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Gays in the age of Obama

This is the image I'll always remember from Election Night 2008.

A gay man standing outside the grand ballroom of the St. Francis Westin Hotel in San Francisco. He had one finger to his ear to block out the hubbub inside, and an iPhone clamped to the other. "Honey," he was yelling into the phone, "I cried -- when Obama spoke, I cried."

Inside the ballroom it was bittersweet. Barack Obama was… » Full Story on Salon.com
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