Ldsey Graham's 10 gayt moments - LGBTQ Natn

Contents:

• LDSEY GRAHAM DENI HE’S GAY IN RPONSE TO CHELSEA HANDLER’S ‘NATNAL COMG OUT DAY’ TWEET
• LDSEY GRAHAM’S 10 GAYT MOMENTS
• LDSEY GRAHAM SAYS 'I'M NOT GAY' AFTER CHELSEA HANDLER TROLLS HIM ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY
• CONSERVATIV N’T STOP TALKG ABOUT LDSEY GRAHAM’S LATT GAY NTROVERSY
• LDSEY GRAHAM GAY? CONSERVATIVE GROUP ALIPAC DEMANDS SENATOR 'ADM HOMOSEXUALY'
• WHOOPI GOLDBERG ADDRS 'NVERSATN' OVER HER LDSEY GRAHAM GAY JOKE ON THE VIEW: 'IT WAS A JOKE, GUYS'
• IS LDSEY GRAHAM GAY? AGE, RELATNSHIP, PROFIL, REER, WORTH 2022
• PATTI LUPONE TELLS SEN. LDSEY GRAHAM TO 'BE THE BULLET AND COME OUT' AS GAY
• IS LDSEY GRAHAM GAY?
• LDSEY GRAHAM SEXUALY: IS HE GAY? HBAND OR WIFE - MARRIED LIFE EXPLORED
• "WHY I CALLED LDSEY GRAHAM 'AMBIGUOLY GAY'"A LONG-SHOT NDIDATE FOR SENATE SOUTH CAROLA EXPLAS TO THE DAILY BEAST WHY HE LLED CUMBENT LDSEY GRAHAM "AMBIGUOLY GAY."OLIVIA NUZZIUPDATED APR. 14, 2017 4:28PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 14, 2014 3:15PM EDT ALEX WONG/GETTYDURG A THURSDAY PRS NFERENCE, ONE OF THE MOST OBSCURE OF LDSEY GRAHAM'S SIX PRIMARY CHALLENGERS CID TO TROLL THE TWO-TERM REPUBLIN SENATOR OM SOUTH CAROLA ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, LLG GRAHAM "AMBIGUOLY GAY." "IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT SOUTH CAROLA [SAYS] HEY, WE'RE TIRED OF THE AMBIGUOLY GAY SENATOR OM SOUTH CAROLA," SAID DAVE FELICIANO, AN IRAQ WAR VET WHO QU HIS JOB AS A POLICE OFFICER TO N FOR OFFICE. THE PRS NFERENCE FOLLOWED AN EVENT WHERE THE PRIMARY NDIDAT SIGNED A PLEDGE PROMISG TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IF ANY OF THEM MAKE AS FAR AS THE NOFF ELECTN. ONE OF FELICIANO'S FELLOW PLEDGE-SIGNERS, BSMAN RICHARD CASH, IMMEDIATELY LLED THE STATEMENT "APPROPRIATE." SENATOR GRAHAM, WHO OPPOS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND VOTED AGAST THE EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMATN ACT 2013, HAS LONG BEEN THE SUBJECT OF GOSSIP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THGS TO E UP WHEN YOU GOOGLE HIM; AN ACTIVIST WEBSE, HAS AN ENTIRE PAGE VOTED TO "QUTNS ABOUT SENATOR LDSEY GRAHAM'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN"; IN 2010, WAS REPORTED THAT GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST MIKE ROGERS CLAIMED TO HAVE "PICTUR OF A MAN WHO SPENT THE NIGHT" WH THE SENATOR. HOWEVER, THE TWO-TERM REPUBLIN SENATOR HAS LONG NIED THE MORS, WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN MONSTRATED TO HAVE ANY FACTUAL BASIS AT ALL. IN 2010, GRAHAM JOKED TO THE NEW YORK TIM, "I KNOW 'S REALLY GONNA UPSET A LOT OF GAY MEN. I'M SURE HUNDREDS OF 'EM ARE GONNA