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(Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to co-opt the annual High Heel Race, claiming it as her own to present. Must every LGBTQ event be sponsored or presented by a politician, a big bank, or corporation, or do we deserve to have our events stand on their own? Every year thousands come to 17th Street to watch drag queens, drag kings, and every queer Halloween concoction imaginable race, strut, or prance to the finish line of Washington, D.C.’s High Heel Race.