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A 2006 press release on the Governor's letterhead touted a celebration featuring events hosted by a drag queen, transforming the Boston Commons into a "Rainbow City," and renditions of the Wizard of Oz.But the event <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/proclamations-governor-romney-announced-gaystrai">almost led to</a> the Romney Administration's abolishing the Massachusetts Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth.

A 2006 press release on the Governor's letterhead touted a celebration featuring events hosted by a drag queen, transforming the Boston Commons into a "Rainbow City," and renditions of the Wizard of Oz.But the event almost led to the Romney Administration's abolishing the Massachusetts Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth.

Romney Administration 2006 Press Release Touted Drag Queen, "Rainbow City"

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