17 Gay Sex Sndals That Rocked Amerin Polics

Homosexualy has been a source of discrimatn for s, but the most famo gay policians have proven that your sexual orientatn don’t have to stand the way of your profsnal succs... * famous gay conservatives *

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.

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.

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 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.

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Sce Dan Zwonzer first joed the Wyomg Hoe 2005, at least six bills targetg gay and transgenr people have been feated. * famous gay conservatives *

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. The two never publicly acknowledged a sexual relatnship, but the closens earns scty even today, pecially wh Hoover's history of antagonizg gay people, but the FBI matas still that there was no evince Hoover was Foley Gets Too DeepHow much trouble did U.

20 REPUBLIN POLICIANS BROUGHT DOWN BY BIG GAY SEX SNDALSSHE DOTH PROTT TOO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYDECEMBER 30, 2016/1:55 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ALEX QUADA/LOS ANGEL TIM VIA GETTY , 02/12/2004. CAPOL, WASHGTON, D.C. HEARGS BEFORE THE SENATE COMMTEE OF THE JUDICIARY SUBMTEE ON IMMIGRATN AND BORR SECURY ON " EVALUATG A TEMPORARY GUT WORKER PROPOSAL". SENATOR LARRY CRAIG (R) IDAHO GIV TTIMONY SUPPORT OF LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE IMMIGRATN LAWS. 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(AND THAT'S NOT EVEN CLUDG THE ON WHO NEVER GOT UGHT.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH THE REPUBLINS POISED TO RETAKE THE WHE HOE, 'S A GOOD TIME TO LOOK BACK AT RIGHT-WG HYPOCR ON THE DOWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JON HSONCQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAGJON HSON LOOKG AT BIRD SCULPTURE. (PHOTO BY CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAG)"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1976, WHEN HSON WAS AN AI TO MISSISSIPPI REP. THAD COCHRAN, HE WAS ARRTED FOR EXPOSG HIMSELF TO AN UNRVER P AT THE IWO JIMA MEMORIAL ARLGTON NATNAL CEMETERY. MARRIED AT THE TIME, HSON BLAMED HIS ACTNS ON "PERSONAL TURMOIL" AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE MANAGED TO KEEP HIS JOB AND EVEN WON THE ELECTN TO BE COCHRAN'S REPLACEMENT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN 1981, HSON WAS ARRTED AGA, FOR PERFORMG ORAL SEX ON A YOUNG CLERK A HOE OF REPRENTATIV BATHROOM. HE WAS CHARGED WH SODOMY (THEN STILL A CRIME) BUT RECEIVED A SPEND SENTENCE AND YEAR'S PROBATN. HE RIGNED ON APRIL 13, 1981, LLG "THE MOST PAFUL AND DIFFICULT CISN OF MY LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOON AFTERWARD, HSON ME OUT AND BEME AN ADVOTE FOR LGBT RIGHTS AND FOUGHT AGAST THE BAN ON GAYS THE ARY. HE DIED OF AN AIDS-RELATED ILLNS 1995 AT THE AGE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TROY KGBILL CLARK/ROLL CALL/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - MARCH 23: ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL TROY KG, LEFT, AND REP. SPENCER BACH, R-ALA., HOLD A NEWS NFERENCE ON TUDAY, MARCH 23, 2010, TO DISCS ALABAMA'S POSN AND PLANNED LAWSU CHALLENGG THE HEALTH RE REFORM LEGISLATN PASSED BY CONGRS. (PHOTO BY BILL CLARK/ROLL CALL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS FORMER ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL RAILED AGAST HOMOSEXUALY, LLG "THE DOWNFALL OF SOCIETY" A 1992 OP-ED ABOUT A LLEGE LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE EXISTENCE OF THE GAY-LBIAN ALLIANCE ON THIS MP IS AN AFONT TO THE STATE OF ALABAMA, S CIZENRY, THIS UNIVERSY AND S STUNTS." (HE ALSO TRIED TO BAN THE SALE OF SEX TOYS THE STATE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WAS A B EMBARRASSG WHEN, 2008, WAS REPORTED HE WAS UGHT BY HIS WIFE BED WH A MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEWSPAPER ACUNTS POTED OUT THE STAFFER WAS IALLY PAID $39,456 A YEAR AS AN "TERN" WHILE STILL LLEGE, AND THEN BUMPED UP TO $57,504. (KG'S CHIEF OF STAFF SAID THE AI TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY WH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND WAS "DISPENSABLE TERMS OF THE MANY FUNCTNS HE RRI OUT THIS OFFICE."