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expanding the program, Shakir told the
Washington Blade after the event.
The soon to be opened house, located
at 746 19th St., N.E., will operate as a
transitional facility and oer various
services to LGBT people between the ages
of 18 and 24 to help them get on their
feet and become self-sucient following
a stay at the facility for up to 18 months,
according to SMYAL.
The house is located next to the
intersection of 19th Street and Benning
Road, N.E. steps away from one of the
stops for the citys recently opened street
car line, which runs along Benning Road.
Its a transitional living facility where
the main goal is to bring stability for a
young person, wrap around supportive
services for a young person in order to
combat chronic homelessness, Shakir
said. So we dont want to just give them
a place to sleep overnight. We really want
to provide support and resources to
ensure that theyre not homeless again.
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continues. Eventually all parties were
separated, it says.
As Ledesma-Chavez, Vincent and the
other men with them entered their cars to
leave the scene Vincent placed something
over the license plate of one of their
vehicles in an eort to elude identication,
the charging document says.
Minutes after the two suspects left
the scene Montgomery County police
and a re department rescue vehicle
arrived, and Victims X and Y were taken
to Montgomery General Hospital and
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A prominent anti-LGBT organization
is readying its agenda to undo LGBT
rights as President-elect Donald Trumps
transition team begins to take shape and
includes some notoriously hostilegures.
The National Organization for Marriage
in a blog post Wednesday unveiled a
four-point plan aimed at undoing LGBT
rights advanced under the Obama
administration,
including
marriage
equality and writing discrimination
into the law in the form of the First
Amendment Defense Act.
Here is our plan:
We will work with President Trump
to nominate conservative justices to the
U.S. Supreme Court, individuals who will
adhere to the words and meaning of the
constitution. Such justices will inevitably
reverse the anti-constitutional ruling of
the Supreme Court imposing same-sex
marriage on the nation in the Obergefell
decision, because that decision lacked
any basis in the constitution.
We will work with President Trump
to rescind the illegal, over-reaching
executive orders and directives issued
by President Obama, including his
dangerous gender identity directives,
attempting to redene gender just as he
sought to redene marriage.
We will work with President Trump
to reverse policies of the Obama
administration that seek to coerce
other countries into accepting same-sex
marriage as a condition of receiving US
assistance and aid. It is fundamentally
wrong for a president to become a lobbyist
for the LGBT agenda, and we are condent
that will end in the Trump administration.
We will work with President Trump and
Congress to pass the First Amendment
Defense Act (FADA), which Mr. Trump
supports. FADA is critical legislation to
protect people who believe in marriage
from being targeted by the government
for persecution.
Its
unknown
whether
Trump
would follow through with any of these
actions. Although Trump had a reputation
for being a relatively pro-LGBT candidate
among other Republicans, he said he
opposes marriage equality, would rescind
the Obama administration actions he
thinks are unconstitutional and would sign
the First Amendment Defense Act into law.
The newly unveiled Trump transition
team website under the banner of
Protecting Americans Constitutional
Rights reiterates Trumps support for
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to have narrowly lost in his bid for reelection in North Carolina even though
Trump won the state comfortably and
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C), another
Republican, won re-election.)
Other observers insisted Mook performed
well given the circumstances of the election
year and the focus of examination shouldnt
be on the past, but the future and nding
new leaders in the Democratic Party.
Eric Stern, a gay Berkeley-based
Democratic activist who supported
Sanders in the primary, said Mook and his
team worked tirelessly in support of their
candidate and should be commended, but
the Democratic Party has to make changes.
The candidacy of Bernie Sanders
resonated with primary voters in Michigan
and Wisconsin in a way that Secretary
Clintons did not, Stern said. My hope
is that as the Democratic Party begins to
pick up the pieces and develop a game
plan for the future that Bernie Sanders,
Elizabeth Warren and leaders from the
communities made most vulnerable by
the election of Donald Trump have real
seats at the decision making table (as
well as consideration for party leadership
positions). Excluding the voices of those
leaders at this critical moment who
represent millions of Americans would
be disastrous for our party.
Mook declined an interview request
for this article and the Clinton campaign
didnt respond to a request forcomment.
