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MOST ELIGIBLE SINGLES: Kate Ross
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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.
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a drag performance by Sapphica, and dancing to a blend of smooth R&B, Afrobeats, hip-hop and pop by Slammer & Saba. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 (plus fees) in advance, purchased here.
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free.
Out & About
DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K set for Saturday
Annual event held at historic Congressional Cemetery
The 14th annual DC Front Runners’ Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registration ends Friday at 11:59 p.m.
Runners can pick up their race packets on Saturday from 7-8:30 a.m. at Congressional Cemetery; the race begins at 9 a.m.
The fee to run the 5K in person is $65 ($35 for those under age 20). Proceeds benefit local LGBTQ nonprofits, including Thrive DC, Wanda Alston Foundation, Blade Foundation, Ainsley’s Angels, SMYAL, and Team DC. Visit DCFrontRunners.org for more information.
Queer Magic dance party planned
NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade
DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K set for Saturday
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