Greg Harris (he/him/his) was elected to the Illois General Assembly 2006 and was Majory Lear of the Hoe of Reprentativ until 2023. Harris served as State Reprentative for the 13th District which clus parts of Uptown, Ravenswood, Lln Square, North Center, Wt Ridge and Bowmanville. Harris is a gay elected official the State
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- ILLOIS' 1ST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR HOP TO SPIRE
- ILLOIS' 1ST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR HOP TO SPIRE
- FORMER GOP NGRSMAN WHO VOTED AGAST LGBT PROTECTNS OUT AS GAY
- RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- FORMER REPUBLIN NGRSMAN SAYS HE’S GAY, REGRETS ANTI-GAY STANC
ILLOIS' 1ST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR HOP TO SPIRE
For the first time there's an openly gay lawmaker servg the Illois State Senate. State Senator Mike Simmons was appoted earlier this month to reprent the 7th district, which is on Chigo's North Si. * illinois gay representative *
GaySunday, Febary 21, 2021CHICAGO (WLS) -- For the first time, there's an openly gay lawmaker servg the Illois State Senate. "My blackns and my gayns are betiful gredients to who I am. As someone who was bullied his youth for beg gay, Simmons hop he n serve as an spiratn for young people his muny.
Former Republin Reprentative Aaron Schock, who had voted agast LGBT protectns while Congrs, me out as gay Thursday a post on his webse. "I am gay, " Schock, 38, wrote the lengthy post.
ILLOIS' 1ST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR HOP TO SPIRE
For the first time there's an openly gay lawmaker servg the Illois State Senate. State Senator Mike Simmons was appoted earlier this month to reprent the 7th district, which is on Chigo's North Si. * illinois gay representative *
"The fact that I am gay is jt one of those thgs my life need of explic affirmatn, to remove any doubt and to fally validate who I am as a person.
Durg his tenure, Schock voted agast several LGBT protectns, cludg the legalizatn of gay marriage, the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ary policy and an amendment to feral hate crime laws verg sexual orientatn and genr inty. " There were mors at the time that Schock was gay, which he nied, sayg the speculatn was not "worthy of further rponse.
FORMER GOP NGRSMAN WHO VOTED AGAST LGBT PROTECTNS OUT AS GAY
The 118th U.S. Congrs set a historil mark wh a rerd 13 members who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual. * illinois gay representative *
But he said other gay people polics had "utned" him about what to expect when he out.
"Where was I, they will ask, when I was a posn to help advance issu important to gay Amerins? I., and the first openly gay mayor of a state pal -- has reprented Rho Island's First Congrsnal District sce 2011.
She mak history as Kansas's first LGBTQ member of Congrs and the first gay Native Amerin woman elected to Congrs. Gay ngrsman Sean Patrick Maloney won reelectn 2018 to ntue reprentg New York's 18th District.
RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Former Illois U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has e out as gay social media and web posts, sayg he would do more if he were Congrs today to support LGBTQ rights. * illinois gay representative *
Mark Pon is a gay polician and former small-bs owner who first took office the U. Congrs set a historil mark wh a rerd 13 members who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual.
Barney Frank, D-Mass., beme the first openly gay lawmaker Congrs when he me out on Memorial Day 1987. "I n accept not volunteerg that I am gay.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
The only openly gay Republin Congrs is New York Rep. He is the first openly gay Republin to w a ngrsnal electn not as the cumbent.
FORMER REPUBLIN NGRSMAN SAYS HE’S GAY, REGRETS ANTI-GAY STANC
In the Hoe, eight gay men serve and three lbians. Robert Garcia, the first openly gay immigrant; Rep.