Bite the Fruit — Community & Pride

Pride is a time to be bold, brave, and proud of ourselves and our accomplishments — to celebrate queer joy — but so many of our community members are in crisis. Currently, half of US states have enacted laws that make daily life unsafe for LGBTQ people. These laws are meant to force queer people from the public square in fear and push us all back into the closet, but we refuse to be written out of history. The progress we celebrate each June may be slipping through our fingers, 530 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures in 2023...

2023 Capital Pride calendar of events: Friday, June 2Capital Pride HonorsMonday, June 5OUTspoken: A Night of Queer ExpressionThursday, June 8Rooftop Pool PartyFriday, June 9RIOT: Opening Dance PartySaturday, June 10Crack of Noon Pride Parade BrunchSaturday, June 10Block PartySaturday, June 10Pride ParadeSaturday, June 10Trans Pride Pool PartySaturday, June 10RevolutionSunday, June 11Pride FestivalSunday, June 11Pride Concert

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(Detail of photo by Michael Key for the Washington Blade) Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend 2023 begins on Friday, January 13, and runs through Sunday, January 15. Thousands are expected to participate at MAL this year which boasts a labyrinth of leather merchants, an Onyx leather auction, a Bootblack competition, a Rubber show, a Puppy Park, a Sunday brunch, three power dance parties along with an endless spectacle of leathermen, fetish hogs and their admirers. MAL is an annual event held in Washington DC in January. It is organized by Centaur Motorcycle Club which marks the occasion with Leather Cocktails, a formal reception and dinner...

The personal lubricant Boy Butter aired a new ad on TV last Friday during the grand premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 15. The commercial, “Storia D’Amore” (love story in Italian), features two men (models Facundo Rodriguez and Jerreth Ludwig) in a Mediterranean villa. Boy Butter has a history of producing very sensual commercials that air on TV during high-profile broadcasts of TV shows and/or live events. If you thought airing during RuPaul’s Drag Race was racy, check out this commercial which broadcasted regularly on ESPN and ESPN2 during many popular sporting events, including boxing matches, SportsCenter news, and UFC...