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Commentary
These are the out or LGBTQ ally political figures you can expect to make headlines in 2021
Malcolm Kenyatta, Scott Wiener, and Mondaire Jones are among those you can expect to be at the forefront of politics in the new year.
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News (USA)
Colorado’s First Gentleman hospitalized with worsening COVID infection
Out Governor Jared Polis still has mild symptoms, but his partner Marlon Reis has taken a turn for the worse.
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Politics
Colorado Governor Jared Polis & his husband diagnosed with COVID-19
Polis has faced stiff pushback from Republicans in his state because of measures he took to slow the spread of the pandemic.
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News (USA)
Out Colorado governor will pardon thousands convicted of marijuana charges
Governor Jared Polis (D) will mass pardon anyone convicted in a state court of low-level marijuana possession charges.
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Politics
Colorado’s out governor signs four pro-LGBTQ bills, ensuring it’s no longer “the Hate State”
One of the bills bans the gay and transgender panic defenses.
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Politics
Truck painted with “OPEN OUR GYMS F****T” cruises Colorado to protest safer-at-home order
Governor Jared Polis is gay. The alleged driver’s Facebook page features him in Confederate flag t-shirts showing off his muscles.
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Commentary
Coronavirus lockdown measures could destroy LGBTQ neighborhoods
Unclear, ever-changing orders could hurt small businesses in West Hollywood, while giant corporations have the capital to survive.
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News (USA)
Gay governor Jared Polis tweets Elon Musk to suggest he move his company to Colorado
Musk threatened to re-open his factory in California in defiance of coronavirus prevention measures and challenged the government to arrest him.
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News (USA)
A Republican compared coronavirus measures to Nazis. His gay, Jewish governor wasn’t having it.
“We act to save lives — the exact opposite of the slaughter of 6 million Jews.”
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News (USA)
170 trans inmates are suing out Gov. Jared Polis for rape & assault in Colorado’s prisons
Often transgender women are placed in solitary confinement “for their own protection,” something which is tantamount to psychological torture.