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Title: Mr. Gay.com, Barack Obama, and sexual racism
Post by: Natasha on December 11, 2008, 05:37:51 PM
Mr. Gay.com, Barack Obama, and sexual racism

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/mr_gaycom_and_barack_obama.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/mr_gaycom_and_barack_obama.php)
Jason Tseng
December 11, 2008 2:30 PM


Ok... it's a stretch. No, Barack Obama does not have a gay.com profile (I'll leave that to Mark Foley and other closeted Republicans), but I was surprised and pleased to discover that the recently crowned Mr. Gay.com is Andrew Roberts: a third year Indiana med student, adopted, gay Asian man. Now, it's pretty easy to see why Roberts cinched the title, he's physically stunning, is smart (if his myspace page can be counted as reliable... magna cum laude from Notre Dame, not too shabby!), and from his personal statement, and interested in public service and the betterment of the LGBT community. But what surprised me, is that Mr. Gay.com, like our President-elect, seems to have transcended the color-barrier.