"My sex is private," he says. "I will defend the fact they have their positions, but I don't agree with it."
So far, Fenton has run a very low-key campaign, speaking at city and town Democratic committee meetings and handing out business cards to people he meets.
"I'm running as a citizen on a working man's paycheck," he says.
In order to appear at the June Democratic convention, Fenton needs to obtain the signatures of 10,000 registered voters by next Tuesday.
All three of his Democratic opponents--former state Sen. George Bachrach (D-Watertown), state Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) and state Rep. mark Roosevelt '78 (D-Beacon Hill)--have already announced that they have obtained their required signatures.
Fenton says he doesn't know whether he will gather his signatures but that he feels the petition requirement is wrong.
"Do they really want a poor man to run for office?" he asks. "If I don't get my signatures, my cause will not end."
And Fenton says he has no qualms about supporting one of his opponents.
"I respect the other candidates," he says. "I feel I can support any one of them."
He'll probably have to. Fenton is the longest of long shots to win the Democratic primary. "If he becomes governor," Newhook says, "I'd be quite surprised."