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In a new list of the most powerful gay men and women in the country, out magazine has lots of household names at the top. But hi
In a new list of the most powerful gay men and women in the country, out magazine has lots of household names at the top. But hi
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2009-04-26
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问题
In a new list of the most powerful gay men and women in the country, out magazine has lots of household names at the top. But high among the rich and famous is Tim Gill. Huh? Who is he, and why is he ranked as the fourth most powerful gay person in the country?
Gill is a 53-year-old snowboarder, retired computer programmer and multimillionaire. He made his fortune by founding Quark, the pioneering desktop publishing software company. After selling the firm, he started the Gill Foundation, which has invested $110 million nationwide in gay causes over the past decade. The Gill Action Fund threw $15 million into a dozen states during the 2006 midterm elections, targeting 70 politicians regarded as unhelpful to gay causes: 50 went down. And the fund is helping transform the political face of Colorado.
In 2004, Gill’s money helped send Democrat Ken Salazar to the U.S. Senate. His dollars have also helped put Democrats in control of the Colorado legislature for the fast time in four decades. That could have an impact on the fate of the Two Parent Adoption Bill, currently being considered by Colorado legislators, which would allow gay couples to adopt. The proposal was rejected twice before, but that was before the statehouse switched from red to blue. Now Colorado Democrats have passed the bill in the House and expect it to pass the Senate.
Impatient with the lack of gay rights progress this past decade, Gill is pushing hard to end injustice and inequality by the end of the next decade. And recognizing that most anti-gay initiatives are born at the state level, Gill has developed a national political strategy based on successes in Colorado. They’ve taken an in-state model and applied it to the entire country. Gill and his people are incredibly strategic. They put their funding where they can take control of legislatures. They’re putting them brilliantly in legislative environments where a few seats changing will change the entire control of a state.
While Gill has recently opened a Washington office, his representatives, in keeping with past strategy, insist that no individual political targets have yet been chosen for 2008. Another formidable element of Gill’s power is his network of deep-pocketed allies in the mountain states. An hour south of Laramie, in Ft. Collins, lives medical equipment heiress Pat Stryker, who is, along with Gill (Actually Stryker is a billionaire; her brother Jon is gay and both give generously to gay causes.) What he has are extremely wealthy individuals who aren’t personally interested in running for anything but have this tremendous passion. Tim Gill is actually changing the political landscape.
选项
A、There are many big names at the top of the list.
B、Tim Gill is the fourth most rich and famous on it.
C、Most of the powerful persons listed are homoerotic.
D、Gill is one of the most powerful people in America.
答案
A
解析
为细节理解题。本题的答题信息全部在第1段。A项"big names"意思就是"household names",即家喻户晓的人。B项错在Gill并不闻名,很多人都不知道他是干什么的。名单上全是同性恋,所以C项错误。文中说他"位居美国最具影响力同性恋的第四位",D项不准确,因为没有指名他是同性恋。
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