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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.

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ILLOIS' 1ST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR HOP TO SPIRE

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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.

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 *

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.

"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.

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 *

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.

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.

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 *

Gay ngrsman Sean Patrick Maloney won reelectn 2018 to ntue reprentg New York's 18th District. Mark Pon is a gay polician and former small-bs owner who first took office the U.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

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.

FORMER REPUBLIN NGRSMAN SAYS HE’S GAY, REGRETS ANTI-GAY STANC

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