The Whitman-Walker Clinic held its 17th annual Spring Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on April 23. Jack Mackenroth of “Project Runway” hosted the auction and awards ceremony. Award recipients included POZ Magazine and Caressa Cameron, Miss America for 2010. Other presenters included Whitman-Walker Board Chair June Crenshaw, Whitman-Walker Executive Director Don Blanchon, and HIV/AIDS issue advocate Shawn Decker.
Stickers on the door to the offices of the Háttér Society, a Hungarian LGBTQ rights group, in Budapest, Hungary, on April 4, 2024. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers)
BERLIN — The Washington Blade was on assignment in Hungary, Poland, and Germany from April 2-16.
The Blade interviewed LGBTQ activists, government officials, and refugees from Ukraine who have resettled in Berlin and in Warsaw, the Polish capital. The Blade also visited Auschwitz in Oświęcim, Poland.
From left, Zander Childs Valentino, Sasha Adams Sanchez and Dylan B. Dickherson White are crowned the winners at a pageant at Penn Social on April 26. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Eight contestants vied for Mr., Miss and Mx. Capital Pride 2024 at a pageant at Penn Social on Saturday. Xander Childs Valentino was crowned Mr. Capital Pride, Dylan B. Dickherson White was crowned Mx. Capital Pride and Sasha Adams Sanchez was crowned Miss Capital Pride.