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In this state, police used a bus advertising a fake “Johnny Cash Special” concert to entrap gay men. The early lesbian magazine Big Mama Rag was published in this state. In 1975, county clerk Clela Rorex issued the U.S.’s first same-sex marriage license in this state. Stanley Biber (-5[2])ran an early gender-affirming (-5[1])surgery clinic in this state’s town of Trinidad. (10[2])As this state’s attorney general, future George W. Bush cabinet member Gale Norton defended anti-gay ballot initiative Amendment 2, which the Supreme Court struck down in Romer v. Evans. (10[5]-5[1])Evangelical leader James Dobson founded Focus on the Family (10[3])in this state. (10[2])The Supreme Court ruled against this state’s (-5[1])Civil Rights Commission in a case involving Masterpiece (10[2])Cakeshop’s (10[2])refusal (-5[1])to (10[1])serve a gay couple. For (10[1])10 points, what state elected the (10[2])U.S.’s first out gay governor, Jared Polis? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Colorado (Clela Rorex worked in Boulder County.)
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