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• DAVE HUTCHSON POISED TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY SHERIFF IN MIDWT
• MCGUFFEY BE HATON COUNTY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SHERIFF
• ARIZONA GAY SHERIFF PL BAB 'DATED MALE STUNT WHEN HE RAN TROUBLED BOARDG SCHOOL'
• CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ELECTS STATE’S FIRST GAY SHERIFF
• PHILALPHIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PUTY SHERIFF FOUND AD AT HIS SK APPARENT SUICI
• “A GAY OFFICER CGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS”
• SHE SAYS THE SHERIFF FIRED HER FOR BEG GAY. NOW, SHE'LL BE THE SHERIFF.
• POLICE CHIEF TO RETIRE OVER ALLEGED REMARKS ABOUT GAY PUTY'S COVID ATH

DAVE HUTCHSON POISED TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY SHERIFF IN MIDWT

Dave “Hutch” Hutchson on Wednday appeared to have narrowly feated three-term cumbent Sheriff Rich Stanek Hennep County, Mnota, all but guaranteeg his tle as the first openly gay sheriff the an credibly tight race, the 39-year-old veteran police officer clared an unofficial victory over Stanek, a Print Donald Tmp supporter whose crics say he was too amenable to feral immigratn early Wednday morng, 100 percent of the unty’s preccts had reported their electn rults, suggtg Hutchson had won roughly 2, 300 more vot than Stanek, a former Mnota Hoe some lol media outlets have lled the race for Hutchson, an official wner likely won’t be certified by the Mnota secretary of state’s office until Nov. "She said feared that if anybody found out that she was gay, cludg a former boss who she claimed to be "very homophobic, " then she would be fired or "never achieve rank. "In one alleged cint, McGuffey said that she went to e the rtroom the office and a -worker had vandalized the women's bathroom sign by g permanent marker to draw a circle around the female in and cross out, replacg wh a gay slur wrten across the she ma the admistratn aware of the cint, they lghed about , she said.

"McGuffey said that she was not "outed" until she was ced for a nontatn wh police outsi a gay bar Covgton, said that she and a group of iends had watched a llege basketball game, and that when they left around 11 p.

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MCGUFFEY BE HATON COUNTY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SHERIFF

”The rabow-wrapped pri patch — the first of s kd for a police partment Orange County — was a bold step what was long a famoly red Orange County — where former Print Reagan said good Republins go to die and where John Wayne cly allud to gay people as “perverted” — homophobia has long been on display. The cy of Costa Ma s ago nied a “gay church” perm to John Rule, who helped start the LGBTQ Center OC, now s 50th year.

ARIZONA GAY SHERIFF PL BAB 'DATED MALE STUNT WHEN HE RAN TROUBLED BOARDG SCHOOL'

Bumper stickers wh vlent, homophobic language were sold Huntgton Beach surf shops until the late 1980s.

“Back the early ’80s, was not an easy place to be an openly gay person, ” said Michael Losquadro, a gay man who serv as a rerve litenant the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. “Maybe there n be some good thgs out of , but I thk ultimately the most vulnerable people the muni — like queer people of lor, and LGBT muni — are the on that don’t necsarily benef om stutns like policg, ” Brooks centuri, laws and police agenci have opprsed the gay muny, raidg gay bars and prohibg cross-drsg. In 1969, thoands marched agast such discrimatn and the police btaly that acpanied New York the Stonewall uprisg, which marked the begng of the morn LGBTQ rights, lbian, gay, bisexual and queer youth and adults are six tim more likely than the general populatn to be stopped by the police, acrdg to data published May by the UCLA Williams Instute.

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ELECTS STATE’S FIRST GAY SHERIFF

But even gay police officers aren’t always wele among the broar LGBTQ muny. Losquadro, who once looked up the word “gay” a phone book and found the hotle for the Gay and Lbian Communy Servic Center of Orange County — the forenner to the LGBTQ Center — felt pecially shunned durg the 2019 event. As the first openly gay sheriff the Midwt, Hutchson c his narrow w over Stanek as part of a ph by the unty’s progrsive voters, particularly young voters and people of lor, who want to shake up unty learship.

