(Los Angeles, California) A hospital spokeswoman says “Desperate Housewives” actor Gayle Harold is in critical condition following a motorcycle accident.

USC Medical Center spokeswoman Adelaida De La Cerda said Harold was awaiting further tests.

Publicist Nancy Seltzer said Wednesday that Harold fractured his shoulder, and “Housewives” creator and executive producer Marc Cherry said he apparently has swelling on the brain but was expected to recover.

Harold plays Jackson, the boyfriend of Terri Hatcher’s character, who plays a pivotal role in the fifth season’s eighth episode.

Cherry said Harold was scheduled to be on set before the Tuesday accident, which was first reported by TMZ. Selzer said no one else was injured.

Harold played Brian Kinney in the Showtime series Queer As Folk from 2000 – 2005.

But selecting just one of those, I’d most like to see an openly LGBTQ person in a state gubernatorial slot. 

There have been 29 female governors, eight of whom are serving presently, and four African-American governors, two of whom are serving now. Thus, this appears to be one of the next emerging political hurdles for our collective community. 

It would demonstrate the will of a cross-section of an electorate, as opposed to an appointee, who might feel forced upon the people, at least in the eyes of some. 

It would also offer the clearest demonstration, other than that which is required by the President, of such a person’s ability to manage what I presume would be the broadest range of job requirements and interests.  

Such a showing would make apparent to potential nay-sayers in the mass population our capability to accomplish such a task, however painfully obvious that fact is to us.

 Robert Gant is an actor and gay rights activist

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