Nation's Leading LGBT Magazine Names Chenette a Top 40 Under 40 Leader

The Advocate, the nation's leading LGBT magazine, has named Rep. Justin Chenette to the their annual list of 40 Under 40 leaders that include other accomplished leaders in politics, sports, science, religion, and the arts.

Justin Chenette
22 / Saco, Maine
State Representative

To Justin Chenette, the youngest state representative in Maine and the youngest openly gay one in the nation, there’s no time like the present to act on your beliefs.

“I didn’t want to wait 30 years and be told I couldn’t change the system,” says Chenette, who was elected to the Maine legislature last November. Chenette, who this year was named Maine state director for the Young Elected Officials Network, is also happy to be a positive example for LGBT youth. Some vestiges of prejudice remain even in his largely liberal state, he notes, but they’re eroding. “One day, being different won’t be a headline,” he says. @justinchenette

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