| About Gay and
Lesbian Washington DC |
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Fourteen years after the
founding of our nation in 1776,
Washington D.C.
rose from the Potomac wetlands
as a federal territory, separate
yet equal from the fledgling 15
states. Over two centuries
later, the emblematic Capitol
Building stands as the epicenter
of the United States’ waning
superpower status, international
mystique, and the dividing
 point
of the federal district itself.
Our capitol’s politically
charged population spends day
and night immersed in the
intricacies that run our country
– formulating policy and
advocating change, lobbying on
Capitol Hill, networking during
happy hour, commemorating U.S.
history, tipping political
gridlock, and spending excessive
sums of government money on
absolutely anything and
absolutely nothing.
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Capital Pride is the
annual LGBT pride
festival held in early
June each year in
Washington, D.C. The
festival is planned and
produced by
Whitman-Walker Clinic,
an AIDS medical service
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While the daily grind in DC is
more subdued than New York City,
the lifestyle is equally
stimulating and even more
accessible. Despite 68 square
miles of land and water, the
majority of destination DC
radiates a mere few miles from
the Capitol Building. A highly
expedient Metro and MetroBus
system, pedestrian friendly
streets and inequitable flat
rate taxis allow visitors and
residents to easily master
Pierre Charles L’ Enfant’s urban
planning conundrum. Within the
small enclave of alphabet
streets and state-named avenues
lie the trimmed hedges, the
verdant squares, the exquisite
Victorian homes, the gayborhood
circles, and the concoction of
neoclassical, gothic, Georgian,
and contemporary architectural
styles that define the city’s
spectacular memorials.
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Washington D.C.
Capitolism |
