“In one of election night’s many firsts, Colorado elected Jared Polis, who will be the country’s first openly gay governor. Not only is Polis open about his sexuality, he has a long-term partner named Marlon Reis.
The realization that there wouldn’t just be a barrier-breaking gay man in the governor’s mansion, but a gay couple, was not lost on Polis’ supporters.
They went nuts when Polis introduced Reis as the state’s “first, first man” during his victory speech.
“I want to thank … my personal support network – first and foremost, of course, my amazing partner, and the first ‘first man’ in the history of Colorado, Marlon Reis,” Polis said to a cheering crowd.
Polis didn’t say much else for a while after that, because the applause kept going and going.”
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