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Contents:
- THIS GAY MICHIGAN STATE REP CANDIDATE DON’T KNOW HOW LONG HE HAS TO BUILD A BETTER STATE, BUT HE WON’T STOP TRYG
- REPUBLIN LAWMAKER WHO CLAIMED TO BE GAY FAC CALLS TO RIGN
- GAY MISSOURI LAWMAKER NONTS LLEAGUE: ‘GENTLEMEN, I AM NOT AAID OF YOU ANYMORE’
- GAY MISSOURI LAWMAKER TO GOP LLEAGUE: ‘I’M NOT AAID OF YOU ANYMORE’
- FOR ALABAMA’S ONLY GAY LAWMAKER, A POLIL DEFEAT WAS DEEPLY PERSONAL
- GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
- A FAR-RIGHT RSIAN MP IS HOSTG A GRIM ‘GUS WHO IS GAY’ TV SHOW
THIS GAY MICHIGAN STATE REP CANDIDATE DON’T KNOW HOW LONG HE HAS TO BUILD A BETTER STATE, BUT HE WON’T STOP TRYG
A Missouri lawmaker unload on a fellow GOP lleague behd a bill moled after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Rep. Ann Kelley sponsored Hoe Bill 634, which would ban sexual “classroom stctn by school personnel or third parti relatg to sexual orientatn or genr inty shall ... * gay state rep *
I., and the first openly gay mayor of a state pal -- has reprented Rho Island's First Congrsnal District sce 2011. She mak history as Kansas's first LGBTQ member of Congrs and the first gay Native Amerin woman elected to Congrs. Gay ngrsman Sean Patrick Maloney won reelectn 2018 to ntue reprentg New York's 18th District.
Mark Pon is a gay polician and former small-bs owner who first took office the U. As a State Hoe ndidate, Man believ ’s his bed lived and profsnal experienc that prepare him for elected office — whether that means livg wh a disabily, beg gay or experiencg life ral Michigan.
If no ndidate ws a majory of the vote, the lowt-rankg ndidate is elimated and the vot redistributed; the procs go on until someone has a has never had an out state legislator, but Johnny Ellis, a closeted gay man, was the legislature for 29 years -- 1987 to 1992 the Hoe and 1993 to 2016 the Senate. Ellis, a Democrat, me out as gay after retirg. "Although he wasn't out while servg, he certaly laid the groundwork for the first openly gay reprentative, " Gray says, addg, "I stand on his shoulrs.
REPUBLIN LAWMAKER WHO CLAIMED TO BE GAY FAC CALLS TO RIGN
There are currently seven openly gay members of the Hoe of Reprentativ, and there will be at least 24 LGBTQ ndidat vyg for Hoe seats on Nov. 3. * gay state rep *
Andrew Gray, a gay man, is nng for Alaska Hoe om District 20, verg part of Anchorage. Kameron Nelson, a gay man, hop to bee the first out gay male state legislator South Dakota, givg much-need reprentatn to the LGBTQ+ muny. This hort is also the most diverse yet, thanks to the electn of the first three Black and openly gay reprentativ.
But ’s a rerd — and more than 30 years sce the state’s first openly gay legislator served.
At Democrat Glen Maxey beme the first openly gay state reprentative 1991, when the HIV/AIDS epimic was ragg and the state’s law crimalizg homosexualy uld still be enforced. “In my first term, I had legislators who would jt yell out, ‘Don’t vote for the gay guy’s bill, ’” he relled.
GAY MISSOURI LAWMAKER NONTS LLEAGUE: ‘GENTLEMEN, I AM NOT AAID OF YOU ANYMORE’
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“And jt havg an openly gay person there who uld teract and make relatnships, or havg the symbol of the muny beg jt a regular hard-workg legislator, was a huge step forward for the muny. Bis Garcia, the other three hmen are also the Hoe’s first woman and men who are Black and openly gay: Reps.
Jolanda Jon was “stunned” to know that she’s the first Black and openly gay member of the Texas Hoe, havg won a special electn May. Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said.
