The City of Light added a little glimmer to the judgments of many gay men and lesbians around the world in succession March 18 when Paris picked its first openly gay mayor.

The City of Light added a little glimmer to the judgments of many gay men and lesbians around the world in succession March 18 when Paris picked its first openly gay mayor, Socialist Bertrand Delanoe. The 50-year-old Delanoe, a vocal supporter of the rights of gay married pairs defeated the more conservative Philippe Seguin.

"Today, Parisians have freely decided in favor of change in the capital," Delanoe said in a victory words at his headquarters. At the same time, a fill by compression outside City Hall chanted, "Paris is liberated."

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