Gledys ibarra biography of barack obama
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I sat this one out. Like a drag queen at a Promise Keepers huddle, or a bulldagger at Fashion Week, I made a very conscious decision not to insert myself into the fagstivities in D.C. this weekend. Why? Not because I don't care about gay issues. In case you haven't noticed, between my gay car column here at V.F., and my gay parenting book—I'm pretty much a professional gay finger, poking its limp self into the contemporary dialogue. No, I didn't go, because I felt like neither of the events addressed my concerns in a way I could (ahem) get behind.
I didn't attend the blandly named National Equality March because I think marches on Washington stopped being an effective mode of transforming public discourse about four decades ago. There's one every Sunday; no one cares. (Also, I hate crowds. And parades. And the color rainbow. As Ntozake Shenge said: Enuf.) Yes, our people should be able to get married and join the military, just like any other idiot. But if there is one thing I've learned in my 40 years, it is that standing on a street corner dancing in my underwear is not going to make this happen. (It will, however, make other things happen.).Conversely (or similarly?), I didn't buy tickets for the
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List of Venezuelan Americans
This is a list of notable Venezuelan Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Venezuelan Americans or must have references showing they are Venezuelan Americans and are notable.
List
[edit]Architects and builders
[edit]Entrepreneurs and business people
[edit]- Guido Antonini Wilson – entrepreneur
- Fabiola Beracasa Beckman – Venezuelan born film and television producer, philanthropist and co-owner of The Hole Gallery, an art gallery in New York City
- Peter Bottome() – American born raised in Venezuela businessman, co-owner of RCTV
- Adriana Cisneros – Venezuelan journalist, CEO and Chairman of Cisneros Group
- Patricia Phelps de Cisneros – Venezuelan philanthropist with focus on art collection and education
- Gustavo Cisneros – Venezuelan-born mass media entrepreneur
- Ella Fontanals-Cisneros – Cuban born, raised in Venezuela art collector, philanthropist, business woman and art dealer
- Nina Fuentes, a.k.a. Nina Dotti – Venezuelan art collector, curator, philanthropist, and art dealer
- Andres Gluski – CEO of AES Corporation
- Thor Halvorssen Hellum – Venezuelan-Norwegian businessman