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Contents:

• TMP NAM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO A BET-LEVEL POSN
• TMP EXPLAS HIS LOVE OF ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ WHICH HE CLAIMS IS THE ‘GAY NATNAL ANTHEM’
• TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
• DONALD GAY DONALDSON OBUARY
• THE GAY TTH ABOUT TMP
• GAY DONALD
• DANY KANE SGER AUBREY O'DAY SAYS SHE HAD SEX WH DONALD TMP JR. A GAY CLUB BATHROOM
• THE FOM BUILT FOR STANNG TMP HAS PIVOTED TO HATG GAY PEOPLE
• CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FIR GAY SOCCER COACH OVER INSTAGRAM STORI
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

TMP NAM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO A BET-LEVEL POSN

Before beg actg director of natnal telligence, he led an effort to crimalize homosexualy untri where is illegal. Print Tmp beme the first print to name an openly gay person to a Cabet-level posn this week wh the appotment of Richard Grenell as actg director of natnal telligence.

TMP EXPLAS HIS LOVE OF ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ WHICH HE CLAIMS IS THE ‘GAY NATNAL ANTHEM’

Grenell was already the hight-profile gay person an admistratn wh a mixed rerd on LGBTQ+ rights.

As ambassador to Germany, he spearhead a global effort to end the crimalizatn of homosexualy nearly 70 untri where is still illegal.

TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT

The iative followed the reported hangg of a gay man Iran, one of the Tmp admistratn’s adversari, and an op-ed for a German news publitn Grenell voiced a ll to arms. A., ” sce Tmp’s crew has a reputatn for beg srily homophobic and the song is wily assumed to be about gay sex. An unscientific survey last month by the gay social app Hor dited that 45 percent of s Amerin rponnts were votg to re-elect the print.

But a Morng Consult poll om June found 19 percent of LGBTQ voters backed Tmp, while GLAAD's State of LGBTQ Voters report September reported jt 17 percent of LGBTQ registered voters were supportg the 's poll rults were siar to ex poll fdgs om 2016, which found that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr voters backed Hillary Clton over Tmp by 74 percent to 14 percent. '100 percent on board'While the precise numbers may be uncerta, Tmp's msage is appealg to some segment of the LGBTQ Kazmierczak, a gay real tate agent Virgia who said he's "100 percent on board" wh the print, blam Democrats for fixatg on inty polics. If you're gay, specifilly, Democrat propaganda stat that the Republins are gog to take away your rights.

DONALD GAY DONALDSON OBUARY

"Kazmierczak lled Tmp a “stnch supporter of gay people and their rights, ” but he said he mak a distctn when to relig groups.

On May 31, 2019, he regnized June as Pri Month for the first time a seri of tweets that doubled down on his mment to crimalizg homosexualy abroad. It ma Grenell the first openly gay person named to a Cabet-level months later, Grenell was appoted the Tmp mpaign's senr adviser on LGBTQ outreach.

THE GAY TTH ABOUT TMP

"A lot of people jt don't like to be told they n only thk a certa way, and that's exactly what the left do, " said Bob Kabel, chair of the Log Cab Republins, a natnal gay nservative group.

"You're acced of beg a racist or a homophobe if you don't agree wh everythg they say, and a lot of people are jt tired of that.

"Others have rporated their support for Team Tmp to their fluencer brands, like lbian YouTuber Arielle Srcella, gay polil mentator Dave Rub and bi glam rocker Ricky Rebel, who appeared at the Grammys red leather chaps wh the words "IMPEACH THIS" wrten across his backsi.

GAY DONALD

#WalkAway founr Brandon Straka wh Jeane Pirro on Fox NewsIn 2018, Brandon Straka was an unknown gay hairstylist and aspirg actor.

"Some voters are askg themselv, 'Do I vote as a gay person who is worried about my eedom and equaly, or do I vote as someone who's fearful for what the hell is gog on my untry?

DANY KANE SGER AUBREY O'DAY SAYS SHE HAD SEX WH DONALD TMP JR. A GAY CLUB BATHROOM

Dan Inn, real tate veloper Jill Homan and var members of the Log Cab Smh, a Black gay Iraq War veteran, is on the Tmp Pri board. S., is still the GOP's official platform, Smh isn't worried about gay rights beg on the choppg block.

THE FOM BUILT FOR STANNG TMP HAS PIVOTED TO HATG GAY PEOPLE

"Right now, there are so many gays and lbians that are beg manipulated and ma to feel that they're unr nstant attack all the time by this admistratn, which is jt not the se, " he said.

CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FIR GAY SOCCER COACH OVER INSTAGRAM STORI

"We don't need lears to say, 'Hey, gay people, we're gog to do the thgs for you, ' bee a risg ti lifts all boats, " he said. "If Tmp is helpg stimulate the enomy, if he is helpg wd down forever wars, if he is dog thgs that benef Ameri, then gay and lbian Amerins are gog to benef, as well. "The Democrats are takg the gay muny for granted, acrdg to Smh, who said his goal on the Tmp Pri advisory board is to reach younger LGBTQ people "so that they don't see themselv as victims.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

"In July, the Log Cab Republins lnched OUTSpoken, a multimedia mpaign signed to "bat the half-tths, misreprentatns and outright li that the gay left and the mastream media proliferate. "Asked about Tmp's attu toward the LGBTQ muny, Kabel offered a seri of well-rehearsed talkg pots: Tmp is "the most gay-iendly print, " same-sex marriage is settled law, Tmp-nomated Supreme Court Jtice Neil Gorsuch wrote the pro-LGBTQ cisn Bostock v. "Trans rights: A ‘perplexg’ issueLike many other gay nservativ, however, he seems to disnnect gay rights and transgenr rights.

Aaron Schock, while the mpaign’s store sells T-shirts bearg slogans like "gay for Tucker" "gay for Melania" and "gay not stupid. ”OUTspoken sent Brokeback Patrt, who has stated trans women are not women, to New Orleans’ Southern Dence party to ask passersby if they thk Tmp is “pro-gay. Acrdg to the GLAAD poll, however, 19 percent of trans and nonbary registered voters were supportg Tmp — more than eher gay men (17 percent) or lbians (11 percent).