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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) December 28, 2005 -- Following news that Al Gore and wife Tipper have purchased a multimillion dollar condo at the new St. Regis highrise in San Francisco, well-heeled home buyers throughout the city are clamoring to join the neighborhood. "Ever since people learned that Al and Tipper Gore were moving into the St. Regis, I've had three times as many inquiries about the place," says Damion Matthews, a realtor specializing in San Francisco's luxury condo market. "There's something about living near a person so powerful and important that really excites folks," he says. "A client of...

Floridian who came out of closet at 75 recounts decades-long journey 'I did what society wanted me to do. ... I lived a straight life' 06/02/2002 Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - At age 75, after almost 50 years of marriage, H. Austin Rogers finally acknowledged that he was gay. Mr. Rogers said his wife, Dorothy, had always pretended his secret didn't exist. His only child, Barbara, never knew, even as she lay dying of cancer. "Ever since I was a youngster, I did what society wanted me to do," he said. "I had a family. I lived a straight...