And we counted up the folks who we had learned were in office but weren't able to attend our event. And figured at that time In 1986, there were about two dozen openly gay and lesbian elected officials in the world. that we could. That we had learned about today because of organizations throughout the globe, but certainly some of them based in the US who have done candidate recruitment and training and helped people seek office. (08:07–08:20)
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