Natnals MP Dunn Gay announc his retirement om NSW polics

Contents:

• A VOICE FOR THE PARTY: ERIC DUNN ON BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CONSERVATIVE MP
• DUNN IS PARTY'S FIRST MP TO ADM HE'S GAY
• NSW NATNALS MP DUNN GAY RETIR OM POLICS
• THE HON. DUNN JOHN GAY (1950 - )
• NATNALS MP DUNN GAY ANNOUNC HIS RETIREMENT OM NSW POLICS
• GAY MP BOLDLY NONTS HEALTH MISTER OVER FAILURE TO END QUEER BLOOD BAN: ‘DO SHE NOT FEEL FORTABLE TAKG MY BLOOD?’
• ALAN DUNN: 'I'M AN MP WHO HAPPENS TO BE GAY'
• CONSERVATIVE MP ERIC DUNN PH HEALTH MISTER TO FALLY END THE GAY BLOOD BAN
• DUNN GAY APOLOGIS OVER HANDBAG MENT TO FEMALE NSW MP
• 'BUILDG A ROAD IS NOT LIKE BUYG A HANDBAG,' DUNN GAY REPORTEDLY TELLS FEMALE MP
• DUNN CHALLENG LEARSHIP NDIDATE WHO SAID BEG GAY IS A CHOICE
• ALAN DUNN OUT AS FIRST GAY TORY MP

A VOICE FOR THE PARTY: ERIC DUNN ON BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CONSERVATIVE MP

“I don’t want to be the token gay guy, ” he he is also keenly aware of the historic role he plays his party’s uc: the first openly gay Conservative member of Parliament.

DUNN IS PARTY'S FIRST MP TO ADM HE'S GAY

”He said the majory of his party supports gay marriage, unequivolly. His ridg didn’t even have a para until last year, but he’ll attend this year if he’s he’s more terted is policy: supportg a ban on nversn therapy for LGBTQ people, and endg the blood donatn ban for gay men Canada, a Liberal promise that has yet to Dunn is not currently supportg any Conservative learship ndidat. But he has ltle patience for ntenrs such as Derek Sloan, a first-time Ontar MP who has said that sexual orientatn is “scientifilly unclear, ” and Richard Dérie, who was barred by the party om nng and who publicly clared that beg gay is a choice.

“I n scientifilly nfirm that beg gay is not a choice, ” Mr. “If there’s a closeted teenager who’s gay a ral muny somewhere, sred of tellg their fai, sred of tellg their iends, sred of what the reactn would be – I’m hopg that they n fd spiratn, ” he said.

A senr Tory MP last night tted his party's new mment to tolerance by beg the first openly to clare he is gay. Party tradnalists have bee creasgly worried about Mr Dunn Smh's drive to mornise and enurage more women, ethnic mori and gay people to jo up.

NSW NATNALS MP DUNN GAY RETIR OM POLICS

Observers said Mr Dunn's cisn will put prsure on other policians to adm their homosexualy. But the wealthy former oil trar, who liv a townhoe Gayfere Street around the rner om the Commons, has long been known to his iends and lleagu privately as beg gay.

Although many Labour MPs are openly gay, no Tory MP has ever ma such a claratn. 09pmVeteran NSW Natnals MP Dunn Gay has announced his retirement om polics after a 29-year Gay, 67, had flagged his tentn to retire after he lost the roads portfol January Premier Gladys Berejiklian's bet Gay, pictured December 2016, has Jsi HromasHe announced his retirement on Thursday afternoon followg a meetg wh his party. "As a young grazier om Crookwell, I would have never dreamed of beg one of the state's longt servg misters for roads", he said a Premier Gladys Berejiklian rhuffled the bet January, removg Mr Gay om the roads Kate Geraghty"I uld not be prour of what we achieved my portfol over six years.

THE HON. DUNN JOHN GAY (1950 - )

However he has pped his share of cricism over WtConnex - a ntroversial project Sydney's ner wt - and stiff f for Gay was also known for his lourful e of language, once accg the ner cy "chatterg class" of producg more air pollutn over Sydney than heavy vehicl. Outlg his achievements on Thursday, Mr Gay said he champned the movement of eight om "paddock to port". "In a statement on Thursday, Ms Berejiklian said Mr Gay had been a "key member" of the Coaln's team and acknowledged his "outsandg and dited service".

NATNALS MP DUNN GAY ANNOUNC HIS RETIREMENT OM NSW POLICS

"Mr Gay was first elected to the NSW Legislative Council 1988 and has been a member of the Natnals sce 1974. Dunn Gay is retirg om NSW polics.

(AAP)Veteran NSW Natnals MP Dunn Gay has announced his retirement om state polics after a 29-year Gay, 67, had flagged his tentn to retire January after he lost the Roads portfol a bet rhuffle. Mr Gay was first elected to the NSW Legislative Council 1988 and has been a member of the Natnals sce was ma a life member of the party 2011 and served as Mister for Roads for six years.

"As a young grazier om Crookwell, I would have never dreamed of beg one the state's longt servg misters for roads, " Mr Gay said a statement today.

GAY MP BOLDLY NONTS HEALTH MISTER OVER FAILURE TO END QUEER BLOOD BAN: ‘DO SHE NOT FEEL FORTABLE TAKG MY BLOOD?’