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG RAN FOR REELECTN 2010 BUT WAS FEATED THE GOP PRIMARY BY LUTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROY ASHBURNWALLY SKALIJ/LOS ANGEL TIM VIA GETTY IMAGSACRAMENTO, CA. FEBRUARY 19, 2009??REPUBLIN SENATORS ROY ASHBURN, LEFT, AND ABEL MALDONADO VOTED FOR THE BUDGET PLAN THURSDAY SACRAMENTO. (PHOTO BY WALLY SKALIJ/LOS ANGEL TIM VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR ROY ASHBURN VOTED AGAST EVERY PIECE OF LGBT RIGHTS LEGISLATN THAT EVER CROSSED HIS SK. THEN, ON MARCH 3, 2010, HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR DNK DRIVG WHILE LEAVG A POPULAR SACRAMENTO GAY CLUB WH ANOTHER MAN HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARRT SPARKED NATNWI SPECULATN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND THE HYPOCRISY OF HIS VOTG RERD. LATER THAT SAME YEAR, ASHBURN ME OUT A RAD TERVIEW. HE WAS LATER APPOTED BY GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE APPEALS BOARD AND RAN UNSUCCSFULLY FOR UNTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICHARD CURTISKXLY/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A WASHGTON STATE REPRENTATIVE, CURTIS VOTED AGAST SAME-SEX DOMTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND AGAST AN ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW PROTECTG GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HE WAS EVENTUALLY OUTED BY A MALE RT WHO HAD BEEN BLACKMAILG HIM AND THREATENG TO TELL HIS WIFE ABOUT THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ED SCHROCKU.S. NAVY PHOTO BY CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER'S MATE JOHNNY BIVERA041023-N-2383B-071NORFOLK, VA. (OCT. 23, 2004) Ð CONGRSMAN ED SCHROCK OF VIRGIA'S SEND DISTRICT, SPEAKS DURG THE MISSNG CEREMONY OF USS VIRGIA (SSN 774). THE NGRSMAN HONORED THE CREW AND GUTS OF THE FIRST NUCLEAR-POWERED FAST ATTACK VIRGIA CLASS SUBMARE AND NTH U.S. NAVAL VSEL TO BE NAMED FOR THE "OLD DOMN". IT IS THE NAVY'S ONLY MAJOR BATANT SIGNED WH THE POST-COLD WAR SECURY ENVIRONMENT MD. VIRGIA CLASS PABILI CLU ANTI-SUBMARE; ANTI-SURFACE; VERT STRIKE; VERT SPECIAL OPERATNS; VERT ME; AND VERT TELLIGENCE, RENNAISSANCE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER'S MATE JOHNNY BIVERA. (RELEASED){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM 2001 TO 2005, SCHROCK SERVED AS U.S. REPRENTATIVE FOR VIRGIA'S SEND CONGRSNAL DISTRICT, AND STOOD 100% AGAST GAY RIGHTS. HE DROPPED PLANS FOR REELECTN, THOUGH, WHEN A TAPE OF HIM SOLICG SEX WH MEN ON A GAY CHAT LE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JIM KOLBEREBEC ROTH/CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAGAT A CENS MARK-UP THE HOE APPROPRIATNS SUB-MTEE ON COMMERCE, REP. JIM KOLBE, R-ARIZ., AND CHAIRMAN REP. HAL ROGERS, R-KY., ON JULY 29, 1997. (PHOTO BY REBEC ROTH/CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ARIZONA CONGRSMAN WASN'T EXACTLY "TAKEN DOWN" BY REVELATNS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY—BUT HE WAS FORCED TO E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER KOLBE VOTED FAVOR OF THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, LGBT ADVOT THREATENED TO OUT HIM—PLACG A FULL-PAGE AD THE WASHGTON BLA LLG ON CLOSETED NGRSMEN TO "END YOUR SILENCE AND FEND YOUR MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SUBSEQUENTLY ME OUT, AND ACTUALLY WON REELECTN THAT SAME YEAR. IN 2000, HE BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO ADDRS THE REPUBLIN NATNAL CONVENTN, ALTHOUGH HIS SPEECH DID NOT ADDRS GAY RIGHTS. (THAT SAME YEAR, HE RMED THE NGRSNAL PAGE PROGRAM ABOUT POSSIBLY APPROPRIATE NTACT BETWEEN CONGRSMAN MARK FOLEY AND TEEN PAG.