GAY MISSOURI LAWMAKER TO GOP LLEAGUE: ‘I’M NOT AAID OF YOU ANYMORE’
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Fabian Basabe, a Miami Beach Republin, endured an April of sndal and accatns, one that arguably reached a climax wh LGBTQ+ activists chantg “shame” as he participated a Pri happened last month after Basabe skipped out on a vote on a six-week abortn ban and voted favor of an expansn of Florida’s so-lled “don’t say gay” law. @fabianbasabe2, an acced crimal who ran for office as a straight morate Republin married to a woman while clarg "I am a gay ndidate" #BeeMiami\u201d — Bee Miami (@Bee Miami).
When he ran for the Miami Beach Cy Commissn 2021, he said at the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Cc, “I am a Republin, and I am a gay ndidate nng for office Miami Beach. “We bombed bee they threw homosexuals off that buildg.
FOR ALABAMA’S ONLY GAY LAWMAKER, A POLIL DEFEAT WAS DEEPLY PERSONAL
“Our terrorist enemi hate homosexuals more than we do, ” he said to strs that the hatred of Republins supportg the bill isn’t the worst out there. Vio of the statement was posted to Twter by gay former state Rep. “Our terrorist enemi hate homosexuals MORE THAN WE DO.
GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
” The bill c the ary’s opposn to racism the workplace and the facts that “openly gay and bisexual men and women have been allowed to serve the ary” and “the ban on transgenr dividuals servg the ary was lifted” as exampl of “woke” ary polici. His speech after years of attacks on LGBTQ+ people’s rights om the Florida state legislature, cludg the state’s famo Don’t Say Gay bill, s ban on transgenr stunts participatg school sports, and s most recent bill to allow doctors to refe re for LGBTQ+ people. For example, they say that they are jt really ncerned wh fairns women’s sports or that anyone who oppos the Don’t Say Gay bill is a pedophile or supports pedophilia.
"Our terrorist enemi hate homosexuals more than WE DO. In other words…”we’re dog great wh our level of bigotry and hatred bee ISIS actually throws homos off buildgs, and at least we aren’t dog that yet. Do he really want a pat on the back for hatg homosexuals jt not que enough to murr ??
Sure the Florida legislature enacted the “Parental Rights” bill good fah, and not bee they hate gay people. In his closed-door posn last month, Ziegler told lawmakers that he is gay, and phed back agast the notn om some right-wg figur that his sexual orientatn fluenc his polics or his job. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda.
A FAR-RIGHT RSIAN MP IS HOSTG A GRIM ‘GUS WHO IS GAY’ TV SHOW
Hoe of Reprentativ uld more than double this year, as a rerd number of gay ndidat are nng for Congrs on Nov. “The diverse ndidat will brg their lived experienc to a body that sperately needs more unique perspectiv, ” Annise Parker, the fund’s print, told NBC are currently seven LGBTQ reprentativ the Hoe, all Democrats and all expected w re-electn: David Cicille of Rho Island; Chris Pappas of New Hampshire; Sean Patrick Maloney of New York; Mark Pon of Wisns; Angie Craig of Mnota; Mark Takano of California; and Sharice Davids of Kansas, who beme first openly gay Native Amerin woman Congrs are two LGBTQ U.
“It's somethg that I've been fightg for and will ntue to ph forward, to fend immigrants, to fend immigrant rights, to move this untry to start addrsg prehensive immigratn reform, ” she told NBC is part of a trend of LGBTQ ndidat of lor this electn cycle, one that clus attorney Mondaire Jon and New York Cy Council member Rchie Torr, Democrats who are highly favored to w New York’s 17th and 15th Congrsnal districts, they prevail, Jon and Torr will be the first Black gay men elected to Congrs. The 39-year-old Iraq War veteran would be the first openly gay reprentative om Texas and the first Filipo Amerin woman years ago, she lost to Republin cumbent Will Hurd by ls than 1, 000 vot.