b 27 December 1961
Tag Archives: gay politicians
18 October: Tim Gill, Activist/ Political Donor
b. October 18, 1953
Tim Gill founded the highly successful computer company Quark, Inc. and created the Gill Foundation, one of the first major foundations to benefit the GLBT community.
Tim Gill got hooked on computers when his high school acquired its first computer. It wasn’t long until he taught himself to create complex programs. Instead of following in his father’s footsteps as a physician as he had originally planned, he majored in applied mathematics and computer science at the University of Colorado.
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Gay Candidate David Norris Wins Irish Presidency Nomination
Ireland’s most prominent gay rights campaigner has secured the nomination to stand for the Irish presidency after winning the support of Dublin city council.
Senator David Norris, a Trinity College Dublin academic, will stand against six other candidates, including Martin McGuinness, the former IRA chief of staff turned Sinn Féin deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, and the former Eurovision song contest winner Dana Rosemary Scallon.In a vote on Tuesday night, 13 councillors backed Norris, six opposed his nomination and 11 abstained.
He only needed Dublin city’s backing to put his name forward before Wednesday’s noon deadline for nominations. Under Ireland’s electoral laws potential presidential candidates need either the support of 20 parliamentarians or the backing of four local authorities in order to stand for the poll in October.
Norris said he was “absolutely thrilled and over the moon. I believe I will be the next president of Ireland”.”
and from CNN:
Sen. David Norris completed an extraordinary comeback Tuesday, securing the political backing he needed to get onto the ballot after withdrawing over a sex scandal in August, then changing his mind and jumping back into the race.He leads the field, according to an opinion poll published in the Sunday Business Post this week, followed by Michael D. Higgins of the Labour Party and McGuinness, the Sinn Fein politician who stepped down as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland to run for president of the republic.
Sep 28: John Perez, State Legislator and Speaker
“Yes I’m gay, and I’m a politician. It’s a descriptor. I don’t think it’s a definer.”
John A. Pérez, State Legislator
“Yes I’m gay, and I’m a politician. It’s a descriptor. I don’t think it’s a definer.”
- “3 Questions for Assemblyman John Pérez.” SFGate. 3 January 2010.
- Bailey, Eric, and Shane Goldmacher. “Politics is part of John Pérez ‘s DNA.” The Los Angeles Times.17 December 2009.
- Bajko, Matthew S. “Political Notes: Gay Latino labor activist set to make history.” The Bay Area Reporter Online. 10 April 2008.
- Dolan, Jack. “John Pérez Sworn in as Assembly Speaker.” The Los Angeles Independent. 1 March 2010.
- “John Pérez sworn in as Assembly speaker.” PolitiCal. 1 March 2010.
- Zahniser, David. “Villaraigosa’s cousin enters Assembly race.” The Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2008.
First gay Turk elected to German Parliament (Armenia News)
“Hakan Tas – a journalist and gay rights activists was elected to Berlin Parliament from The Left (Die Linke) party.
In his interview to Turkish Hurriyet Daily News Tas noted that Turkish President Abdullah Gul congratulated him during his visit to Germany.”
“People in Germany are used to gay politicians; the mayor of Berlin is gay, as is Germany’s ministry of foreign affairs. As a rough estimate, we assume that some 8 percent of the 2.5 million Turks here are gay. However, not everyone is open about their sexual identity and this is not an easy thing to do,” Tas said.
He mentioned that about five thousand people joined the annual gay parade held in Istanbul.
Tas characterized the banning the access to two major LGBT sites, the official websites of gay organizations Kaos GL and LambdaIstanbul by the Turkish Parliament as violation of human rights.
“That’s definitely against human rights and it is a big mistake by the Parliament. These are legal associations approved by Turkish authorities. Turkey needs to let its politicians do politics freely.”
Out in Politics: Gay Republican Elected to City Ward.
Cory Jobe, an openly gay Republican, was elected alderman of the Ward 6 in Springfield on April 5, according to the State Journal-Register.