Making History

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Say hello to Denise Simmons the U.S.'s first elected openly black lesbian mayor!

Denise holds court in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Her predecessor, Ken Reeves, was also gay and black.

Cambridge is the home of both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Posted: Jan 18, 2008 at 5:37 pm / Email this »

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Joana says – reply to this

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YAY!!
Mark says – reply to this

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First… and this is amazing!
WC_Calmy says – reply to this

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Damn! The PHilton.com effect…..
Sarah says – reply to this

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First! Well done Cambridge!
Rachel says – reply to this

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Congratulations. Wonderful to see in the USA.
LALA says – reply to this

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FIRST
Donna says – reply to this

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don't you mean, openly gay elected black lesbian mayor?

no such thing as openly elected
puff_momma says – reply to this

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You go girl. And kudos to Cambridge for saying NO to sexism, racism and homophobia.
Anna says – reply to this

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Cool!
you know says – reply to this

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Excuse me ~ what about Shirley Franklin in the dirty dirty ATL
Ashley says – reply to this

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Not surprising, Cambridge is very liberal and MA does have gay marriage!
wowzers says – reply to this

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that IS pretty big news because almost every single person i know from Mass is a douche bag, slut bucket, racist, women hating sack of rude shit.

And the women there are ALL whores!
Susie! Paola Polacious?
You fucking gold digging WHORES! ha ha ha
Jeff Sullivan you fat racist piece of shit!
paula says – reply to this

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First!
ester says – reply to this

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Omg an i first
ester says – reply to this

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Omg am i first
Rammy says – reply to this

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judge lezbo is in the building
Mr Freeze says – reply to this

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A black lesbian?!?! I've heard it all!
ester says – reply to this

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Omg am i first?
Question says – reply to this

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will someone PLEASE explain this "FIRST" thing to me?
Jess in Metairie,LA says – reply to this

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i think it is wonderful that voters are stepping outside the box and electing people other then stuff old white men, cause obviously that isnt going so well.
tiffany says – reply to this

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Ewww. woman, black and gay… 3 strikes girl, you're out.
km says – reply to this

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FIRST
Twiggi says – reply to this

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Im Glad America Is Changing
BTorre says – reply to this

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Third!?:)))
first says – reply to this

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first
deborah says – reply to this

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Yay for Massachusetts!

*Proud to be from Boston*
amanda says – reply to this

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word
Jeremy says – reply to this

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WOW!!! That's Awsome
Lauren says – reply to this

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thats pretty awesome. too bad the rest of the u.s.a isn't as open and liberal as the state of mass. though.
sam says – reply to this

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woo hoo!
cock says – reply to this

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perez loves black+gay
brett barth says – reply to this

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fags
HURRY says – reply to this

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yay!!! i love it!
Tanya says – reply to this

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M.I.T
Mags says – reply to this

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oh my
chichi says – reply to this

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FIRST!!!
Queenbee says – reply to this

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Couldn't you get a better picture? This one is so damn blurry I can't tell the difference between her eye brows, her eye lids and her actual eyes!
jazmin says – reply to this

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how cool bout time
Sharrhan says – reply to this

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Wow, great news! I live in Cambridge and I just learned this. I'm so thrilled Denise is our new mayor; she's a totally awesome individual who always gets my #1 vote for City Council every year because of her sincerity and strong progressive activism. She's the real deal and really cares what happens to people in this town.
Mags says – reply to this

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Seriously?
Lucy says – reply to this

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oh cambridge…. let me tell you i live here and while it's lovely and all that there have been two gay black mayors, it's not such a great place. that said, COAST MOBB REPRESENT
ha says – reply to this

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first?!!
Houston says – reply to this

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Hello, Kathy Whitmire was Houston's openly GAY mayor in the early 80's….
Jen says – reply to this

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Gee… Cambridge is home to a lot of highly educated, intelligent people. You mean smart, educated people are open minded and don't judge people based on stupid superficial traits like race or sexual orientation? You don't say!

