Bite the Fruit — Community & Pride

The Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill400 New Jersey Ave, NWWashington, DC Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend (MAL) is an annual LGBTQ+ celebration of the leather and kink communities. Produced and hosted by the Centaur Motorcycle Club, thousands participate in various events including Mr. MAL Contest, puppy play, dances, and Leather Cocktails. Bite the Fruit joins nearly 30 artisans, craftspeople and vendors of leather and fetish gear from across the country in the Exhibitor Hall. Leather Cocktails, a formal social with dinner on Saturday evening, is the cornerstone event of the weekend. The highlight of the evening is MAL’s parade of colors....

Capital Pride is right around the corner. Here's a look at what you need to know ahead of events and road closures including the Capital Pride Parade, Block Party, Festival, and other ways to celebrate Washington DC’s LGBTQ+ community. Capital Pride Parade: On Saturday, June 8th, the parade will kick off at 3 p.m. at 14th and T Streets NW. The parade will move along 14th Street to Freedom Plaza, turning on Pennsylvania Avenue, and will finish at 9th Street NW. On its 49th year, this new parade route is fundamentally different than in previous years. The change, according to...

  April 26 and 27: Dan Savage's HUMP! Film Festival is screening Part One of its 19th annual lineup, featuring 23 brand-new, hot, creative, and often downright hilarious short subject, adult films created by real people for real people. Every year, creators from across the country and around the world submit films to HUMP! that explore the spectrum of human desires and pleasures, and celebrate a full range of body types, shapes, ages, colors, sexualities, genders, and an overall spirit of sex-positivity. Black Cat 1811 14th Street NW Washington DC 20009   We can't wait for you to see the...

  Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend Jan. 12-15 Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Ave NW Official website From the Washington Blade: Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend returns to Washington, D.C., Jan. 13-15 (sic), taking place at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. MAL, as it is known, is a weekend-long event that attracts thousands of participants from around the region and country. It is celebrating its 49th anniversary.  MAL features a host of events, including an exhibitor hall, the Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather Contest, and various other parties, both inside and outside the hotel. Exhibitor Hall A level down from the lobby,...

  Boy Butter's new sensual ad runs during RuPaul’s Drag Race Boy Butter, manufacturer of a line of personal lubricants, releases the third installment of a love story trilogy between two men, portrayed by models Jerreth Ludwig and Facundo Rodriguez. Titled “Chateau D’Amour,” the ad uses the beautiful French countryside as a backdrop. Ludwig wakes alone in bed in an ivy-covered cottage while Rodriguez runs through a wooded tract. Ludwig bathes, waits on the porch, then by a stream. When Rodriguez arrives at the house, Ludwig greets him, presumably, with a kiss — the final scene ends just before. Even...