Contents:
- ANTI-LGBT LAWMAKER 'LED DOUBLE LIFE AS A GAY MAN'
- AT TEXAS GOP NVENTN, LOYALISTS EMBRACE FAR-RIGHT, ANTI-GAY RHETORIC
ANTI-LGBT LAWMAKER 'LED DOUBLE LIFE AS A GAY MAN'
There were openly gay officials workg at the hight levels of the Tmp admistratn.
And Congrs, the gay rights movement has found alli up and g Republin stars like Rep. 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.
AT TEXAS GOP NVENTN, LOYALISTS EMBRACE FAR-RIGHT, ANTI-GAY RHETORIC
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.
The real breakthrough, gay Republin operativ say, me wh the nomatn of Donald Tmp. Though evangelils flocked to his ndidacy, nservative gay rights activists also saw an opportuny. 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.
“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.