Cambridge Mayor Publicly Announces He's Gay

 

Cambridge, Massachusetts Mayor David Maher publicly
announced over the weekend that he's gay, but added
that the news should not surprise anyone.

Maher spoke about his sexual orientation for the first time
 during the city's 20th annual gay pride brunch.

In his speech, the 51-year-old mayor said he was proud
to be the third consecutive openly gay mayor in Cambridge.

“In the early 1990s my city council colleague Ken Reeves
came out as the first openly gay mayor of Cambridge –
since that time Denise Simmons and I have both had the
privilege and honor of serving as mayor,” Maher told a
gathering of about a dozen Saturday.

Last year, Simmons made headlines when she married 
her longtime partner Mattie B. Hayes in a predominantly 
African-American church, a historic first.

Maher told the Cambridge Chronicle that he's never hidden
the fact that he's gay, but instead has “tried very hard to
separate my public life from my private life.”

The paper reported that the mayor has been in a committed
relationship for more than 30 years.

OnTop Mag Staff