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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Gay Mayor of Berlin Elected to Third Term
By Julie Bolcer
KlausWowereitx390 (Berlin.de) | Advocate.com
Klaus Wowereit, the openly gay mayor of Berlin, won a third term on Sunday
in a convincing victory that makes some believe he could be the Social
Democratic Party’s candidate for German chancellor in 2013.
According to Spiegel Online, Wowereit secured a third five-year term while
his party won 28.3% of the vote and held off the resurgent Green Party,
which took 17.6% of the vote.
Wowereit, 57, won reelection despite the fact that Berlin struggles with
high debt, unemployment, and an influx of tourists seeking the city’s
famous cultural and nightlife scenes. Analysts attribute his ballot box
success to his personal popularity, which seemed assured in 2001 when he
came out at a party conference prior to his election by declaring, “I’m
gay, and that’s a good thing.”
“Wowereit may have done little for public services, but he is credited with
helping to turn Berlin into one of Europe's top cultural hubs over the last
decade, and never misses an opportunity to attract movie makers to the city
,” reports Spiegel Online. “He came up with the city's famous ‘poor but
sexy’ tag, gained a reputation for being something of a party animal and
once famously welcomed rubber-clad fetishists to Berlin.”
One of a handful of openly gay mayors to have served in European cities,
Wowereit currently shares the distinction with Paris mayor Bertrand Delano&#
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发帖数: 24887 | 2 突然想知道美国有多少市长是openly gay/lesbian？目前只能想到Houston。 | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 3 还有Portland那个吧？不过那个名声好象很臭
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: 突然想知道美国有多少市长是openly gay/lesbian？目前只能想到Houston。
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 4 Portland, Oregon, I suppose?
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 还有Portland那个吧？不过那个名声好象很臭
| m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 5 yes
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: Portland, Oregon, I suppose?
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