Romenesko

Out.com
"I think part of it is that a lot of gay men don't have children back home, family responsibilities back home," a gay veteran of two campaign trails tells Jesse Oxfeld. "If they're in long-term relationships with partners, the partners are high-powered career guys as well, so they’re each doing their own thing. I don't know if there's something in the genes that attracts us to politics, but I do think our lifestyles create time, space, a certain sense of freedom."