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Contents:

• IN A POLIL FIRST, TWO GAY NDIDAT FACE OFF NGRSNAL ELECTN
• FIRST OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN ELECTED TO HOE WON LI SEAT WH ‘MON SENSE’ MSAGE
• THE MOST FAMO GAY POLICIANS
• 17 GAY SEX SNDALS THAT ROCKED AMERIN POLICS
• FIRST NGRSNAL RACE BETWEEN TWO GAY NOME MARKS PROGRS FOR LGBTQ NDIDAT
• RCHIE TORR BE FIRST GAY AO LATO ELECTED TO CONGRS
• MONDAIRE JON JOS RCHIE TORR AS FIRST GAY BLACK MEN ELECTED TO CONGRS
• ADAMS NAM PASTOR WH ANTI-GAY PAST TO TOP IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS POST
• PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL
• PROMENT ITALIAN POLICIAN VCENZO SPADAFORA OUT AS GAY DURG LIVE TV SHOW

IN A POLIL FIRST, TWO GAY NDIDAT FACE OFF NGRSNAL ELECTN

At least 1, 095 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people have n or are still nng for office at all levels this year, up om 1, 006 2020, acrdg to data om the LGBTQ Victory Fund. In New York, two gay ndidat — Democrat Robert Zimmerman and Republin Gee Santos — are nng to fill the seat vated by Democrat Tom Suozzi New York’s 3rd Congrsnal District.

Hoe, acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory this race guaranteed to rult a w for a gay ndidate, the oute of the electn will help terme whether Democrats hang on to their slim majory the Hoe. 'It was gog to happen sooner of later'The odds of a faceoff between two gay ndidat have gone up recent years, bee there’s been an crease LGBTQ ndidat at all levels of ernment. “It was gog to happen sooner or later, ” said Donald Hair-Markel, a polil science profsor at the Universy of Kansas and the thor of “Out and Runng: Gay and Lbian Candidat, Electns and Policy Reprentatn.

FIRST OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN ELECTED TO HOE WON LI SEAT WH ‘MON SENSE’ MSAGE

Patrick McMullan via Getty Imag fileZimmerman slammed Santos for his support of former Print Donald Tmp, who he said advoted a “homophobic, bigoted, ” agenda. “The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills have a chillg effect well beyond the borrs of Florida, ” he add, referrg to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law, which lims classroom stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty. “I am not for the state oversteppg the church, ” he Republins voted for the Rpect for Marriage Act the Hoe, and Santos said “that shows that the Republin party is far om homophobic.

Most are Democrats, and anti-Tmp fervor spurred many to Kirkpatrick for The New York TimThe number of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr elected officials has ntued to surge, growg by about 17 percent the last year to nearly 1, 000 natnwi — more than double the number jt four years ago, acrdg to a new annual ranks now clu two ernors, two Uned Stat senators, ne members of Congrs, 189 state legislators and 56 mayors, acrdg to the report om the L.

THE MOST FAMO GAY POLICIANS

Parker was one of the first openly gay mayors of a major Amerin is the fifth year that the stute has surveyed the natn, and total L. Santos will bee the first openly gay Republin elected to the Hoe — a handful of other ndidat me out after they were elected. But one LGBT activist argued was a “disgrace” for an out gay person to align himself wh the Republin Party that has fought agast gay rights.

Published on April 14, 2015 at 11:54 am by Lists Homosexualy has been a source of discrimatn for s, but the most famo gay policians have proven that your sexual orientatn don’t have to stand the way of your profsnal succs. Some of the wealthit photographers the world, which we featured a prev article, are openly gay and even foc their work on addrsg the issue of social discrimatn. ), where genr and sexualy are mostly explored wh an open md, policians n be very scpulo, g homosexualy as a weapon to stroy someone’s public image.

17 GAY SEX SNDALS THAT ROCKED AMERIN POLICS

So, let’s take a look at the most famo gay policians and how they’ve managed to uphold their reer by stayg te to themselv. She was already open about her sexual orientatn at that time and went on to bee the first gay person to be elected the Hoe of Reprentativ.

Reprentative of Rho Island’s 1st ngrsnal district sce 2010 is a firm believer openg up the bate on gay rights the untry. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir It’s one thg to be a pneer the lol polil landspe, but Jóhanna took urage and gay pri to the next level by openly admtg to her sexual orientatn 2009, whilst nng for the post of Prime Mister Iceland.

Annise Parker It’s difficult to image what life mt be like for an openly gay woman Hoton, Texas, but the odds seem to be growg their favour ever sce Annise Parker appeared on the polil scene. The most famo gay polician is Jared Polis The Colorado Congrsman is one of the most active advot for civil rights the U. Barney FrankColorado CongrsmanCongrsDavid CicilleFamo people that are gayFamo people that are homosexualFamo policians that are gayFamo policians that are homosexualFearls Campaignfirst gay person to be elected the Hoe of Reprentativgenr equalyhomosexualyHomosexualy policsInfluential people that are gayJared PolisJóhanna SigurðardóttirLGBT munyMayor of ProvinceNew York CongrsmanPeople that are openly gayPolicians that are openly gaypolicsPopular people that are open about beg gayPopular people that are open about their homosexualyPrime MisterRandy FlorkeSean Patrick MaloneyTammy Baldwthe most famo gay policiansU.

