Openly straight candidate Sandra Pupatello narrowly lost in her bid to become the next preem of Canada's most populated province. She was hoping to step into the loafers of the outgoing openly straight Dalton McGuinty.
Pupatello lost to contender Kathleen Wynne, who is apparently not openly straight, which every headline in the nation has informed us multipe times makes Wynne the first not openly straight first minister in the history of Canada.
I beg to differ. Richard Hatfield was the Premier of New Brunswick forever back in the days when it was considered a political liability to not be openly straight. And while he didn't wear a pink triangle on his sleeve, there wasn't a voter in the province who had any delusions about his straightness or lack thereof.
While he may not have been "open" about not being straight, it was certainly an open secret.
They just kept voting for the old queen.
So the new not-openly-straight premier takes the helm of a province facing a host of issues. I'd like to read more about her policies and plans and how she will tackle these issues, and less about her private life.
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