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Vote for the homo, not Cuomo.

New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon at the annual Legislative Correspondents Association dinner this week.

New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon at the annual Legislative Correspondents Association dinner this week. This is a personal dig with some history: In 1977, when Andrew Cuomo's father Mario was running for governor against Ed Koch, posters appeared throughout the city that said: 'Vote for Cuomo, not the homo.' 

Natalie Delgadillo is an editor and writer living in Washington, D.C. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Bloomberg's CityLab, and The Atlantic. She was previously the managing editor of DCist.