Wh about two months left before New Mexi’s general electn, a ndidate for state attorney general is facg a legal challenge to his ndidacy qualifitns. On Wednday, a Bernalillo County rint filed a requt askg a Santa Fe state district urt judge to orr attorney general ndidate Jeremy Gay off the ballot. Jam Collie, who […]
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- THE TE STORY OF ‘A VERY ENGLISH SNDAL’ AND THE TRIALS OF A CLOSETED GAY POLICIAN
- GOP NOMEE JEREMY GAY WANTS TO RTORE 'MISSN' OF NEW MEXI ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
- JEREMY GAY
- JEREMY THORPE AND HIS DOWNFALL: THE 1970S GAY SEX SNDAL THAT VOLVED ATTEMPTED MURR, A AD DOG AND THE LIBERAL PARTY LEAR
- JEREMY GAY
- AG NDIDATE JEREMY GAY’S RINCY QUALIFITNS CHALLENGED URT FILG
- HUGH GRANT ON PLAYG SECRETLY GAY POLICIAN JEREMY THORPE: ‘I WAS QUE PANICKED BY THIS PROJECT!’
THE TE STORY OF ‘A VERY ENGLISH SNDAL’ AND THE TRIALS OF A CLOSETED GAY POLICIAN
To be gay Bra durg that era meant puttg onelf nstant danger of arrt.
GOP NOMEE JEREMY GAY WANTS TO RTORE 'MISSN' OF NEW MEXI ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
“It was a very opprsive climate right up to and cludg the Margaret Thatcher years, ” says polil scientist David Raysi, the thor of On the Frge: Gays and Lbians Polics. “In the 1970s and 80s, the overwhelmg majory Bra thought homosexual activy was morally wrong.
Like many untri, Bra had a long history of anti-gay discrimatn. Even then, was followed by dranian measur to prevent gay relatnships, cludg the Crimal Law Amendment Act of 1885, which ma “gross cency” between men—a purposely vague term—a crimal act.
The panic over homosexualy ntued after World War II, wr historian Michael Bloch Closet Queens: Some 20th Century Brish Policians: “A fiercely homophobic Home Secretary, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, aid by an equally puranil Director of Public Prosecutns, Sir Theobold Matthew, was termed to ‘rid England of this plague.
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That report remend public statut should avoid legislatg moraly, and that the ernment should remove nsensual homosexual liaisons om crimal law.
JEREMY THORPE AND HIS DOWNFALL: THE 1970S GAY SEX SNDAL THAT VOLVED ATTEMPTED MURR, A AD DOG AND THE LIBERAL PARTY LEAR
The 1967 Sexual Offens Act crimalized homosexual acts between nsentg adults private, though didn’t remove the stigma attendant on such acts. In some ways, gay dividuals were jt as vulnerable as before.
“The police were still entirely willg to heavily police those venu where was thought that homosexual activy occurred. That’s not to say all policians fought actively agast gay rights. But the two domant parti of the era, the Labour and Conservative parti, were nowhere near as terted aligng themselv wh the gay rights movement.
“Labour as a whole was very unfortable associatg self wh what ntued to terpret as a bourgeois and dangero issue, ” wr historian Lucy Robson Gay Men and the Left Post-War Bra. Those class tensns were a major ponent of the homosexualy issue Bra. ” In one episo, Lord Grantham exc the homosexual behavr of his footman, Thomas, sayg such cints happened regular when Lord Grantham attend Eton, a private school.
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Regardls of how historilly accurate the earl’s reactn to his servant’s behavr was, is te that gay experimentatn flourished upper-class, sex-segregated is like boardg school, the ary, and the clergy. His exposure slowed the progrs of the LGBTQ movement; wasn’t until 1984 that Brish polician Chris Smh beme the first to e out as gay.
Gay Rights,. Jeremy Gay said his past as an attorney the Mare Corps, lol bs owner and active member of the muny Gallup where he ris ma him uniquely qualified to bee New Mexi's hight rankg law enforcement 's the Republin Party's nomee for Attorney General for the state's general electn November, hopg to feat Rl Torrez, who prevly served as Bernalillo County district attorney for a post not held by a Republin sce Harold Stratton left the office said Democrats have policized the office while ntrol, and he wants to return to s ma purpose: enforcg the Carlsbad Current-Arg sat down wh Gay to discs his goals if elected and how he plan to execute 'Real tratn': Mark Ronchetti aims to take New Mexi ernor post om Lujan GrishamWhat are is your ma prry for the office if you're elected November? Jeremy Gay, his wife and four of their six children.
AG NDIDATE JEREMY GAY’S RINCY QUALIFITNS CHALLENGED URT FILG
Courty/Jeremy Gay. From the Jeremy Gay for Attorney General Campaign:. ALBUQUERQUE — Jeremy Gay, Republin Mare Veteran, filed Feb.
“I’m exced to start my mpaign, ” Gay said, “and beg talkg wh my fellow New Mexins about my visn for the future of our great state. Gay earned his law gree om Ave Maria Law School Napl, Fla. While on active duty, Gay served as a feral ary jtice crimal trial attorney, managed a legal assistance office, served as a Special Assistant Uned Stat Attorney, and honorably rried out all of his addnal duti and obligatns as a Capta of Mar.
HUGH GRANT ON PLAYG SECRETLY GAY POLICIAN JEREMY THORPE: ‘I WAS QUE PANICKED BY THIS PROJECT!’
“In the upg weeks, ” ntued Gay, “I look forward to officially lnchg my mpaign and startg to have the important nversatns wh people about what I n do to serve them.
Gay ris Gallup wh his wife and six children where he manag his own law firm, The Advote Law Center, servg the legal needs of fai and lol bs, fendg victims of domtic vlence, and providg legal servic for the fancially needy members of the muny.
In the past four years, Gay has prosecuted and fend feral felony offens, and has legally advised service members, veterans, and their fai.