A heated dispute over whether to endorse the Democratic opponent of a popular gay candidate running for the Ward 2 D.C. Council seat as an independent resulted in a decision on Monday night by the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club not to endorse any additional candidates, including Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
If the Stein Club, the city’s largest local LGBTQ political organization, holds firm on the action it took at its Sept. 28 virtual meeting it would become the first time in its 44-year history that it will not endorse a Democratic presidential candidate. “The second largest gay Democratic club in the nation and definitely the second oldest continuously operating LGBT Democratic club in the nation decided tonight not to