Making the news -- even in Australia!
So far, we have made the 10 o'clock evening news three times -- once 
with a live broadcast. HASD has also been featured in several national and regional magazines and newspapers. We were most surprised to see our endorsement of Senator Clinton reported in South Australia.
Our goal in generating press is threefold. First, we want every GLBT person living in the Houston area to be know about HASD. Second, it helps inform our GLBT community about political issues and happenings. Finally, we hope to educate the greater Houston area about issues important to the GLBT community.
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Houston Summit for 2008 Presidential Primary
On February 26, we hosted a summit featuring the National GLBT Advisors for both campaigns. Tobias Wolff represented Obama, and Mark Walsh for Clinton. Over 125 guests also enjoyed the MSNC Debate and a full buffet. Check out the photos in the gallery.-
KPRC broadcast live from our Summit at the top of their 10 pm newscast. Guillermo Lopez Velis and Doreen Osterholm are featured.
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Special thanks to Donna Hawkins for the photos.
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Endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton
On February 29, our Executive Board conducted a screening interview with Senator Clinton on the phone. For more than twenty minutes, Senator Clinton answered our questions and committed to including important GLBT issues in her first 100 days in office.-
KPRC highlights Houston Area Stonewall Democrats with report of San Francisco's Mayor Newsom at our Guava Lamp endorsement party. Channel 13, the ABC affiliate also aired a similar story focusing on HASD & the Guava Lamp event.
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Kerry Eleveld, the Advocate's poltical reporter, features HASD in her discussion of the LGBT community and the two Democratic candidates.
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Kerry Eleveld continues her coverage of the Texas Primary and HASD.
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Lisa Keen chronicles our endorsement for this Chicago GLBT paper.
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Now, this one surprised us. I had no idea that our endorsement was reported in South Australia.
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Charles Kuffner includes our endorsement on his blog. Scroll to the bottom.
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A post references our endorsement.
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A reprint of Kerry Eleveld's article.
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Unusual article from Melbourne, Australia includes HASD's endorsement.
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News from the Texas Democratic Convention
Houston fared very well at the State Convention. For the first time in history, a Houstonian will hold one of the two GLBT seats on the SDEC. Our president was elected VP of the TSDC, and three members are headed to Denver.-
Stonewall Democrats were very successful in competing for the most coveted national delegate spots. More than 7,000 state delegates vied for the 225 spots. Three are from HASD: Victor Castillo, John Grothues, and Teresa Herrin.
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Our president, Teresa Herrin, was elected Vice President of the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus. As VP, Teresa represents Houston on both the TSDC and the State Democratic Executive Committee.
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Presidential Leadership Weekend
In November 2007, our interim officers participated in the Presidential Leadership Weekend sponsored by the National Stonewall Democrats. We also visited the campaign headquarters of the Democratic candidates.-
As loyal readers, members of the board took the latest OutSmart issue to Manchester, New Hampshire.
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We were thrilled to visit with President Clinton, Elizabeth Edwards, and James Roosevelt. Roosevelt is the grandson of FDR. Most recently, however, he was in the news as Chair of the DNC Rules Committee.
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