According to media reports, Clinton
during a 30-minute phone conversation
with high-level donors on Saturday
blamed her loss on letters FBI Director
James Comey sent to Congress in the days
before the election. The rst letter 11
days before the election indicated a new
investigation of her use of a private email
server as secretary of state was underway,
while the second letter exonerated her
yet again after initially being cleared in
July of any wrongdoing.
There are lots of reasons why an
election like this is not successful, Clinton
was quoted in the New York Times as
saying, according to a donor who relayed
the remarks. But, she reportedly added,
our analysis is that Comeys letter raising
doubts that were groundless, baseless,
proven to be, stopped our momentum.
Hilary Rosen, a D.C.-based Democratic
activist, echoed the anger over Comeys
letters, which deed the agencys general
practice of not commenting publicly on
investigations, when asked to evaluate
Mooks performance as campaign manager.
Im not into the blame game here,
Rosen said. Robby put together a
brilliant organization. Sometimes votes
fall short of expectations. James Comey
hurt momentum and turnout and Hillary
had not a vote to spare. There were
multiple issues beyond Robbys control.
Im grateful for him giving it his all.
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friend of Israel.
Reuters reported that Israeli Education
Minister Naftali Bennett, chair of the rightwing Bayit Yehudi party who supports the
expansion of settlements on the West
Bank, said Trumps election means the
era of a Palestinian state is over.
Many Israelis with whom the Blade has
met and spoken in recent days expressed
shock over Trumps election.
Our hearts are full of pain and
mourning, said Noa Sattath, director
of the Israel Religious Action Center, a
group that promotes religious pluralism
and gender equality, on Friday during a
meeting in Jerusalem.
Leon Wiener Dou of the Shalom
Hartman Institute, a Jerusalem-based
pluralist think tank, told the Blade on
Friday the entire world is in a state of
shock right now over Trumps election.
He added the majority of Israelis are in
what he described as political vertigo.
Most people had no idea this was
coming, said Dou.
The platform that the Republican Party
adopted in July opposes any measures
against Israel intended to impose an
agreement or to dictate borders or other
terms. It also rejects the false notion
that Israel is an occupier and describes
the campaign in support of a boycott,
economic divestment and sanctions
against Israel over its policies towards
the Palestinians as anti-Semitic in nature
and seeks to destroy the country.
Trump told the Wall Street Journal
last week that he will achieve the
ultimate deal between the Israelis and
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Thousands marched
against Donald Trump in
cities across the country
this week, including in
Baltimore.
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rallies emerged. Supporters chanted racist and anti-Semitic slogans; some demeaned women and hurled homophobic
epithets at anti-Trump protesters. There
were outbreaks of violence at multiple
stops that Trump himself encouraged
and seemed to enjoy.
Could Duke have been onto something
back in 1990? Has the country really not
progressed since then?
The election of Barack Obama gave us
hope that Dukes America was a thing of
the past. Now Obamas eight years feel
like a mirage.
To be sure, Trump found support from
voters who were turned o by his racist
rants but who have legitimate concerns
about the future of the country. The alarming rate at which health care premiums are
increasing under Obamacare; the failure to
engage in Syria that led to a crippling refugee crisis across Europe; the ight of U.S.
companies and factories to countries with
cheap labor; a new digital economy that
has left many rural workers behind.
But its hard to talk foreign policy and
economics when the other side views
you as second class. Thousands are protesting in the streets today not because
Trump wants to defeat ISIS or bring back
manufacturing jobs. Theyre marching
because theyve been personally attacked
and demonized. Immigrants, Mexicans,
African Americans, LGBT people and so
many others are understandably worried
about whats to come. House Speaker
Paul Ryan says there wont be a deportation force targeting immigrants, yet thats
exactly what Trump promised during the
campaign. Trump himself now says marriage equality is settled law, yet vows
to appoint Supreme Court justices who
would overturn it.
In this dicult time, when the country
remains divided and friends and family members are turning on each other
as disagreements over politics turn into
friendship-ending attacks fueled by hyperbolic social media posts, we must
try to remember there is much good in
America. I witnessed it in Orlando this
summer in the immediate aftermath of
the Pulse massacre. Thousands turned
out to donate blood, raise money for victims families, attend vigils and embrace
strangers in mourning. We stood together gay, straight, young, old, Christian,
Muslim, white, black, Democrat, Republican in downtown Orlando, vowing to
respond to the hatred with love.
