Eighth Annual Gay and Lesbian Leadership Awards September 24, 2008 Sewall-Belmont House & Museum
144 Constitution Ave, NE
Washington, DC 20002 » read more
Washington, D.C. Candidate and Campaign Training December 3, 2008
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Pro-equality Republicans reaping benefits in NY Today New York Assembly Republicans who voted for marriage equality in New York have been rewarded with substantial campaign contributions from gay rights advocates across the United States. » read article
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has endorsed 11 new candidates
seeking public office. The candidates include Greg Rodriguez, candidate for the Palm Springs Unified School District Board of Education,
and Georgia House candidate Keisha Waites.
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Tim McFeeley, a veteran of the civil rights movement
and a leader in the field of executive development, has joined the board of the
Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute.
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Victory endorsee Mark LaFontaine received the endorsement of
the Broward County Council of Professional Fire Fighters and the
Florida Professional Firefighters in his race for the Florida House of Representatives.
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In anticipation of her Aug. 5 election, Victory endorsee Inga Taylor has been campaigning hard to win a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. Her election would take Kansas off the list of states with no gay representation in the legislature.
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The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has endorsed ten new candidates seeking public office. The candidates include Rebecca Kaplan, who seeks a seat on the Oakland City Council, and Andrew Martin, who is running for the Nevada Assembly.
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Florida
House candidate and Victory endorsee Mark LaFontaine received the unanimous endorsement of the Florida
AFL-CIO for District 92. The Florida AFL-CIO
represents 500,000 workers, retirees and their families.
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The Pittsburgh City Council gave final approval today to a domestic partner registry. Openly gay city council member and former Victory Fund endorsee Bruce Kraus wrote the legislation.
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Since there are currently no LGBT members of the Florida legislature, so this election presents a tremendous opportunity for the state’s LGBT community.
Jim will be running statewide to keep this seat after being appointed to it in 2007. He is the first openly gay statewide official in Oklahoma's history.
