Did a Republican member of the Texas State Board of Education just come out as gay?

George Clayton, a Republican member of the State Board of Education from Richardson, sent an email to several news organizations last week that appears to confirm he’s gay.

Clayton is an academic coordinator at North Dallas High School, according to his bio on the Texas Education Agency website. He won the District 12 SBOE seat in 2010, when he defeated longtime Republican incumbent Geraldine “Tincy” Miller in the primary.

Clayton sent out his email in response to an apparent whisper campaign about his sexual orientation among Republicans in the district, which covers all of Collin County. Miller is trying to unseat Clayton and recapture her old seat in 2012.

“It has come to my attention that one of my opponents in my bid for reelection to the State Board of Education and certain member(s) of the Golden Corridor Republican Women’s Club are questioning my sexual orientation,” Clayton said in his email. “So as to avoid the tyranny of misinformation and innuendo in this political race, I wish to say that I, in fact, do have a male partner who lives with me in my home in Richardson, Texas. I hope this frank announcement satisfies Tincy Miller and the ladies associate with the Golden Corridor organization. All of us can now move on with discussions concerning education instead of being overly occupied with my personal life.”

According to the Texas Tribune, Miller claims she isn’t the one who brought up Clayton’s sexual orientation, but she noted that others have. The Texas Freedom Network reports that Susan Fletcher, president of the Golden Corridor Women’s Club, suggested in an email recently that Clayton’s personal life “needs to be investigated.” The TFN also notes that Clayton’s sexual orientation became the subject of rumors online last year.

Clayton’s email confirming that he’s gay has already prompted one right-winger, Donna Garner of Waco, to withdraw her endorsement of his re-election bid.

“If Clayton is indeed a homosexual, then we as voters must be concerned about re-electing him to the SBOE since the Board will soon begin the process of writing and adopting Health curriculum requirements for all Texas public school students,” Garner wrote.

Clayton, who would be the first known openly gay Republican elected official in Texas history, could not immediately be reached for comment.


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MIKE RUIZ IS PRETTY MASCULINE

"The images within Pretty Masculine
                                 ...speak for themselves."

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Hopefully, through the mastery of Mike Ruiz's eye, we may all take the time to even reflect upon the greater ideals that lay herein. In more direct terms, this body of work may serve as a catalyst of sorts and give us the amplitude to look at a bigger picture. Perhaps the message is that we should all take stock and embrace all aspects of life, regardless of the perspective in which it is presented to us. Quite possibly, it is through such unconventionalities that we may all come to welcome our differences and even appreciate each other on the most fundamental of human levels."

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30 Years AIDS Awareness & Original Dream Girl Jennifer Holliday Kills It at USCA

BBINT Magazine was on the scene as original Dream Girl Jennifer Holliday share how HIV/AIDS has had impact on her life since appearing in the hit Broadway play Dream Girls.   Dream Girls has been written about in books and portrayed in film and at the United States Conference on AIDS this past weekend in Chicago, Jennifer Holliday reflected on all the friends and cast, dancers, directors and writer of Dream Girls who lost their fight to AIDS.  "We must continue the fight in finding a cure" she said as she took us back to the song that sent her into global stardom and later revitalized by Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson.

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Gay, candidates victorious nationwide on Election Day

Election Day 2011 brought groundbreaking wins for openly gay and lesbian candidates in cities across the U.S., including Indianapolis; Cincinnati; Charlotte, N.C.; and Missoula, Mont., say LGBT activists. "The election of gay and lesbian candidates in places where they have never won before is a major step forward," said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. More than 70% of the group’s endorsed candidates won their races this year. The Huffington Post/Gay Voices (11/10), Examiner.com (11/9), Metro Weekly (Washington, D.C.) (11/10), Washington Blade (11/10)
  

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TIPS ON JIUCE FASTING WITH COACH MARC

Celebrity fitness coach Marc Montemerlo recently committed to a juice fast and he writes about all the benefits of it.

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