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN OCTOBER 2006, PROSECUTORS VTIGATED A MPG TRIP THAT KOLBE TOOK JULY 1996 WH TWO MALE PAG, AS WELL AS NATNAL PARK OFFICIALS, STAFFERS AND HIS SISTER. HE WAS ACCED OF "ACTG APPROPRIATELY," BUT WAS ABSOLVED OF ANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2013, KOLBE SIGNED AN AMIC BRIEF TO THE SUPREME COURT SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JIM WTFRONTLE/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO FORMER BOY SUTS CLAIMED WT, THE MAYOR OF SPOKANE, WASHGTON, FONDLED THEM AND FORCED THEM TO PERFORM SEX ACTS WHEN THEY WERE MORS. WT NFIRMED HE HAD OFFERED GIFTS, FAVORS AND AN TERNSHIP INTER CHATS WH A MAN HE BELIEVED WAS 18, BUT NIED THE MOLTATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WT ACKNOWLEDGED HE WAS GAY BUT CLED TO STEP DOWN AS MAYOR, AND WAS EVENTUALLY REMOVED OM OFFICE BY A SPECIAL ELECTN. BEFORE HIS ATH 2006, HE SAID HE REGRETTED VOTG FOR A BILL THAT BANNED DISCSN OF HOMOSEXUALY OR LGBT RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PL BABEGAGE SKIDMORE (CC LICENSE 3.0){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PAL COUNTY SHERIFF PL BABE WAS ONCE NSIRED A RISG STAR ARIZONA POLICS—UNTIL REPORTS SURFACED THAT HE THREATENED AN EX-BOYIEND WH PORTATN BACK TO MEXI. THE SNDAL EVENTUALLY ST BABE HIS NGRSNAL BID, AS WELL AS HIS ROLE AS ARIZONA -CHAIR OF THE MT ROMNEY FOR PRINT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS LATER REVEALED THAT WHEN BABE RAN A PRIVATE BOARDG SCHOOL MASSACHETTS THE LATE ’90S, THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN VTIGATED FOR ABIVE DISCIPLARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE RE-EMERGED ON THE SCENE THIS YEAR, WHEN HE BEME THE REPUBLIN NOMEE FOR ARIZONA'S FIRST NGRSNAL DISTRICT, BUT WAS FEATED THE GENERAL ELECTN BY DEMOCRAT TOM O'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBERT BMAN CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAGREP. ROBERT E. BMAN, R-MD., HOE OF REPRENTATIV MEMBER, STANDG BI H R IV AND MRS. GROSS. 1974 (PHOTO BY CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A NGRSMAN OM MARYLAND, BMAN PREACHED ABOUT THE LLAPSE OF AMERIN MORALY AND FOUND NUMERO NSERVATIVE ANIZATNS, CLUDG THE YOUNG AMERINS FOR FREEDOM AND THE AMERIN CONSERVATIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WAS QUE A SHOCK WHEN, 1980, HE WAS ARRTED FOR ATTEMPTG TO SOLIC SEX OM A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PROSTUTE. HE, LIKE OTHERS ON THIS LIST, BLAMED ALHOL FOR HIS DISCRETN, BUT HE LOST REELECTN TO DEMOCRAT ROY DYSON, WHO WAS PREVLY NOT NSIRED A SER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THE END OF HIS POLIL REER, BMAN BEME LEGAL UNSEL FOR A GROUP DITED TO OFFSHORE BANKG AND VTMENTS. HIS MEMOIR, THE GENTLEMAN OM MARYLAND: THE CONSCIENCE OF A GAY CONSERVATIVE, WAS PUBLISHED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARK FOLEYTHEO WARGO/WIREIMAGECONGRSMAN MARK FOLEY DURG THE CREATIVE COALN PRENTS "ART$, EDUTN AND THE 21ST CENTURY" - ENTERTAMENT INDTRY JOS FORC WH REPUBLIN LEARSHIP AT CAROL COMEDY CLUB NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK, UNED STAT. (PHOTO BY THEO WARGO/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPUBLIN NGRSMAN MARK FOLEY SERVED THE HOE OM 1995 UNTIL 2006, AND VOTED FOR THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT. BUT ME TO LIGHT HE HAD BEEN SEXTG WH TWO MALE PAG, AG 16 AND 18—AND AFTER THEY TURNED LEGAL, REPORTEDLY HAVG SEX WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLEY NIED HE "EVER HAD APPROPRIATE SEXUAL NTACT WH A MOR HIS LIFE," BUT HIS POLIL REER WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE RIGNED OM CONGRS ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2006, AFTER A REQUT BY REPUBLIN LEARSHIP. FOLEY RURFACED AS A SUPPORTER OF DONALD TMP DURG THE 2016 PRINTIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOB ALLENCORBIS/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALLEN, A MARRIED FLORIDA STATE REPRENTATIVE, VOTED AGAST GAY RIGHTS LEGISLATN 90% OF THE TIME. WHEN HE WAS ARRTED FOR OFFERG A MALE UNRVER P $20 TO RECEIVE ORAL SEX A RTROOM, HE CLAIMED HE ONLY DID BEE HE WAS AAID OF BLACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON NOVEMBER 9, 2007, ALLEN WAS NVICTED, FED $250 AND SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS' PROBATN. HE