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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Is This the Gayest Campaign Ad Ever?"
Since someone has already attacked me for the thread title,it is the title of the article in the (gay) 'Advocate'.
https://www.advocate.com/politicians/2018/4/06/gayest-campaign-ad-ever
San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Leno recently announced the release of his first television and digital ad, Make History, in a press conference at the former Castro Camera store. The announcement was not arbitrary it came on the 40th anniversary of the Board of Supervisors passing an antidiscrimination ordinance protecting gays and lesbians, and championed by then-Supervisor Harvey Milk.
Leno's ad highlights his lifetime of service to San Francisco and his record of winning landmark legislation for civil and workers' rights, like raising the states minimum wage to $15. The video evokes the tone of Tales of the City with its disco music, but it also chronicles Leno's journey from a San Francisco newcomer in the 1970s, to losing his partner to HIV complications a decade later, to becoming California's first openly gay state senator in 2008.
From a very young age, Ive believed in a future in which everyone has a shot at success, Leno said at the campaign event. This means that all of us, and our future generations, need to learn about the broad diversity of human experience. Thats why I authored the FAIR Education Act to share with our kids the life-changing power of LGBT histories.
At the Castro event, Leno also announced endorsements from major LGBT organizations, including the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, Victory Fund, and Equality California.
Gina Simi, Co-Chair of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, said, Mark is [Alices] first-choice candidate because he doesnt just talk about progress and process he truly understands how this works.
A full list of Lenos endorsements and legislative record can be found on his website http://www.markleno.com
Farmer-Rick
(10,185 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Each forum may have a different audience - readership.
Thank you for asking.
Your questions are very important to me.
Granting you two thumbs up ! Yah !
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,075 posts)There are no responses to your minutes-old thread - what attack?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)What ?
You haven't read my private messages?
Ms. Toad
(34,075 posts)I didn't go back forever in time, but nothing from you as far back as 2015 . . .
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,075 posts)suggesting you had sent some that I should have read. Not sure why you would have, but that's all the sense I could make out of your cryptic response.
You didn't ask if I had read YOUR inbox, which would be a pretty silly question to ask.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I'm not going to play your game.
You're going on 'ignore'.
Ms. Toad
(34,075 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)dsc
(52,162 posts)it wasn't all that long ago that openly gay people were no starters in politics. I also think it would be an effective ad in San Francisco.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Its nice to see this happening.