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An independent newspaper serving the gay community. This edition features articles on the election of Urvashi Vaid to head the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, plans for a reorganization at the Human Rights Campaign Fund, coverage of D.C.'s gay pride celebrations, updates on gay-related bills in Massachusetts and in Congress, political information ahead of D.C.'s mayoral elections, the death of black lesbian poet Pat Parker, a victory for the federal employee labor union to protect employees of the IRS from discrimination based on sexuality, book and film reviews, plans for Sisterfire music festival, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups.Volume 20, Number 25Original version: print newspaper; DC Public Library, Special Collections, Periodicals, Washington Blade
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- Gay Clubs
- Gay Community
- Gay Newspapers
- Gay Press
- Gay Press Publications
- Gay Pride Celebrations
- Gay Rights
- Gays In Mass Media
- Gays, Black
- Human Rights Campaign Fund (U.S.)
- Labor Unions
- Lesbian Poetry
- Music Festivals
- National Gay And Lesbian Task Force (U.S.)
- Newspapers
- Parker, Pat, 1944 1989
- Politics
- Sexual Minorities
- Sisterfire Festival
- United States
- United States. Internal Revenue Service
- Women
- Women's Music Festivals