New York City Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral contender Bill de Blasio appeared alongside his wife Chirlane McCray on NY1′s Inside City Hall this evening to discuss the re-discovery of an article she wrote in 1979 discussing her life as a lesbian.

The story resurfaced thanks to The New York Observer’s Politicker blog last week.

De Blasio said it was a “gutsy” decision for his wife to write the Essence magazine story at a time when homosexuality still was not quite in the mainstream of American life and culture.

Both deBlasio and McCray said they were disappointed they weren’t given an initial chance to comment on the story, but the couple reserved their scorn for The New York Post’s Sean Delonas cartoon featuring them in bed.s

“That’s what our lives are about and I have to say some of the coverage, obviously the cartoonist’s picture, it’s offensive for my wife, offensive to my family,” de Blasio said.

Complaints over Delonas cartoons are nothing new. A cartoon that tied together the federal health care legislation and the shooting of a rampaging chimpanzee brought condemnation that Delonis was comparing President Obama to an ape.

Criticism of the cartoon reached was a common one at the rally held by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Newtwork on Saturday.

“What they’ve done with this cartoon was just pure divisive and denigrating,” de Blasio said, saying a “problem” has to be addressed at the Post.

He urged employees at the tabloid to complain to management.

“For me I’ll happily talk to any Post reoprter, they have to be part of the coverage and the disucssion of the future of the city But I’ll tell you Errol, I’m not going to seek the editorial board’s endorsement if they do not address this issue,” de Blasio said. “If they’re going to continue to divide this city, denigrate my wife … then I respect them, but I’m not going to seek their endorsement.”

It is very unlikely that the Post’s conservative editorial board would have endorsed de Blasio.

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