"They just need to let us have the right to live, to have the right to be happy," said Sheila Star, a drag queen in her mid-50s.
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About 200 people from various LGBT communities filed into National City Christian Church near downtown DC on May 8 for a meeting called by the organizers of this year’s Capital Pride event, to listen to community concerns and grievances about the June celebration.