Something you won't see George Bush throwing

An officially sanctioned gay fundraiser.



Yep, attended a very nice gay fundraiser for Kerry tonight at a friend's monstrous mansion in DC's Adams Morgan neighborhood. Was a good turnout, and finally got to meet Elizabeth Birch, the former head of the Human Rights Campaign. I like her, wish I gotten to meet her sooner. She spoke, as did the hosts, and a Kerry campaign staffer was officially there representing the big guy. In case you didn't know, you can't give any money to the presidential campaigns AFTER the nominee accepts the nomination. So you'd better give whatever you're going to give to Kerry NOW - in one week, it's over.

Afterwards we hit our favorite little gay diner (yes Virginina, there are gay diners) down the block that's a big hangout for the DC gay political crowd. It's called the Duplex Diner, and while there I ran into Chris Crain, the editor of the Washington Blade, also saw a gay Republican I'm friends with (yes, I actually have gay Republican friends - well, two I think, and it's not clear they even vote Republican), and of course chatted a bit with my buddy Eric who runs the place. It's a great little hangout if you ever come to DC - has a nice bar area too that's very busy on Thursday nights.