FIRST NGRSNAL RACE BETWEEN TWO GAY NOME MARKS PROGRS FOR LGBTQ NDIDAT

Many a gay sex sndal ret the urse of Amerin history and transformed the way natnal lears will be remembered for time immemorial. Pl Internatnal Airport known by thori as a popular spot for gay trysts saw s most notor occupant ever on June 11, 2007. The two never publicly acknowledged a sexual relatnship, but the closens earns scty even today, pecially wh Hoover's history of antagonizg gay people, but the FBI matas still that there was no evince Hoover was Foley Gets Too DeepHow much trouble did U.

Some historians nsir the men to be the first gay print and vice Brgs Down LBJ HonchoWalter Jenks served as Print Lyndon Johnson's chief of staff, and by many acunts was key to brgg the former Texas senator to his historic posn of power.

Alben Barkley that the Army handle such sndal by offerg an officer the tools for suici, acrdg to Charl Kaiser's The Gay Metropolis.

RCHIE TORR BE FIRST GAY AO LATO ELECTED TO CONGRS

But the cint would be jt one mark on a sndal-plagued reer and he would eventually rign due to tax evasn by SndalIt would be nice if the first out ngrsman to serve Washgton's halls of power fact ma his own cisn to make his homosexualy known to the world. He would go on to be an outspoken Hoe member supportg same-sex marriage and other gay rights long before public opn swung a directn helpful to LGBT Social Conservative to Out, Poz ActivistRepublin Congrsman Jon Hson started his reer as a young pol reprentg a socially nservative area of Mississippi. At the Tribe Film Ftival 2009, sent rippl across the polil world for intifyg several allegedly closeted policians as gay.

In the wake of the Larry Craig sndal (see earlier this list), Dick suggted that policians who were a posn to vote agast gay rights spe beg gay themselv served special scty and srn.

MONDAIRE JON JOS RCHIE TORR AS FIRST GAY BLACK MEN ELECTED TO CONGRS

Fallg From the Bully PulpTed Haggard wasn't jt your n-of-the-l relig lear exposed as a hypocre when a gay sex sndal brought him down 2006. Bh, the man had practilly ma a reer of rallyg churchgoers around anti-LGBT polil , fightg agast same-sex marriage and labelg gay sex as an act nmned by God.

ADAMS NAM PASTOR WH ANTI-GAY PAST TO TOP IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS POST

"I didn't want to adm to my folks I didn't have a date for a dance, ” he 68, Zimmerman is an openly gay man who has experienced firsthand a changg social climate both his neighborhood and natnally.

PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL

“Growg up as a closeted gay kid the '70s, I never dreamed we'd have a member of the LGBTQ+ muny reprentg Long Island and Queens, ” Zimmerman said.

Of the 11 openly LGBTQ reprentativ servg the Hoe and Senate, all are said Santos reprents growg variety wh the Republin Party, as well as the LGBTQ muny, 14% of which voted for Tmp the 2020 electn, acrdg to a poll by the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn. “I am openly gay, have never had an issue wh my sexual inty the past , and I n tell you and assure you, I will always be an advote for LGBTQ folks. Rchie Torr has won his Hoe race for New York’s 15th Congrsnal District, makg him the first gay Ao Lato person elected to was all but certa to w his ep-blue Hoe district.

"Tonight we ma history, " Torr tweeted Tuday night, llg "the honor of a lifetime to reprent a borough filled wh sential workers who risked their liv so that New York Cy uld live" durg the uld be joed by Mondaire Jon, who's currently ahead his race for New York's 17th Congrsnal District, as the first gay Black members of, 32, a Bronx native, is the youngt member of the New York Cy Council, where he has advoted for better public hog and programs to addrs racially ncentrated poverty. ”Mulls sisted his now-leted ment was reference to Torr’ “dangero polici and worldview, ” not his out polician has also squared off agast fellow Cy Council member Ruben Diaz Sr., his opponent the, 77, a Pentestal mister, has referred to gay people as “cursed” and voted agast legalizg same-sex marriage 2009 and 2011 as a member of the New York State Senate. Last year, Diaz scribed the New York Cy Council, which has five openly LGBTQ members, as beg "ntrolled by the homosexual muny.

PROMENT ITALIAN POLICIAN VCENZO SPADAFORA OUT AS GAY DURG LIVE TV SHOW

”After the ment, Torr worked wh Cy Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who is also gay, to strip Diaz of mtee is the first openly gay elected official om the Bronx and blam Diaz for fosterg a “homophobic culture” the borough. ”A rerd 26 openly gay ndidat for the Hoe and Senate were on the ballot Tuday, acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which advot for and tras out elected reprentativ. "Growg up poor, Black and gay, I never imaged someone like me uld n for Congrs, let alone w, " he said after handily wng a crowd eight-way primary July.

Openly LGBTQ+ Ao-Latx Rchie Torr is currently leadg agast homophobic and transphobic Tmp supporter Ruben Diaz, Sr., the 15th ngrsnal district. He told The Advote the race was "the crazit possible race at the crazit possible moment" large part due to the ndidacy of Ruben Diaz, Sr., a man he scribed as "the most proment homophobe New York Cy polics. "In the 243-year history of the Uned Stat, there still has not been an out gay, Black member of Congrs, " Jon wrote an op-ed for Out about gettg the race.

Mayor Adams has named a ntroversial pastor wh a history of anti-gay views to a top post his admistratn handlg immigrant affairs, the Daily News has Rev.