Marlon Reis | |
Office: | First Gentleman of Colorado |
Term Label: | Assumed role |
Term: | January 8, 2019 |
Governor: | Jared Polis |
Predecessor: | Robin Pringle (as First Lady) |
Children: | 2 |
Relatives: | Susan Polis Schutz (mother-in-law) |
Education: | University of Colorado at Boulder |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1981 |
Birth Place: | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Marlon Reis (born July 1, 1981) is an American animal rights advocate,[1] writer, and first gentleman of Colorado. He is married to the 43rd governor of Colorado Jared Polis.[2] He became the first same-sex first gentleman in the United States following the inauguration of Polis as governor on January 8, 2019.[3]
Reis was born in Boulder, Colorado, to a Jewish family from the East Coast. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.[4]
Reis became the first gentleman of Colorado on January 8, 2019, following the inauguration of his partner (now husband) as governor of Colorado. Polis introduced Reis as the "first-first man" on election night.[5] He served as an unofficial adviser to his partner's gubernatorial campaign for governor.[6] As first gentleman, he has focused on animal rights and welfare, environmental and civil rights, and LGBT rights.[5]
In addition to being first gentleman, Reis is a writer and has published his works in USA Today, CNN, and The Washington Post.[7]
Reis met future U.S. representative and Colorado governor Jared Polis in 2002 while finishing his education.[8] He and Polis married in September 2021 following an 18-year relationship.[9] He and Polis have two children, born in 2011 and 2014.[5] He is the son-in-law of poet Susan Polis Schutz and illustrator Stephen Schutz.[10]