SUBMTED HIS LETTER OF RIGNATN A WEEK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS MYERSWIKIMEDIA (CC LICENSE 3.0){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2011, THIS MARRIED REPUBLIN MAYOR OF MEDFORD, NEW JERSEY, WAS ACCED OF HAVG SEX WH A MALE PROSTUTE A CALIFORNIA HOTEL—BY THE RT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}APPARENTLY MYERS HAD PAID HIM $500, BUT RENEGED ON A R AND OTHER PROMISED GIFTS. BUT THE PRO-LIFE, ANTI-MARRIAGE-EQUALY POLICIAN STONEWALLED FOR MONTHS BEFORE EVENTUALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE DIDN'T MENTN THE ACCATNS HIS RIGNATN LETTER, THOUGH, CLAIMG, "MY WORK MMENTS WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO VOTE THE TIME THAT IS NEED THE MONTHS AHEAD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MYERS WAS RELIEVED OF HIS POSN AT LOCKHEED MART SHORTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHIL HKLETHE YOUNG TURKS/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A MEMBER OF THE INDIANA HOE OF REPRENTATIV, HKLE VOTED FOR A NSTUTNAL AMENDMENT BANNG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. SO HE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE MARRIAGE ON HIS MD WHEN HE ASKED AN 18-YEAR-OLD MALE HE MET ON CRAIGSLIST UP TO HIS HOTEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE YOUNG MAN CHANGED HIS MD ABOUT THE ENUNTER, HKLE TRIED TO PAY HIM OFF, BUT WORD GOT OUT. HKLE REFED TO ADM HE WAS GAY, BUT CLED TO SEEK REELECTN. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOG THROUGH MY MD," HE SAID AT THE TIME. "I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID WHAT I DID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE THK WE MIGHT KNOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BCE BARCLAYARTFOLPHOTO/GETTY IMAGCLOSP PHOTO OF YOUNG MAN HOLDG PACK OF DOLLARS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARCLAY, CHAIRMAN OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY MISSNERS OFFICE, SPOKE OPENLY ABOUT HIS BELIEF THAT HOMOSEXUALY WAS A S. BUT 2008, HE WAS UGHT WH HUNDREDS OF TAP OF HIM HAVG SEX WH MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COURT DOCUMENTS DITE BARCLAY PATRONIZED A RENTBOY SE AND, AT LEAST TWICE, FLEW A 19-YEAR-OLD TO HIS HOME WT PALM BEACH. CAMERAS WERE HIDN THROUGHOUT THE HOE— THE BATHROOMS, BEDROOMS AND “DOOR RECREATNAL AREAS”—AND RERD BETWEEN 100 AND 500 SEXUAL ENUNTERS WH OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LARRY CRAIGALEX QUADA/LOS ANGEL TIM VIA GETTY , 02/12/2004. CAPOL, WASHGTON, D.C. HEARGS BEFORE THE SENATE COMMTEE OF THE JUDICIARY SUBMTEE ON IMMIGRATN AND BORR SECURY ON " EVALUATG A TEMPORARY GUT WORKER PROPOSAL". SENATOR LARRY CRAIG (R) IDAHO GIV TTIMONY SUPPORT OF LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE IMMIGRATN LAWS. (PHOTO BY ALEX QUADA/LOS ANGEL TIM VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2007, THIS REPUBLIN SENATOR FAMOLY BLAMED HIS ARRT FOR SOLICATN AN AIRPORT BATHROOM ON HAVG A "WI STANCE" AND REFED TO RIGN HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2014, THE FERAL ELECTN COMMISSN FILED SU AFTER DISVERG CRAIG HAD ILLEGALLY ED MPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY HIS ATTORNEYS DURG THE WHOLE ORAL. HE WAS ORRED TO PAY THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT $242,535 OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET. CRAIG APPEALED, BUT 2016, THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS LED AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVE WILHENRY HORENSTE/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2014, THIS REPUBLIN SENATE NDIDATE MPAIGNED HEAVILY ON HIS SUPPORT FOR NORTH CAROLA'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN. HIS SUPPORTERS WERE SHOCKED TO LEARN, THOUGH, THAT WIL HAD PERFORMED AS MISS MONA SCLAIR AT A DRAG CLUB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WAS ALSO A PROMOTER FOR THE 2011 MISS GAY AMERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RANDY BOEHNGTHOMAS TTSCHEL/PHOTOTHEK VIA GETTY IMAGBERL, GERMANY - FEBARY 26: IN THIS PHOTO ILLTRATN THE APP OF GRDR IS DISPLAYED