Reed Gcra, the first openly gay mayor of Trenton, was also a trailblazer when he served 22 years the legislature, sponsorg the state's bills for marriage equaly and medil marijuana.
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- TRENTON’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR WISH TO IMPROVE CY FOR LGBTQ+ MUNY
- N.J. LAWMAKER UNR FIRE AFTER HOMOPHOBIC RANT ABOUT GAY MAYOR
- REED GCRA ELECTED CAPAL CY’S FIRST OPENLY-GAY MAYOR
- COUNCILWOMAN APOLOGIZ FOR LLG GAY NEW JERSEY MAYOR 'PEDOPHILE' PROFANE RANT
- 'HONORED TO RRY OUR FLAG.' FIRST GAY MAYOR OF MAPLEWOOD OVERME NVERSN THERAPY BEFORE LIVG PROUD
- MAPLEWOOD, NJ WEL FIRST OPENLY GAY PUTY MAYOR
- TRENTON’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR AN EARLY BACKER OF MEDIL MARIJUANA, MARRIAGE EQUALY
- REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
TRENTON’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR WISH TO IMPROVE CY FOR LGBTQ+ MUNY
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The Human Rights Campaign ranked Trenton as the least gay-iendly cy New Jersey ls than 10 years ago.
N.J. LAWMAKER UNR FIRE AFTER HOMOPHOBIC RANT ABOUT GAY MAYOR
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Today, the cy is led by an openly gay mayor who is workg to move the cy forward. Gcra says he regrets nothg about g out and says that is an honor to not only be the first openly gay state assemblyman, but also Trenton’s first openly gay mayor. “It’s heartwarmg when you get emails om parents and young gay kids alike.
REED GCRA ELECTED CAPAL CY’S FIRST OPENLY-GAY MAYOR
The former Atlantic Cy mayor will be only the third openly-gay legislator state history, and the first Republin. * gay mayor of new jersey *
After Ga Genove won electn to the Long Hill Township Commtee 2004, homophob lashed of flyers were strewn about Town Hall this nservative Morris County municipaly falsely allegg that the openly gay Genove ma sexual advanc to a mor. In a separate cint, a man slapped an anti-gay sticker on her opposn did not stop Genove's mtee lleagu om appotg her mayor 2006, which ma her New Jersey’s first out mayor. ”Fifteen years after Genove’s electn, the landspe has shifted for elected officials who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.
COUNCILWOMAN APOLOGIZ FOR LLG GAY NEW JERSEY MAYOR 'PEDOPHILE' PROFANE RANT
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Congrs has 10 out members and Pete Buttigieg, the gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is pollg the top five of the 23 Democratic printial memorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisg that served as a talyst for the LGBT rights movement, and the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey spoke to gay elected officials about how the mpaign trail is different now om how was for Genove, what ’s like as an out ndidate to ask Print Donald Tmp supporters for their vote and why party boss stand the way of more LGBT people wng electns.
'HONORED TO RRY OUR FLAG.' FIRST GAY MAYOR OF MAPLEWOOD OVERME NVERSN THERAPY BEFORE LIVG PROUD
”Amerin voters first elected an openly gay person to office 1974 — not San Francis’s Harvey Milk, but the lser-known Kathy Kozachenko. At least 41 of them intify as gay, lbian, bisexual or queer. "Tim Etace, 62, an ex-assemblyman who ma history as the first out gay person New Jersey voters elected mayor, said that if you unt the number of closeted gay people servg elective office, the unt of 41 would double.
“There are muni New Jersey, believe or not, that are not very gay-iendly. ”Runng gay GOP townsAmerins have bee more acceptg of gay people, but many rema hostile to key LGBT 37% of Republins approve of same-sex marriage, acrdg to a March 2019 Pew Rearch Center poll.
Voters there also elected five gay people to s six-person uncil and a gay Republin mayor, Mike Nohilly.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ WEL FIRST OPENLY GAY PUTY MAYOR
“Gay and Republin … you don’t really fd those two quali one person, ” Nohilly he readi to n for a third term November wh no Democratic opposn, Nohilly, 55, said beg gay has "certaly never been a hdrance Interlaken. He lled the pri flag important for gay visibily, but said should be borough rints who prs for to be flown.
Nearly 5% of the populatn intifi as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, acrdg to a 2018 Gallup New Jersey, the domance of polil boss is one of the reasons for this unrreprentatn, LGBT advot areas of the state unr one-party ntrol, party boss provi the fundg, endorsements and proment ballot posn that often guarantee a victory at the polls. "The unty polil parti New Jersey, they anot their ndidat advance; they vet them for the voters, " said liberal, gay activist Jay Lasser.
"Growg up New Jersey, I never imaged beg so fortably gay a profsnal and a polil way, " said DeF, 36. ” She se only a rise ahead, as more and more gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr ndidat realize that the barriers that once existed have been broken down.
TRENTON’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR AN EARLY BACKER OF MEDIL MARIJUANA, MARRIAGE EQUALY
A New Jersey uncilwoman is unr fire after llg the first openly gay mayor of Trenton, the state's pal, a “pedophile” and “b--ch-ass” a profane and homophobic outburst durg a ronavis nference ll this weekend. But Councilwoman Vghn chose to lnch to a vrlic attack full of homophobic slurs, false accatns, and hateful ments, ” Gcra wrote. “Mayor Reed Gcra has faced adversi servg not only as the first LGBTQ mayor of the state but as the first openly LGBTQ member of the state legislature and has had to repeatedly beat back homophobic remarks like Vghn’s, ” Jon Oliveira, a spokman for Garn State Equaly, a statewi LGBTQ advocy group, told NBC News.
REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
“Councilwoman Vghn relied on the olst and uglit of stereotyp to lnch her homophobic tira agast Mayor Gcra — much as she did fendg anti-Semic ments last September, ” Parker said a statement. Gcra me out back 2006 as the state of New Jersey’s first openly-gay legislator. 12 years later, he will bee Trenton’s first openly-gay mayor.