Gay Parisian mayor Bertrand Delanoe believes his nation would accept a gay president, which only bolsters rumors that he’ll run in the next election: “People think that homosexuality is accepted in Paris but not in the suburbs and the provinces. That is a false idea. As people feel that it’s not a problem for me, it is no longer a problem for them.” [Telegraph]
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CitizenGeek
Bertrand Delanoe is so awesome! I sincerely hope he wrestles leadership of the French Socialists from Royal and capitialises on the disappointment with Sarkozy’s UMP party to become the world’s first gay leader!
seitan-on-a-stick
Paris is so similar to New York and many big urban “gay” cities like Amsterdam, Sydney, London and Washington DC. Living in Manhattan is so different than the homophobic outer-boroughs where guns rule many neighborhoods or holding hands with your same-sex lover is met with anti-gay violence even in Park Slope! An Out Gay President of Paris is more likely than the closeted Mayoralties of Ed Koch and Mike Bloomberg, both rumored by inner-circles to be Gay but not neccessarily Gay-friendly. President Delanoe has such an inevitable ring. La Francais’ FDR?
CHURCHILL-Y
“Paris is so similar to New York and many big urban “gay†cities like Amsterdam, Sydney, London and Washington DC. Living in Manhattan is so different than the homophobic outer-boroughs where guns rule many neighborhoods or holding hands with your same-sex lover is met with anti-gay violence even in Park Slope!”
You bet since they are similarly composed of the same type of element that perpetuates such actions. In Paris is of course the north african and subsaharan thugs. Hell will freeze before Bertrand Delanoe gets their vote and if he thinks otherwise he is fooling himself.
reversion
If only….
AJ
Don’t forget about Berlin’s gay mayor,Klaus Wowereit(Wowi). There is alot of speculation that he will be Germany’s first gay Chancellor. I think there is a really good chance, since we just elected our first woman Chancellor. He has done alot for this city like Delanoe has for Paris. I guess we’ll have to see who gets there first?
leah
“Living in Manhattan is so different than the homophobic outer-boroughs where guns rule many neighborhoods or holding hands with your same-sex lover is met with anti-gay violence even in Park Slope!”
what the hell??? as a resident of one of these savage “outer boroughs”, i cant help but feel offended by this comment. anti-gay violence happens everywhere, including in manhattan. its not better or worse in the rest of the city, despite what your scared white friends say in that bubble you live in.
“You bet since they are similarly composed of the same type of element that perpetuates such actions. In Paris is of course the north african and subsaharan thugs.”
alright, so that’s just straight up racist.
Alec
I actually disagree with the idea that the “rural” areas of France would not vote for him. I spent two summers in the Auvergne region, and while it is no San Francisco they’re not bigots.