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Wednesday, January 4, 2006 12:00 AM

New York City Council to elect first female, openly lesbian speaker

Christine Quinn is poised to become "the most powerful openly lesbian or gay official in the country."
Lynn Harris

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Wednesday, January 4, 2006 09:53 PM

Such a non-news story

with nutballs like Charles Baron on the council, this doesn't mean anything. While the city council has some power, it's low visibility...

—jeffrey

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Wednesday, January 4, 2006 07:14 AM

The nice thing about New York City

is that this story isn't such a big deal there. Nobody is worked up over it. Not even The New York Post can gin up any real outrage.

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