Utah County is one of the most conservative places in one of the most conservative states. Nathan Ivie, a Utah County commissioner, came out last month.
Nathan Ivie leads a horse back to its stall on his ranch June 4 in Benjamin, Utah. The Republican, devout Mormon and married father of two recently came out as gay. his father gave him when he was a boy. He figured it would take him about a half-hour to get to the foothills.
Then, last year, he decided to come out to a close friend and tell him about his suicide attempt. In March, he told his wife and then his parents. Then late last month, at age 40, without going into the details he later provided the Times, he told the world.“I might as well jump up and say it: I’m gay. That’s my reality.”
Ivie and his wife have separated but maintain a good relationship: “She’s my best friend and supporter. And I’m hers,” he says.But Ivie has also received letters and emails from all over the state and the country lauding his courage. With portraits of his two children reflected on his desk, Utah County commissioner Nathan Ivie, a prepares for a commission meeting in his office in Provo, Utah.
As he got older, he tried to move his gym classes to the end of the day to avoid taking showers with other middle school boys. When he graduated from high school and was confronted with the requirement to go on a Mormon mission, he was apprehensive.
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