Allan Spear 1937-2008: 1st out gay legislator was respected and influential
Qnews Oct 13 08Source: St Paul Pioneer Press , Minneapolis Star Tribune Former Minnesota state Sen. Allan Spear, 71, who died Saturday, left a legacy as one of Minnesota's most influential lawmakers and as the nation's first openly gay man to serve in a state legislature. Spears took great personal and political risk in 1974 when he announced that he was gay. Gay and lesbian Minnesotans lived in a state much less accepting and just than the one they know today. It was a risk well worth taking. Spear, who was in the middle of his first term in 1974, went on to serve seven more terms, representing. Full story...
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