Comments on: Gay freshman congressman Polis arrives in Washington

By: mike

mike — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:04:24 +0000

We are fortunate to have this very out, talented, and caring gay man in our national legislature. After hopping around the net to learn more about his interests, it’s great to see he’s a leader in education and the environment. That he’s come out against gays being targeted and murdered in Iraq has gotten that buried story the attention it deserves. Thank you Jared Polis. We couldn’t have a better guy represent us.

By: Alex-Michael

Alex-Michael — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:39:42 +0000

Mr.Polis may you have a long and successful run in the u.s congress and perhaps one day be a u.s. senator fighting for all of us in the LBGT community. congratulations!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:58:44 +0000

And don’t forget about all the wonderful gay-but-in-the-closet people in congress. The less people are in the closet, the more impact we have.

I was struck by a comment that an African American friend of mine said. “Your kind can hide, whereas my kind will face discrimination regardless of what we do.” In fact, if we are open about our sexuality in all circumstances, we are far more likely to be discriminated against that are any other currently recognized minority.

We must continue to push people to come out of the closet. Anyone who is in the closet is helping to subserve the rights of all sexually-oriented minorities.

By: Alexa

Alexa — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:54:04 +0000

The article’s 3rd paragraph is a bit misleading, however. Polis will be the third SITTING gay of the House, but not the third gay to sit in the House.

Studds, Kolbe, Foley all come to mind.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:45:28 +0000

the more gay members in our congress, better yet our government, the better it is for us. I think the election of Obama is a real turning point in the GLBT community. these are all just small building blocks that are going to help give us our rights.

By: DeGuyz

DeGuyz — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:32:43 +0000

The more the merrier. It really looks like a movement is taking place. Good thing for education. lets rewrite some more laws while we are at it. Good Luck!