Pioneering out mayor ready to lead

Pioneering out mayor ready to lead
Out black Cambridge, Mass., Mayor Denise Simmons is profiled as a leader whose challenges as a minority have helped her become a more effective political leader. "When you're a woman, a person of color, openly gay, business owner, you bring all that with you to the table," Simmons said. "I've been that woman with the kids going to look for an apartment and watch the person walk by me once they saw who I was. ... I had those very real experiences, and so it does influence what I do. No one has to come and tell me about it. I know." The Boston Globe