Those memories feel at odds with
the results of Election Night, when voters embraced a very different vision for
our future.
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Dear Ivanka:
I believe we must always keep an open
line of communication with those we
dont agree with and the person on your
side of this election I would enjoy having
a cup of coee with is you.
As a supporter of Hillary Clinton the
election didnt turn out the way I wanted it
to. This isnt the rst campaign where my
hopes were dashed. But the ght for the
things I believe in and care about goes on.
Ivanka it would be great to have the opportunity to share with you how I lived my life. It is my
conviction you would understand where those
like myself are coming from and as senior adviser to your father that could be important and
helpful as you help mold the administration.
My history is like many others who
grew up in New York City as rst generation Americans. My father immigrated
from Germany and my mother from Austria to escape the Nazis. My dads parents
were killed in Auschwitz. He joined the
U.S. Army going back to Europe to ght.
Their experiences and teaching inuenced how I live my life. Early on I got involved in Democratic politics. First supporting local New York politicians and then JFK.
Demonstrating against the Vietnam War
and graduating City College of New York
during those turbulent times led to becoming a teacher in Harlem. From there, a career
in government. First working for Rep. Bella
S. Abzug, then coordinator of Local Government for Mayor Abe Beame. Then moving
to Washington as executive director of the
White House Conference on Handicapped
Individuals/Implementation Unit in the Carter Administration. Then 35 years as CEO of
national non-prots in the education and
healthcare areas. Along the way ghting for
civil rights, womens rights, disability rights
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Amid post-election grieving and protest, there has been talk about the need
for civility. I am all for it, but it must be
reciprocated and there must be room for
accurately describing our situation rather
than papering over the calamitous electoral result.
There was nothing civil about people voting for Donald Trump, a crude and ignorant
demagogue whose campaign traded in racism, sexism, religious bigotry and xenophobia, and who advocates torture. Those who
bought his extravagant yet vague promises
are in for a letdown. Meanwhile, they voted
against vulnerable populations that now
face a frightening backlash.
Trump won by means of vote suppression, lies, and incitement, with help
from the media and political interfer-
The GOPs refusal to consider the nomination of the widely respected Merrick
Garland to the Supreme Court is a glaring
example of that partys treasonous insistence that they and only they should be
allowed to govern.
Trump refuses to release his taxes, and
there is reason to believe he has signicant conicts of interest, while he talks as
if turning over his business to his children
is a blind trust. It is one eye-stretching assertion after another.
Intramural ghting among Republicans
may create openings for Democrats to
advance pieces of their agenda. But demons have been unleashed that will not
easily be brought to heel. Consider the
minority schoolchildren being harassed
by classmates in the racist explosion following the election. Consider the surge in
hate crimes and vandalism. Consider the
attacks on science and other elds of expertise, and on simple decency, throughout Trumps campaign.
American values, institutions, and people
are in peril. Taking care of one another is an
immediate concern. As we move forward,
resisting Trump and the threat he poses is
the decent and patriotic thing to do.
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as a metaphor for the abuse that he experienced as a child and his eventual struggle to
nd balance as a rock superstar, said Richard, co-founder and artistic director of OCT.
As I listened to it as a person who has lived
with a disability my entire life, I began to wonder: What does it mean to be cured? Who
gets to decide what is healthy or normal?
Founded in 2003, Open Circle Theatre
is, its mission statement says, dedicated
to mounting professional theatre productions that showcase and integrate the
considerable talents of disabled and nondisabled actors.
