Capital Pride News
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2008 News
June 24: Capital Pride on TV
Brazilian TV, that is. Mostly in Portuguese with Portuguese subtitles for the English.
June 17: Capital Pride Parade Winners
- The Cher Award for Best Theme/Energy
(Who best incorporated the theme with great emotional content and
outstanding presentation)
Results Gym - The Tina Turner Award for Best Float
(Best float or decorated vehicle)
Freddie's Beach Bar and Restaurant - The Nancy Sinatra Award for Best Marching Contingent
(Best walking or marching - no float or vehicles)
DC's Different Drummers - The Dame Edna Award for Best Visiting Contingent
(Best group from outside the DC Area)
NUWEAR - The Liberace Award for Most Outrageous
(The unexpected, over the top, brilliant, unique)
DC Leather Contingent (Centaur MC, DC Boys of Leather, DC Eagle, Highwaymen TNT)
At the Foot of the Capitol, Capital Pride
By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 16, 2008; B02
Gay Justice Department employees. Gay Orthodox Christians. Gay antique car collectors. If you were gay and on Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday, there was a booth for you at the Capital Pride festival, which has grown into a merry street party during its 33 years.
Thousands of people strolled in the baking sunshine between Third and Seventh streets NW, watching swing dancers, eating kebabs and browsing for such items as car and pet insurance, underwear and jewelry. One of the most popular stops was the cocker spaniel adoption booth. The economy was first on people's lists of election-year concerns.
The festival, which began with the national anthem and an all-lesbian rock band from Maryland, was the finale of Capital Pride, a 10-day affair that began June 6 and included concerts, an interfaith service, a parade and a town hall about the economic standing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
- Read the full article at washingtonpost.com.
Capital Pride To Ask Festival Attendees To "Give A Hand" In Producing Pride
Those attending the festival encouraged to donate $1 to assist in offsetting the cost of producing the $300,000+ event.
June 10, 2008
WASHINGTON - Capital Pride is asking festival attendees to donate $1 on their way into the festival this year, the Capital Pride Planning Committee announced today. Each year almost 200,000 people attend the annual street festival, which this year will be held on June 15 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets, NW. "If every person who attends donates just $1 to help offset expenditures, we will be able to continue to cover our costs and grow our Pride celebrations in the future." said Bernie Delia, a member of the Capital Pride planning committee. Delia explained further that, "This is NOT an admission fee or any sort of required fee; rather we are just asking the community - for those members who can - to lend a hand in the production of this year's celebration."
Street Closings for Captial Pride
June 9, 2008
WASHINGTON - Following are the street closings that will take place June 14 and June 15 due to the 33rd annual Capital Pride weekend, celebrating the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community of the Washington metropolitan area. All street closings are in the Northwest quadrant of the District of Columbia.
Annual Capital Pride Parade And Festival Scheduled For The Weekend Of June 14-15
Parade and Festival demonstrate remarkable growth, new initiatives for 2008.
June 6, 2008
WASHINGTON - The 33rd annual celebration of Capital Pride will kick-off on Friday, June 06, 2008 and conclude with the annual parade on Saturday, June 14th and the street festival on Sunday June 15th. Capital Pride is considered to be the 3rd largest gay pride event in the United States, and the parade and festival were recently named as the "Best Parade/Festival" by the Washington City Paper in its "2008 Best of DC" publication. The parade and street festival will take place rain or shine.
Media Alert
June 4, 2008
Capital Pride Town Hall Meeting and Panel Discussion: "Queer Economies: The Real Truth about the Financial Status of the GLBT Community." Participants will discuss the diverse components of our community, and begin to work on developing and implementing solutions to the financial issues and concerns facing GLBT individuals in the Metropolitan DC area.
Capital Pride Announces 2008 Capital Pride Heroes
May 29, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Capital Pride Planning Committee today announced six individuals who will be honored next month as Capital Pride Heroes for their extraordinary efforts to bring full equality to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. These heroes will be recognized in the Capital Pride Parade on Saturday, June 14. A list of the 2008 honorees follows.
Capital Pride Prepares For 2008 Celebration; Welcomes Additional Community Partners
May 20, 2008
WASHINGTON – 18 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and LGBT-friendly organizations have stepped forward to join Whitman-Walker Clinic in producing this year's Capital Pride celebration, the Capital Pride Planning Committee announced today.
Capital Pride started the Community Partner program last year, and is excited at the amount of growth the program has already shown. "The involvement of the community in Capital Pride is extremely important," said David Mallory, director of Capital Pride for Whitman-Walker Clinic. "The commitment of the community partners will help to ensure the success of Capital Pride this year as well as in the future."
The 18 community partners are Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance; DC Center/Crystal Meth Working Group; DC Lambda Squares; DC Radical Faeries; DC Strokes Rowing Club; Dignity/Washington; Food & Friends; Gay Men's Chorus of Washington; Hillwood Museum & Gardens; Human Rights Campaign; Mautner Project; Metro DC PFLAG; Metropolitan Community Churches; National Youth Advocacy Coalition; One In Ten; Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice; Youth Pride Alliance; and the Washington DC Jewish Community Center
Whitman-Walker Clinic Selects Capital Pride Alliance As New Organizer Of Capital Pride
March 11, 2008
Alliance Will Take Full Responsibility for Pride in 2009
WASHINGTON - Whitman-Walker Clinic has chosen the Capital Pride Alliance, an organization founded by current members of the Capital Pride Committee, as the new organizer of the annual Capital Pride festival.
"After extensive reviews and interviews with the four organizations who applied to take over Pride, the board of directors felt that the Capital Pride Alliance had the proposal that would ensure the most successful transition," said ReGina Newkirk, Director of Development, Communications and Community Relations for Whitman-Walker Clinic. "As current members of the Capital Pride Committee, they have extensive experience in organizing the event and presented a detailed, long-term plan to make sure the event is successful in the years to come. The board congratulates them and the other three applicants who submitted great proposals."