Sce the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wa, anti-gay rhetoric and lls to roll back L.G.B.T.Q. rights have grown bolr among Republin elected officials and ndidat.
Contents:
- KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
- LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
- AFTER ROE, REPUBLINS SHARPEN ATTACKS ON GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS
KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said n refe to make weddg webs for gay upl poted durg her lawsu to a requt om a man named “Stewart” and his hband-to-be. * candidates gay rights *
Nikki Haley’s 2024 printial bid has seen her misgenr trans fluencer Dylan Mulvaney and claim Ron DeSantis’ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law “don’t go far enough”. She nounced DeSantis’ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law – which rtrictns LGBTQ+ discsns schools – for “not gog far enough” and misgenred social media fluencer Dylan Mulvaney. Durg his time the Republin Party, Stt supported the US ary’s reviled ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, opposed same-sex marriage and told Newsweek that he nsirs homosexualy to be morally wrong.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez was ially a proponent of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, but he said expandg the anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn was “excsive”. Suarez told NBC News he ially supported DeSantis’ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, but he said expandg the anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn to all gras was “excsive”. Asked if he meant to nvey support for same-sex marriage, he replied: “No, ’ before sayg that gay marriage is ‘legally acceptable’ Virgia and that “I, as ernor, will support that.
History, Ron DeSantis has ma the missn of his ernorship to attack queer and trans people, whether ’s children or fai, or addn to his dranian “don’t say gay” law that forbids the discsn of the existence of LGBTQ+ people or their experienc the world schools through high school graduatn, he has stripped parents of the right to accs life-savg, medilly proven, and endorsed re for their children. Ron DeSantis, did not go far enough wh his “don’t say gay” law.
LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
A noted homophobe, former vice print Mike Pence is known for his anti-LGBTQ+ remarks and actns. Clayton County se, his admistratn argued that gay and trans workers were not protected by feral civil rights law.
In 2020 however, the Supreme Court led that Tle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protected gay and transgenr employe om said 2021 that “We will ban men om participatg women’s sports, ” durg a rally Texas, NBC reported.
Over half of LGBTQ+ ndidat intify as gay men, so any of the gas for women would help to balance the Armstrong, who is nng to reprent District 16 the Alaska Hoe of Reprentativ, says that beg an out queer woman on the mpaign trail has opened nversatns about genr and sexualy wh voters, like explag what means to be pansexual to the many potential nstuents who didn’t is grateful she’s an era where the nversatns are possible. “So many people like Johnny [Ellis] me before and ma huge sacrific to stay the closet, and uldn't live as their full, te selv, ” Armstrong tells Them, referrg to the polician who served the Alaskan legislature om 1986 to 2017 and didn’t e out as gay until 2016.
AFTER ROE, REPUBLINS SHARPEN ATTACKS ON GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS
Don’t say gay/LGBTQ+ discsns schools. DeSantis has bee bt known for signg the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which allows lawsus agast tors who mentn LGBTQ+ inti elementary school classrooms and rtricts discsns about LGBTQ+ people higher gras.
| Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag. ”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry.
”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce. He’s Barbie’s gay bt iend.