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MOST ELIGIBLE SINGLES: Rachel Gutter
Meet D.C.’s top 20 LGBT bachelors and bachelorettes
Rachel Gutter (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Name: Rachel Gutter
Age: 36
Occupation: Chief product officer, International WELL Building Institute
Identify as: Seeking women, but keeping my heart open.
What are you looking for in a mate? Kindness, authenticity, warmth, humor and a perpetual commitment to becoming a better person.
Biggest turn-off: Leaving me waiting.
Biggest turn-on: Self-assurance coupled with humility and accompanied by a radiant smile.
Hobbies: Yoga every day. Also beachcombing, succulent farming, audiobooking, cocktail crafting, D-I-Y projects of all varieties, and lately, so much solidcore.
Describe your ideal first date: The lights come on, the music dies and we suddenly realize we are the last remaining people in the restaurant.
Pets, kids or neither? Yes to kids. Yes to puppies.
Would you date someone whose political views differ from yours? Like I said, I’m keeping my heart open.
Celebrity crush: What if I answer and jeopardize my chances?
One obscure fact about yourself: I was an extra aboard the muggle train in the second Harry Potter movie.
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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
Pope of Trash dishes on Trump, plane etiquette, last meal, and more
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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