As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world.
Contents:
- 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
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR F SCHOOL DISTRICT $1.5MILLN FOR REJECTG TEXTBOOK MATERIALS MENTNG LATE OPENLY GAY POLICIAN
- MRA HEALEY BE FIRST GAY WOMAN ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
- COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?
COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB
Colorado Gov. 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. * openly gay governer *
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.
WHAT 'S LIKE BEG AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
Only 26% of Amerins said they would vote for a gay or lbian ndidate 40 years ago. But as Colorado’s Jared Polis has disvered, is now a non-issue for many voters<br> * openly gay governer *
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.
“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.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
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“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.
”But would an openly gay ndidate have been nceivable when you were growg up here?
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR F SCHOOL DISTRICT $1.5MILLN FOR REJECTG TEXTBOOK MATERIALS MENTNG LATE OPENLY GAY POLICIAN
A school district southern California will be fed $1.5 ln after rejectg a curriculum that clud Harvey Milk, the pneerg gay rights lear whom the school board’s print has lled a “pedophile”. * openly gay governer *
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.
MRA HEALEY BE FIRST GAY WOMAN ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
Democratic Atty. Gen. Mra Healey has been elected ernor of Massachetts, makg history as the state’s first woman and first openly gay ndidate elected to the office. * openly gay governer *
”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?
COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?
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?
Ta Kotek, the projected wner of the Oregon ernor's race, will be only the send woman elected to lead her, who was the first openly gay attorney general elected the untry 2014, was prevly a civil rights lawyer.
In Colorado, the natn’s first openly gay ernor, Jared Polis, was re-elected, trouncg Republin Heidi Ganahl 57. New York’s 3rd ngrsnal district saw history ma wh two gay men nng, Democrat Robert Zimmerman and Republin Gee Santos. Santos is an electn nier and supporter of Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” law.