In OCTs vibrant version of Tommy, the
metaphor, as Richard aptly says, strikes
back. In OCTs production, several actors
play Tommy at dierent ages as hearing
and deaf. American Sign Language is an integral part of the show. Russell Harvard, a
deaf actor whos appeared on Broadway in
the revival of Spring Awakening and in the
lm There Will Be Blood, luminously plays
the primary Tommy. Tommy is molested by
Uncle Ernie and bullied by Cousin Kevin. Yet,
Tommy recovers from the abuse and bullying and discovers himself. Check out the
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Members of the local dance company Step Afrika! perform A Swingin Nutracker a la Ellington, which will be performed Dec. 8-11 at the Strathmore in North Bethesda, Md., and the Joseph Meyerho
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ALEXA RODRIGUEZ
By JOEY DiGULIELMO
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Its a busy season for transgender advocates and allies with two main
events planned in the coming days.
On Friday, Nov. 18, the Trans-Latina Coalition DMV will have its third
annual day of action in Columbia Heights. Activists will gather at 5 p.m. at
the Columbia Heights Metro Station plaza to address violence against trans
women of color and demand dignity, justice and safety. Look for the group
on Facebook for full details.
On Sunday, Nov. 20, Washingtons annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
will be held at Metropolitan Community Church of Washington (474 Ridge
St., N.W.), a joint eort of the Center for Black Equity, Empowering the
Transgender Community, the D.C. Center, Whitman-Walker, HRC and more.
Details at thedccenter.org.
Alexa Rodriguez works by day as a transgender program coordinator for La
Clinica del Pueblo and is also the director of the Trans-Latina Coalition DMV.
She came to the D.C. area in 2009 upon arriving in the U.S.
As trans-Latinas and undocumented immigrants, we have more barriers,
Rodriguez says. Were a minority inside a minority and its time to demand
justice, dignity and safety for all of us.
Rodriguez, 40, lives in Hyattsville, Md., with her boyfriend, Pedro Gomez.
She enjoys cooking, entertaining at home and walks with her partner and
pets in her free time.
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THE DIRECTION
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Ivo van Hove won a Tony Award in
June for his direction of a devastating
and blazingly original reimagining of
Arthur Millers 1955 drama about the
self-destructive betrayal engineered by
a Brooklyn longshoreman because of
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MICHAEL,
Im a gay man and like everyone I know,
I am sick to my stomach, literally, over the
election results. I am really, really scared.
Actually, terried.
I wonder what will happen to us
gay people. Rollback of marriage
equality? Legal, government-endorsed
discrimination?
I wonder what will happen to our
country with its diverse citizenry. So much
hatred and bigotry have come from the
Republican campaign.
And I wonder what will happen to our
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Nov 19-20. Teatro de la Luna at Rosslyn Spectrum.
teatrodelaluna.org.
The story of a conict between who one is and who he should be - about a
student and a professor who together threaten their very existence in order to
arrive at the possibility of loving and being loved freely and free from judgment.
BiRDMAN LiVE
Nov 18. GMU Center for the Arts.
cfa.gmu.edu.
Feel the full intensity of this dark comedy as percussionist Antonio Sanchez
performs his critically acclaimed score onstage while the Oscar-winning
lmBirdman(orthe Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is projected behind him.
Artomatic 2016
Thru Dec 9. Artomatic.
artomatic.org.
Artomatic 2016 is a ve-week long art festival in Montgomery County, MD, right
by I-270s Montrose Road exit, that is by artists, for everyone. It is absolutely
free to the public. This years event features more than 350 artists: Visual arts,
music, performance, lm, and more.
THEATRE
Freaky Friday. Thru Nov 20. Silver
Belles. Nov 22-Dec 24. Signature
Theatre. signature-theatre.org.
Straight White Men. Thru Dec 18.
Studio Theatre. studiotheatre.org.
The Christians. Thru Dec 11. Theater J.
theaterj.org.
The Second Citys Black Side of the
Moon. Thru Jan 1. Woolly Mammoth.
woollymammoth.net.
A Christmas Carol. Thru Dec 31.
Fords Theatre. fords.org.
Treif A Professional Reading. Nov
20. JCCNV. jccnv.org.
Six Degrees of Separation. Thru Dec
3. Keegan Theatre. keegantheatre.com.
MUSIC
WNO: The Daughter of the
Regiment. Thru Nov 20. WNO.
Kennedy Center. kennedy-center.org.
The Pop Ups. Nov 20. AMP.
ampbystrathmore.com.
Roomful of Teeth. Nov 20. Folger
Theatre. folger.edu.
