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Contents:
- MEET BRANDON STRAKA, A GAY FORMER LIBERAL ENURAGG OTHERS TO #WALKAWAY OM DEMOCRATS
- TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
- MILO YIANNOPOULOS SAYS HE IS ‘EX-GAY,’ WANTS TO REHABILATE ‘NVERSN THERAPY’
- ARMY VETERAN ROB SMH: SAYG I'M CONSERVATIVE HARR THAN COMG OUT AS GAY
- THE ANTI-INTY POLICS OF GAY NSERVATIV
MEET BRANDON STRAKA, A GAY FORMER LIBERAL ENURAGG OTHERS TO #WALKAWAY OM DEMOCRATS
”Straka’s story of beg a whe, gay, Manhattan liberal-turned-nservative proved irristible to those on the right. He said he faced vlence and discrimatn for beg gay his nservative high school, he moved to New York to pursue actg and sgg.
TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
”“That’s what started to drive me away om liberalism, ” he said his “red-pillg” — or his journey om liberal to nservative — was furthered by watchg YouTube vios that alleged the “liberal media” was tryg to take down me to believe that news outlets nspired to pat Tmp as “the most racist, most homophobic, most horrible person the world” and ma so “anybody who supports him is pated as the same. Angelo, print of the gay nservative group Log Cab Republins, thks there’s potential #WalkAway, but only if nservativ n figure out how to harns s energy.
An openly gay man, Miller also walked away, but the other directn: He nsirs himself a “#NeverTmp Republin. An NBC News ex poll om the 2016 printial electn found jt 14 percent of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr voters st their ballots for Tmp, pared to 78 percent for Clton.
“GAY CONSERVATIVE PUBLIC FIGURE”Ls than three months after postg his viral #WalkAway vio, Straka has qu his day job and now foc on his mpaign full-time, llg himself a “gay nservative public figure startg a movement to save the untry! ”"I don't base my vote on my beg gay. An unscientific survey last month by the gay social app Hor dited that 45 percent of s Amerin rponnts were votg to re-elect the print.
MILO YIANNOPOULOS SAYS HE IS ‘EX-GAY,’ WANTS TO REHABILATE ‘NVERSN THERAPY’
But a Morng Consult poll om June found 19 percent of LGBTQ voters backed Tmp, while GLAAD's State of LGBTQ Voters report September reported jt 17 percent of LGBTQ registered voters were supportg the 's poll rults were siar to ex poll fdgs om 2016, which found that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr voters backed Hillary Clton over Tmp by 74 percent to 14 percent. '100 percent on board'While the precise numbers may be uncerta, Tmp's msage is appealg to some segment of the LGBTQ Kazmierczak, a gay real tate agent Virgia who said he's "100 percent on board" wh the print, blam Democrats for fixatg on inty polics. If you're gay, specifilly, Democrat propaganda stat that the Republins are gog to take away your rights.
"Kazmierczak lled Tmp a “stnch supporter of gay people and their rights, ” but he said he mak a distctn when to relig groups. "He don't want gay rights forced on relig stutns, " Kazmierczak said. "It don't mean that he don't support gay people.
ARMY VETERAN ROB SMH: SAYG I'M CONSERVATIVE HARR THAN COMG OUT AS GAY
On May 31, 2019, he regnized June as Pri Month for the first time a seri of tweets that doubled down on his mment to crimalizg homosexualy abroad.
It ma Grenell the first openly gay person named to a Cabet-level months later, Grenell was appoted the Tmp mpaign's senr adviser on LGBTQ outreach. On social media, he praised his boss as "the most pro-gay print Amerin history. "I don't base my vote on my beg gay.
THE ANTI-INTY POLICS OF GAY NSERVATIV
I don't see direct anti-gay rhetoric om the print himself.
"Many gay Tmp supporters say they're tired of beg told what polil views are acceptable. "A lot of people jt don't like to be told they n only thk a certa way, and that's exactly what the left do, " said Bob Kabel, chair of the Log Cab Republins, a natnal gay nservative group. "You're acced of beg a racist or a homophobe if you don't agree wh everythg they say, and a lot of people are jt tired of that.
"Others have rporated their support for Team Tmp to their fluencer brands, like lbian YouTuber Arielle Srcella, gay polil mentator Dave Rub and bi glam rocker Ricky Rebel, who appeared at the Grammys red leather chaps wh the words "IMPEACH THIS" wrten across his backsi.