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The Secrets Ed Koch Carried [View all] Nevilledog May 2022 OP
Too bad. He may have still gotten to be mayor with his... brush May 2022 #1
No, not then. That would never have happened. The question is at the end, was it worth it? Demsrule86 May 2022 #4
We'll never know. He may have been the one to... brush May 2022 #11
New York is not Sanfrancisco and I expect his career would have ened...but maybe in Demsrule86 May 2022 #19
Yeah PJMcK May 2022 #6
I never like to see someone outed by others. Scrivener7 May 2022 #2
It is not their secret to tell...with friends like that... Demsrule86 May 2022 #5
No, of course not. But he wasn't outed that I recall. brush May 2022 #12
This article is outing him. Scrivener7 May 2022 #13
I guess one can say that, but isn't outing someone... brush May 2022 #14
It was a secret he kept. It was his to keep. No one else has the right Scrivener7 May 2022 #15
Okay. There's no stigma to it now though. brush May 2022 #16
Not someone else's decision to make. Scrivener7 May 2022 #17
Out is outing dead or alive...and Koch never admitted to being Gay. It was his business. Demsrule86 May 2022 #20
In so far as Koch's inability to come to terms with himself . . . markpkessinger May 2022 #23
Our stories cease to be our own when we die . . . markpkessinger May 2022 #22
Our stories only cease to be our own when we die if those we trusted betray that trust. Scrivener7 May 2022 #24
The 1977 NYC mayoral runoff between Koch and Mario Cuomo was rough... PoliticAverse May 2022 #3
Fascinating reading... ultralite001 May 2022 #7
It's a shame those tens of thousands of gay men with AIDS can't respond. Duncan Grant May 2022 #8
You are 100 percent right. roamer65 May 2022 #9
"Ed Koch Democrats" were an unsung factor in Reagan's win in 1980. JHB May 2022 #10
Interesting associations, His Honor's. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #18
Sad. I hope that he did find a partner question everything May 2022 #21
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