Ameri's first gay elected ernor was sworn & LGBTQ people celebrated wh him - LGBTQ Natn

Contents:

• WHAT 'S LIKE BEG AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
• COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB
• JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR U.S. HISTORY, WANTS OTHER LGBTQ PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE
• AMERI’S FIRST GAY ELECTED ERNOR WAS SWORN & LGBTQ PEOPLE CELEBRATED WH HIM

WHAT 'S LIKE BEG AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR

The breakout star of the ntt to bee the Democratic party’s nomee the 2020 race for the Whe Hoe is Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and the first openly gay elected official to n for print. ”In 1978, jt 26% of Amerins said they would vote for a gay or lbian ndidate, acrdg to pollster Gallup.

COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB

There is livg proof of this warp speed transformatn Colorado, which ls than three s has gone om notoriety as a homophobic “hate state” to electg Ameri’s first openly gay ernor. “This is a much higher-profile posn, and of urse nng as an openly gay uple, that gave an even higher profile, ” says Reis.

JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR U.S. HISTORY, WANTS OTHER LGBTQ PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE

‘This is a much higher-profile posn, and of urse nng as an openly gay uple, that gave an even higher profile.

AMERI’S FIRST GAY ELECTED ERNOR WAS SWORN & LGBTQ PEOPLE CELEBRATED WH HIM

“When I was growg up there were people on televisn that reprented stereotyp of what people associated beg gay wh and was tertg, you viewed through a tunnel visn, ” he rells, addg that when he was high school, he felt “GSAs – gay straight allianc – didn’t exist; at least at my school they weren’t prent”.

She said: ‘When I signed up to have a gay bt iend I thought that you would be takg me out shoppg, ’ and I said: ‘I n’t stand shoppg.

”But would an openly gay ndidate have been nceivable when you were growg up here?