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ICYMI: Please read my @crushcolonialism.bsky.social interview in The Magazine
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Interview with Rayceen Pendarvis
Rayceen (also known as Mother) is a powerful voice and stalwart figure within the “Washington, DC” community — an event host, community advocate, human rights activist, and LGBTQ elder, as well as co-...
crushingcolonialism.org
June 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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You're invited!
Please RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-happe...
June 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I appreciate @capitalpridedc.bsky.social for including me in the Sunday Closing Concert for WorldPride. It was a pleasure to speak to the attendees!
June 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Please read my updated Pride Guide for 2025!
#pridemonth #worldpride #worldpridedc #pride2025
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Pride Guide 2025: Empress of Pride Edition Redux
There are several opportunities to see me and many places to celebrate in DC and beyond
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May 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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🌈Pride Month officially kicks off Sunday, but @wcp.bsky.social has been releasing Pride coverage since April 🦄 and we're not just looking at WorldPride 🏳️‍⚧️ but all the underground, hyperlocal, less corporate events, celebrations, marches, and more. 🖤 Find it all here 🌈
Pride 2025: Beyond WorldPride
Keepin’ an eye on queer and trans news in the District; spotlighting gay gatherings, and celebrating queertastic happenings.
washingtoncitypaper.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Introducing Liberation Weekend, a two-day music and arts festival taking place in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 30th, and Saturday, May 31st, during WorldPride 2025.

Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.

Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
THE FLIER FOR LIBERATION WEEKEND, WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE FLIER IN BIG LETTERS ALL CAPS. IT IS BLACK AND GREEN AND WHITE THE TOP LEFT CORNER SAYS TWO DAYS OF MUSIC AND ARTS FOR TRANS LIBERTY. THE BOTTOM SAYS BENEFITING GENDER LIBERATION MOVEMENT. Day one mainstage : HOME IS WHERE, PINKSHIFT, COMBAT, PRETTY BITTER & TWO SPECIAL GUESTS Day one afterparty : PERENNIAL, ZORA & UM JENNIFER. DJS ARE LECAMILLE, VANFLEET, PET WIFE & MIDNIGHT ECSTASY (HANNAH ACCOUNT B2B ELLY DJ) Day two mainstage: TRANSA SHOWCASE FEAT LRAIN, BARTEES STRANGE & ASHER WHITE, PLUS TED LEO, SPEEDY ORTIZ, DOWNTOWN BOYS, BIG GIRL + FAITH/VOID Day two locals only early stage: PINKY LEMON, CHERUB TREE, MASSIE & BERRA Day two afterparty : EKKO ASTRAL, PURE ADULT & VAELASTRASZ, PLUS DJ SETS FROM EEV FRANCES, TIME WHARP, CLEAR CHANNEL, AND DJ HORSE JEANS (AKA JACQUELINE CODIGA)
April 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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zegamahber.bsky.social
Pre-registration Now OPEN for Queer Ethiopian Eritrean Pride on Friday June 6, 2025 in Washington DC. The form helps us estimate the number of attendees and verify RSVPs.

#queerethiopia
April 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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crushcolonialism.bsky.social
And this is the direct link to the streaming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIhp...
DECOLONIZED BEATZ INDIGENOUS WORLD PRIDE 2025 LIVE!
YouTube video by Crushing Colonialism
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May 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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🌈🎥 We’ll be live soon—starting at 6:00 p.m. ET! The first day of #DBIWP25 kicks off shortly—tune in on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@CrushingCol...

#WorldPride #Pride #WashingtonDC
May 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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rayceen.com
Please join us for a special event @ Arena Stage on June 11th!
Admission is free to the Pride Night Marketplace (4pm), panel discussion (6pm), and art exhibit. Tickets are available for WE ARE GATHERED noon matinee and 7:30 show. Use promo codes PRIDE and PRIDE20 for special deals!
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June 11 flyer
May 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Please join me on Friday, June 6th, at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC
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May 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Please watch this recent WJLA segment about Silver Pride, featuring me and Jose Gutierrez
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'Pride is not just a party. It’s a revolution'; DC activists highlight Silver Pride
Inside the True Reformer Building in Northwest D.C., everyone was given a seat at the table for the "How We Got Here & What We Do Now: Wisdom & Stories from Sil
wjla.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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crushcolonialism.bsky.social
Meet another legendary voice featured in #TheMagazine making a guest appearance this weekend at #DBIWP25, Rayceen Pendarvis (@rayceen.com): crushingcolonialism.org/interview-wi...

