Although it would have been ... Mayoral ... if Brown had publicly stated a position on the HRO when it was before Council, I think we can be pretty darn sure where Hogan would have been on the issue. Brown (disingenuously it turns out) expressed, support for "equality" during the campaign. That was enough to prompt members of the LGBT community to vote Brown, after having been disappointed at Aubrey's failure to make it to the final round. As stephendare said, the margin was only 1600 votes, it doesn't take many folks from various communities - the arts, LGBT, liberals, business republicans (as opposed to Tea Party Republicans) - to tip the balance.
I supported Brown - after Audrey lost - and cannot disagree with anything Rummel said (except for the Lenny Curry part).