Emerson String Quartet. Nov
19. Baird Auditorium. Axelrod
String Quartet. Nov 19-20.
Museum of American History.
smithsonianassociates.org.
What Makes It Great? Nov
20. Washington Performing
Arts. Baird Auditorium.
washingtonperformingarts.org.
Hector Berlioz: Requiem. Nov 20.
Choral Arts Society. Kennedy Center.
choralarts.org.
Chamber Concert. Nov 18.
Washington Musica Viva. Church of the
Ascension. dcmusicaviva.org.
Darwin Noguera Jazz Ensemble.
Nov 18. Embassy of Nicaragua.
Christopher Schmitt, piano. Nov
19. International Student House. The
Embassy Series. embassyseries.org.
Cano General siglo XXI (Chamber
Cantata). Nov 19. GALA Hispanic
Theatre. galatheatre.org.
NSO. Thru Nov 19. Kennedy Center.
kennedy-center.org.
Ariel Quartet. Nov 19. Kreeger
Museum. kreegermuseum.org.
Concert: BUSONI at 150 | Sandro
Ivo Bartoli, piano. Nov 19. Library of
Congress. loc.gov.
A Far Cry. Nov 20. National Gallery of
Art. nga.gov.
Jake Shimabukuro. Nov 20.
Strathmore. strathmore.org.
Eric Burdon & The Animals. Thru Nov
18. The Barns. wolftrap.org.
MUSEUMS
Library of Congress. #Opera Before
Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955. Thru
Jan 21. loc.gov.
National Archives. Amending
America. Thru Sep 4.
archivesfoundation.org.
GALLERIES
DAC. Furniture designed by Tom Shiner,
FAIA. Thru Nov 19. 2016 Professional
Awards of the Potomac Chapter, ASLA.
Thru Dec 10. aiadac.com.
Goethe-Institut. Shadowgraphs by
Tim Otto Roth. Thru Jan 13. goethe.de.
Hill Center. Hill Center Galleries
Exhibitions. Thru Dec 30. hillcenterdc.org.
ISAAG. States of Consciousness
Gaby Herbstein. Thru Nov 18.
idbstaassociationartgallery.org.
Korean Cultural Center DC.
Perspectives on Human Identity. Thru
Nov 30. koreaculturedc.org.
Strathmore. Jennifer Kahn Barlow.
Nov 19-Dec 31. Fine Art in Miniature.
Nov 19-Dec 31. strathmore.org.
The Art League Gallery. MiniMAX.
Thru Dec 4. Soomin Ham: Sound of
Buttery. Thru Dec 4. theartleague.org.
Waverly Street Gallery. New Work
in Clay by Kanika Sircar. Thru Dec 3.
waverlystreetgallery.com.
Zenith Gallery. Great Moments in Art
II. Thru Dec 10. zenithgallery.com.
AND MORE...
Time to Say Goodbye. Nov 22.
Washington Jewish Film Festival.
EDCJCC. wj.org.
French Cooking with Chef Grard
Pangaud. Nov 18. Knife Skills. Nov 22.
Hill Center. hillcenterdc.org.
Israeli Film: Zero Motivation. Nov 22.
JCCNV. jccnv.org.
Shooting Stars: Bowie and Prince
on Film: GRAFITTI BRIDGE. Nov 18.
Library of Congress. loc.gov.
Olga. Nov 20. National Gallery of Art.
nga.gov.
Savage Kingdom. Nov 21. National
Geographic. nglive.org.
Artist Talk: Riva Lehrer. Nov 20.
National Portrait Gallery. npg.si.edu.
2016 Maestros de Arquitectura
Lecture: Alfredo Brillembourg. Nov 22.
DAC. aiadac.com.
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MONDAY, NOV. 21
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W..)
hosts coee drop-in hours this morning
from 10 a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT
community. Older LGBT adults can
come and enjoy complimentary coee
and conversation with other community
members. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) holds a support group for gay black
men to discuss topics that aect them,
share perspectives and have meaningful
conversations. For details, visit uhupil.org.
