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.
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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
- WATCH: MEET COLORADO'S FIRST GAY MARRIED STATE SENATOR
- WATCH: GAY COLORADO LAWMAKER TELLS CIVIL UNN OPPONENTS 'GET THEE TO A NUNNERY'
- GAY COLORADO BLOG
- POLIS, 1ST OPENLY GAY ERNOR ELECTED, MARRI COLORADO
COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB
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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.
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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> * gay colorado senator *
”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. “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.
WATCH: MEET COLORADO'S FIRST GAY MARRIED STATE SENATOR
Colorado state senator Jsie Ulibarri married Louis Tjillo Thursday afternoon, makg him the first legally married gay member of the state legislature. * gay colorado senator *
“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?
WATCH: GAY COLORADO LAWMAKER TELLS CIVIL UNN OPPONENTS 'GET THEE TO A NUNNERY'
Openly gay Denver Democrat, Sen. Pat Steadman, relied on some Shakpearean rhetoric ttimony nsirg his legislatn that would create civil unns Colorado. * gay colorado senator *
I went out and bought every book on homosexualy.
All I knew was homosexuals were creepy moltg typ.
GAY COLORADO BLOG
Baer, who helped craft Hillary Clton's famed gay rights speech, aimed to be the first out gay man the U.S. Senate, but he says Hickenlooper has the bt chance of wng. * gay colorado senator *
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? 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.
POLIS, 1ST OPENLY GAY ERNOR ELECTED, MARRI COLORADO
Is Ameri ready for a gay print? Colorado state senator Jsie Ulibarri and his partner were among the roughly three dozen same-sex upl who legally married after a unty clerk Boulr announced that her office would issue marriage licens to gay and lbian upl the wake of a Wednday lg om a feral appeals urt strikg down Utah's ban on same-sex Colorado's legislature has eight out LGBT reprentativ, Ulibarri is the first to get legally married to his partner the state of Colorado -- which still enforc a nstutnal amendment approved by voters 2006 banng same-sex marriage.
“Our cultural mastream unrstandg and acceptance of lbian and gay people has progrsed much more than our unrstandg of bi and trans people, and this electn cycle has been really important. Hodg cisn legalized gay marriage natnwi.