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LGBT candidate for governor launches her campaign, first in nation

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WASHINGTON, July 22, 2013 — History is being made as Maryland State Delegate Heather Mizeur (D), the nation’s first openly gay gubernatorial candidate, announces she is running for governor of Maryland. If she wins the very competitive race, she would also be the state’s first woman governor. Mizeur’s stepping into the race shows how rapidly times have changed in the last few years as old shibboleths against gay marriage and the LGBT community have fallen. She herself led the ultimately successful fight for marriage equality in Maryland, making a passionate speech from the floor of the Maryland Assembly last year that went viral. ( see video below) Heather Mizeur on...

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