First openly gay member joins AF Academy board

(Colorado Springs, Col.) A Colorado Democrat who last year became the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress took his place Friday on the U.S. Air Force Academy’s supervisory board.

Rep. Jared Polis was appointed earlier this month to the Academy’s Board of Visitors, which meets Friday and Saturday in Colorado …

Polis becomes first openly gay advisor to Air Force Academy

COLORADO SPRINGS — A sign gays may be inching closer to acceptance in the military: the U.S. Air Force Academy is welcoming its first openly gay member of its oversight board.

Democratic Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado was appointed earlier this month to the Academy’s Board of Visitors, which meets Friday and Saturday in Colorado Springs.

The Board of Visitors is made up mostly of members of Congress who review the nation’s service academies and suggest changes to the Pentagon and Congress.

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Out lawmaker is named to Air Force Academy board Out U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., has been appointed to the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors.

Out U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., has been appointed to the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors. Although Polis is against the military’s gay ban, he doesn’t intend to lobby for the policy’s repeal through his membership on the board, according to this article.KMGH-TV (Denver)/The Associated Press

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