BE JUMPG OFF THE GOLN GATE BRIDGE -- BUT I A'T AVAILABLE." THE DAILY BEAST REACHED OUT TO FELICIANO FOR CLARIFITN ABOUT HIS "AMBIGUOLY GAY" STATEMENT. HE WAS ALL LGHS, LLG "A WAY TO PH MY PLATFORM." THE PHRASE, HE SAID, "MEANS -- HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED THE OLD SNL SK, THE AMBIGUOLY GAY DUO? THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE IA OM. I THOUGHT WAS KD OF FUNNY. IT MEANS THAT HE SAYS HE'S NOT [GAY], BUT BASED ON PUBLIC PERCEPTN AND TER SEARCH, APPEARS THAT HE IS. I DON'T KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER."FELICIANO CLAIMED THAT HIS MENT IS "A SENTIMENT THAT I SHARE [WH] MOST OF SOUTH CAROLA…BUT ALL OF THOSE POLICIANS ARE AAID TO SAY , BEE THEY RE MORE ABOUT BEG A POLICIAN THAN TELLG THE TTH." HE ALSO NIED THE ACCATNS OF HOMOPHOBIA WHICH IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED HIS REMARKS. "I LOVE GAY PEOPLE!" FELICIANO SAID. "IF YOU GO TO MY WEBSE, I HAVE A WHOLE SPOT ON THERE ABOUT WHAT I THK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS. I HAVE SOME AR IENDS THAT I CHERISH, AND I'VE ACTUALLY PUT THIS TO THEM AND SAID, 'HEY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THK [ABOUT SENATOR GRAHAM]?' AND THEY SAID, 'MAN, THAT GUY'S GAY!' THE OTHER NDIDAT GOT ALL SRED AND STUFF AND THEY WERE NNG TO THEIR PRS PEOPLE, BEE THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW GAY PEOPLE. GAY PEOPLE ARE OL!" FELICIANO LGHED THAT HE WOULD "ABSOLUTELY NOT" BE SURPRISED IF EVER SURFACED THAT SENATOR GRAHAM WAS VOLVED WH GAY PROSTUT. "I MEAN, E ON. HOW MANY SNDALS HAVE WE HEARD OF THE GUYS NNG AROUND? I MEAN, 'S JT BOUND TO E OUT -- IF HE'S GAY! I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GAY. I JT THOUGHT WAS FUNNY." ON FELICIANO'S WEBSE, HE SAYS THAT HE DO NOT THK THE FERAL ERNMENT SHOULD PLAY A ROLE REGULATG MARRIAGE.THE NDIDATE'S WEBSE GO ON TO TO EXPLA THAT FELICIANO BELIEV "TO SOME, NOT ALL, HOMOSEXUALY IS NOT A CHOICE. THERE ARE SOME WHO WERE BORN LEGIMATELY SIRG THE SAME SEX. THEN THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE RECED TO THAT LIFTYLE(MY GAY IENDS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKG ABOUT……). HE NTU THAT "THE GAYS I KNOW ARE NOT THE FLAMBOYANT SHOVE---YOUR FACE TYPE OF PEOPLE." ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, FELICIANO SAYS THAT BEE HE IS "A FOLLOWER OF J CHRIST…I REGNIZE THAT THE STUTN OF MARRIAGE IS A CHRISTIAN STUTN."FELICIANO, WHO HAS NEVER N FOR PUBLIC OFFICE BEFORE, DO NOT YET HAVE A MPAIGN MANAGER. IN THE MOST RECENT POLL OF THE SENATE PRIMARY BY WTHROP UNIVERSY LATE FEBURARY, HIS NAME WAS NOT EVEN CLUD.A SPOKPERSON FOR SENATOR GRAHAM DID NOT RPOND TO SEVERAL REQUTS FOR MENT. OLIVIA NUZZI

