[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E211]
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 IN RECOGNITION OF DIRK McCALL ON THE OCCASION OF HIS BEING HONORED BY 
                THE QUEENS LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE COMMITTEE

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2007

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Mr. 
Dirk McCall, an outstanding New Yorker who has devoted himself to 
public service and to his community, his city, and his country 
throughout his career. Dirk McCall is a beloved and well-respected 
leader of New York City's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans gender, 
LGBT, community, the largest of any city in our Nation, and a 
determined, effective, and compassionate professional advocate for 
persons with autism. This month, Dirk McCall and our esteemed and 
distinguished colleague, the Honorable Barney Frank of Massachusetts, 
are being honored by the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee at its 
annual Winterpride celebration in Astoria, New York.
  A proud son of a military family, Dirk McCall grew up on a series of 
military bases throughout the southern United States. Following his 
dream of making his mark in the Big Apple, he made his home in Astoria 
in the Borough of Queens after his graduation from Emory University in 
Atlanta. For the last 13 years, he has devoted his prodigious energies 
in service to his neighborhood, to his fellow members of New York's 
LGBT community, and to the service of those in need.
  As the president of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, 
the largest LGBT political club in the Nation's greatest metropolis, 
Dirk McCall presided over a period of enormous growth in that 
organization's membership and its influence over key policy-makers on 
the city, State, and Federal levels. An indefatigable activist, he also 
co-founded Out Astoria, a social organization for northwest Queens' 
rapidly growing LGBT community. He also founded and led the LGBT Caucus 
of New York State Young Democrats.

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