Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs
June 2017
News & Notes
Solid Foundations DC:
Mayor Bowser's Plan to End LGBTQ Youth Homelessness
 As you know, more than half of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ. Last month, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Solid Foundations DC, the Interagency Council on Homelessness Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Youth Homelessness. Solid Foundations DC is the city’s first ever data-driven plan focused on the needs of unaccompanied youth.
The plan will serve as a roadmap for building an effective system of care for unaccompanied youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness, with the goal of ending youth homelessness by 2022.
“Ending homelessness in Washington, DC has been a top priority of mine from day one,” said Mayor Bowser. “The health, safety, and long-term success of our youth will have an impact on our entire community, and our DC values require that we continue finding ways to make homelessness in DC rare, brief, and non-recurring. By working together, we can build integrated systems that provide the support our young people need to stay healthy and succeed in school and life.”
To read more about Solid Foundations DC visit the Department of Human Services
Congratulations! Mayor Bowser Appoints New Members to the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs Advisory Committee
 Mayor Bowser appointed or re-appointed 6 members of the Advisory Committee to the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs. Please join us in sending congratulations to:
Renewed Appointees:
Jim Slattery
Consuella Lopez
Andrea Sharrin
New Appointees:
Desireé Luckey
Michelle Parkerson
Yanni Supreme
The next meeting of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Affairs is schedule for September
12th at 6:30PM at the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center.
Upcoming Events
 June is LGBTQ Pride Month! Please feel free to join us at any of the following events below! Click on the date/title of the event for more information!
06/03/2017
– Le Fe: Resisting with Our Faith
Join us for
the 11th Annual DC Latino Pride and our kick-off “La Fe: Resisting through
Faith" is our annual event where we hold a non-denominational faith event
for LGBTQ individuals in our community and together find unity through shared
beliefs.
06/07/2017
– La Platica: Resources for Resistance
Join us for the 11th Annual DC Latinx Pride! La
Platica this year will focus on resources available to the LGBTQ Latinx
community in dealing with issues around immigration, health, discrimination,
and education. Join us for a panel of experts, food & drinks, and a timely
conversation!
06/08/207
– Chamber Connect
Join us for Chamber Connect, the first monthly event series by the
Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce that combines their longstanding
Networking Thursday and Women's Wednesday! This is a perfect opportunity to
connect and network with other LGBTQ entrepreneurs and professionals in
DC. Registration
Required!
06/08/2017
– La Fiesta: “La Resistencia”
Join us for the 11th Annual DC Latino Pride! La Fiesta is the DMV's
largest Latinx LGBTQ party! This year we will be honoring our past LHP Queens,
dancing the night away with D.J. El Especialista from El Zol, and have exciting
community performances!
06/08 – 06/11/2017 - Capital Pride
Each June, Capital Pride produces the annual Celebration of Pride in the
Nation’s Capital, one of the largest Pride celebrations in the country, which
includes the Pride Parade, Festival, and Concert. Visit: ww.capitalpride.org
06/10/2017 - 17th Street Rainbow Crosswalk Painting
District residents of the LGBTQIA community will gather to paint a temporary installation of seven rainbow and one trans flag crosswalk 17th St NW. These crosswalks to be located between the R St. and P St., will be a symbol of acceptance, unity, tolerance, equality and #DCValues
06/10/2017
– Capital Pride Parade with Mayor Bowser
Please join us to walk with Mayor Muriel Bowser at the 2017 Capital Pride
Parade!
The Capital Pride Parade is one of Washington, DC's landmark events
celebrating the spirit and strength of the LGBTQ community in Washington, DC.
The Parade will include more than 180 contingents – floats, vehicles, walkers,
entertainment – consisting of local businesses, Capital Pride Heroes and
Engendered Spirit awardees, politicians, community groups, drag queens, dogs,
and much more. Registration
Requested!
06/12/2017
– A Candlelight Vigil to Remember Pulse
On June 12, 2016, the LGBTQ community was targeted. A man filled with
hate and armed with an assault rifle murdered 49 people and injured 53 others
at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Please join Pride Fund to End Gun
Violence, DC Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs and the Gay Men's Chorus of
Washington on Monday, June 12th at 7pm in Dupont Circle as we commemorate the
one-year anniversary of the shooting.
06/28/2017
– Community Rally for Gay Games DC 2022
Join us for a
special community rally to support Washington, DC’s bid for the 2022 Gay Games!
We'll show the Gay Games site inspection team that we are ready, willing, and
able to host the Games! There will be food, drinks, music, and giveaways - and
perhaps a surprise or two!
 Director Sheila Alexander-Reid with Savanna Wanzer, recipient of the DC Black Pride Unsung Hero Award, along with June Crenshaw (Wanda Alston Foundation) and Amy Nelson (Whitman-Walker Health) - DC Black Pride Awards Reception May 23, 2017
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