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In politics and gay? So what, say most US voters

Chicago mayor elect Lori Lightfoot, (L) shown kissing her wife, is the latest member of the LGBTQ community to win a major election, a sign of growing acceptance of gay candidates by American voters. [AFP]

The election of Chicago's first black lesbian mayor and the rise to prominence of a gay presidential candidate have shown beyond a doubt that in US politics -- at least among Democrats -- being LGBTQ is now utterly accepted.

Another lesbian candidate just won the mayoral race in Madison, Wisconsin, while a third earned a spot in a runoff to be mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.

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