An Arizona state senator revealed that he was gay on Wednday, sayg he felt pelled to make his sexual orientatn public bee of the recent battle over legislatn the state that would have allowed bs to refe sevic to homosexuals.
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- ARIZONA LEGISLATN PROMPTS STATE SENATOR TO REVEAL HE IS GAY
- DEEP TMP UNTRY, NEVADA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY, LATO MAYOR LEADS A BLUE-LEANG CY
ARIZONA LEGISLATN PROMPTS STATE SENATOR TO REVEAL HE IS GAY
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PHOENIX (Rters) - An Arizona state senator revealed that he was gay on Wednday, sayg he felt pelled to make his sexual orientatn public bee of the recent battle over legislatn the state that would have allowed bs to refe sevic to disclosure by Democratic Mory Whip Steve Gallardo as he is vyg to replace retirg Reprentative Ed Pastor.
“I thought was important right now to say, ‘I’m gay.
“It jt h me that this will affect me directly and that I had to let everyone know that I was gay, ” said Gallardo, who was first elected to the Arizona legislature 2002. Gallardo be one of a small number of openly gay members at the state legislature, jog Senator Robert Meza of Phoenix and Reprentative Demn Cl of Tucson.
DEEP TMP UNTRY, NEVADA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY, LATO MAYOR LEADS A BLUE-LEANG CY
) is jog the Congrsnal LGBT Equaly Cc as s former member of the Arizona Hoe of Reprentativ has been a champn for LGBT rights, fightg agast anti same-sex marriage nstutnal amendments and a state Senate bill that would have allowed bs owners to assert their relig beliefs and ny service to gay and lbian ctomers. "Congrsman Ruben Gallego is new to Congrs this year, but he is not new to champng lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly, " JoDee Wterhof, Vice Print for Policy and Polil Affairs at the Human Rights Campaign, said a news release.
His first victory 2016, won by jt 100 vot, not only ma him the state’s youngt mayor at 25, but also Nevada’s first openly gay, Lato mayor — a w he did not expect this ral, northeastern Nevada cy ntled Elko County, one of the state’s most nservative his driv home, Corona ually slowed to glance up at Wendover Will. A close-kn muny which everyone knows one another by one to two gre of separatn, Wt Wendover is a place where neighbors leave groceri on the doorsteps of fai stgglg fancially whout beg asked, rints Corona told people high school that he was gay, he was forted by how acceptg most of his classmat were.