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From prison to pageant queen — how Jim McGreevey is changing the future for marginalized queer people
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Cam
McGreevy is eyeing returning to politics, so it looks like his P.R. people are sending out articles like this hoping to up his name recognition and see how he polls.
JClark
I met McGreevey and his then-boyfriend at a company party not too long after his “scandal.” The host, a company VP, introduced me and my then-boyfriend to McGreevey because we may have been the only gay people at the party. McGreevey couldn’t have been more rude. He almost immediately turned his back to us to chase after people at the party he thought were more important. He came across as a self-important social climber. But honestly, I never liked the guy from the time he wrapped himself in the flag with the “gay American” thing after getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar. He seems to be a user and an operator whose sole goal is self-preservation and promotion.
inbama
Was the BF an Israeli and put on the state payroll as a bodyguard or something? It was so long ago, this may be a false memory.
Kangol2
Yep. Just visit Wikipedia. The man was a hot mess.
Kangol2
I’ve encountered him a few times since the scandal which led to him coming out as the US’s first out gay governor, and the end of his political career. He’s doing some very good work these days. But I really hope he does not run for office again. Anywhere.