“We met while working on a City Council campaign in the Bronx...

“We met while working on a City Council campaign in the Bronx when we were in our twenties. He was the campaign manager. I was a volunteer. I think our candidate finished last. At the end of the campaign, we all went out together, and one of the gay volunteers told me: ‘Either you take him, or I’m going to.’ So at the end of the night, I accidentally left my bag in the back of his car, so he’d have to see me again.”