The 30th Anniversary Capital Pride is this weekend with a parade kicking off at 6 p.m. tonight at Dupont Circle and a street festival tomorrow. Coinciding with the large celebration this weekend was the 12th annual D.C. Dyke March, which was this afternoon at 1 p.m. This week’s Metroweekly magazine has lots more information about Capital Pride, including a profile of “D.C.’s own West Hollywood Porn Star” Tag Adams, who is participating in the parade…
A third weekend of beautiful weather may be to much too ask this spring, so be prepared for rain and chillier weather in the days to come. This photo is of the Q Street escalators at the Dupont Circle metrorail station, taken by BrownPau and posted on DCist Photos. Alston Killer Admits to Crime: A month after the murder of Wanda Alston, an aide to D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender…
Having had the opportunity to work with Wanda Alston several years ago, this DCist was among those who turned out for Saturday’s memorial at Luther Place Memorial Church, both to honor her life and mourn her violent and untimely death. Friends and members of the D.C.’s GLBT community were still entering the church when the service began with a drumming invocation, and eventually filled it so that only standing room was still available. It was…
Today will be partly cloudy with highs in the mid 50s. Hunger Strike at Georgetown: A hunger strike by group of 22 students at Georgetown has entered its sixth day. The students are members of the Georgetown Living Wage Campaign, which has been pressuring the university to increase the wages of its lowest paid employees for a year. David Swanson has posted a column and photos about the strike on his website and Indymedia, and…
Did DCist readers spend the night fighting the crowds at the Irish pubs in the area, or did they buck the St. Patrick’s trend and head for some of DCist’s alternative choices? Any notable stories to share for the day, which is looking to be partly sunny and in the mid-50s? Alston Murder Suspect Arrested:As we reported last night, a suspect in the murder of Wanda Alston, head of the D.C. Office of Gay, Lesbian,…
Word is coming through on Fox News right now that the murder of Wanda Alston has been solved. At 1400 hours today, an anonymous source called the police to report Wanda Alston’s stolen vehicle, found at 15th 50th St. and C St NE. Locals then directed the police to the individual driving the car, William M. Pattrot, 38 years old, of the Ft. Dupont area. Pattrot has been charged with felony murder one. No motive…
City officials are reeling after a member of D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams’ cabinet was found dead in her home. Wanda Alston had served as advisor to the mayor as director of the D.C. Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. She is pictured to the right in a photo from the Washington Blade printed in a story from last July about the selection of a new head for the D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration. The AP…