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Contents:

• ‘OPENLY GAY’ REP.-ELECT GEE SANTOS DIDN’T DISCLOSE DIVORCE WH WOMAN
• GEE SANTOS, OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN NGRSMAN-ELECT, WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN UNTIL 2019
• DEMOCRATS ASK IF GEE SANTOS IS REALLY GAY AFTER REPORT HE MARRIED WOMAN
• GOP REP-ELECT GEE SANTOS REPORTEDLY DIVORCED A WOMAN 2 WEEKS BEFORE NNG FOR OFFICE 2019 SPE SUGGTG HE'S BEEN 'OPENLY GAY' FOR A
• FIRST OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN ELECTED TO HOE WON LI SEAT WH ‘MON SENSE’ MSAGE
• IS GEE SANTOS REALLY GAY, AND WHY IT MATTERS THAT HE SHOULD RIGN FROM THE US HOE OF REPRENTATIV
• IS GEE SANTOS GAY? CONFN OVER REPUBLIN REP’S MARRIED STAT
• GAY MAGA CONGRSMAN-ELECT GEE SANTOS ALLEGEDLY LIED ABOUT HIS ENTIRE PAST
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS OPENLY GAY: I WANT TO LIVE AND NOT BE AAID
• QUEENS NGRSMAN-ELECT TALKS JAN. 6, BEG A GAY REPUBLIN
• JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
• IS GEE SANTOS GAY? GENR AND SEXUALY-MEET HIS PARTNER
• FIRST NGRSNAL RACE BETWEEN TWO GAY NOME MARKS PROGRS FOR LGBTQ NDIDAT
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

‘OPENLY GAY’ REP.-ELECT GEE SANTOS DIDN’T DISCLOSE DIVORCE WH WOMAN

Photo Illtratn by Thomas Levson/The Daily Beast/GettyRepublin ngrsman-elect Gee Santos is unr new scty after a New York Tim report earlier this week unvered a strg of apparent outright fabritns at the heart of some of the most fundamental facts of his life, but that backstory may also be notable for what Santos did not clu—a publicly undisclosed, who claims he has “never experienced discrimatn the Republin Party, ” broke barriers this year when he beme the first openly gay non-cumbent GOP ndidate elected to acrdg to urt rerds obtaed by The Daily Beast, Santos appears to be the subject of a prevly unacknowledged Sept.

GEE SANTOS, OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN NGRSMAN-ELECT, WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN UNTIL 2019

“I am openly gay, have never had an issue wh my sexual inty the past , and I n tell you and assure you, I will always be an advote for LGBTQ folks, ” Santos told USA Today October, rpondg to cricism about his support for Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay Bill” signed to law this year by GOP Gov. And while his 2022 mpaign b mentns his hband, who acrdg to Santos liv wh him and their four dogs on Long Island, he’s kept this prev marriage out of the public eye ’s entirely possible that Santos, who claims he has “never experienced discrimatn the Republin Party, ” has been livg fortably as an openly gay man for, as he says, more than a .

But Santos’ suatn is cur bee he never disclosed his divorce to voters, and never renciled his prr marriage to a woman—which end jt 12 days before he tablished his first ngrsnal mpaign—wh his claims of beg an out and proud gay, 34, ma his first bid for Congrs 2020, losg to Rep. But followg a New York Tim vtigatn that suggted Santos had fictnalized key elements of his rume, he’s already facg lls to rign, as well as a possible ethics lleg Santos says he attend don’t have a rerd of him; Cigroup and Goldman Sachs don’t eher, though he claimed to work there; the IRS has no rerd of his nonprof; he still fac “unrolved” legal trouble Brazil; his past bs ventur appear flimsy; and even his addrs was lled to rponse to the Tim report, Santos’ attorney Joseph Murray released a statement that, while stoppg short of nyg the accatns, pated his client as a victim, bee he “reprents the kd of progrs that the Left is so threatened by—a gay, Lato, immigrant and Republin who won a Bin district overwhelmg fashn by showg everyday voters that there is a better optn than the broken promis and failed polici of the Democratic Party.

”But the divorce revelatn, and the apparent secrecy around , plit a central piece of the image Santos has burnished as a dynamic and culturally revolutnary an electn season where many of his fellow nservativ spouted nonsensil allegatns of pedophilia among Democrats, targeted benign drag bnch as epicenters for “groomg, ” and flamed a hateful anti-gay and anti-trans movement—as attacks on the LGBTQ muny skyrocketed—Santos ma history as the first non-cumbent gay Republin to ever be elected to after achievg that victory, and jt two weeks before his barrier-breakg guratn, Santos’ relatnship wh the tth is facg tts he somehow dodged for two mpaigns. The openly gay ngrsman-elect acced of lyg about his profsnal reer fance and his llege tn also failed to disclose his recent divorce om a woman and appears to have ma up tails about his fay pg the the 2022 electn cycle, Republin Gee Santos of New York scribed himself as beg gay and married to his pharmacist hband.