ON A SMARTPHONE ON FEBARY 26, 2018 BERL, GERMANY. (PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THOMAS TTSCHEL/PHOTOTHEK VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET THIS BE A LSON: IT WAS AFTER BOEHNG, A MEMBER OF THE NORTH DAKOTA HOE OF REPRENTATIV, VOTED AGAST GAY RIGHTS THAT HE WAS OUTED ON GRDR WH EXPLIC PHOTOS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE IALLY CLAIMED WAS POLIL RETALIATN, BUT ON APRIL 30, 2015, HE TOLD THE GRAND FORKS HERALD HE WAS "RELIEVED TO E OUT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YENNI WAS MAYOR OF KENNER, LOUISIANA—AND MARRIED TO WIFE MICHELLE—WHEN HE REPORTEDLY SEXTED 17-YEAR-OLD ALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YENNI, NOW PRINT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, ME TO SEE DAIGLE AT THE MALL WHERE HE WORKED. THEY REPORTEDLY MET A BATHROOM, WHERE THE MAYOR GAVE THE TEEN SOME SIGNER UNRWEAR AND THEY BRIEFLY KISSED. YENNI APPARENTLY ASKED TO SEE THE YOUNG MAN NAKED AND TOLD HIM THAT HE WANTED TO PERFORM A SEX ACT ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAIGLE SAID HE STARTED TO FEEL UNFORTABLE AND END MUNITN A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE SEXTG BEGAN. “HE ASKED ME TO BE A SECRETARY OR ASSISTANT HIS OFFICE; THAT WAY I ULD BE WH HIM AND NOT BE QUTNED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE YENNI ADMTED TO SENDG EXPLIC TEXTS TO DAIGLE, HE NI HE IS GAY. “THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS OF THAT STORY I TLY BELIEVE ARE CERTALY FICTNAL,” HE TOLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RALPH SHORTEYOKLAHOMA LEGISLATIVE SERVICE BURE/PUBLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKLAHOMA STATE SENATOR RALPH SHORTEY (R-OKLAHOMA CY) WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF DONALD TMP AND SERVED AS A ORDATOR FOR HIS MPAIGN OKLAHOMA. IN MARCH 2017, THOUGH, SHORTEY, WHO IS MARRIED, WAS UGHT A MOTEL ROOM WH A 17-YEAR-OLD BOY HE HAD OFFERED MONEY FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOY'S FATHER LLED POLICE AND SHORTEY WAS ARRTED. AN FBI VTIGATN FOUND THAT SHORTEY NTACTED NUMERO YOUNG MEN ON CRAIGSLIST TO SEND AND RECEIVE PORNOGRAPHY. HE PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHILD-SEX TRAFFICKG CHARGE, BUT AVOID CHARG RELATG TO CHILD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}W GOODMANNBC4/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN NOVEMBER 2017, GOODMAN (R-CARDGTON) RIGNED OM THE OH HOE OF REPRENTATIV AFTER ALLEGATNS SURFACED HE HAD SEX WH ANOTHER MAN HIS OFFICE. A MARRIED “FAY VALU” REPUBLIN, HAS PREV CLAIMED “HEALTHY, VIBRANT, THRIVG, VALU-DRIVEN FAI ARE THE SOURCE OF OH’S PROUD HISTORY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOODMAN TOUTED RELIG LIBERTY AND VOTED TO REPEAL OBAMARE OH. HE ALSO THORED THE “ENACT CAMP FREE SPEECH ACT,” TO ENSURE SPEAKERS WERE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON LLEGE MP REGARDLS OF HOW OD THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE ALL BRG OUR OWN STGGL AND OUR OWN TRIALS TO PUBLIC LIFE,” GOODMAN SAID AN APOLOGY. “THAT HAS BEEN TE FOR ME, AND I SCERELY REGRET THAT MY ACTNS AND CHOIC HAVE KEPT ME OM SERVG MY NSTUENTS AND OUR STATE A WAY THAT REFLECTS THE BT IALS OF PUBLIC SERVICE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUMORS OF GOODMAN'S BEHAVR HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN SWIRLG FOR YEARS: IN 2016, GOODMAN WAS ACCED OF FONDLG AN 18-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS ATTENDG A FUNDRAISER. GOODMAN ALLEGEDLY FORCE THE TEEN TO E TO HIS HOTEL ROOM AND SHARE A BED WH HIM. THE YOUNG MAN SAYS HE WOKE UP THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO FD GOODMAN PULLG DOWN HIS ZIPPER. HE LEFT THE ROOM AT 4AM, THE WASHGTON POST REPORTED, “SHAKEN, DAZED, NFED AND VERY UPSET.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Some historians nsir the men to be the first gay print and vice Brgs Down LBJ HonchoWalter Jenks served as Print Lyndon Johnson's chief of staff, and by many acunts was key to brgg the former Texas senator to his historic posn of power.

