 Booker has never been married , and in 2013 he was named one of Town & Country ’ ’ s " Top 40 Bachelors " . Although he has generally tried to keep his personal life private , Booker has in the past described himself as a " straight male " and has said that he is trying to date more in hopes of finding someone to settle down with . In a 1990 column in the Stanford Daily , Booker admitted regretfully that as a teenager he had " hated gays " . Booker has himself been the target of rumors about being gay and has generally refused to address these on principle , which he explained in 2013 : " Because I want to challenge people on their homophobia . I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I ’ m gay , and I say , ' So what does it matter if I am ? So be it . I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I 'm straight . ' " 
