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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
- COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?
- MEET CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR — FOR A FEW HOURS, ANYWAY
- WELE TO THE TOWN OF GAY, GA
- POLIS, 1ST OPENLY GAY ERNOR ELECTED, MARRI COLORADO
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
- MRA HEALEY IS FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST OUT GAY PERSON ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
- A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
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. * gay 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.
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.
WHAT 'S LIKE BEG AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR
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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.
“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. ”But would an openly gay ndidate have been nceivable when you were growg up here?
COLORADO’S GOT A GAY GOVERNOR. WHO CAR?
Colorado elected a rich, gay, Jewish ernor. It’s eher a historic moment or progrs-wh-a-shg — or both. * gay gov *
I went out and bought every book on homosexualy.
MEET CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR — FOR A FEW HOURS, ANYWAY
Toni Atks beme California's first openly gay ernor on Wednday -- for a perd of roughly ne hours. * gay gov *
All I knew was homosexuals were creepy moltg typ.
WELE TO THE TOWN OF GAY, GA
Colorado's Jared Polis, who beme the first openly gay man the Uned Stat to be elected ernor 2018, has married his longtime partner and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a wrer and animal welfare advote. Polis, 46, and Reis, 40, were married a tradnal Jewish ceremony attend by fay and iends Boulr on Wednday, the ernor's office said. Rabbi Tirzah Firtone officiated. * gay gov *
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?
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
Benjam Rasmsen for The New York TimColorado elected a rich, gay, Jewish ernor.
— On Tuday, the first openly gay man elected ernor Amerin history was sworn , his partner at his si.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
Constuents voted for him by a more-than-10-pot marg, a state whose swg on gay rights the last three s n be scribed as a plete about-face. Even Colorado, once known as the “Hate State” for s anti-gay polici, Mr. Polis's gayns was “tertgly untertg to voters, ” as the nservative lumnist Gee F.
MRA HEALEY IS FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST OUT GAY PERSON ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
Polis, 43, a five-term ngrsman om a district that clus Boulr and Fort Colls as well as ral and mounta muni, has been shgggly, who-r gay for years.
He do not nform to the clichéd gay stereotyp: He’s a techie nerd wh thng hair and an ungymmed physique, ever-prent blue sneakers and a wtern belt.
Polis was first elected to Congrs 2008, though, the ual prenceptns about gay men preced him. “All gay men are stylish, they dance well, they yada yada yada.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
The last gay ernor, Jim McGreevey of New Jersey, stepped down after announcg both his gayns and the affair that led to his rignatn. “There’s not a lot of gay people but they probably unrstand that.
A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
They said, ‘My hairdrser of 30 years is gay. “It filled up a whole wall, ” he of the attacks were anti-Semic rather than homophobic, Mr. Polis mentned the anti-gay sentiment he faced durg last year’s mpaign: sign facgs Eagle County, letters to the edor Walsenburg, homophobic slurs wrten shavg cream on his r.