Portland and another bi political candidate

Attention Northwesterners: My fiancee and I are headed to Portland! Her fabulous film about fabulous femmes, FtF: Female to Femme — which just showed last night in San Francisco at the LGBT Center! — is showing at QDocs, the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival, next Saturday, at 6:30 at the Clinton Street Theatre. We’re excited to explore all that PDX has to offer, so, if you’re in the area, come say hi and join us for the film showing!

Also, check out this wonderful press release I just got a few days ago from my friends at Renna Communications. Kate Brown is a bi candidate:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 21, 2008

Contact: Simon Aronoff, (202) 510-6705, simon@rennacommunications.com
Cathy Renna, (917) 757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com

Portland, Oregon Voters Elect Openly Gay Mayor
First to Lead One of the Top 30 Largest US Cities
Kate Brown Wins Democratic Primary for Oregon Secretary of State

EDITORS: Interviews available with Chuck Wolfe, President and CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, on the local and national significance of these wins in Oregon. Please call or email media contacts above to schedule.

Washington, D.C. — Portland, Oregon City Commissioner Sam Adams will become the first openly gay mayor ever elected to lead one of the 30 largest U.S. cities, according to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which endorsed Adams and helped to fund his campaign. Adams won more than 50 percent of the vote in today’s primary, giving him an outright victory over multiple opponents.

Victory-endorsed Oregon Secretary of State candidate Kate Brown advanced to a November general election, easily winning her Democratic primary. Brown, who is currently the Democratic leader in the Oregon Senate, would become the nation’s highest ranking openly bisexual elected official if she wins her November general election. She is heavily favored against her Republican opponent, who has never held elective office.

“In Oregon, fairness has won the day. These victories mean that people who are openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender can also be seen as capable, committed leaders whose sexual orientation or gender identity is less important than what they plan to do for their communities. That’s a step toward full equality that we want to replicate across America,” said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund.

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund is the only national organization dedicated to growing the number of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender elected officials at all levels of government. Through fundraising and expert technical assistance, Victory has helped increase the number of out elected officials from 49 in 1991, when it was founded, to more than 400 today. Victory has endorsed nearly 60 candidates so far in 2008.

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