Tag: Nathan Ivie
A Republican politician just came out. Will he stick with the GOP?
A county commissioner in Utah came out as gay in a video for his constituents.
Nathan Ivie (R) is a commissioner in Utah County, just south of Salt Lake City. He’s married to a woman and has two kids, and yesterday he posted a video to Facebook announcing that he’s gay.
“There’s no easy way to say this, I might as well just jump up and say it — I’m gay,” he said in the video. “That’s my reality and that’s...
He’s Mormon, Republican, married to a woman & just came out on Facebook
Utah County has been called “the most Republican county in the most Republican state in the United States.” It is 88 percent Mormon and has consistently voted for Republican presidents since 1992. That’s why it’s remarkable that the county’s 40-year-old Utah County Commissioner, Nathan Ivie, just came out on Facebook as gay.
In the video, the soft-spoken politician (wearing a cowboy hat) says, “I’m sharing my story with you here today because I know I need to be honest with my...