LDSEY GRAHAM DENI HE’S GAY IN RPONSE TO CHELSEA HANDLER’S ‘NATNAL COMG OUT DAY’ TWEET

Senator Ldsey Graham addrsed any speculatn that might be lgerg about his sexualy, on Friday, October 12, sistg once and for all a TMZ terview that he is fact not gay — spe of whatever imprsn he may have given off to lead Chelsea Handler to believe otherwise. 41 ln followers regnized the msage to be a crique of the party’s reprsn and history of members beg outed as bisexual, lbian or gay, spe of anti-LGBTQ votg rerds. Bee I've been wrg this lumn for several years, and get to talk to lots of amazg people, my iends, mostly the straight on, like to quiz me about who's gay, who's not, and who's the fishg expedn is mostly generatnal, sce 's mostly my ntemporari who quire about the sexualy of celebri and policians.

Those of who are LGBTQ+ and over 50, still look on wh low-level shock when someone we know announc they are straight people this mographic, beg gay, or beg the closet is still somethg that they sensatnalize. He's often acced of gay- bag, but if he were to e out tomorrow and say he was a relatnship wh a man, most young people would simply ngratulate him. When I worked there, I, like many, knew who was the closet maly bee we'd see them a gay bar or knew someone that had a relatnship wh them.

LDSEY GRAHAM’S 10 GAYT MOMENTS

There really were no secrets on the example, most of knew former Wisns ngrsman Steve Gunrson was gay before he was outed on the Hoe floor. Bob Dornan joked about Gunrson on the floor of the Hoe of Reprentativ durg a bate on a bill that would have disuraged school districts om adoptg gay-iendly curricula.

"Clearly, we were livg different and difficult tim regardg public officials beg openly gay, " Gunrson told me. "At that time, there was no procs for g out as gay, nor were there any pretermed exampl and parameters about how to e out. And, this year, for the first time ever, two gay men, one a Republin and one a Democrat, are nng for Congrs New York's Third Congrsnal be sure, not everyone is out.

Whether they choose to rema the closet might be for several reasons, bee they're fearful of the reactns of their nstuents, that they still thk beg gay is a srlet letter, or out of some ep seed self-loathg which sometim n pot, former Illois Republin ngrsman Aaron Schock. He was on a trajectory to be a risg star the party, when he began to unravel, all the while nyg mors that he was gay.

LDSEY GRAHAM SAYS 'I'M NOT GAY' AFTER CHELSEA HANDLER TROLLS HIM ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY

Everyone who I knew who still worked on or around the Hill knew he was gay, so when he me out, that wasn't a surprise. Translatg that to Congrs, that would allow for at least 30 queer members, which means that a very theoretil hypothis, 19 are hidg the, that brgs to what you've all been wag for, ever sce the tle of this lumn drew you -- is Senator Ldsey Graham gay?

In fact, to me this whole dance around Graham's sexualy seems more like a sophmoric joke, pecially wh that unfortable "Lady G" nickname that trends on Twter every other fact that he may or may not be gay, to me, seems far ls important than the herent danger he creat his job as a bachelor senator.

CONSERVATIV N’T STOP TALKG ABOUT LDSEY GRAHAM’S LATT GAY NTROVERSY

His reversal, and his dacy to thor a bill on behalf of women, when he is a loutish, 67-year-old whe man who has never been married, never fathered a child, alt wh a pregnancy, alt wh a wife whose life was jeopardy bee of a pregnancy, or a dghter whose future was , a real man wouldn't be this 's sexualy might be private, and the jok about juvenile and tged wh homophobia, but his efforts at tearg the fabric of Amerin mocracy is far more offensive. “I a’t gay.

LDSEY GRAHAM GAY? CONSERVATIVE GROUP ALIPAC DEMANDS SENATOR 'ADM HOMOSEXUALY'

Graham “a’t gay, ” by whatever ntorted fn that impli. He’s had plenty of gay moments, though. Here are the top 10 gayt, orr of appearance:.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG ADDRS 'NVERSATN' OVER HER LDSEY GRAHAM GAY JOKE ON THE VIEW: 'IT WAS A JOKE, GUYS'

In 2010, Robert Draper of The New York Tim reported a profile of the senator that “durg a South Carola Tea Party rally this sprg, one speaker created an uproar by postulatg that Graham supported a gut-worker program out of fear that the Democrats might otherwise expose his homosexualy. ‘I know ’s really gonna upset a lot of gay men — I’m sure hundreds of ’em are gonna be jumpg off the Goln Gate Bridge — but I a’t available. I a’t gay.

Ambiguoly Gay. At a news nference after the signg, Feliciano said this, “It’s about time that South Carola says, ‘Hey, we’re tired of the ambiguoly gay senator om South Carola.

IS LDSEY GRAHAM GAY? AGE, RELATNSHIP, PROFIL, REER, WORTH 2022

While Miller don’t speculate, mt’ve n through the bachelor-senator’s md that he was stg alone, late at night, we glass hand, wh the only out, gay Republin operative the bs. “To the extent that matters, I’m not gay.

In 2020, @SeanHardgXXX tweeted: “There is a homophobic republin senator who is no better than Tmp who keeps passg legislatn that is damagg to the lgbt and mory muni. A media enzy ensued, wh gay Hollywood fixer Howard Bragman weighg , pl lumnist Dan Savage, and Michelangelo Signorile, who remd everyone of the dangers associated wh “outg”. What will the ndidat do to ensure our rights are protected — the rights of the gay people, married the state of South Carola?

Senator Ldsey Graham has spoken out about his sexualy after Chelsea Handler suggted he was gay. When asked if he thought Handler was parg "homosexualy to beg evil, " or beg homophobic as some had cricized her for beg for makg a joke about someone beg gay, Graham poted out he was not gay.

PATTI LUPONE TELLS SEN. LDSEY GRAHAM TO 'BE THE BULLET AND COME OUT' AS GAY

To the extent that matters, I'm not gay, " he explaed. "Why is there such a gulf unrstandg this fact: beg gay is not somethg to shame or embarrass someone wh, " one er wrote.

"There is no shame beg gay.

IS LDSEY GRAHAM GAY?

There's no exce to hi you're gay today's society, unls you're a homophobe. She gets plac filled wh gay people and she mak jok about them. This is not the first time that Handler has attacked the senator on social media and said he was gay.

Last week, the hashtag #LadyGraham explod on social media rponse to allegatns ma on Twter by gay adult-film star Sean Hardg agast Sen.

Nohels, Buchanan remas our only print never to marry, leadg many to speculate that he was gay (dto for Kg) the sorts of mors, a surprisg number of major polil figur the 19th and 20th centuri — almost always Democrats — were bachelors. After the ventn of the ncept of homosexualy the late 19th century, same-sex sexual relatns were monly ma illegal, wh some stat enforcg bans to the 21st century when the Supreme Court stck them down Lawrence v. The change also reflected the public’s mand for greater acuntabily of our polil lears, while revealg sexualy, sexual orientatn and genred performance to be polil projects wh ongog s part, the gay rights movement enuraged Amerins to e out of the closet.

LDSEY GRAHAM SEXUALY: IS HE GAY? HBAND OR WIFE - MARRIED LIFE EXPLORED

), who recently me out as gay a post on social media, often are at the center of mors, part bee speculatn about their sexualy mix wh srn for their vot agast legislatn that protect the rights of LGBTQ people. Republin Senator Ldsey Graham nyg that he is gay to a reporter Washgton Natnal TMZ screenshot. The ntroversy centers around ments ma by Whe Hoe Prs Secretary Jen Psaki that reference a tweet om gay adult film actor Sean Hardg about the 65-year-old childls bachelor.

He didn’t seem to unrstand the ntext of the exprsn “Lady G” – the mor isn’t that Graham sisted male sex workers ll him “Lady G” bee he’s a trans woman, but bee he’s a gay man. Kayleigh was asked about her old tweets about Tmp so I'd thk Bin's prs secretary lobbg a homophobic sult at Ldsey Graham this past summer would be fair game to ask about today's prs briefg — Amber Athey (@amber_athey) Febary 3, 2021.

"WHY I CALLED LDSEY GRAHAM 'AMBIGUOLY GAY'"A LONG-SHOT NDIDATE FOR SENATE SOUTH CAROLA EXPLAS TO THE DAILY BEAST WHY HE LLED CUMBENT LDSEY GRAHAM "AMBIGUOLY GAY."OLIVIA NUZZIUPDATED APR. 14, 2017 4:28PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 14, 2014 3:15PM EDT ALEX WONG/GETTYDURG A THURSDAY PRS NFERENCE, ONE OF THE MOST OBSCURE OF LDSEY GRAHAM'S SIX PRIMARY CHALLENGERS CID TO TROLL THE TWO-TERM REPUBLIN SENATOR OM SOUTH CAROLA ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, LLG GRAHAM "AMBIGUOLY GAY." "IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT SOUTH CAROLA [SAYS] HEY, WE'RE TIRED OF THE AMBIGUOLY GAY SENATOR OM SOUTH CAROLA," SAID DAVE FELICIANO, AN IRAQ WAR VET WHO QU HIS JOB AS A POLICE OFFICER TO N FOR OFFICE. THE PRS NFERENCE FOLLOWED AN EVENT WHERE THE PRIMARY NDIDAT SIGNED A PLEDGE PROMISG TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IF ANY OF THEM MAKE AS FAR AS THE NOFF ELECTN. ONE OF FELICIANO'S FELLOW PLEDGE-SIGNERS, BSMAN RICHARD CASH, IMMEDIATELY LLED THE STATEMENT "APPROPRIATE." SENATOR GRAHAM, WHO OPPOS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND VOTED AGAST THE EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMATN ACT 2013, HAS LONG BEEN THE SUBJECT OF GOSSIP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THGS TO E UP WHEN YOU GOOGLE HIM; AN ACTIVIST WEBSE, HAS AN ENTIRE PAGE VOTED TO "QUTNS ABOUT SENATOR LDSEY GRAHAM'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN"; IN 2010, WAS REPORTED THAT GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST MIKE ROGERS CLAIMED TO HAVE "PICTUR OF A MAN WHO SPENT THE NIGHT" WH THE SENATOR. HOWEVER, THE TWO-TERM REPUBLIN SENATOR HAS LONG NIED THE MORS, WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN MONSTRATED TO HAVE ANY FACTUAL BASIS AT ALL. IN 2010, GRAHAM JOKED TO THE NEW YORK TIM, "I KNOW 'S REALLY GONNA UPSET A LOT OF GAY MEN. I'M SURE HUNDREDS OF 'EM ARE GONNA BE JUMPG OFF THE GOLN GATE BRIDGE -- BUT I A'T AVAILABLE." THE DAILY BEAST REACHED OUT TO FELICIANO FOR CLARIFITN ABOUT HIS "AMBIGUOLY GAY" STATEMENT. HE WAS ALL LGHS, LLG "A WAY TO PH MY PLATFORM." THE PHRASE, HE SAID, "MEANS -- HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED THE OLD SNL SK, THE AMBIGUOLY GAY DUO? THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE IA OM. I THOUGHT WAS KD OF FUNNY. IT MEANS THAT HE SAYS HE'S NOT [GAY], BUT BASED ON PUBLIC PERCEPTN AND TER SEARCH, APPEARS THAT HE IS. I DON'T KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER."FELICIANO CLAIMED THAT HIS MENT IS "A SENTIMENT THAT I SHARE [WH] MOST OF SOUTH CAROLA…BUT ALL OF THOSE POLICIANS ARE AAID TO SAY , BEE THEY RE MORE ABOUT BEG A POLICIAN THAN TELLG THE TTH." HE ALSO NIED THE ACCATNS OF HOMOPHOBIA WHICH IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED HIS REMARKS. "I LOVE GAY PEOPLE!" FELICIANO SAID. "IF YOU GO TO MY WEBSE, I HAVE A WHOLE SPOT ON THERE ABOUT WHAT I THK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS. I HAVE SOME AR IENDS THAT I CHERISH, AND I'VE ACTUALLY PUT THIS TO THEM AND SAID, 'HEY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THK [ABOUT SENATOR GRAHAM]?' AND THEY SAID, 'MAN, THAT GUY'S GAY!' THE OTHER NDIDAT GOT ALL SRED AND STUFF AND THEY WERE NNG TO THEIR PRS PEOPLE, BEE THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW GAY PEOPLE. GAY PEOPLE ARE OL!" FELICIANO LGHED THAT HE WOULD "ABSOLUTELY NOT" BE SURPRISED IF EVER SURFACED THAT SENATOR GRAHAM WAS VOLVED WH GAY PROSTUT. "I MEAN, E ON. HOW MANY SNDALS HAVE WE HEARD OF THE GUYS NNG AROUND? I MEAN, 'S JT BOUND TO E OUT -- IF HE'S GAY! I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GAY. I JT THOUGHT WAS FUNNY." ON FELICIANO'S WEBSE, HE SAYS THAT HE DO NOT THK THE FERAL ERNMENT SHOULD PLAY A ROLE REGULATG MARRIAGE.THE NDIDATE'S WEBSE GO ON TO TO EXPLA THAT FELICIANO BELIEV "TO SOME, NOT ALL, HOMOSEXUALY IS NOT A CHOICE. THERE ARE SOME WHO WERE BORN LEGIMATELY SIRG THE SAME SEX. THEN THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE RECED TO THAT LIFTYLE(MY GAY IENDS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKG ABOUT……). HE NTU THAT "THE GAYS I KNOW ARE NOT THE FLAMBOYANT SHOVE---YOUR FACE TYPE OF PEOPLE." ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, FELICIANO SAYS THAT BEE HE IS "A FOLLOWER OF J CHRIST…I REGNIZE THAT THE STUTN OF MARRIAGE IS A CHRISTIAN STUTN."FELICIANO, WHO HAS NEVER N FOR PUBLIC OFFICE BEFORE, DO NOT YET HAVE A MPAIGN MANAGER. IN THE MOST RECENT POLL OF THE SENATE PRIMARY BY WTHROP UNIVERSY LATE FEBURARY, HIS NAME WAS NOT EVEN CLUD.A SPOKPERSON FOR SENATOR GRAHAM DID NOT RPOND TO SEVERAL REQUTS FOR MENT. OLIVIA NUZZI

The thg is, ’s pretty obv why the mastream media isn’t verg this: Graham, who never married and has no kids, has been the subject of unverified mors that he’s gay for years, and the mastream media probably don’t want to draw more attentn to those mors out of a general reticence to discs the sexual orientatn of anyone who isn’t out. “To the extent that matters, I’m not gay, ” he said 2018 when the media’s attentn was aga drawn to the gay mors. Headl across the rightwg media landspe are effectively discsg the mors that Graham is gay, while sayg Psaki is wrong to have brought them up the first place.

"Acrdg to Gheen, beg gay is "a secret that Ldsey Graham has.

" Gheen told the crowd: "I hope this secret isn't beg ed as leverage over Senator Graham, so today I thk Senator Graham, you need to e forward and tell people about your alternative liftyle and your homosexualy. ""Barney Frank is more hont and brave than you, " Gheen ntued, referrg to the openly-gay Massachetts has posted the vio tled "US Senator Graham is Gay" on YouTube, where var news outlets have vered one pot, the vio ntaed the tags "queer" and "fag, " which Gheen told HuffPost were the rult of a hacked YouTube acunt.