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- MAYOR JIM WATSON OFFICIALLY OUT AS GAY
- OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY
- "THIS IS MY FIRST DAY AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN", MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY
- OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY AFTER 40 YEARS
- OTTAWA MAYOR PHG BACK AGAST HOMOPHOBIA AFTER G OUT AS GAY
MAYOR JIM WATSON OFFICIALLY OUT AS GAY
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(Judy Trh/CBC)Jt a day before Pri celebratns Ottawa officially kick off, Ottawa's Mayor Jim Watson has e out as an openly gay said on Saturday was time to share his secret wh the cy after 40 years of worryg about how his nstuents, iends and fay would react. "I've been thkg about for 40 years … I've known I was gay sce I was a teenager, " he said. "He said he chose to e out bee was "the right thg to do, " but wish he'd told everyone Jim Watson explas makg this cisnMayor Jim Watson officially reveals he's gayMayor Jim Watson officially reveals he's gay"My hope is … hopefully will make easier for some young people who are havg doubts about whether they should say anythg, " he said.
"Watson said he's the only openly gay mayor of a cy Ontar, and the first said the reactn to his announcement has been mostly Sabour, the chair of Capal Pri, said took a lot of urage for Watson to e out. Longtime Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson me out as gay a lumn the Ottawa Cizen on Saturday, wrg that the announcement was “better late than never.
OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY
There were virtually no rourc for LGBTQ stunts to seek guidance or help, he wrote, and he uldn’t remember ever meetg an openly gay stunt before llege.
“My reluctance has not allowed me to live my life as full of love and adventure as my gay iends who were bolr and braver than I ever was. After nearly 40 years, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has officially e out as gay. "I've known I was gay sce I was a teenager, " said Watson.
"THIS IS MY FIRST DAY AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN", MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY
“This is my first day as an openly gay man, ” said Watson.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he should have e out as gay sooner.
OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY AFTER 40 YEARS
OTTAWA - After 40 years, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has e out as gay. Watson says he was spired to wre the lumn after he raised the pri flag at cy hall durg the 2014 Olympic Gam Rsia to show solidary wh LGBTQ athlet who feared the Rsian ernment's views on homosexualy. Perhaps would have enuraged him not to wa nearly four s to e out as gay.
OTTAWA MAYOR PHG BACK AGAST HOMOPHOBIA AFTER G OUT AS GAY
“I’m gay, ” he wrote. The mayor isn’t the only one Ottawa fightg back agast homophobia the cy.
Watson said ’s important for LGBTQ supporters to keep holdg Pri events and phg back agast homophobia. The mayor noted his lumn that there weren’t any LGBTQ clubs or Gay-Straight Allianc for him to jo when he was high school. Watson said he hop his cisn to e out as gay at the age of 58 will help young Canadians learn om his experience.