"Why I Called Ldsey Graham 'Ambiguoly Gay'"

Contents:

• LDSEY GRAHAM’S 10 GAYT MOMENTS
• LDSEY GRAHAM DENI HE’S GAY IN RPONSE TO CHELSEA HANDLER’S ‘NATNAL COMG OUT DAY’ TWEET
• LDSEY GRAHAM SAYS 'I'M NOT GAY' AFTER CHELSEA HANDLER TROLLS HIM ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY
• WHO IS ‘LADY G’? LDSEY GRAHAM IS BEG ACCED OF HIRG GAY SEX WORKERS
• CONSERVATIV N’T STOP TALKG ABOUT LDSEY GRAHAM’S LATT GAY NTROVERSY
• PATTI LUPONE TELLS SEN. LDSEY GRAHAM TO 'BE THE BULLET AND COME OUT' AS GAY
• "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
• WHOOPI GOLDBERG ADDRS 'NVERSATN' OVER HER LDSEY GRAHAM GAY JOKE ON THE VIEW: 'IT WAS A JOKE, GUYS'

LDSEY GRAHAM’S 10 GAYT MOMENTS

LGBT is still a popular term ed to discs genr and sexual mori, but all GSRM are wele beyond lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people who nsent to participate a safe space. Will Ldsey Graham’s gay mors matter? I tst to not turn this to a homophobic post.

Ldsey Graham Addrs Rumors: 'I A't Gay'. Ldsay graham is trendg on Twter and everyone is sayg the proof is fally out that he's gay? Closet homosexuals Ldsey Graham, Mar Rub, and also Chuck Schumer and John McCa are beg blackmailed, acrdg to ex-CIA Robert Steele.

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

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.

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

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.

WHO IS ‘LADY G’? LDSEY GRAHAM IS BEG ACCED OF HIRG GAY SEX WORKERS

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. 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.

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

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.

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

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.

"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

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. 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.

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

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.

Graham “a’t gay, ” by whatever ntorted fn that impli. He’s had plenty of gay moments, though.