"Projects veloped unr Mr Gay's tenure as mister clu WtConnex and NorthConnex. There were heated scen Canada’s parliament as the untry’s first out gay Conservative MP Eric Dunn nonted the Liberal health mister on the gay and bisexual blood ban.

ALAN DUNN: 'I'M AN MP WHO HAPPENS TO BE GAY'

Like many untri, Canada’s ban on blood donatns om sexually active gay and bisexual men stems om the stigmas of the AIDS crisis, wh advot argug that such rtrictns are rndant and discrimatory.

Canada’s Liberal party promised to end the ban on gay and bisexual men donatg blood 2015 and 2019. “Why is the mister breakg her promise she ma to gay men five years ago and untg? Do she not feel fortable, om me as a gay man, takg my blood?

“This is not funny, ” Eric Dunn warned, “and this is not what she promised to gay men, to end the stigma, over five years ago. It is time to end the gay blood ban. That is the thg about Mr Dunn, the Tory ontbench spokman for bs: he is both a morniser - a champn of gay rights - and a tradnalist.

CONSERVATIVE MP ERIC DUNN PH HEALTH MISTER TO FALLY END THE GAY BLOOD BAN

I didn't want to be known jt as 'the gay MP Alan Dunn'.

To me, I'm an MP who happens to be gay. He fally clared his homosexualy 2002. Gay fay members, he says, are often sourc of strong support.

DUNN GAY APOLOGIS OVER HANDBAG MENT TO FEMALE NSW MP

"But my personal view is that I don't thk 's nsistent wh beg a gay partnership. I voted favour of gay adoptn but I would never ntemplate dog myself.

I'm serly uneasy about a gay uple makg a baby by someone else. Eric Dunn, the first openly gay Conservative MP, laced to the feral health mister Thursday over the Liberals failure to end a ban on gay men donatg blood. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan RemrzRyan Remrz/The Canadian PrsEric Dunn, the first openly gay Conservative MP, laced to the feral health mister Thursday over the Liberals failure to end a ban on gay men donatg a heated and emotnal exchange durg a late-night mtee hearg the Hoe of Commons, Dunn prsed Patty Hajdu repeatedly, cludg a direct qutn on whether she’d accept a blood donatn om didn’t directly answer, potg to ongog work to end a ban on donatns om men who have sex wh banned blood donatns om gay men sce 1992 before allowg 2013 if the donor abstaed om sex wh another man for at least five was changed to one year 2016, and then three months the Liberals promised to end the ban pletely both 2015 and said there is a sperate need for blood donatns durg the send wave of COVID-19.

'BUILDG A ROAD IS NOT LIKE BUYG A HANDBAG,' DUNN GAY REPORTEDLY TELLS FEMALE MP

“I want to donate and make a difference, but I n’t bee I’m gay, ” he said. “She had no problem durg an electn mpaign tellg gay men this would end, ” he tim, he asked Hajdu directly if she’d accept a blood donatn om him, and three tim she did not directly answer. “Do she not feel fortable, om me as a gay man, takg my blood, ” he said as soon as the blood agenci subm their remendatns on how to end the ban, they will be reviewed and chang will be ma.

“I thk the gay blood ban needs to end, ” she said. The New South Wal Premier has fend Roads Mister Dunn Gay who says he meant no offence when he told a young female MP "buildg a road was not like buyg a handbag or r" Member for Miranda, Eleni Petos, told a Coaln partyroom meetg that when she queried the timele for a major roads project, Mr Gay told her "buildg a road was not like buyg a handbag". Sourc said Ms Petos, who is the youngt MP State Parliament, was highly offend by the ment and exprsed outrage me om a senr Baird nfirmed he had spoken to Mr Gay about the cint but would not say whether the Mister should apologise to Ms Petos.

DUNN CHALLENG LEARSHIP NDIDATE WHO SAID BEG GAY IS A CHOICE

"Mr Gay has sce issued a statement that said: "The words I ed were: 'Buildg a road is not like buyg a handbag or a r'. "Mr Gay's ment sexist, : LaborEarlier, Labor MP Jodi McKay said Mr Gay's ments were pletely unacceptable and the Premier's rponse was appallg.

ALAN DUNN OUT AS FIRST GAY TORY MP

"Ms McKay said Mr Gay had a track rerd of makg offensive ments. "Dunn Gay has proved time and time aga that he is the L Patterson, the Eddie Maguire and the Gmpy Grandpa of this Parliament, " she Petos has cled to 22 Jun 2016Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 3:58am, updated 22 Jun 2016Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 4:40am.

The New South Wal premier, Mike Baird, has fend the roads mister, Dunn Gay, after he allegedly told a female Liberal MP that “buildg a road is not like buyg a handbag”. “It is clear that was a poor choice of words, ” Baird said on Wednday, addg that he had spoken to Gay about . ”Gay ma the ments to Miranda MP Eleni Petos while she was lobbyg for a motorway Sydney’s south, acrdg to the Ne issue reportedly me to light when Petos, 29, challenged her fellow Coaln MP over the remarks durg a party room meetg on Tuday, spikg the ernment’s tn spendg at a post-budget prs nference Sydney on Wednday, Baird said he unrstood how people uld take offence at the ments.