18 Homophobic Lears Who Turned Out to Be Gay or Bi

Contents:

• ‘GIRLS GAYS THEYS’ SHIRTS AREN’T OBSCENE: DON’T LET NSERVATIV REWRE HISTORY
• GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
• TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
• THE ANTI-INTY POLICS OF GAY NSERVATIV
• CONSERVATIVE, REPUBLIN AND GAY
• THE LAST GAY CONSERVATIVE
• GAY NSERVATIVE DAVE RUB SPARKS NTROVERSY FOR ANNOUNCG HE’S GETTG 2 BABI VIA SURROGACY
• THE POLILLY HOMELS LIFE OF A GAY CONSERVATIVE

‘GIRLS GAYS THEYS’ SHIRTS AREN’T OBSCENE: DON’T LET NSERVATIV REWRE HISTORY

Gav Newsom and sla gay rights lear Harvey the ne-hour Temecula Valley Unified meetg, which ran past midnight, some parents spoke support of the nservative majory on the school board and s buckg of state standards for clive and diverse pated Newsom — who plans to send textbooks that reference Milk to Temecula stunts fiance of the board — as a “tyrant” who “forc his le” upon a district he knows nothg about.

”The bate arose after the board rejected proposed stctnal material that mentned Milk, a member of the San Francis Board of Supervisors and the first out gay man elected to public office California, who was assassated 1978. ” Conservative school board Print Joseph Komrosky, who lled Milk a “pedophile” and has been publicly fdg wh Newsom over the issue, asked sheriff puti on Tuday to remove a teacher om the meetg after she lled nservative board member Danny Gonzalez a “homophobe. ” Whout evince, Gonzalez said that proposed stctn would promote pedophilia and said he opposed teachg about the gay liberatn movement that began the 1960s bee ’s “not appropriate to discs sexualy.

GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS

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”ImageThe Supreme Court issued blockbter nservative cisns on affirmative actn, stunt loans and gay rights, but the urt’s liberals end up the majory several signifint Schaff/The New York TimMost of the data this article ncerns signed cisns issued by the urt after full briefg and argument. They characterized the products Target offered, cludg T-shirts that said “Girls Gays Theys” and merchandise pictg a person drsed drag, as potentially vlatg state obsceny laws. If Playboy and Twter porn (generally) are not obscene, then neher are T-shirts prted wh the word “gay” or showg a person wearg clothg that do not nform to genr norms.

Practilly, many children are beg raised by LGBTQ parents and many themselv are gay, lbian, trans and non-bary.

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

Elenis, which nsired whether a webse veloper uld be required to offer her publicly available weddg sign servic to gay upl is part of this trend.

” The so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” laws may be nsted, for example, to prohib a female teacher om tellg her stunts she is married to a woman. “The new Barbie movie fets s re dience of fai and children while terg to nostalgic adults and phg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr character stori, ” the staff-thored article reads, plete wh the alarmist headle “WARNING: DON’T TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER TO BARBIE. Last month, a vio of Christian pastor nmng Barbie for beg full of “transsexual and transgenr and homosexualy” went viral on that sounds like a pretty great Barbie movie, that’s not really what’s gog on Gerwig’s versn.

Republin and LGBTThe Republin Party platform may not be as embracg of LGBT equaly as many would like — many would say 's embracg of equaly — but gay Republins see progrs party clivens. Silin Valley billnaire Peter Thiel, a gay man, gets a prime time speakg slot Thursday, markg the first time 16 years that an openly gay man tak the stage at the GOP’s granst party.

THE ANTI-INTY POLICS OF GAY NSERVATIV

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While 's unlikely that queer feelgs live si the heart of every homophobe, a signifint number of anti-LGBT relig and polil lears have ultimately e out or been outed for same-sex feelgs, enunters, or relatnships. The Toronto psychiatrist for years offered servic to treat patients wh "problems related to homosexualy.

CONSERVATIVE, REPUBLIN AND GAY

Isve, and both said that at some pot, they thought that the sexual activy was part of the therapy and an attempt to cure them of homosexualy by engagg the acts, rather than fantasizg about them, " a disciplary panel wrote s report. The pastor left the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri over a cisn by the nomatn 2009 to orda "practicg homosexuals, " and even said God sent a tornado to strike the Mneapolis Conventn Center durg an ELCA nference over the cisn. Today, Brock says he's felt tense "homosexual temptatn" his whole life but has always been celibate, and he matas gay sex is evil.

THE LAST GAY CONSERVATIVE

Then multiple childhood associat of Suarez Pasgaza revealed to media outlets cludg El Espectador and La Opn that he had been kicked out of a Ju school for beg gay. The Mnota clergyman worked as a unselor for Outpost Mistri, an ex-gay mistry dited to helpg dividuals "break away" om LGBT life. A former Hoton Cy Council member and rad talk show host, Berry 2012 was volved a h-and-n accint outsi a gay bar the Montrose district, which led to secury footage of Berry leavg the club beg ma public.

The nservative pund had ma cracks through the years attackg Barney Frank, Elton John, and others wh homophobic tnts, acrdg to The Texas Observer.

GAY NSERVATIVE DAVE RUB SPARKS NTROVERSY FOR ANNOUNCG HE’S GETTG 2 BABI VIA SURROGACY

The founr of Glory Hoe Internatnal Pentestal Church cried homosexualy as "at odds wh my relig beliefs, " even as he admted to he fondled a younger preacher and a teenage boy durg separate trips where he stayed the other men's hotel beds. Once the most senr Catholic clergyman Bra, O'Brien also had a reputatn for homophobia and opposed marriage equaly, adoptn by gays, and other civil rights protectns for LGBT people, earng him the tle "Bigot of the Year" om the Stonewall chary. Self-scribed as a tradnal nservative, this mayor of Mississippi town Southaven got exposed as gay durg his fourth term office after state dors revealed he purchased $67 worth of toys om a gay sex shop Toronto and billed to the taxpayers.

Audors found the spic purchase 2011, and the news prompted an terview wh the Memphis, Tenn., Commercial Appeal which Davis nfsed that he "me to the realizatn that I am gay" over the past few years. The mayor of Spokane, Wash., om 2003 to 2005, Wt prevly served the state legislature, where the Republin supported such legislatn as a ban on gay workers at schools and day re centers. Another Republin to vote favor of DOMA spe his homosexualy beg an open secret Washgton was Jim Kolbe.

THE POLILLY HOMELS LIFE OF A GAY CONSERVATIVE

Ultimately, Kolbe cid to e out, and 2000 beme the first openly gay speaker at a Republin Natnal Conventn. But six years after securg that w, Mehlman me out as gay to The Atlantic, sayg he me to that ncln about his inty fairly recently (though Bill Maher seemed to know 2006). Views about homosexualy among nservativ by relig group (2014) Swch to: Relig tradn among nservativ by views about homosexualy% of nservativ who say homosexualy….

We amplify our voic to reach out to mastream gays and lbians lookg for a mon-sense muny ready to support one another, not p one factn agast another. 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.