.

The theme of this year’s Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival celebration is “United in Pride, Together We Thrive!” Saturday’s parade will begin on St. John’s Street adjacent to St. John’s College, continue along Calvert Street to Northwest Street, to Church Circle, and onto West Street. The parade route then turns onto Amos Garrett Boulevard and eventually ends on Constitution Avenue near Maryland Hall.

Those with disabilities will be able to watch the parade from a special viewing porch at the Graduate Hotel at 126 West St. An Annapolis Pride volunteer will be there and available to assist.

For more details, visit the festival’s website.