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Gay Labour MP Le Pollard has said 's "not safe" for queer people to travel to the World Cup Qatar where homosexualy is illegal.

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MP LE POLLARD TELLS COMMONS HE’S A ‘MASSIVE GAY’ TO MAKE IMPORTANT POT ON QATAR WORLD CUP

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Gay Labour MP Le Pollard has lled on the ernment to apologise for forcg LGBTQ+ people “back to the closet” and said ’s “not safe” for queer people to travel to Qatar for the World Cup. In rponse Pollard, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, stood up and said: “I clare an tert as a massive gay, but as an England-supportg homosexual is not safe for someone like me to watch the World Cup Qatar. Cleverly told football fans travellg to Qatar to be “rpectful” of the host natn and “promise” wh the untry where homosexualy remas illegal, and anyone nvicted of same-sex activy n be punished by up to seven years prison.

NZ MP'S BIG GAY RABOW SPEECH GO VIRAL

DARK-SUITED and grey-haired New Zealand MP Mrice Williamson is provg an unlikely posterboy for the gay muny after his humoro speech to parliament backg gay marriage went viral on the ter. * mp massive gay *

NEW Zealand MP Mrice Williamson's 'big gay rabow' speech on backg legalisatn of same-sex marriage has ma him an unlikely ter and grey-haired New Zealand MP Mrice Williamson is provg an unlikely posterboy for the gay muny after his humoro speech to parliament backg gay marriage went viral on the 62-year-old Natnal MP, whose staid portfols clu buildg and nstctn, ctoms, statistics and land rmatn, l up the hoe on Wednday when scribg why he backed the law change, which passed by 77 nscience vot to 44. "The most enormo big gay rabow" rose over his Auckland electorate that morng and he had taken as a sign to back the change, spe crics wrg to him warng he would burn hell, he mocked those predictg a "gay onslght".

FOUR OPENLY GAY OR LBIAN NEW MPS ELECTED TO OTTAWA

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Televisn's 3News labelled the portly Mr Williamson, who is married wh three children and scrib himself as a "strong right wger" on enomic issu, an unlikely gay told the broadster he wonred what he would do for an enre, but the evince is that his gay fame will be Friday, he announced the puty chairman of the Buildg Practners Board would bee the new chairman om the end of June.

JOHNSON HAS LGBT 'BLD SPOT', SAYS FIRST OPENLY GAY BET MISTER

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But 30 years ago when the then-NDP MP for Burnaby-Kgsway beme the first MP to e out as gay, Canada was battlg the HIV/AIDS crisis. They say 's bee of Robson and others like him that they're able to do their they also say they ntue to face hatred and threats, and there is still work to be done to fight 's a short vio of the broadst news segment that aired at the time:MP Svend Robson out as gay, 1988Former B. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Prs)Whereas 30 years ago Robson was part of "one of the most exclive clubs the world" as a gay MP, today he equently meets and speaks wh LGBT elected officials.

The Liberal uc will feature four out gay men — a rerd for the party — cludg returng cumbent and former bet mister Stt Brison (Kgs-Hants, NS), returng MP Rob Oliphant (Don Valley Wt, ON), and newers Randy Boissonnlt (Edmonton-Centre) and Seam O’Regan (St John’s South-Mount Pearl). Both have been touted as possible bet misters, and if Brison is reappoted to bet, would set a rerd for most openly gay misters a feral or provcial bet. Electn night was not as happy for the New Democrats, who lost, along wh more than half their seats, three strong openly gay cumbents: Craig Stt (Toronto-Danforth), Dany Mor (Chiutimi-Le Fjord) and Philip Toone (Gaspésie-L Îsl--la-Malee).

The NDP ran five other gay and lbian ndidat that were feated: Stt Bell (Saskatoon Grasswoods), Jacqui Ggras (North Okanagan-Shwap), Pl Harris (Red Deer-Mounta View), Deborah Chief (Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman) and former Saskatchewan fance mister Andrew Thomson (Eglton-Lawrence). Wh Libby Davi’ retirement, Stt Brison is now the longt-servg openly gay MP Parliament (both joed Parliament 1997), although he’ll have to w one more electn to beat the 25-year rerd set by Svend Robson, who retired 2004. Media ptn, Lord Chris Smh talks about the language he wnsed parliament the 1990sBoris Johnson has a "bld spot" when to appotg LGBT+ people to his top team, the UK's first openly gay bet mister has Chris Smh, who was a member of Tony Blair's first bet 1997, said was a "matter of great regret" that there were currently no out bet urged the PM to diversify his top team "the next year or two".