But the cint would be jt one mark on a sndal-plagued reer and he would eventually rign due to tax evasn by SndalIt would be nice if the first out ngrsman to serve Washgton's halls of power fact ma his own cisn to make his homosexualy known to the world. He would go on to be an outspoken Hoe member supportg same-sex marriage and other gay rights long before public opn swung a directn helpful to LGBT Social Conservative to Out, Poz ActivistRepublin Congrsman Jon Hson started his reer as a young pol reprentg a socially nservative area of Mississippi.

In the wake of the Larry Craig sndal (see earlier this list), Dick suggted that policians who were a posn to vote agast gay rights spe beg gay themselv served special scty and srn.

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Now, wh Tmp prepared to take the oath, Angelo and a handful of gay nservative activists thk they have a rare, if not unprecented, advantage over their liberal progrsiv sprt to tch up — or refe to al wh Tmp’s staff directly — the gay activists on the right believe accs to Tmp’s Whe Hoe will make them bellwethers for the entire LGBT movement. Most of all our terviews, Angelo relished that this week, LGBT Amerins will have their first Republin print who isn’t openly hostile to ’s posns on LGBT rights have been ntradictory, but his gay supporters pot out Tmp ma several posive overtur durg the mpaign — even holdg a pri flag on stage — givg hope he will re anti-LGBT people around him, like his vice print, Mike Pence.

