Howie Kle: Openly gay Democratic Congrsman Barney Frank has said there are ten closeted nservative gays Congrs. He's outed a few, but who are the remag hypocr?
Contents:
- 118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
- IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
- RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- WHO ARE THE 10 CLOSETED GAY REPUBLINS CONGRS?
118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
Thirteen votg members of the 118th Congrs intify as lbian, gay or bisexual – the hight number of openly LGB members history. * current gay congressmen *
In his closed-door posn last month, Ziegler told lawmakers that he is gay, and phed back agast the notn om some right-wg figur that his sexual orientatn fluenc his polics or his job. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda. He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party.
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IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
The 118th U.S. Congrs set a historil mark wh a rerd 13 members who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual. * current gay congressmen *
Thirteen votg members of the 118th Congrs intify as lbian, gay or bisexual – the hight number of openly LGB members history.
Two senators and 11 members of the Hoe of Reprentativ intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, acrdg to a Pew Rearch Center analysis of lawmakers’ official bgraphi, mpaign webs and news reports. In the 112th Congrs of 2011-13, jt four members – all reprentativ – intified as gay or lbian (and none as bisexual), acrdg to data om the Victory Fund, a polil actn mtee that works to elect LGBTQ policians. Data on the share of Amerins who are gay, lbian or bisexual om Gallup.
RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
As of the 118th Congrs, this clus lbian, gay and bisexual members.
In the Hoe, all but one of the 11 openly gay or lbian reprentativ are Democrats.
The exceptn is Republin Gee Santos of New York, who the 2022 midterm cycle beme the first openly gay, non-cumbent Republin to w a ngrsnal electn. Seven of the 11 openly gay or lbian reprentativ the Hoe are returng members of Congrs. The four newly elected members clu Santos; Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the first openly gay immigrant elected to Congrs; Democrat Eric Sorensen, the first out gay ngrsperson to reprent Illois; and Democrat Bec Balt, the first woman and first openly LGB person to reprent Vermont.
WHO ARE THE 10 CLOSETED GAY REPUBLINS CONGRS?
Eight of the 11 Hoe members who intify as gay or lbian are gay men and three are lbians. I., and the first openly gay mayor of a state pal -- has reprented Rho Island's First Congrsnal District sce 2011. She mak history as Kansas's first LGBTQ member of Congrs and the first gay Native Amerin woman elected to Congrs.
Gay ngrsman Sean Patrick Maloney won reelectn 2018 to ntue reprentg New York's 18th District. Mark Pon is a gay polician and former small-bs owner who first took office the U.
Joe Ziegler, a special agent wh the tax agency for 13 years, scribed himself as a "gay Democrat married to a man" and said he cid to e forward spe his personal polics bee he believ "no one should be above the law regardls of your polil affiliatn.