http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Banner_686X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner_234X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250 http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo-Watermark_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner-ALT_234X60.jpg Bigthink http://www.bigthink.com/feed/rss/comment/idea/7031 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:37:12 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bigthink.com/business-economics/7031 I can´t comment on where the gay leaders in America are but I can shed some light on where the gay leaders in Germany are. In politics and the media. The mayor re-elect of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit during his 2001 election campaign outed himself with the phrase: "I´m gay and that´s a good thing!" Other prominent Germans such as the Guido Westerwelle, leader of the opposition liberal Free Democratics, mayor of the northern port of Hamburg, conservative Ole von Beust and journalist Anne Will, 41-year-old former anchor woman of Germany´s most popular evening news show "Tagesthemen" and current host of her own top-rated political talk show have all publicly acknowledged their homosexuality. Perhaps German voters are less interested in their politicians´ private lives than is the case in the United States. After all, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was on his fourth wife and ex-foreign minister Joschka Fischer on his fifth! Bigthink Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:41:04 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/business-economics/7031/#14987