The most recent Whe Hoe LGBT liaison, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, told BuzzFeed News this month she never got touch wh nservative groups like Amerin Uny Fund or Log Cab Republins — even though her job was beg the print’s ma ntact for LGBT she explaed , the nservative gay groups never ntacted her, and she never reached out to them. Barron has been fur that liberal groups balked at nome who have been iendly to gay , such Secretary of State nomee Rex Tillerson, who backed gay cln the Boy Suts as the group’s print.

It seems like every time a Republin polician starts screamg about the gay agenda, we fd out he has a Grdr acunt or a secret small towns to the hight echelons of power, there've been a lot of closeted GOP officials ught wh their pants down—lerally, some s. He died of an AIDS-related illns 1995 at the age of KgThis former Alabama Attorney General railed agast homosexualy, llg "the downfall of society" a 1992 op-ed about a llege LGBT group. Then, on March 3, 2010, he was pulled over for dnk drivg while leavg a popular Sacramento gay club wh another man his arrt sparked natnwi speculatn about his sexualy and the hypocrisy of his votg rerd.

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Richard CurtisAs a Washgton State Reprentative, Curtis voted agast same-sex domtic partnerships and agast an anti-discrimatn law protectg gay he was eventually outed by a male rt who had been blackmailg him and threateng to tell his wife about their SchrockFrom 2001 to 2005, Schrock served as U. He dropped plans for reelectn, though, when a tape of him solicg sex wh men on a gay chat le KolbeThis Arizona Congrsman wasn't exactly "taken down" by revelatns about his sexualy—but he was forced to e Kolbe voted favor of the Defense of Marriage Act, LGBT advot threatened to out him—placg a full-page ad the Washgton Bla llg on closeted ngrsmen to "end your silence and fend your muny. Wt nfirmed he had offered gifts, favors and an ternship Inter chats wh a man he believed was 18, but nied the moltatn acknowledged he was gay but cled to step down as mayor, and was eventually removed om office by a special electn.

Before his ath 2006, he said he regretted votg for a bill that banned discsn of homosexualy or LGBT rights BabePal County Sheriff Pl Babe was once nsired a risg star Arizona polics—until reports surfaced that he threatened an ex-boyiend wh portatn back to Mexi.

