In Chicago, December of 1924, Henry Gerber and six other men started the first known organization in the United States to focus on gay rights. Funded almost exclusively by Gerber, the organization published two newsletters titled, Friendship and Freedom.
Hank’s Oyster Bar, Mixology DC, and Tagg Magazine hosted their monthly Ladies Tea on Sunday, June 6. They kicked off pride with live entertainment, DC Brau specials, shooter girls, pride tunes, and plenty of sunshine!
More often than not, the LGB community omits and neglects the people and importance of the T in our acronym. Despite being dubbed by various news outlets as “The next civil rights frontier”, it is all too easy to misunderstand, misrepresent and misplace the transgender community.
Religious organizations have always had a strong presence at Capital Pride. However, after realizing that the Christian community had almost four times the amount of organizations than the Jewish community, Nice Jewish Girls, decided the Washington, D.C. community deserved more.