TODAY
Translatina Coalition DMV hosts
Trans Lives Matter Day of Action 2016
in the Columbia Heights neighborhood
today from 5-8 p.m. The vigil will honor
trans women of color who have been lost
to violence and to address the continues
acts of violence. For more information
and the exact meeting location, visit
facebook.com/translatinadmv.
The Coven presents Moxie, a queer
ladies dance party, at Buckeye + Bear
(1730 M St., N.W.) tonight from 10 p.m.2:30 a.m. DJ Adotnet will spin tracks. Cover
is $5. For more details, visit facebook.
com/thecovendc.
National Geographic presents Where
Love is Illegal, a photography exhibit by
Robin Hammond that showcases LGBT
stories of survival from around the world,
at the Grosvenor auditorium at National
Geographic (1600 M St., N.W.) tonight
from 7:30-9 p.m. Regular tickets are
$25 and member tickets are $22.50. For
more information, visit facebook.com/
natgeomuseum.
The D.C. Eagle (3701 Benning Rd., N.E.)
presents Eagle Wings Auction and
Fundraiser tonight from 8 p.m.-1 a.m.
Proceeds will benet Whitman-Walker Health
for its HIV education and outreach programs.
For more details, visit dceagle.com.
The Imperial Court of Washington
and the Arlington-Alexandria Gay &
Lesbian Alliance host their annual USO
show at Freddies Beach Bar & Restaurant
(555 22nd St., South, Arlington, Va.)
today from 6-8:45 p.m. Proceeds will be
split 50 percent for AGLAs general fund
and 50 percent for the reign V charities
including Crossover Ministries, Pets with
Disabilities and Rainbow Families. For
more information, visit faceboo.com/
imperialcourtdc.
SATURDAY, NOV. 19
Legendary country singer Loretta
Lynn performs a sold-out show at the
Lincoln Theatre (1215 U St., N.W.) tonight
at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For
more details, visit thelincolndc.com.
The D.C. Eagle (3701 Benning Rd., N.E.)
presents Mr. D.C. Eagle 2017 tonight from
8-9:30 p.m. There will also be a burlesque
performance by Lascivious Jane. For more
information, visit dceagle.com.
Empowering
the
Transgender
Community hosts its launch party at
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) today from 6-9
p.m. This is a new non-prot organization
led by transgender activist Earline
Budd. Its goal is to provide a supportive
place for the transgender community.
For more details, visit facebook.com/
TUESDAY, NOV. 22
empowertransdc.
Number Nine (1435 P St., N.W.) hosts
Spotlight Power Hour: Disney tonight
from 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. VJ Jack Rayburn
will play popular Disney songs and
videos. There will be drink specials from
11 p.m.-2 a.m. For more information, visit
numberninedc.com.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct., N.W.)
hosts its bears pantless boxers dance
tonight from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Come dance
in boxers with no cover charge. For more
details, visit greenlanterndc.com.
KhushDC hosts its monthly South Asian
LGBTQ support group meeting at the D.C.
Center (2000 14th St., N.W.) today from
1:30-3:30 p.m. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
SUNDAY, NOV. 20
Pretty Boi Drag presents its Sunday
Service drag king show at the Bier Baron
Tavern (1523 22nd St., N.W.) today from
2-5 p.m. Chris Jay will host the event.
There will be prizes for best dressed
parishioner including tickets for future
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23
The Lambda Bridge Club meets tonight
at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity Center (721 8th
St., S.E.) for duplicate bridge. No reservations
required and new comers welcome. If you
need a partner, call 703-407-6540.
SMYAL hosts an open mic night today
from 5-7 p.m. Gay youth can come to talk
openly about the issues they face with
their sexual orientation or gender identity.
For more information, visit smyal.org.
THURSDAY, NOV. 24
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
hosts a Thanksgiving dinner today from
1-5 p.m. Doors open at 1 p.m. and dinner
begins at 2 p.m. Guests are invited to
bring their favorite music to share, board
games and favorite holiday traditions. For
more information, visit thedcenter.org.
The Mansion on O Street (2020 O St.,
N.W.) hosts its Thanksgiving lunch and
tour today from noon-3 p.m. The meal will
include traditional favorites as well as lots
of vegetarian options. Guests can explore
the mansion after the meal. Tickets are
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