His memoir, The Gentleman om Maryland: The Conscience of a Gay Conservative, was published FoleyRepublin ngrsman Mark Foley served the Hoe om 1995 until 2006, and voted for the Defense of Marriage Act.

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His supporters were shocked to learn, though, that Wil had performed as Miss Mona Sclair at a drag club was also a promoter for the 2011 Miss Gay Ameri BoehngLet this be a lson: It was after Boehng, a member of the North Dakota Hoe of Reprentativ, voted agast gay rights that he was outed on Grdr wh explic photos and ially claimed was polil retaliatn, but on April 30, 2015, he told the Grand Forks Herald he was "relieved to e out. Birthplace: Long Island, New York, USANatnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriRepublin Arizona Senator Matt Salmon had long sce held his nservative views, cludg anti-gay legislatn that would ban same sex marriage and gay adoptn rights. Published on April 14, 2015 at 11:54 am by Lists Homosexualy has been a source of discrimatn for s, but the most famo gay policians have proven that your sexual orientatn don’t have to stand the way of your profsnal succs.

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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir It’s one thg to be a pneer the lol polil landspe, but Jóhanna took urage and gay pri to the next level by openly admtg to her sexual orientatn 2009, whilst nng for the post of Prime Mister Iceland. Annise Parker It’s difficult to image what life mt be like for an openly gay woman Hoton, Texas, but the odds seem to be growg their favour ever sce Annise Parker appeared on the polil scene.

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Barney FrankColorado CongrsmanCongrsDavid CicilleFamo people that are gayFamo people that are homosexualFamo policians that are gayFamo policians that are homosexualFearls Campaignfirst gay person to be elected the Hoe of Reprentativgenr equalyhomosexualyHomosexualy policsInfluential people that are gayJared PolisJóhanna SigurðardóttirLGBT munyMayor of ProvinceNew York CongrsmanPeople that are openly gayPolicians that are openly gaypolicsPopular people that are open about beg gayPopular people that are open about their homosexualyPrime MisterRandy FlorkeSean Patrick MaloneyTammy Baldwthe most famo gay policiansU.

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The 36-year-old Brish polil mentator, whose speech and wrgs often ridicule polil rrectns, social jtice and femism, clared himself no longer gay and “sodomy ee, ” he told LifeSe an terview.

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“As for the CHANGED movement, I gus bee they’re Californian they don’t see how funny their webse is, or maybe they’re dirty non-doms who thk God lov you more the gayer you act, but I was slightly makg fun of them wh that ptn, ” he said.

Sce he took office 2005, openly gay Republin Dan Zwonzer, 41, has succsfully orchtrated efforts to feat at least six anti-LGBTQ bills troduced the Wyomg Legislature, many of which would have set lims on same-sex marriag, and he has been a powerful polil voice behalf of gay Wyomg. My iends want to meet you, '" he the state notor for the 1998 murr of Matthew Shepard, a gay llege stunt who was btally beaten by two men and left for ad near Laramie, attus have shifted toward acceptance, Zwonzer, Wyomg has yet to pass any statewi legislatn protectg LGBTQ rints, although the cy of Laramie, where Shepard was a stunt at the Universy of Wyomg, passed an anti-discrimatn ordance 2015 that prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty employment, hog and accs to public recent years, Republin lawmakers troduced several anti-transgenr bills, cludg at least one so-lled bathroom bill that would have penalized trans people for g public acmodatns matchg their genr inti, but they were "ad on arrival, " Zwonzer said.

"We've never taken very many steps forward, but we never took a step back, " Zwonzer said of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer rights Shepard's murr, lawmakers Wyomg tried but failed to pass a hate crim bill 1999, Zwonzer said. Zwonzer is the only gay Republin lawmaker endorsed by the Victory Fund who is still the 2020 said he has faced cricism om lleagu on both the left and the right, two factns he says are gettg more "iologilly extreme.

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