THE TE STORY OF ‘A VERY ENGLISH SNDAL’ AND THE TRIALS OF A CLOSETED GAY POLICIAN

Once gay ndidat were monised – or forced to hi the closet. Now Wtmster boasts 32 LGB MPs, more than any other untry. But, as gay policians past and prent nfirm, the battle is not over yet * mp massive gay *

A ernment spokman said Mr Johnson was mted to improvg UK parliament now has s hight ever proportn of lbian, gay and bisexual MPs, cludg two non-bet misters, although there are no openly transgenr members of parliament. Lord Smh, who was also the first openly gay male MP after g out 1984, said electg a trans member of parliament was a "glass ceilg" yet to be broken. "In terms of lbians and gay men I thk the glass ceilg Parliament has well and tly been broken, " he said an terview to mark LGBT+ History month.

FIRST OPENLY GAY MP SAYS G OUT 1980S WAS ‘ONE OF THE SRIT MOMENTS OF MY LIFE’

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" Chris Smh's reerImage source, PA MediaImage ptn, Smh promot Brish film at Cann 1999A leadg figure New Labour, who beme an MP for a North London nstuency 1983The followg year, at a gay rights rally Rugby, Warwickshire, he said: "My name is Chris Smh.

I'm the Labour MP for Islgton South and Fsbury, and I'm gay"Smh's unscripted announcement - which earned a standg ovatn - was the first time a gay MP had chosen to e outLabour's Mreen Colquhoun - a pneerg femist whose ath at the age of 92 was announced earlier this month - had been open about her sexualy the 1970s, after the Daily Mail revealed she was a relatnship wh another womanIn 1997, Smh was appoted culture secretary, wh rponsibily for the Millennium Dome, the creative dtri and troducg ee mm entryHe later served as head of the Environment Agency, after steppg down as an MP 2005 and enterg the Hoe of LordsJte Greeng who was the first and, as thgs stand, only out lbian bet mister thks 's more of a "pipele" issue - that not as many LGBT+ MPs have risen through the ranks as had been Greeng served Thera May's Conservative bet, as tn secretary and equali mister, alongsi Secretary of State for Stland, David Munll, who also me out while office. “It was a very opprsive climate right up to and cludg the Margaret Thatcher years, ” says polil scientist David Raysi, the thor of On the Frge: Gays and Lbians Polics.

Even then, was followed by dranian measur to prevent gay relatnships, cludg the Crimal Law Amendment Act of 1885, which ma “gross cency” between men—a purposely vague term—a crimal act. The panic over homosexualy ntued after World War II, wr historian Michael Bloch Closet Queens: Some 20th Century Brish Policians: “A fiercely homophobic Home Secretary, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, aid by an equally puranil Director of Public Prosecutns, Sir Theobold Matthew, was termed to ‘rid England of this plague. That report remend public statut should avoid legislatg moraly, and that the ernment should remove nsensual homosexual liaisons om crimal law.

GAY MEN WORKG PARLIAMENT ‘MOST VULNERABLE’ TO HARASSMENT, SAYS MP

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The 1967 Sexual Offens Act crimalized homosexual acts between nsentg adults private, though didn’t remove the stigma attendant on such acts. But the two domant parti of the era, the Labour and Conservative parti, were nowhere near as terted aligng themselv wh the gay rights movement.

“Labour as a whole was very unfortable associatg self wh what ntued to terpret as a bourgeois and dangero issue, ” wr historian Lucy Robson Gay Men and the Left Post-War Bra. ” In one episo, Lord Grantham exc the homosexual behavr of his footman, Thomas, sayg such cints happened regular when Lord Grantham attend Eton, a private school.

Regardls of how historilly accurate the earl’s reactn to his servant’s behavr was, is te that gay experimentatn flourished upper-class, sex-segregated is like boardg school, the ary, and the clergy.

GAY MPS 'AMONG FIRST TO WARN BRA ABOUT HLER HAD HEROISM ERASED OM HISTORY'

His exposure slowed the progrs of the LGBTQ movement; wasn’t until 1984 that Brish polician Chris Smh beme the first to e out as gay. Gay men workg parliament are the “most vulnerable” to harassment and abe but are “absolutely terrified of g forward” bee of the taboo which remas around homosexualy, a senr Conservative MP has immigratn mister Carole Nok said women receive “all the lumn ch the prs” before “this ‘and also’ [approach] when to the young gay men’. “We absolutely have to redrs that imbalance and make sure that young people workg parliament, women workg parliament, young gay men – I sometim thk that they are the most vulnerable – that we give them a mechanism where they know that they’re gog to be protected.

