Dean's DNC less gay?Is the Democratic National Committee becoming less pro-gay under chairman Howard Dean Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont, and currently the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the central organ of the Democratic Party at the national level. ? Dean drew fire on February 15 from a number of political pundits and leaders when he released the DNC's annual Grassroots Report, which contained no mention of outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. to LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender people. Just prior to that it was revealed that the committee had eliminated its long-standing director of gay outreach position, prompting some gay activists to quit. But DNC DNC Democratic National Committee DNC Democratic National Convention DNC Do Not Call DNC Delaware North Companies DNC Domain Name Commissioner DNC Direct Numerical Control DNC Do Not Change DNC Does Not Compute DNC Digital Nautical Chart spokesman Damien LaVera said a fact sheet issued the day after the Grassroots Report shows the Democratic Party is as gay-inclusive as ever and that all outreach director posts were eliminated by Dean in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor a new, more effective outreach program called the American Majority Partnership. "We did not do as good a job as we should have in rolling it out, so there was some misunderstanding," LaVera said. "The fact is, we are bringing more resources to bear than ever before." Despite repeated requests, Dean was unavailable for comment. |
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