One of my favorite things about living in Washington, D.C. is Pride season. The weather is hot, the trees are blooming, and everyone starts breaking out their light attire. DC Black Pride is always my first guaranteed opportunity to break out my “light attire” and celebrate with the drool worthy folks I am happy to call queer family.
Name: Lis Morgan
City, State: Washington, D.C.
Age: 43
Profession: Recreation Grant Program Manager at NPS and Rowing Coach for DC Strokes Rowing Club
Peculiar. Unusual. Eccentric. Queer. It’s a word with a denotative meaning as broad and varying as the community that now regularly adopts and widely applies its use. In the spirit of gender nonconformity and sexual ambiguity, many members of our LGBTQ community have now found refuge from society’s labels…
Name: Liz DeRoche
City, State of Residence: Washington, D.C.
Age: 33
Profession: Musician with Tom Goss’ Band, Cane & Sticks, The Pushovers, and The Singing Lizard
