Jared Polis, first openly gay man elected ernor, weds Marlon Reis

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• COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB
• WHAT 'S LIKE BEG AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
• COLORADO'S OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR SIGNS HISTORIC LGBTQ PROTECTNS INTO LAW
• IN COLORADO, JARED POLIS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ELECTED GOVERNOR
• COLORADO'S JARED POLIS ULD MAKE HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
• COLORADO’S JARED POLIS MAK HISTORY AS FIRST JEWISH AND AS OPENLY GAY ERNOR
• COLORADO GOV. JARED POLLIS, NATN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR, IS ENGAGED TO LONGTIME PARTNER MARLON REIS
• ANTI-LGBTQ FORC WARN THAT COLORADO'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR IS A THREAT TO CHRISTIANS
• COLORADO'S GAY GOVERNOR WR TAYLOR SWIFT AN EPIC OPEN LETTER
• COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?
• COLORADO VOTERS ELECT JARED POLIS, NATN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
• AS COLORADO SWEARS IN AN OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR, HOW ONE COUPLE QUIETLY CHANGED MDS ON LGBT ISSU

COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB

Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected ernor the Uned Stat, on Sunday cried Saturday's “horrific” adly shootg at a Colorado Sprgs LGBTQ nightclub. He first won elected office 2008 and beme, his words, “the first openly gay parent to w a seat Congrs. In addn to beg Colorado's first openly gay ernor, he is also the state's first Jewish ConcepcnSummer Concepcn is a polics reporter for NBC News.

The breakout star of the ntt to bee the Democratic party’s nomee the 2020 race for the Whe Hoe is Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and the first openly gay elected official to n for print. ”In 1978, jt 26% of Amerins said they would vote for a gay or lbian ndidate, acrdg to pollster Gallup.

There is livg proof of this warp speed transformatn Colorado, which ls than three s has gone om notoriety as a homophobic “hate state” to electg Ameri’s first openly gay ernor.

WHAT 'S LIKE BEG AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR

“This is a much higher-profile posn, and of urse nng as an openly gay uple, that gave an even higher profile, ” says Reis.

‘This is a much higher-profile posn, and of urse nng as an openly gay uple, that gave an even higher profile.

“When I was growg up there were people on televisn that reprented stereotyp of what people associated beg gay wh and was tertg, you viewed through a tunnel visn, ” he rells, addg that when he was high school, he felt “GSAs – gay straight allianc – didn’t exist; at least at my school they weren’t prent”. She said: ‘When I signed up to have a gay bt iend I thought that you would be takg me out shoppg, ’ and I said: ‘I n’t stand shoppg.

COLORADO'S OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR SIGNS HISTORIC LGBTQ PROTECTNS INTO LAW

”But would an openly gay ndidate have been nceivable when you were growg up here?

I went out and bought every book on homosexualy. All I knew was homosexuals were creepy moltg typ. It was set up by Tim Gill, a wealthy software veloper who, along wh Polis, Pat Stryker and Rutt Bridg – Colorado’s “gang of four” – spent many lns of dollars on gay rights and other liberal , helpg turn Colorado’s general assembly om Republin to Democratic 2004.

”Polis’s sexualy was important to gay rights activists but no one else, Caldara add. Nobody I know on the right is upset bee he’s gay; we’re upset bee he’s stroyg the state of Colorado and turng to California. ”Back at the vio rerdg, an terviewer asks him directly: “How do feel to be the first openly gay man elected ernor the Uned Stat?

IN COLORADO, JARED POLIS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ELECTED GOVERNOR

Eric Marc, creator and host of the Makg Gay History podst, says: “It’s a non-story but I also feel very exced ’s a non-story.

Is Ameri ready for a gay print? Colorado beme the 18th state to outlaw gay nversn therapy on Friday.

The natn's first openly gay ernor signed a seri of LGBTQ protectns to law on Friday, addg his state to a host of others recent months that have moved to expand LGBTQ rights the Tmp era. Democratic Governor of Colorado Jared Polis signed two bills passed by the state legislature that allow for transgenr and non-bary dividuals to more easily change the genr listed on official documents and prohib the practice of gay nversn therapy, a wily discreded approach to reformg one's sexual two measur are "an acknowledgment om the State of Colorado that beg gay is not somethg that needs to be cured, " acrdg to State Senator Steve Fenberg, one of the bills' -sponsors who spoke wh Newsweek jt after the signg ceremony. Colorado is now the 18th state to outlaw gay nversn therapy for mors, jog LGBTQ advot and the medil muny rebg a practice seen as scientifilly unsound and harmful to patients.

COLORADO'S JARED POLIS ULD MAKE HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR

Voters Colorado have ma Jared Polis the natn's first openly gay elected ernor.