Go Cambridge - lead the way! It's times like this that I am very proud to be from New England.
Amanda says – reply to this

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second!
Min says – reply to this

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Sweeeeeeeeeet!
Min says – reply to this

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Sweeeeeeeeeet!
c says – reply to this

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WOO
Ema says – reply to this

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1sttttttttttttttt
silvana says – reply to this

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oh my
Me says – reply to this

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Congrats to her!
Jess says – reply to this

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I am very proud to say I am from Cambridge home of the Gay-Black Mayor!
Deborah says – reply to this

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Quite the accomplishment, although I will be more impressed on the day no one cares what colour she is, or who she loves.
AC says – reply to this

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1st! Guess on one had any comments about this one…
AC says – reply to this

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1st? Guess on one had any comments about this one…
ajaa says – reply to this

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Hooray! I love it!
AC says – reply to this

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1st? Guess no one had any comments about this one…
amaranta says – reply to this

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first
TenTen says – reply to this

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wow okay who cares
willy says – reply to this

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great
df says – reply to this

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Great
MattStewart says – reply to this

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Got any fundip?
aso says – reply to this

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good work!!
mariah says – reply to this

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wooo
mariah says – reply to this

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wooo
bbb says – reply to this

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7th
jack hoff says – reply to this

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this world is goin straight to hell
amy says – reply to this

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That is so sad that you had to point out that Cambridge is the home of Harvard. Do your readers not know that??? Well, maybe international folks wouldn't.
Zac says – reply to this

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well, duh!
mooreperfect says – reply to this

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go girl!
celery says – reply to this

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Yay! This is the positive news we needed today!
sarah says – reply to this

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loves it
FuckPerez says – reply to this

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Gay, black, who gives a shit? The reason being gay and black is an issue is because you make it one. Douche!
CONGRATS says – reply to this

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CONGRATS!
me! says – reply to this

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never thought i would say this but… FIRST!!!
gina93 says – reply to this

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She's really ugly. But it says she is rather hot and open-minded at (bimingle.com). She wanna try to experience more. Oh, god.
E-rica says – reply to this

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Re: Question – It's when a reader sees a new post with no comments and they rush to be the first person to comment…….It's kinda fun. You should try it
I CARE! says – reply to this

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TOO COOL YAA!! Elected by SMART people who attended IVEY LEAGUE Schools I bet!!
Moana Lisa says – reply to this

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I live in Sacramento and our mayor is a white lesbian!!!!!
vieirav says – reply to this

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woo hoo!
you wish says – reply to this

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60!ish
joe says – reply to this

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fags first.
me! says – reply to this

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never mind… im not first anymore… wow! people are fast at commenting!!!
E-rica says – reply to this

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Re: tiffany – Racist homophobic BITCH! ~signed a big black girl daring you to say that shit to my face.
Smidge says – reply to this

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She looks like someone's really sweet auntie. :3 GO MASS!
Nicole says – reply to this

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What a remarkable woman- Total history in the making! Amazingly Brave, you GO GIRL!!!
WC_Calmly says – reply to this

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Read the article, it plainly states that she was appointed, not elected!
R says – reply to this

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I'm from around the cambridge area, and i always find pride in my state! Come get MArried in MA!
gus says – reply to this

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first
Steven says – reply to this

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OMG like am i first?? i think i am what do i win?
mickey says – reply to this

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Re: Nicole – how'd you get bold font?
justjak says – reply to this

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YOU GO GIRL….I MEAN YOUR HONOR ! You make the GAY community extremely PROUD !
fairley says – reply to this

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Good news for all of us.
chico_yup says – reply to this

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ugly dyke.lol
NonCYBoY (With A Fake British Accent Like BRIT-"WhEre Be MY BABiEs?"-BRIT! says – reply to this

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She's lovely!
HRH Adam says – reply to this

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Openly elected, was she? Sad that this is what passes as journalism these days. P.s. don't see Cloverfield.
Myriam C Webster says – reply to this

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Re: justjak – HEY DOLL-BOOTS!!!
sarahbears says – reply to this

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Wow Massachusetts kicks ass. and gee, it just happens to happen where Harvard and the Mass. institute of technology are, where there will actually be an intelligent voting base. how completely unsurprising.
Craiggers says – reply to this

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She was openly elected? How courageous.

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Paul says – reply to this

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Cambridge must be a very intellectual town. Now let's see about making our entire country be as smart. First, we must get rid of……..

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