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The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network presents:

Out For Equality
The LGBT community commemoration of
Barack Obama & Joe Biden's Inauguration

Featuring performances by:
Melissa Etheridge | Cyndi Lauper | Rufus Wainwright | Thelma Houston | Dave Koz

Tuesday, January 20 | 7 p.m. - Midnight
Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.

Open bar and cocktail buffet
Tickets are $350 per person before December 16 (TOMORROW) and $375 thereafter.
Attire: Festive or Formal.
http://www.boxofficetickets.com/outforequality

Also:

Dance For Equality
Tuesday, January 20 | 9 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Town Danceboutique
2009 8th Street, NW
Washington DC
Tickers are $40 before December 24 and $50 thereafter.
http://www.boxofficetickets.com/outforequality


This event is also brought to you by:

Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund & Leadership Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, PFLAG, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, National Black Justice Coalition, Freedom to Marry, BiNet USA, DignityUSA, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, Equality Federation, National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, National Coalition for LGBT Health, LGBT Community Center of NY, International Federation of Black Prides, CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers, Family Equality Coalition

Inaugural enthusiasts won't be the only ones traveling into D.C. in the next couple of weeks. The city will also see its annual influx of Leathermen, kinksters, and fetishists.

There is coincidental timing of the Obama inauguration and Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend (MAL), an annual event organized by Centaurs M.C. that typically takes place during Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. This year's MAL takes place January 16-18; the inauguration itself is on January 20, and related events are scheduled for a few days before and after.

Despite the extended bar and restaurant hours Jan. 17-21 associated with the inauguration, organizers for MAL expect a lower turnout than usual due to the inaugural festivities; inaugural attendees snagged many hotel rooms in D.C.

Wow - that's pretty interesting, Ox. Thanks for the scoop! I shoulda known you'd have the lowdown on that.