Veteran gay Dem to head LGBT caucus at convention

Rick Stafford

Rick Stafford

BY LOU CHIBARRO JR.
Washington Blade

When nearly 500 LGBT delegates attending the Democratic National Convention hold their first caucus meeting in Charlotte, N.C., next Tuesday, veteran gay Democratic activist Rick Stafford of Minnesota will pound the gavel to call the meeting to order.

Stafford, 60, has been credited with playing a lead role in lobbying, cajoling, and nudging the Democratic Party to take a strong stand on LGBT rights and to change its delegate selection rules and policies to reach out to minorities, especially LGBT people, resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of LGBT delegates.

“This will be my tenth convention,” he told the Blade. “I was out for nine of them.”

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