DEMOCRATS ASK IF GEE SANTOS IS REALLY GAY AFTER REPORT HE MARRIED WOMAN

It is unclear whether the child is was on the ballot agast Democratic bsman Robert Zimmerman, who is also gay, and beat him by eight pots November New York's 3rd ngrsnal district, which vers part of northern Long Island and northeast addn, The Forward earlier reported that Santos, who has prevly scribed himself as a non-observant Jew and Catholic, fabrited his fay history. In October, Santos told USA Today an terview: 'I am openly gay, have never had an issue wh my sexual inty the past , and I n tell you and assure you, I will always be an advote for LGBTQ folks.

'Gee Santos reprents the kd of progrs that the Left is so threatened by - a gay, Lato, first-generatn Amerin and Republin who won a Bin district overwhelmg fashn by showg everyday voters that there is a better optn than the broken promis and failed polici of the Democratic Party, ' Murray said a statement tweeted out by Santos. Some Democrats are qutng whether or not Reprentative-elect Gee Santos, a New York Republin, is gay after a report emerged that he was married to a woman. Democratic Reprentativ Rchie Torr of New York, who is openly gay, and Ted Li of California shared an article by the Daily Beast on Thursday that said Santos didn't publicly mentn a prev marriage to a woman.

GOP REP-ELECT GEE SANTOS REPORTEDLY DIVORCED A WOMAN 2 WEEKS BEFORE NNG FOR OFFICE 2019 SPE SUGGTG HE'S BEEN 'OPENLY GAY' FOR A

I may be the only actual openly gay member of Congrs New York the New Year, " Torr tweeted on ’ve got to be kiddg me. I may be the only actual openly gay member of Congrs New York the New Year. Santos appears to have been volved an undisclosed divorce om a woman September of 2019, acrdg to urt rerds obtaed by the Daily October, Santos vowed to advote for LGBTQ dividuals and told USA Today at the time: "I am openly gay, have never had an issue wh my sexual inty the past , and I n tell you and assure you, I will always be an advote for LGBTQ folks.

FIRST OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN ELECTED TO HOE WON LI SEAT WH ‘MON SENSE’ MSAGE

Some Democrats are qutng whether or not Santos is gay after a report emerged statg that he was married to a woman. "Listen, at this pot I'm hopg he lied about beg gay bee we don't want him, " Reprentative-elect Robert Garcia, who is also openly gay, tweeted on Wednday and shared the Daily Beast article on Thursday a tweeted ment.

IS GEE SANTOS REALLY GAY, AND WHY IT MATTERS THAT HE SHOULD RIGN FROM THE US HOE OF REPRENTATIV

Meanwhile, Jewish Insir published an article that ced rerds showg discrepanci his claims about his Jewish herage and that he scend om people who fled the didn't ny any of the rmatn mentned by The New York Tim, but his attorney, Joseph Murray, said a statement on Monday that the "Left" is threatened by the electn of a gay nservative Lato, acrdg to Insir.

But he's said that he's "openly gay" and has "never had an issue wh my sexual inty the past . Ing Republin ngrsman Gee Santos of New York was already facg a lany of qutns about his background, cludg his employment history, his tn, his rince, and his relig, another key aspect of his bgraphy — Santos is the first non-cumbent out gay Republin ever elected to Congrs — has also been Daily Beast reported on Thursday that Santos divorced a woman named Uadla Santos 2019, jt two weeks before lnchg his ill-fated 2020 ngrsnal mpaign agast Democratic Rep. The outlet was also unable to obta rerds of his marriage to his 's possible that Santos is, fact, gay, the marriage plit public statements that Santos has ma about his own sexualy.

IS GEE SANTOS GAY? CONFN OVER REPUBLIN REP’S MARRIED STAT

"I am openly gay, have never had an issue wh my sexual inty the past , and I n tell you and assure you, I will always be an advote for LGBTQ folks.

The first openly gay Republin elected to Congrs said he won a Long Island Hoe seat by nng a “mon sense” platform.

Santos will bee the first openly gay Republin elected to the Hoe — a handful of other ndidat me out after they were elected. But one LGBT activist argued was a “disgrace” for an out gay person to align himself wh the Republin Party that has fought agast gay rights. Gee Santos was recently elected as an openly gay Republin Congrsman for New York, and many of his claims ma durg his mpaign are now unr vtigatn, some of which he admted to lyg about while nng for office.

GAY MAGA CONGRSMAN-ELECT GEE SANTOS ALLEGEDLY LIED ABOUT HIS ENTIRE PAST

He ma numero claims about his background while nng, and Democratic New York Congrsman Rchie Torr, an openly gay member of Congrs himself, is llg him out. Acrdg to the Daily Beast, Santos has been “livg fortably as a gay man for nearly ten years, ” but rerds show that he had an undisclosed marriage to a woman and divorced her only two years before nng for office 2020.

However, Santos has already admted to lyg about his background, so ’s hard not to speculate on the validy of his claims of beg “fortably gay” for nearly ten years.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS OPENLY GAY: I WANT TO LIVE AND NOT BE AAID

It appears that he hoped that nng as a gay Republin would earn him favor wh the gay muny and brg more LGBTQ+ people over to the Republin Party. If there’s one thg about the gay muny, ’s the abily to pull up receipts and fact check. There’s add ntentn wh Santos’ polil party beg Republin, when historilly they tend to work agast the gay muny and be very outspoken agast them.

