Tuesday marks the beginning of Pride Month, and LGBTQ groups say they plan on drawing attention this year to the anti-transgender bills making their way through state legislatures across the country.GOP-backed measures targeting transgender people have picked up steam in recent months, ranging from bills banning transgender girls from participating in girls' sports to legislation prohibiting gender-affirming medical care for transgender.
Capital Pride unveils a host of colorful, vibrant June events
Pride Director Ryan Bos says several events will be scaled up in light of the mayor s recent re-opening announcement.
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Following Monday’s announcement by the D.C. Mayor’s Office that capacity restrictions in the District of Columbia will be fully lifted on Friday, June 11, the Capital Pride Alliance made its own announcement Wednesday afternoon, cementing its plans for what, in normal times, traditionally would be the weekend of the Capital Pride Parade and Festival and Concert.
Replacement, scaled-back events, with an eye toward strong, personalized community involvement, had already been formulated to replace Saturday’s usually massive Pride Parade and Sunday’s LGBTQ Festival, traditionally held on Pennsylvania Avenue and drawing up to 200,000 celebrants. But Mayor Muriel Bowser’s announcement of D.C.’s full reopening changed things, allowing for a greater expansion of the fe
Coronavirus shuts down Capital Pride Parade for a second year in a row
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WASHINGTON - For the second year in a row, D.C.’s annual Capital Pride event has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In addition, they’re looking toward 2025, when D.C.’s signature LGBTQ event will mark 50 years of Pride in the Nation’s Capital.
According to the Capital Pride Alliance, they’re still planning on events that can be held with social distancing, such as Pride Talks and Pride in the City.
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Capital Pride cancels 2021 parade and festival
Organizations blames COVID-19, hopes for smaller block party in the fall
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Capital Pride Parade Photo: Randy Shulman
For the second year in a row, Capital Pride will forego a traditional Pride parade, festival and concert this June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the scarcity of vaccines to protect against the deadly coronavirus.
Capital Pride Alliance, which organizes the yearly celebration, made the announcement in a news release, expressing hope that a more efficient vaccine rollout might make it possible to hold in-person events sometime around October.
“Our hope is that come fall, we will be able to do something,” Ryan Bos, the executive director of Capital Pride Alliance, told