Former Republin ngrsman says he's gay, regrets anti-gay stanc - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• FACT CHECK: DID GRDR THREATEN TO EXPOSE GAY REPUBLINS WHO USE APP?
• TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
• FORMER REPUBLIN NGRSMAN SAYS HE’S GAY, REGRETS ANTI-GAY STANC
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
• “WE FAILED”: GAY REPUBLINS WHO FOUGHT FOR ACCEPTANCE TEXAS GOP SEE LTLE PROGRS
• ADAPTED OM SECRET CITY: THE HIDN HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON BY JAM KIRCHICK. PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY. COPYRIGHT © 2022 BY JAM KIRCHICK. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.
• DONALD TMP’S TOP “LGBT” SUPPORTERS ARE LARGELY GAY WHE MEN
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

FACT CHECK: DID GRDR THREATEN TO EXPOSE GAY REPUBLINS WHO USE APP?

Fally, many of the LGB Republins that FiveThirtyEight talked to said that they felt personally weled as gay or lbian Republin circl, while they often felt ostracized as Republins LGBTQ circl. Recently, the Walt Disney World Rort Florida announced plans to host what billed the "largt LGBTQ nference the world" after the pany cricized DeSantis' Parental Rights Edutn legislatn, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics. Wh greater attentn foced toward Florida's gay rights rerd, one claim on Twter that picked up attentn recently suggted datg app Grdr uld take steps to expose Republin polician ers should they ntue to support anti-LGBTQ legislatn.

A social media post has claimed that gay datg app Grdr would reveal any Republin legislators that ed s software if Florida ntued to endorse "homophobic" and "transphobic" legislatn.

TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI

The ClaimA tweet by er @dutchsprim, posted on March 23, 2023, and viewed more than 500, 000 tim, clud a screenshot of another tweet claimg gay datg app Grdr would reveal any "Republin" that "secretly" their app if Florida ntu to pass "homophobic and transphobic laws.

FORMER REPUBLIN NGRSMAN SAYS HE’S GAY, REGRETS ANTI-GAY STANC

"The screenshot read: "BREAKING: The gay datg app Grdr says if Florida don't stop passg homophobic and transphobic laws, they'll reveal every Republin legislator and party official who secretly the app. "User @dutchsprim add: "Do ?"The FactsFlorida's "Don't Say Gay" bill led to a wave of other Republin-led stat nsirg siar legislatn, which prevents topics cludg sexual orientatn and genr inty om beg tght to the state's youngt law brought signifint backlash om LGBTQ advot, who argue is tend to silence the muny. "LGBTQ and civil rights groups have praised plans by Walt Disney World Rort to host "the largt LGBTQ+ nference the world", as proposals emerged to extend Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill to all ag the Florida schoolg system.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

The Texas Republin Party unveiled s official posn on LGBTQ issu over the weekend, fg homosexualy as an "abnormal liftyle choice" and also opposg "all efforts to validate transgenr inty. "Thoands of Republin activists met at the party’s biennial nventn Hoton on Saturday to agree to the party's platform on a range of issu, cludg the rejectn of the 2020 electn rults and a ll to repeal of the 1965 Votg Right Act, which was enacted to prevent discrimatn agast Black a sectn tled "Homosexualy and genr issu, " the party suggted that LGBTQ people should not be legally protected om discrimatn and that beg gay or trans is a choice.

"We believe there should be no grantg of special legal entlements or creatn of special stat for homosexual behavr, regardls of state of orig, and we oppose any crimal or civil penalti agast those who oppose homosexualy out of fah, nvictn, or belief tradnal valu.

“WE FAILED”: GAY REPUBLINS WHO FOUGHT FOR ACCEPTANCE TEXAS GOP SEE LTLE PROGRS

"The Texas Republin Party blocked the Log Cab Republins, a longstandg group of gay nservativ — which also supports many of the party’s anti-LGBTQ polici — om havg a booth at Saturday's nventn. "The party's new official stance on sexual orientatn and genr inty also cis wh a recent natnwi surge charged rhetoric om media punds and policians about LGBTQ recent months, nservative lawmakers, televisn punds and other public figur have acced opponents of a newly enacted Florida tn legislatn — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law — of tryg to “groom” or “doctrate” children.

ADAPTED OM SECRET CITY: THE HIDN HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON BY JAM KIRCHICK. PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY. COPYRIGHT © 2022 BY JAM KIRCHICK. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.

There is more energy the GOP for help for gay and transgenr issu than a lot of issu Bin r about, ” said Tyler Deaton, a Republin nsultant and senr adviser to the Amerin Uny Fund, which works to advance LGBTQ rights.

DONALD TMP’S TOP “LGBT” SUPPORTERS ARE LARGELY GAY WHE MEN

Bh’s 2004 printial n, apologized for the anti-same-sex marriage rhetoric of that mpaign and for his role fightg marriage equaly, while announcg that he was gay. Hedge fund billnaire and Republin donor Pl Sger quietly donated to pro-gay rights and formed the Amerin Uny PAC and Amerin Uny Fund, which fights for LGBTQ and relig eedom. A smopolan md bs person, Tmp did not prrize LGBTQ issu durg his mpaign and, fact, ma overt appeals to gay voters, though not by pledgg support for laws to protect them.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

“For the first time we got to walk to the race wh a ndidate we didn’t have to apologize for or expla away his reluctance to embrace the gay muny.

Probably Reagan was the last ndidate where we were like ‘this ndidate has gay iends, ’” said Charl Moran, spokperson for Log Cab Republins, a LGBTQ GOP group. “Donald Tmp’s embrace of people who are LGBT tly did help make OK to be an out, gay Republin, ” said former Whe Hoe puty prs secretary Judd Deere. “As print, he hired and promoted LGBT Amerins to the hight levels of ernment, cludg posns at the Whe Hoe, of which I was honored to be one of those people, Cabet agenci, cludg the first openly gay Cabet member, and ambassadorships.