In Colorado, Democrat Jared Polis has bee the first openly gay person to be elected as a state's ernor. I mean, when to fixg our roads and rcg traffic, don't matter if you're gay or straight.

COLORADO’S JARED POLIS MAK HISTORY AS FIRST JEWISH AND AS OPENLY GAY ERNOR

POLIS: Well, you know, aga, on the one hand, I'm a ltle surprised that all the natnal media seems to be first gay ernor. And that got prs, I thk, The Tim of Israel or Haaretz but not - and maybe the Intermounta Jewish News So you're makg ternatnal headl, Well, that's on the gay si, too. He is the natn's first openly gay elected ernor.

But Jared Polis didn’t talk about his personal a year which ndidat across the untry are sharg tal of their health ailments and job layoffs, racial discrimatn and childre stggl, Polis -- who uld make history next week as the first openly gay man to w a U. ABC News has intified an addnal 22 ndidat who intify as members of the LGBTQ muny nng as the major party nomee Hoe and Senate rac file to Civic Center Park for Denver's PriFt June 16, Cross/Denver Post via Getty ImagTo Polis however, already the first openly gay man to be out when first elected to the Hoe of Reprentativ, such progrs is not unual, at least his home state. 6 marg stripped legal protectn for homosexual, lbian and bisexual rints on the basis of their sexual orientatn.

Havg a gay ernor don't make everythg else go away.

COLORADO GOV. JARED POLLIS, NATN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR, IS ENGAGED TO LONGTIME PARTNER MARLON REIS

The appearance of homophobic bumper stickers agast Polis were reported the town of Eagle, Colorado, and police have loted a person of tert, acrdg to Fox's Denver affiliate as for his sexual orientatn's impact at the polls, the Democrat was adamant that voters are foced on the bigger picture.

ANTI-LGBTQ FORC WARN THAT COLORADO'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR IS A THREAT TO CHRISTIANS

Jared Polis walks past a set of Colorado state flags after his guratn as the first openly gay U. The Democrat ernor’s guratn Tuday as the first openly gay U.

COLORADO'S GAY GOVERNOR WR TAYLOR SWIFT AN EPIC OPEN LETTER

Jared Polis greets stunt artists after his guratn as the first openly gay U. Jared Polis, left, lghs wh his partner, Marlon Reis, center, and their son, Caspian, durg his guratn as the first openly gay U. John Hickenlooper durg the guratn of Jared Polis as the first openly gay U.

Jared Polis, left, jok wh his son, Caspian, durg his guratn as the first openly gay U. Jared Polis giv a speech after beg gurated as the first openly gay U.

DENVER | Democrat Jared Polis’ guratn Tuday as the first openly gay U.

COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?

Leang over a whe metal barri, Todd Grove, 55, of Denver was amazed that a gay man was beg sworn as ernor 25 years after Colorado was dubbed the “hate state” when voters passed a measure to ban anti-discrimatn laws that protect gay people. ”Polis, Colorado’s 43rd ernor, ma history January 2019 when he was sworn as the natn’s first openly gay ernor.

)In 2011, when announcg the birth of the uple’s first son, Caspian Juli, then-Congrsman Polis beme the first openly gay parent Congrs.

-elect Jared Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected ernor, to ph a false narrative ptg relign agast the LGBTQ muny. Specifilly, they have leveraged the story of anti-gay Colorado baker Jack Phillips -- who went all the way to the Supreme Court a se volvg his refal to bake a ke for a gay uple -- to say that the state is persecutg Christians and that Polis’ electn would rult relig people losg their rights. After Polis’ historic w, The Daily Wire’s Pl Bois published an article headled “Colorado Elects First Openly Gay Governor In U.

COLORADO VOTERS ELECT JARED POLIS, NATN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR

Gay” dichotomy to g up sympathy for dividuals and groups who wish to discrimate agast LGBTQ people by cg their fah. The majory of Amerins believe that homosexualy should be accepted -- cludg majori of most relig groups.

AS COLORADO SWEARS IN AN OPENLY GAY GOVERNOR, HOW ONE COUPLE QUIETLY CHANGED MDS ON LGBT ISSU

Almost 1, 300 fah lears filed an amic brief fendg the gay uple at the center of the Masterpiece Cakhop se and nmng the e of “relig eedom” arguments to discrimate agast LGBTQ people. ”Swift then referred to her 2019 song “You Need to Calm Down” which featur lyrics like “e sha never ma anybody ls gay” and had numero LGBTQ+ celebri the song’s mic vio. And when Indiana passed the Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act, which was lambasted by LGBTQ advot for allowg bs to discrimate agast gay people, McAuliffe went to the Midwt to pch his state and even took out full-page ads tellg people to e to Virgia.