This month’s election saw big victories for gay and lesbian candidates across the country. Fifty three LGBT politicos were elected to city and state races, according to The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a group which helps gay candidates win.
Notable among the winners was America’s youngest openly gay mayor, 22-year-old Alex Morse of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
His victory was significant enough for the CBS Evening News to do a story on him Sunday night – an important newscast which airs right before the ratings-winner “60 Minutes.”