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STORY: :: LGBTQ runners take part in the annual high heel race in D.C. :: Political costumes were popular ahead of a highly charged election:: October 29, 2024:: Washington, D.C."We don't need a bunch of old white guys in Congress telling women what they need, so...Telling women what to do with their bodies. We support women and their own bodies and their own choice. Hundred percent. Go Kamala!""The freedom. We can't go backwards, like she says, we don't want 'the orange menace' anywhere near Washington, D.C. ever getting licenses in court. All right. We're done with that. We're done with that."Any time LGBTQ people gather it's always going to be political and important for us to show our strength, our love, our joy. And especially important this year. I think a lot of folks, the trans community is under attack relentlessly by the other side of the political aisle. And it's just shameful and sad. So as much support as we can show together as a community, it just means the world."Local drag queens and people in Halloween costumes attended the race on 17th Street in the U.S. capital. Among the attendees was a group of people dressed as 'childless cat ladies,' referring to 2021 comments from Trump's running mate, JD Vance, in which he said he didn't want the country run by 'childless cat ladies.' Other participants wore colorful gowns with banners reading "Inaugural Ball, President Kamala Harris, January 20th, 2025" and sported a giant Harris-Walz camouflage hat costume. According to organizers, at least 150 people registered for the race, which was preceded by a costume contest and drag performances."
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