Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving as the eighth Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Ward 4 as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female Mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt, and the first woman to be reelected to that position.
British ambassador dedicates LGBTQ mural at Little Gay Pub
About 70 people turned out on Feb. 13 for a ceremony led by the British ambassador to the United States to dedicate a mural painted on the outside wall of the D.C.
gay bar Little Gay Pub that was sponsored by the British government. A statement released by the British Embassy says the mural, entitled “Great Love is for Everyone,” was co-designed by local American artist Lisa Marie Thalhammer, the British Embassy of Washington, and the Little Gay Pub to spotlight the “UK’s ‘GREAT LOVE’ international campaign, which celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community and the UK’s values of equality and inclusion.” Joined by Little Gay Pub owners Dito Sevilla, Dusty Martinez, and Benjamin Gander, British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce cut a ceremonial ribbon at the outside entrance of the bar to officially dedicate the three-story mural, which provided a dramatic backdrop to the ribbon cutting.
Little Gay Pub opened on March 17, 2023 in a building that once housed a restaurant at 11th and P streets, N.W., near Logan Circle.
Pierce was introduced at the event by D.C. government secretary Kimberly Bassett, who praised the ambassador and the British Embassy for their support of D.C.
