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Chase Brexton to commemorate Stonewall
Fundraiser for Orlando victims set for Sunday
A Stonewall Reunion Dance will take place on Sunday, June 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Flavor to commemorate the beginnings of LGBTQ Pride. The event will be a fundraiser to support the victims and families of the attack in Orlando. Flavor is located at 15 E. Centre St. in Baltimore.
There will be a buffet of family reunion/picnic-themed food, as created by executive chef of Flavor, Julia Belton, as well as a signature cocktail. To celebrate the first decade after the Stonewall uprising, music from 1969-1979 will be played. It will be an all ages dance so that fathers can take their kids for Father’s Day. There will also be games and prizes.
“It shouldn’t be that we only run into friends once a year at Pride,” Bethany Henderson, SAGECAP Program Manager, told the Blade. “The Stonewall Family Reunion is a celebration halfway in between Honor Our LGBT Elder Day and Baltimore Pride, and it brings us together around an important time in our history.”
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and can be purchased at http://stonewallfamilyreunion.eventbrite.com.
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Washington Improv Theatre hosts ‘The Queeries’
Event to celebrate queer DMV talent and pop culture camp
The Washington Improv Theatre, along with the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, will team up to host “The Queeries!” on Friday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. at Studio Theatre.
The event will celebrate Queer DMV talent and pop culture camp. With a mixture of audience-submitted nominations and blatantly undemocratically declared winners, “The Queeries!” mimics LGBTQ life itself: unfair, but far more fun than the alternative.
The event will be co-hosted by Birdie and Butchie, who have invited some of their favorite bent winos, D.C. “D-listers,” former Senate staffers, and other stars to sashay down the lavender carpet for the selfie-strewn party of the year.
Tickets are just $15 and can be purchased on WITV’s website.
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Drag Underground returns
Indiana Bones, Bombalicious Eklaver, Shi-Queeta Lee, Cake Pop! to perform
Dupont Underground and the Washington Blade have teamed up to host “Drag Underground” on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Dupont Underground.
Performers include Indiana Bones, Bombalicious Eklaver, Shi-Queeta Lee and Cake Pop.
Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.
The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner is set for Saturday, April 27 at the Washington Hilton with Colin Jost serving as emcee.
President Biden is scheduled to speak and numerous celebrities are expected around D.C. all weekend for related parties and events.
The Washington Blade is the only LGBTQ outlet that is a member of the Association and is hosting a table of VIPs, including actor Billy Porter and Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).
“We look forward to the Dinner each year to celebrate our press freedoms and to thank a range of allies and supporters for their work on behalf of the LGBTQ movement,” said Blade Editor Kevin Naff.