Colorado Governor Jared Polis is the natn’s first openly gay ernor.
Contents:
- COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB
- JARED POLIS MAK HISTORY AS AMERI'S FIRST ELECTED OPENLY GAY MALE GOVERNOR
- WHAT 'S LIKE BEG AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
- COLORADO ELECTS NATN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR, CNN PROJECTS
- JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR U.S. HISTORY, WANTS OTHER LGBTQ PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE
- MEET CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR — FOR A FEW HOURS, ANYWAY
- COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?
- US ELECTS S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected ernor the Uned Stat, on Sunday cried Saturday's “horrific” adly shootg at a Colorado Sprgs LGBTQ nightclub. * first openly gay governor *
Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected ernor the Uned Stat, on Sunday cried Saturday's “horrific” adly shootg at a Colorado Sprgs LGBTQ nightclub. He first won elected office 2008 and beme, his words, “the first openly gay parent to w a seat Congrs. In addn to beg Colorado's first openly gay ernor, he is also the state's first Jewish ConcepcnSummer Concepcn is a polics reporter for NBC News.
Colorado Congrsman Jared Polis ma history Tuday night by beg the first openly gay man to be elected ernor of a U. ” Mary Parker, print and CEO of the Victory Fund, a natnwi anizatn that supports LGBTQ ndidat, told the Denver Post of Polis’ victory: “The fact that the state of Colorado, 25 years, has gone om beg dubbed the ‘Hate State’ to a place that n elect someone who is not jt openly gay, but publicly gay, that’s historic. 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. 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.
JARED POLIS MAK HISTORY AS AMERI'S FIRST ELECTED OPENLY GAY MALE GOVERNOR
Only 26% of Amerins said they would vote for a gay or lbian ndidate 40 years ago. But as Colorado’s Jared Polis has disvered, is now a non-issue for many voters<br> * first openly gay governor *
“This is a much higher-profile posn, and of urse nng as an openly gay uple, that gave an even higher profile, ” says Reis. ‘This is a much higher-profile posn, and of urse nng as an openly gay uple, that gave an even higher profile.
“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.
WHAT 'S LIKE BEG AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
Colorado Democratic US Rep. Jared Polis will be his state’s next ernor, beg the natn’s first openly gay man elected to a ernor’s mansn, CNN has projected. * first openly gay governor *
”But would an openly gay ndidate have been nceivable when you were growg up here? I went out and bought every book on homosexualy.
COLORADO ELECTS NATN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR, CNN PROJECTS
Toni Atks beme California's first openly gay ernor on Wednday -- for a perd of roughly ne hours. * first openly gay governor *
All I knew was homosexuals were creepy moltg typ. It was set up by Tim Gill, a wealthy software veloper who, along wh Polis, Pat Stryker and Rutt Bridg – Colorado’s “gang of four” – spent many lns of dollars on gay rights and other liberal , helpg turn Colorado’s general assembly om Republin to Democratic 2004. ”Polis’s sexualy was important to gay rights activists but no one else, Caldara add.
Nobody I know on the right is upset bee he’s gay; we’re upset bee he’s stroyg the state of Colorado and turng to California. ”Back at the vio rerdg, an terviewer asks him directly: “How do feel to be the first openly gay man elected ernor the Uned Stat? Eric Marc, creator and host of the Makg Gay History podst, says: “It’s a non-story but I also feel very exced ’s a non-story.
Is Ameri ready for a gay print?
JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR U.S. HISTORY, WANTS OTHER LGBTQ PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE
Colorado elected a rich, gay, Jewish ernor. It’s eher a historic moment or progrs-wh-a-shg — or both. * first openly gay governor *
US elects s first openly gay ernor.
Jared Polis will be his state’s next ernor, beg the natn’s first openly gay man elected to a ernor’s mansn, CNN has projected.
MEET CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR — FOR A FEW HOURS, ANYWAY
Jim McGreevey me out as gay before he stepped down om office the early 2000s. Polis is no stranger to the distctn, havg bee the first openly gay man elected to the Hoe as a hman 2008.
Wh his victory the midterm electns, 43-year-old Polis beme the first openly gay person to be elected ernor the Uned was nng agast Colorado’s treasurer, Walker Stapleton, a Republin. “But of urse, feels somewhat superficial that all anyone mentns natnally is that I’m the first openly gay ernor.
COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?
“I really unrstand how others n fd a lot of excement the fact that a state like Colorado n elect an openly gay ernor, and hopefully that n spire LGBT youth and others across the untry to really reach for the stars whatever fields they are strivg for, ” he says. “It was excg to , my partner, Marlon, and I, when we got to see people like G Kenworthy pete the Olympics as openly gay, and ’s excg to when we see sgers and stars who don’t have to hi who they are and n still be succsful. ”In 2008, Polis beme the first openly gay man elected to the Hoe of Reprentativ.
US ELECTS S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
“In the Senate, there will now be an openly gay senator [Senator Tammy Baldw] and an openly bisexual senator [Senator-elect Kyrsten Sema].