🌈 Doors open TODAY 5:30ET at Arena Stage
🌎 Livestream available on our YT
“Event Host, Community Advocate, Human Rights Activist and LGBTQ Leader | The Magazine | Interview with Rayceen Pendarvis” Bio of Rayceen Quote from Rayceen Schedule of DBIWP for Sunday
May 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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ICYMI: I discussed #PrideMonth and #WorldPrideDC on Good Morning Washington
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Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present: WorldPride Comes to Washington, DC
Washington, DC is currently playing host to one of the largest international LGBTQIA+ celebrations in the world, WorldPride, which runs through June 8.
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May 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Please check out my Pride Guide for 2025
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Empress of Pride presents A Pride Guide for 2025
Rayceen Pendarvis, Empress of Pride, is booked and busy for Pride Season this year, including several WorldPride DC events
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May 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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May 27: Please join me for the premiere of Humans of Pride, 7pm at Alamo Drafthouse in Washington, DC. This film is an official selection of WorldPride 2025 Film Festival. Tickets are free with the purchase of a $5 food & beverage voucher. I will moderate a Q&A after the film.
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Promo for film screening
May 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Join @crushcolonialism.bsky.social on May 30th and June 1st in Washington, DC. Please RSVP for your free tickets today!
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May 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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crushcolonialism.bsky.social
🌈 OUT NOW: HOPE – A 7-track Indigiqueer pop album produced by Indigenous artists worldwide, celebrating resilience, healing & strength. Available on all streaming platforms starting today to celebrate the start of World Pride. Catch it live at #DBIWP25!

#Pride
An image of the album cover with the word 'HOPE'. The text on the slide reads: "A powerful 7-track compilation of Indigenous artists worldwide. Available on all digital music & streaming platforms! Launching today! Celebrating Indigenous resilience, healing & strength." "It's a pop record with an Indigenous narrative. There's something for everyone, dance, rap, ballads...The strong common theme is resilience, and I think that's what brought us all together as Indigenous artists." Tony - HOPE's Cherokee Producer & Musician. A list of songs included on the album. The DBIWP 2025 logo and a QR code followed by text that reads: "Donate to support our mission. crushingcolonialism.org/donate"
May 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Please share this information and attend this special event for Caribbean LGBTQ people in Washington, DC!
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Graphic for May 18
May 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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crushcolonialism.bsky.social
⏳ May's here, and there's less than ONE MONTH until Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride 2025!

🎟️ The event is FREE and ACCESSIBLE, but space is limited — get your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/crush...

🌍 Can't come? Livestream will be available, stay tuned!

#DBIWP25 #WorldPride
Against a photo of a person holding a Native American hand drum, the text reads: “Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride | May 30 + June 1, 2025 | Washington, D.C. | Less than one month left | www.crushingcolonialism.org”.
May 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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South Africa WorldPride 2028: Cape Town Makes History www.lovebscott.com/south-africa...
South Africa WorldPride 2028: Cape Town Makes History
South Africa WorldPride 2028 will mark the first time the event lands in Africa — Cape Town is ready to make queer history on a global stage.
www.lovebscott.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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zegamahber.bsky.social
SAVE THE DATE for our Annual Queer Ethiopian Eritrean Pride Event on Friday June 6, 2025 in Washington DC on World Pride weekend!

#ZegaMahber #LGBTEthiopia
#QueerEthiopia #QueerHabesha #HabeshaQueer #GayEthiopia #Ethiopia #Eritrea #Habesha #EthiopiaLGBT #Pride #Worldpride2025
April 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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pinknews.bsky.social
WorldPride organisers issue travel warning for trans visitors to the US
Warning for trans people heading to the US for WorldPride
The organisers of WorldPride 2025 could issue a travel warning for trans people who wish to travel to the US this summer.
www.thepinknews.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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wcp.bsky.social
NEW: D.C. punk band Ekko Astral announced Liberation Weekend, a two-day music fest raising money for the Gender Liberation Movement. The May event offers an alternative to the city’s “more corporate” WorldPride events.
Ekko Astral Announce Liberation Weekend, a Two-Day Festival for Punk and Pride
With a stacked lineup that includes Ted Leo and Bartees Strange, Liberation Weekend aims to raise money for the Gender Liberation Movement.
washingtoncitypaper.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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crushcolonialism.bsky.social
BIG NEWS!🔥 After all the obstacles, Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride 2025 is happening! And we finally have our venues in Piscataway Land “Washington, D.C.”.

We still appreciate your donations to support the event logistics: crushingcolonialism.org/donate/

#DBIWP25 #WorldPrideDC
The DBIWP with text that reads: "May 30 + June 1, 2025 | Washington, D.C. | Venues". The two venues: Arena Stage (1101 6th St SW, Washington, DC 20024) and Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002) followed by schedules of the events. A list of the speakers and performers who will be at the event including, Tony Enos, Lady Shug, and Ritni Tears. More performers, including Rivolta Sata and 9A, and the list of youths who participated in the 2024 DBIWP Indigiqueer film training.
March 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM