Precedent setting.(Brief Article)(Interview)

Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

Publication Date: 19-JUN-01

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Anthony Romero is tapped to be the first openly gay and first Latino ACLU head

When the American, Civil Liberties Union named Anthony D. Romero as its new executive director in May, it touted him as "the first Latino and openly gay man" to head the 81-year-old national civil rights group. If that description is not impressive enough, Romero is only 35, an age when even the most ambitious activists are just beginning to make their marks. His predecessor, Ira Glasser, served in the post since 1978 and guided the organization to the forefront of gay rights battles.

But for Romero, who graduated from...

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