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| WESTCHESTER COUNTY LEGISLATURE | ||
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Michael Kaplowitz - D (Incumbent) | |
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Michael Kaplowitz went out on a limb both politically and personally over the past few years by voting in favor of two bills of extreme importance to the LGBT community: a bill to create a domestic partnership registry in the County of Westchester and a bill creating the Westchester Human Rights Commission, dealing with discrimination cases based on categories that include sexual orientation. | |
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Martin Rogowsky - D,I,WF (Incumbent) | |
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Martin Rogowsky worked with the Pride Agenda and members of the LGBT community to pass the domestic partnership registry bill in 2002. He would like the opportunity to support future legislation to further equality for the LGBT community. | |
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Lois Bronz - D,I,WF (Incumbent) | |
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Lois Bronz, the current chair of the Board of Legislators, has worked extensively with the LGBT community. She was an outspoken supporter of bills creating a domestic partnership registry and Human Rights Commission. During her terms, she has supporter the LOFT and PFLAG, and spoken at the Healing the Hurt conference, which focuses on LGBT youth. | |
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Vito Pinto - D (Incumbent) | |
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Vito Pinto voted in favor of both the domestic partnership registry bill and the Human Rights Commission. Possessing a strong belief in equality for all citizens, he pledges to continue his support of the LGBT community. | |
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James Maisano - R,I,C,WF (Incumbent) | |
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Believing that LGBT rights are a non-partisan issue, James Maisano has worked with the Log Cabin Republicans, Stonewall Democrats and the LOFT to advance the LGBT agenda in Westchester. He sponsored both the domestic partnership registry and the Human Rights Commission, attended rallies and spoke out in the media. Maisano battled both Democrats and Republicans to ensure that both of these critically important pieces of legislation were not only passed, but contained language that was truly helpful to LGBT community. | |