Photo Essay: Highlights from Capital Pride in Washington, DC
A collection of my favorite photos I took at Washington, DC Pride in June 2018. Enjoy photos of the colorful floats, costumes, and signs from Capital Pride’s parade and festival.
Category: Queer
Below are all of our profiles featuring interviews with queer people in chronological order. These fascinating queer people share their life stories, along with the joys and challenges they’ve experienced throughout their journeys.
Rocky Lane & Sarah Swofford: On the Importance of Representation As An Interracial Trans-Cis Couple
When Rocky considered transitioning genders, he thought it might be too late and wasn’t sure if he’d ever meet a partner who accepted him fully. Luckily he found Sarah, a queer woman, and together they work to be visible as an interracial trans-cis couple.
Jessica Ryan Weissbuch: On Creating a Leadership Camp for LGBTQ Youth
Jessica, who has a love for activism and youth leadership programs, and her wife Kayla, who grew up attending summer camp, have married their passions to create Camp Brave Trails: a leadership camp for LGBTQ youth.
Lee Dewey: On Fighting to Be Visible as a Gender Non-Conforming Person
After trying on several identities, Lee began to embrace gender non-conformity. This is their story of breaking the binary, building community, being visible, and raising HIV/AIDS awareness.
Jamie Thrower: On Being a Photographer for the Queer Community
As a young girl, Jamie never imagined she could be openly gay, let alone working for herself as a successful photographer. But she now relishes the opportunity to document her queer community.
Recording of Profiles in Pride’s Live DreamWeek Event, ‘Journeys in Coming Out’
Profiles in Pride held an event during DreamWeek in San Antonio, Texas, where several LGBTQIA people told their powerful coming out stories in person in front of a live audience. See the recording here.
Sarah Shalene Guilbeaux: On Discovering Her Queerness and Exploring Gender Identity
Sarah grew up in a conservative family that wanted her to fit into a specific mold. But she gradually rejected these constraints and came to embrace her queerness, and with the help of her transgender partner, began to further explore gender identity.
Hannah Haley: On Being the Partner of a Transitioning Person
Hannah thought she was only interested in women. Then she met Peter at the beginning of his transition from female to male and fell in love and took a chance. This is the story of their relationship and how Peter’s transition has impacted Hannah’s identity.
Esther Schwartz: On Being Queer, Overcoming Trauma, and Finding Her Person
As she fought to overcome trauma and abuse, Esther also began to understand her complex sexual identity, encountering the challenges of not fitting cleanly in one box. Here’s how she found her way out of abuse, found herself, and met her unexpected perfect match.