Mautner in the News

Washington Blade, February 8, 2008
by Greg Marzullo

QUEERY
20 gay questions for Leslie Calman

Excerpt: WASHINGTON - Many women claim the title of feminist, but few are lucky enough to earn a paycheck for their personal politics. LESLIE CALMAN, the new executive director of national lesbian health organization the Mautner Project, has made a career out of her passion for women’s rights. Before coming to Mautner (just over three weeks ago), she worked for the International Center for Research on Women, an organization seeking to empower women in the developing world...

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Metro Weekly, January 17, 2008
by Yusef Najafi

Mautner Project Appoints New E.D.
Leslie J. Calman hopes to double budget of lesbian health organization

Excerpt: WASHINGTON - As the newly appointed executive director of the Mautner Project, Leslie J. Calman is hoping to double the health organization's budget, currently nearing $1 million, and strengthen its local and national outreach. ''Mautner has done a great job, and needs to do more...[in] removing the barriers to culturally competent care for lesbians,'' Calman says...

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