QUEENS NGRSMAN-ELECT TALKS JAN. 6, BEG A GAY REPUBLIN

Santos himself has supported the “Don’t Say Gay Bill”, a bill that actively works agast members of the muny, and “potentially creatg unsafe environments for LGBTQ+ stunts, as propos a requirement for teachers to report to parents when stunts disclose their sexual orientatn.

JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

Fortunately, as this past electn has shown, we are seeg more openly gay policians enterg office who are genue and want to make a real change. CNN reports Santos as sayg he merely “embellished” his MORE: MICHAEL B JORDAN’S ‘HEAD TURNED’ BY BRITISH MODEL AFTER LORI HARVEY SPLITPhoto by WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty ImagIs Gee Santos gay? He beme the first openly gay non-cumbent Republin ndidate elected to has been cricized for supportg Florida’s so-lled Don’t Say Gay Bill, which was signed to law this year by Republin Governor Ron DeSantis.

IS GEE SANTOS GAY? GENR AND SEXUALY-MEET HIS PARTNER

Speakg about the bill, Santos told USA Today  October 2022: “I am openly gay, have never had an issue wh my sexual inty the past , and I n tell you and assure you, I will always be an advote for LGBTQ folks. In November, Gee Santos beme the first openly gay Republin elected to Congrs.

FIRST NGRSNAL RACE BETWEEN TWO GAY NOME MARKS PROGRS FOR LGBTQ NDIDAT

Durg his most recent succsful mpaign, Santos said that abortn is as barbaric as slavery and has voiced support for Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. Rochard, who liv Brazil, shared an image wh ABC News that Rochard said is a photo of Rochard wh Santos drsed drag as Kara Ravache, om a Brazilian newspaper, Gro Gay. Oh y, he was such a liar, " Rochard this 2008 photo om the Brazilian newspaper Gro Gay, drag queen Eula Rochard, left, appears drag wh a man who he says is Gee Santos, now a U.

Reprentative om New GayRochard did not rell Santos ever havg polil ambns when Rochard knew him.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

Acrdg to Rochard, Santos registered to be a part of a 2008 "Miss Gay R Janeiro" drag queen petn, but "he did not w Miss Drag Queen ntt. "Santos, who has been wily cricized for fabritg much of his rume, ran New York as an openly gay jog Congrs, Santos has aligned himself wh the far-right wg of the Republin Party, which has targeted the drag queen muny and phed polici that LGBTQ activists have voiced support as recently as last April for Florida Republins' Parental Rights Edutn bill, HB 1557, which was dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ Gee Santos leav the Capol, Jan. Wants to be a vol supporter of people livg how they want to liveJacksonville Jaguars assistant strength ach Kev Maxen ma headl on Thursday when he revealed durg an terview wh Outsports that he is openly gay and is ready to live his tth whout worryg about disclosg his sexualy, ever Jaguars assistant also said he wants to be a vol supporter of people livg the way they want to live, but that he also wants to "jt live and not be aaid of how people will react" to his sexual orientatn.

Several of the men ABC News spoke wh said that they met Santos as young men, when Santos, who later ran for Congrs as an openly gay Republin, was several years olr than they were. Protters rally outsi Gee Santos' NYC office, mand his rignatnSantos, who ran as an openly gay ndidate, was married 2012 to a woman named Uadla Vieira Manhattan.

The first openly gay Republin elected to Congrs, Santos beat Democrat Robert Zimmerman what was believed to be the first general electn ngrsnal race between two openly gay ndidat. Dpe some Republins opposg gay marriage and discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty classrooms, Santos told Errol Louis on "Insi Cy Hall" he will be able to work wh his lleagu and help te them "that 's not about ostracizg the gay muny, 's about rpectg one another. He also noted Republins nomated him to n for Congrs the last two cycl, knowg he was gay.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen is believed to be the first openly gay male ach major North Amerin men's sports after g out publicly an terview wh Outsports.

”Maxen is believed to be the first openly gay male ach the NFL and all of major Amerin men's pro sports, acrdg to Outsports.

" San Francis 49ers assistant Katie Sowers, a pneer among female ach the NFL, me out as the the league's first openly gay ach 2017, acrdg to Outsports. He add that he reached out last year for advice on g out om former Las Vegas Rairs lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active openly gay player NFL history 2021.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Santos rmed the media October 2022: “I am openly gay and have never had a problem wh my sexual inty the past ten years. McCoy for The New York TimHis Sexualy Don’t Defe Him, but It Can Set Him ApartEric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals.

Three years earlier, while he was studyg journalism at Michigan State Universy, he had publicly e out as gay an say he wrote for the time of the say, he braced for a backlash, but nothg materialized. He worked his way up om ternships to full-time broadstg jobs, and while anyone wh an ter nnectn uld learn he was gay, nobody asked, and he did not say so aga publicly.