Because, except for the Village People, gay construction workers have long been barred from this nation’s power corridors

SCOOP: California is pressuring public utilities to award $633 million in special contracts to "LGBT-owned" firms. To qualify, residents must go through the state's official gay-certification program—and face up to a year in jail if they're not gay enough.https://t.co/rOcnPqYJrl

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And submitted with no comment: While scouring images for gay construction workers, I came across this story about a little boy’s mother expressing her pride, if you will, at her child’s participation in the 2015 edition of the annual gay parade. “He wanted to do it when he was six, but we thought he was too young”.

Desmond Napoles, 8, whose dancing drew joyous applause from the crowd at Sunday's New York City Pride March