”She add: “There have been some s where I n thk of dividuals who’ve harassed both male and female members of staff, and the female member of staff has had all the sympathy … I thk that that’s a really fascatg sight to to how our psychology still works around homosexualy.

THE QUIET REVOLUTN: WHY BRA HAS MORE GAY MPS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE

A former senr staffer told the Guardian that a group of gay staffers joked about havg all been groped, and quipped the one who had not “was the least attractive” past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotnNok said: “I was told a while ago that if I thought there was ever gog to be an explic of nduct of what MPs uld and uldn’t do, I was lud. Chris explas: “They were gay or bisexual men, who, when was impossible and illegal for them to have sex England went to Germany at the begng of the 1930s, bee was the most liberal place the world. “I thk what was different about the people is that they knew people Germany who had suffered one way or another – whether om beg Jewish or beg gay.

But after The Night Of The Long Kniv 1934, beme clear to the other gay and bisexual policians Bra that the Nazi attack on Jews, homosexuals and socialists was all a piece of Hler’s plan.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

Chris says: “The Prime Mister set up a dark arts operatn volvg another gay man, Joseph Ball, who tapped the phon of the Glamour Boys, followed them and wrote horrible articl about them.

He’s bt known for his lls to end the blood ban agast queer men and trans women; November 2020, he ma headl when he asked Mister of Health Patty Hajdu if she would accept a donatn of his blood as an openly gay man.

Stephen Twigg was gay – a “practisg homosexual”, to e a formula still popular at the time – and though mours about Michael Portillo’s sexualy had been swirlg for years, he was most fely not. The day after Twigg’s victory, Chris Smh, an MP sce 1983 and out sce 1984, beme the first openly gay secretary of state – culture, naturally.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

And two nstuenci last week – Lanster & Fleetwood and Milton Keyn South – both the Tory and Labour ndidat were gay, lbian or bisexual. Proportnally, though, the SNP is now by far the gayt party Wtmster, wh 12% of s MPs chalkg themselv up as sexual may scratch our heads as to the meang of the numbers: is a surprise that there are so many out Tori? Homosexualy was crimalised England and Wal 1967 by reformg home secretary Roy Jenks (Stland had to wa until 1980, and Northern Ireland until 1982), but prosecutns for sexual offenc ntued to snare many gay men to the 90s.

In addn, a vic prs culture of blackmail and exposure ma life difficult for gay people who wanted to participate ernment and Tatchell, who stood as the Labour ndidate for Bermondsey 1983, was the subject of a notorly homophobic mpaign by his Liberal opponents. “There were lots of gay MPs, ” he says, “but they were all the closet, eher bee they were secure about their own sexualy, or bee they feared vilifitn the papers and selectn by their party.

Photograph: Tony Harris/PAStill, Tatchell says there was “public revulsn” agast the homophobia he experienced, which he believ ma the tabloids more reluctant to nduct anti-gay wch-hunts, for a time, at least. “I told her I was gay when I went to say goodbye to her and she put an arm on my wrist and said: ‘Matthew, that mt have been very difficult for you to say.

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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

It was Edwa Currie who tabled an amendment to brg the age of nsent for gay men down om 21 to 16 – there was famoly no such law alg specifilly wh lbianism. “Major issued guidance sayg was OK for senr civil servants to be gay and that changed the atmosphere a b, ” says former Labour sp doctor Lance Price. Tatchell remembers that “ the 80s, a lot of gay MPs voted agast equaly, and many straight on – Gav Strang, Jeremy Corbyn, Dawn Primarolo – voted favour.

Gay rights group Stonewall’s current foc is on bullyg, which suggts that attus, rather than legal obstacl, are the fal ontier of LGBT rights.

” Given that Cameron has jt appoted Carole Denage, who voted agast gay marriage, as mister for equali, seems wise to be vigilant.

25 BT GAY LIVE CAMS: GAY CAM S TO VIS INCLUDG 100 PERCENT FREE GAY CAMS

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* MP MASSIVE GAY

Jacksonville Jaguars ach out as gay .

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