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Rob Smh, a black, gay Army veteran and journalist om New York Cy has 'e out' as nservative spe his liberal upbrgg bee of the 'outrage culture' he said he se on the left.

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ARMY VETERAN ROB SMH: SAYG I'M CONSERVATIVE HARR THAN COMG OUT AS GAY

When Army veteran Rob Smh me out as gay, was a personal moment rerved for his fay and close iends. As an openly gay man who was proment the LGBTQ rights movement, he wanted his fear to be met wh a strong msage agast terrorism om his natn's lears. As a gay, Ain-Amerin man he knew he'd be gog agast the gra and worried about the repercsns of speakg out agast the polil left.

"Hontly, g out as nservative has been more of an earth-shatterg, life-alterg move for me, personally, than g out as gay was, " Smh said.

"I me out [as gay] to my fay and iends but g out as nservative has been a very public thg... For me, this procs has been more difficult to navigate than the procs of g out as gay.

ROB SMH ' OUT' AS NSERVATIVE AND BREAKS STEREOTYP THAT ALL BLACK AND GAY MEN ARE LIBERAL

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell, " ma legal for people who are homosexual to serve the ary unr the ndn that they kept their sexual orientatn private. "When I me out as a gay veteran and I was fightg for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal, I was dog bee I knew there was a future that would clu lbian, gay, bisexual soldiers the ary beg open and hont about who they are and they wouldn't re, " Smh former Print Barack Obama signed the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, " Smh attend a ceremony as the print's gut. Now, years after the repeal was signed, he scrolls through Instagram and se openly gay soldiers servg their untry proudly.

"I know that five, 10, 20, 25 years om now, me beg out as an openly gay nservative, an openly gay and black nservative will open doors for this to not be as shockg and surprisg to people, " Smh explaed.

"As an Army veteran and a gay, black man, Smh has several inti and he said he's proud of every one. He jt don't let them dictate his polics, so he rejected the ia that bee you're black or bee you're gay you have to thk a certa to Tmp, Smh admted there are polici he agre wh and polici he don't support, but he said if his prence and platform allows him to be part of the solutn, he's gog to do whatever he n to be part of . At first glance, Ashton Theodore-Randle seems like the very picture of “diversy”—an Ain-Amerin, openly gay, Millennial polician.

ON BEG BLACK, GAY, AND NSERVATIVE AMERI

TAC recently terviewed Randle about where he se the future of Republin polics head, and what role—if any—there is to play for an openly gay nservative.

TAC: There are many mastream social nservativ like Vice Print Pence who would strenuoly oppose the ia of gay Republins drivg the nservative b. Absolutely, gays have a place the nservative movement. Some other noticeable nam are Robert Smh, an Ain-Amerin gay veteran that beme nservative after the electn and is now speakg across the untry on his experience.

Smh (pictured) is a registered Democrat and was raised a liberal workg-class fay Oh, but said the outrage culture he has experienced on the left has led him to bee nservativeA black, gay Army veteran has 'e out' as nservative bee of the 'outrage culture' he said he has experienced wh the Democratic Smh, thor of a 2017 book about beg a gay man the ary durg the 'don't' ask, don't' tell' era, is a registered Democrat and was raised a liberal workg-class fay Oh.

