Frontrunners is a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex running/walking club that started in California and is now in many of the larger cities around the world. Frontrunners was inspired by Patricia Nell Warren's novel The Front Runner. The first club began in San Francisco in 1974, the West Hollywood/Los Angeles club quickly followed and other Frontrunners clubs quickly began forming around the world in the late 1970s and continues to grow. For other articles with similar names, see Gay (disambiguation). ... A lesbian is a female who is exclusively emotionally, sexually, and romantically attracted to other females. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English) ) is an overarching term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society. ... An intersexual is a person (or individual of any unisexual species) who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine features of both sexes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Lesbian-identified American Author born 1936. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... West Hollywoods logo illustrates the citys borders. ...

Frontrunners' most famous member to date is George Takei and it is while on a run over 18 years ago that Takei met his partner, Brad Altman. George Hosato Takei (last name is pronounced in (IPA): ) (born April 20, 1937) is a Japanese-American actor. ... George Hosato Takei (last name pronounced ) (born April 20, 1937 in Los Angeles, California) is a Japanese-American actor. ...

Patricia Nell Warren, aka "Patches" to her Frontrunners family, also frequented the runs and the annual dinners held by the Los Angeles group and partipated in the annual Christopher Street West/CSW GLBT rights parade as part of the Frontrunners contingent during the 1990s thanks to then-president Marty Freedman and then-executive board member Don Norte. Christopher Street is a street in New Yorks West Village that was at the center of the gay rights movement in the late 1970s. ... Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is a human rights organization based in New Malden, Surrey specialising in religious freedom. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an acronym used as a collective term to refer to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people. ... Kevin Norte was the City of West Hollywoods first openly gay chair of the citys rent control commission and a champion of tenants rights as a counselor for the Coalition of Economic Survival aka CES. Norte was appointed by then-City Councilmember Paul Koretz in 1992 where...

Frontrunners became a more formal body by drafting and adopting a mission statement and constitution at the Frontrunners International Frontrunner Forum in 1999.

In the 21st century there are currently close to 100 Frontrunners clubs throughout the world. Some have hundreds of members, while some newer ones only have a few. Increasingly, as the long time members age, many Frontrunners are walkers, not just runners. In fact, one club has many more walkers than runners. Some of the local clubs elect officers, such as in Los Angeles, and have by-laws and a membership-dues structure, but many do not have those formalized policies. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

Most clubs have regular fun weekly runs/walks. Following an over 30 year-old tradition, most members also get together at local restaurants after their runs. There are three different spellings of the name -- FrontRunners, Front Runners and Frontrunners.

External links

• International Frontrunners - find a club in your area
• Los Angeles Frontrunners
• San Francisco FrontRunners
• Seattle Frontrunners
• Front Runners New York