Arts & Entertainment
MOST ELIGIBLE SINGLES: Kate Ross
Meet D.C.’s top 20 LGBT bachelors and bachelorettes
Kate Ross (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Name: Kate Ross
Age: 33
Occupation: Owner, Ross Business Management. Working with entrepreneurs, musicians and artists by serving as an outsourced CFO. Co-founder, the Coven D.C., serving the LGBT community by providing places to dance, play, educate and get to know each other.
Identify as: Gay
What are you looking for in a mate? Compassionate, a good sense of humor, dog lover, someone who can keep things in perspective, someone who is passionate about something, someone who will approach me first because I am shy, someone who likes to go to shows, someone who takes less time to get ready than me.
Biggest turn-off: Bad hygiene. I have a very sensitive nose.
Biggest turn-on: Kindness, because we need more of this in the world.
Hobbies: Shopping for hair extensions online.
Describe your ideal first date: I don’t know what my ideal date is, preferably somewhere we can talk. Surprise me!
Favorite TV show: I don’t usually pick favorites, it depends how I’m feeling.
Celebrity crush: Angel Haze
One obscure fact about yourself: I once was a rapper named Lab Rat. Here’s a second for good measure: I worked at Colonial Williamsburg in costume for 10 years.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at “The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia” at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
Out & About
Congressional Cemetery hosts Gays & Graves
Daylong Pride celebration blends history, remembrance, art and community
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m.
The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGBTQ+ history. Gays & Graves is an official partner event of Capital Pride 2026.
This event is a daylong Pride celebration blending history, remembrance, art and community. Visitors can shop from LGBTQ+ and allied artists and makers, experience performances and interactive installations, and engage with programs exploring LGBTQ+ history and lived experience.
For more details, visit the cemetery’s website.
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14.
The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p.m. at Druid Hill Park.
There will be an array of additional events including: a fashion show, a “Suits and Sneakers” reception and a 5k race, among many other events.
For more details, visit Baltimore Pride’s website.
PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch
D.C. Council approves expanded grant funding for Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs
Congressional Cemetery hosts Gays & Graves
Baltimore Pride is here
Calendar: June 12-18
Hundreds of thousands expected to attend D.C. Pride events
Queen Jean is Tony’s first transgender winner
EXCLUSIVE: Pelosi reflects on four decades of LGBTQ advocacy
David Archuleta, Monroe Alise named D.C. Pride parade marshals
D.C. prepares to party as Pride celebrations kick off Saturday
-
District of Columbia5 days agoHundreds of thousands expected to attend D.C. Pride events
-
National5 days ago
Queen Jean is Tony’s first transgender winner
-
Congress4 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: Pelosi reflects on four decades of LGBTQ advocacy
-
District of Columbia4 days ago
David Archuleta, Monroe Alise named D.C. Pride parade marshals