BLACK GAY ARMY VETERAN "COM OUT" AS A REPUBLINROB SMH, A FORMER ACTIVIST DURG THE "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" ERA, BEME A NSERVATIVE BEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S "OUTRAGE CULTURE."{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 SAM MANZELLAMAY 28, 2018/10:43 {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:2001PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 15: MEMBERS OF THE U.S. PARK POLICE ARRT A VETERAN, ALONG WH OTHER ACTIVISTS, WHO HAVE HANDCUFFED THEMSELV TO THE FENCE OF THE WHE HOE DURG A PROTT NOVEMBER 15, 2010 WASHGTON, DC. THE ACTIVISTS LLED ON THE OBAMA ADMISTRATN AND SENATE MAJORY LEAR HARRY REID TO KEEP THEIR PROMIS ON REPEALG THE "DONT ASK, DONT TELL" POLICY, WHICH PREVENTS GAY PEOPLE OM SERVG OPENLY, DURG THE LAME-DUCK SSN OF THE CONGRS. 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HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT SERVG DURG THE "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" ERA AND WAS AN ACTIVIST FOR LGBT RIGHTS THE ARY BEFORE PRINT BARACK OBAMA REPEALED THE POLICY 2011. NOW, SMH SAYS "OUTRAGE CULTURE" HE EXPERIENCED WH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS PHED HIM TO ALIGN HIMSELF 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;}"FOR ME, AS A BLACK GAY MAN, I HAVE TO [SAY SOMETHG,]" HE TOLD DAILY MAIL U.K. "SOMEBODY HAS TO START THE NVERSATN... TO SAY BEG A DEMOCRAT IS NOT A SIGN OF MORALY AND BEG A REPUBLIN IS NOT A SIGN OF EVIL."ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 15: GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND GAY VETERANS, CLUDG FORMER ARMY LITENANT DAN CHOI (4TH L) AND FORMER MARE CORPORAL EVELYN THOMAS (5TH L), HANDCUFF THEMSELV TO THE FENCE OF THE WHE HOE DURG A PROTT NOVEMBER 15, 2010 WASHGTON, DC. THE ACTIVISTS LLED ON THE OBAMA ADMISTRATN AND SENATE MAJORY LEAR HARRY REID TO KEEP THEIR PROMIS ON REPEALG THE "DONT ASK, DONT TELL" POLICY, WHICH PREVENTED GAY PEOPLE OM SERVG OPENLY, DURG THE LAME-DUCK SSN OF THE CONGRS. (PHOTO BY ALEX WONG/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;}SMH (ABOVE LEFT, STAGG A PROTT AGAST "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" 2010) ADD THAT HE CHOSE TO SPEAK UP ABOUT HIS POLIL AFFILIATNS AFTER KANYE WT'S TWEETS SUPPORT OF PRINT DONALD TMP (AND HIS HOT TAK WHETHER SLAVERY WAS A "CHOICE") RENRED THE RAPPER LAMBASTED. SMH AGREED THAT WT'S MENTS ABOUT SLAVERY WERE "FENSIBLE"; HOWEVER, HE STOOD BY THE ARTIST'S RIGHT TO HAVE A NTROVERSIAL POLIL {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;}"HOW MUCH HAS KANYE WT DONE FOR BLACK CULTURE ENTERTAMENT?" HE ASKED. "I JT LOOKED AT THIS WHOLE THG AND I JT SAID, 'WELL, IF N HAPPEN TO KANYE, N HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.' 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OTHER OUT JOURNALISTS, CLUDG FAR-RIGHT POLIL PUND AND FORMER BREBART NEWS EDOR MILO YIANNOPOULOS, AND FORMER OUT MAGAZE EDOR CHADWICK MOORE, HAVE RECEIVED FLACK FOR THEIR PROBLEMATIC AND OFFENSIVE MENTS ABOUT OTHER MARGALIZED {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

But he said that over the past uple of years what he nsirs to be left-wg outrage culture has phed him to bee did not vote the 2016 electn but wants to buck what he said is a stereotype that Ain Amerins and LGBTQ people are always liberal, who liv wh his hband New York Cy, is 'g out' publicly, prompted part by Kanye Wt beg roundly lambasted for his support of Print Donald said: 'For me, as a gay man and a black man, I have to… Somebody has to start the nversatn, specifilly wh LGBTQ people, to say beg a Democrat is not a sign of moraly and beg a Republin is not a sign of evil. It was durg his time the ary when he realized he was gay, spe the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy for the armed servic In November 2010, Smh and 12 other activists (pictured), both ary and civilian, handcuffed themselv to the Whe Hoe fence to prott 'don't ask, don't tell' and were arrted A year after the prott and his arrt (pictured), Smh was ved to meet then-Print Obama and attend the ceremony where the policy was repealedSmh served two tours of duty – one Kuwa and one Iraq – durg his five years the Army om 2000 to 2005. It was durg this time that he realized he was gay spe 'don't ask, don't tell' - a policy preventg LGBTQ soldiers makg their sexual orientatn public whout risk of beg November 2010, five years after he had left the ary, Smh and 12 other activists, both ary and civilian, handcuffed themselv to the Whe Hoe fence to prott 'don't ask, don't tell'.

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