Notable Lesbians
This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Christine C. Quinn
July 25, 1966 -
Christine Callaghan Quinn is a Democratic politician from New York City who has served for six years on the New York City Council. 
She is the third speaker of the City Council, which is considered the second most powerful position in city government after the Mayor. Quinn is the first woman and first openly gay person to be elected speaker. In 2007, Quinn announced that she intended to march in the LGBT section of Dublin, Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. She was invited to Dubln due to the Ancient Order of Hibernians’s policy against gays and lesbians marching openly (i.e. displaying overt symbols of their sexuality) in the New York parade. She tried to broker a deal with the organizers in 2006 to allow her to wear a gay pride pin, but failed and has since boycotted the event. Quinn currently resides in Chelsea, Manhattan with her partner, Kim Catullo
Interesting tid bit:
Quinn has been rated one of the fifty most powerful women in New York City by the New York Post and one of the “Forty Under Forty” by Gotham Magazine. She was named the third-most powerful woman in New York, behind Hillary Rodham Clinton and Diane Sawyer.If you have a suggestion for a Notable Lesbian, e-maill me at lyndsey.darcangelo@451press.net or use the contact form above and I’ll highlight her in an upcoming post.
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