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.
Karamo Brown says D.C. High Heel Race ‘a model of what the world should be’
Television host and reality star Karamo Brown connected with the Washington Blade on Tuesday afternoon before his special appearance at the 36th annual 17th Street High Heel Race in D.C.
at the invitation of Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs. The city’s historic LGBTQ event, by providing a space where participants can feel safe and supported while also welcoming other diverse groups of people to join the fun, is “a model of what the world should be,” Brown said.
Best known for his eponymously named talk show, now in season two on NBC Universal and “Queer Eye,” the Netflix series that wrapped its seventh season in May, Brown became the second openly gay Black man to appear on a reality show when he was cast in MTV’s “The Real World: Philadelphia” in 2004.
Fans of his current television projects are likely aware he is also an author and activist who has worked on behalf of causes related to racial justice, LGBTQ rights, and HIV, with a background that includes training in psychotherapy and experience working in social services.
