Pride arrives next weekend – Washington DC

WashingtonBlade.com – Chris Johnson

33rd annual celebration to bring thousands of revelers to city

Organizers for this year’s Capital Pride estimate about 40,000 visitors will descend on Washington for the annual parade and about 200,000 for the …

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Rally seeks transgender rights

MassLive.com – By Fred Contrada

Northampton – They are a minority within a minority, but the transgender community will be out in force Sunday in the streets of Northampton at the New England Transgender March and Rally.

Organizers expect more th…

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Talent and Tiaras

MetroWeekly.com – By Yusef Najafi

As the co-owner of Cocker Productions, Robert York, a former director of Capital Pride, has been producing Capital Pride pageants for nearly a decade now.

”I still want to be involved and committed to the succes…

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Iowa popular for female impersonators

QCTimes.com – By Stephanie De Pasquale

It’s a category in which Iowa ranks second in the nation. But it doesn’t have anything to do with agricultural production or education.

The state has the second-largest preliminary system in the country for …

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Takin it to the streets

BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Staff Reporter

When organizers first put out the call for marchers for the first New England Transgender Pride March and Rally, they hoped to get at least 50 participants. So they were astonished when more than 800…

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Transgender Youth Summit coming to Cambridge

BayWindows.com – by Laura Kiritsy – Editor-in-chief

The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) and the Boston Alliance of LGBT Youth (BAGLY) have teamed up to present the Transgender Youth Summit, a daylong confab that aims to empower …

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Annual fundraiser features drag contest

Valley24.com – By Sarah Poulton

Do you have what it takes to be The Oakland’s Next Top Drag Queen?

Five locals think they do, and they’ll be battling it out on-stage during The Oakland Center for the Arts’ annual “Fundraising is a Drag” show June…

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