Groups encourage black LGBT political leadership
Link (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=70968)
03/04/2008
"While Cambridge can boast of having had two successive African American, openly gay mayors, the reality is that there are just a handful of out black elected officials in the United States. Just last week for instance, Connecticut state Rep. Jason Bartlett came out publicly, making him the very first black, openly gay state legislator in the country.?