Polis, 1st openly gay ernor elected, marri Colorado

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• 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
• JARED POLIS, COLORADO'S 'GAYMER' ERNOR-ELECT, TALKS 'RABOW WAVE,' GREEN JOBS
• COLORADO'S GAY GOVERNOR WR TAYLOR SWIFT AN EPIC OPEN LETTER
• POLIS, 1ST OPENLY GAY ERNOR ELECTED, MARRI COLORADO
• COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?
• COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, NATN'S 1ST GAY ERNOR, SIGNS BILL BANNG NVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS

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

In 2018, Polis beme the first openly gay man elected ernor the Uned Stat.

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.

JARED POLIS MAK HISTORY AS AMERI'S FIRST ELECTED OPENLY GAY MALE GOVERNOR

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. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected ernor the Uned Stat, has married his longtime partner the first same-sex marriage for a stg and Marlon Reis, who have been together for 18 years and were engaged December, wed a small tradnal Jewish ceremony Wednday, the ernor's office said.

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

"We are both exced for this new chapter our liv together, and our hearts are full wh the blsgs of health, love, and fay, " Polis said a Facebook is the first gay man elected ernor the untry, but Oregon Gov. 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, COLORADO'S 'GAYMER' ERNOR-ELECT, TALKS 'RABOW WAVE,' GREEN JOBS

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

COLORADO'S GAY GOVERNOR WR TAYLOR SWIFT AN EPIC OPEN LETTER

I went out and bought every book on homosexualy. 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?

POLIS, 1ST OPENLY GAY ERNOR ELECTED, MARRI COLORADO

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 (D) beme the natn’s first out gay male ernor 2018.

Sexual Orientatn: Gay. Don’t say gay/LGBTQ discsn schools. Before Florida’s now-famo “Don’t Say Gay” bill was signed to law, Polis urged the state’s Republin ernor to veto the bill.

“I mean, the Nazi persecutn of gays and lbians alongsi Jews and others is part of accurate history, as is the impact of historil LGBT figur om Alexanr the Great to Alan Turng.

COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?

Polis, a gay parent, signed a bill May 2022 to help same-sex parents more easily adopt children. He has also signed bills statg a ban on gay and transgenr panic fens, a bill allowg trans people to change their genr markers on state ID, and addnal fundg for HIV preventn.

Jared Polis is a gay father who is a longtime champn of LGBTQ rights.

Out Colorado Governor Jared Polis signs law banng harmful ‘ex-gay’ nversn therapy. Gay Gov. Among the many historic ws for LGBTQ ndidat the 2018 electns, few are more emblematic of Ameri's changg attus toward lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people than the victory of Jared Polis his n for Colorado 26 years ago, Colorado voters approved a ballot proposn that amend the state nstutn to ban anti-discrimatn ordanc — which meant that liberal ci like Denver uld not mandate that bs do not discrimate agast LGBTQ people.

COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, NATN'S 1ST GAY ERNOR, SIGNS BILL BANNG NVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS

”“There are still gay and lbian and transgenr youth that are kicked out of their home simply bee of who they are, or who they love, ” Polis said earlier this month a speech at the Victory Instute’s Internatnal LGBTQ Lears Conference. ”“We’re not there yet, but I thk we’re gettg there as a untry, ” Polis first won elected office 2008 and beme, his words, “the first openly gay parent to w a seat Congrs, ” which helped turn the page on Colorado’s “Hate State” chapter. And the uple is known to intify as “gaymers.

In 2018, Polis beme the first openly gay man ever elected ernor the U. A earlier, he was the first openly gay man elected to the U.