Former New Jersey Gov. Jam McGreevey, who rigned om office after revealg that he was gay and had an affair wh a male staffer, is seekg ctody of his 5-year-old dghter and child support om his tranged wife.
Contents:
- NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR RIGNS AFTER ADMTG GAY AFFAIR
- WHERE 'GAY AMERIN' JIM MCGREEVEY IS, 10 YEARS LATER
- GAY FORMER N.J. ERNOR REVIS DIVORCE SU
- THE MAKG OF A GAY AMERIN
- AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR FDS A NEW LLG
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR RIGNS AFTER ADMTG GAY AFFAIR
Droppg a polil bombshell, New Jersey Gov. Jam McGreevey announced his rignatn Thursday after revealg that he is gay and that he had an adultero affair wh a man. * governor of new jersey gay *
Dpe two marriag and two children, the 47-year-old Democrat said the end he realized he was homosexual.
“My tth is that I am a gay Amerin, ” he said. But he said he had allowed himself to bee volved an adultero homosexual affair, an act that vlated his marriage vows and prompted his rignatn.
WHERE 'GAY AMERIN' JIM MCGREEVEY IS, 10 YEARS LATER
Two years after ex-New Jersey ernor Jim McGreevey stunned the untry by announcg he was gay, he talks to Jeanne Marie Laskas about livg the lie * governor of new jersey gay *
McGreevey said he felt the affair and his homosexualy would leave the ernor’s office vulnerable to “mors” and stead he felt he should openly adm both. TRENTON – Ten years after he announced that he was a "gay Amerin" and would rign om office after a sndal-plagued stt as New Jersey ernor, Jim McGreevey is back ernment, this time mostly as an evangelist for prison reform. 12, 2004, is " the rearview mirror, " he said, and he do not see himself as a gay rights trailblazer, though he remas the only person to have served as a ernor while openly gay.
"When McGreevey officially left office three months after beg the natn's first — and so far only — openly gay ernor, Massachetts had jt bee the first state to regnize same-sex marriage. Now, 19 stat, cludg New Jersey, McGreevey announced he was gay, there were jt a handful of openly lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr elected officials the unty. Now there are about 500 by the unt of the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund.
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THE MAKG OF A GAY AMERIN
McGreevey: "I am a gay Amerin.
Would you vote for a gay polician? Jam McGreevey announced his rignatn Thursday after revealg that he is gay and that he had an adultero affair wh a his wife standg by his si, McGreevey -- a father of two -- spoke lm ton as he scribed his stggle wh his sexualy, "a certa sense that separated me om others.
AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR FDS A NEW LLG
"And so, my tth is that I am a gay Amerin, " the Democrat said.
" Garn State Equaly, a gay rights group, lled McGreevey's g-out speech "poignant" and said s members' thoughts were wh the ernor and his fay. "We all know how difficult is to e out as openly gay, whether to fay or other loved on, " Garn State Equaly chairman Steven Goldste said. ”The new law mandat the state’s boards of tn to “provi stctn on the polil, enomic, and social ntributns of persons wh disabili and lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people an appropriate place the curriculum of middle school and high school stunts.
TRENTON – Today, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislatn (S2545) to tablish specific rights and protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, unsignated/non-bary, qutng, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) olr adults and people livg wh HIV long-term re facili.