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.
Mayor Bowser leads LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony at city hall
Four members of the D.C. City Council joined D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in the second annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony on Monday, June 3, outside the John A.
Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. city hall. Close to 200 people, most members of the local LGBTQ community, attended the event and cheered loudly as the mayor raised the Progress Pride flag on one of two tall flag poles located on each side of the front steps of the Wilson Building.
A statement released by the mayor’s office announcing the event says the Progress Pride flag “represents the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual communities, as well as other marginalized gender identities and sexual orientations.” Joining Bowser at the ceremony and who, like the mayor, spoke at the event, were D.C.
Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) and Council members Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1), Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2), Matthew Frumin (D-Ward 3), and Zachary Parker (D-Ward 5), who is the Council’s only gay member.