Outed Arizona gay sheriff and ex-Romney ai 'dated teenage male stunt when he ran troubled boardg school a ago'Republin Pal County Sheriff Pl Bab nfirmed this month he's gay New allegatns stem om when he was head of Massachetts schoolDeni sexual relatnship wh 17-year-old boy while he was headmasterAlso ni allegatns that he threatened portatn of ex-lover 'Jose'Dropped out of Romney mpaign to foc on own ngrs mpaign It’s been a by fortnight for this Arizona sheriff and Mt Romney ai, who has e out as gay, nied threateng to port his ex-lover to Mexi and promised to ntue his bid for Pal County Sheriff Pl Bab, 43, is fightg allegatns he dated a 17-year-old male stunt while he was head of the now-closed DeSisto School Stockbridge, Massachetts, a boardg school ed ntroversial disciple methods such as ‘sheetg’, which forced stunts to remove their cloth and wear only a sheet, acrdg to former stunts and state rerds. Now-closed: DeSisto School Stockbridge, Massachetts allegedly ed ntroversial disciple methods such as 'sheetg', which forced stunts to remove their cloth and wear only a sheet Ser accatns: Bab, pictured wh Senator John McCa 2010, admted that he was gay this month Although eight former stunts claim Sheriff Bab had a relatnship wh the stunt, both men ny any appropriate or sexual bond at the school. The claims e after the notorly anti-immigratn ai to Republin printial ndidate Mr Romney left the mpaign after he was acced of threateng to port his ex-gay lover to Mexi.

PHILALPHIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PUTY SHERIFF FOUND AD AT HIS SK APPARENT SUICI

He said all the accatns the alternative weekly newspaper were ‘absolutely false, except to the issu that refer to me as beg gay’ and arose to mar his chanc of nng for ngrs. Racy profile: The Phoenix New Tim says this is the datg profile of Bab on gay se 'Unterred': Bab, who left his volunteer posn Romney's mpaign, will ntue to n for ngrsAn attorney for Jose didn't immediately return msag om MailOnle earlier this month over this.

CHAMPAIGN — Among the many other firsts natnwi this electn day, one was ma eastern Illois- Champaign County elected the state’s first openly gay unty sheriff. He’s the first Democratic sheriff years and the first openly gay sheriff. Philalphia's first openly gay Deputy Sheriff mted suici at his sk om an apparent gunshot wound on Friday, jt before the cy's weekend of pri celebratns were set to At, 27, was found ad at his sk at the Philalphia Sheriff's office.

“A GAY OFFICER CGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS”

He was our first openly gay puty sheriff and we promoted him to bee our first LGBTQ muny liaison May 2017. This is what is like to be a closeted gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr member of law enforcement.

The Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL) was formed 1982 New York to addrs the needs, issu, and ncerns of gay and lbian law enforcement personnel. Out To Protect is an anizatn that was created to spread awarens of the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr profsnals currently workg law enforcement, out or not. The lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr natnal hotle is a nonprof anizatn that provis support via telephone, onle chat, or email.

SHE SAYS THE SHERIFF FIRED HER FOR BEG GAY. NOW, SHE'LL BE THE SHERIFF.

Philly, the first LGBT liaison for the sheriff’s office Philalphia, and the only openly gay sheriff Philalphia, who go above and beyond the ll of duty to ensure trag is beg done to make better for the LGBT muny Philalphia wh their teractns wh Law Enforcement. I’ve never agreed wh the ncept of g out, I always said well if straight people don’t have to e out and say hey I’m straight why do I need to e out and say hey I’m gay… why n’t I live my life as eely as my straight unterparts. “Comg Out From Behd The Badge is a llectn of books about g out as lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr while workg law enforcement, the fire service, and EMS profsn.

Instead he cid to share his story and create rourc for other LGBT officers and cid to beg workg wh law enforcement profsnals who still stggle wh the homophobia that still exists policg. Law enforcement personnel who are gay, lbian, or bisexual have to have another kd of urage to be succsful a largely nservative and often tim homophobic profsn. ” But even law enforcement officers need good role mols to be succsful and this is particularly important for current or aspirg law enforcement officers who happen to be gay, lbian, or bisexual.

Law enforcement as a whole needs strong gay, lbian, and bisexual personnel to be out at work orr to rrect the misrmatn, misperceptns, and fns of what means have a sexual orientatn other than heterosexual. The police service has e a long way, as did society, but obvly there is more to be done if officers are still not nfint g out and still fear that homophobia still exists wh the ranks.

POLICE CHIEF TO RETIRE OVER ALLEGED REMARKS ABOUT GAY PUTY'S COVID ATH

This anizatn and the rourc provid pav the way for more officers to be open about their sexualy which turn will no longer be unual or unmon to have an openly gay senr police officer or high-rankg boss. “We now have transgenr police officers that want to live out and openly as transgenr police officers, and they have brought their unique experience on this job, ” said Detective Brian Downey, the print of the Gay Officers Actn League, or GOAL. So at this pot you’re probably wonrg where I am gog wh this and how do this relate to the liv and culture of LGBT police officers… Well, ’s no secret that many police partments end up unr scty for issu regardg discrimatn, homophobia, racism, and sexism.

In lson 6 we learned about the Stonewall rts and what happened when police raid gay bars and the muny fally took a stand.