Judge Daniel Anders may be the most well-known personality in the least-known political campaign in Philadelphia. On top of his regular judicial schedule, Anders is flying in full campaign mode, running ragged from one event to another throughout the city while seeking a 10-year seat on Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas. He’s also running as the city’s first openly gay judge.
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1. Jeff Keith said... on May 10, 2009 at 03:32PM
“I LOVED your Queer Issue! Putting the pregnant man from Oregon on the cover was a brilliant way to remind us of the diversity of our LGBTQ community/communities. It tells us that we are now in the 21st century, and many things are possible that we might not have imagined possible in the 1960s and 70s.
My boyfriend and I are both in subgroups that too often get marginalized, me because I'm "old" (64 years young, 38 years in the gay community) and he because he's deaf. I imagine that we probably make a rather "queer" sight ourselves when we walk down the street together.
Thanks again for the Queer Issue.
Jeff Keith, South Philadelphia
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