Tag: GOP Homophobia

Anti-Gay Gay Republican Outs Himself Via Grindr

Buck Banks

That’s what gay guys do on gay sites, don’t they? That’s how things happen on Grindr. It’s a gay chat site. It’s not the first thing you do on that site. That’s what we do, exchange pics on the site.

— North Dakota State Rep. Randy Boehning (R), confirming he was “Top Man!” on Grindr and saying he doesn’t think sending a graphic photo of himself to a stranger is a lapse in judgment, as Grindr is an adult site where users often exchange such images, reported Mediaite. After Rep. Boehning voted against a bill that would have expanded anti-discrimination rights for LGBT citizens, the Fargo Forum published a front page featuring his photo and the photos of every representative who voted against the bill. Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old Bismarck resident, recognized Boehning as a Grindr user named “Top Man!” who’d been flirting with him for a year and sending him pictures, some with his face, and at least one dick pic.

Gay Alabama Lawmaker Threatens to Expose Affairs Over Gay Marriage Ban

Buck Banks

I will not stand by and allow legislators to talk about ‘family values’ when they have affairs, and I know of many who are and have. I will call our elected officials who want to hide in the closet out.

— Alabama State Rep. Patricia Todd (D) warned her colleagues there would be consequences if they continues to oppose same-sex marriage, the Times Daily reports.

Bachmann’s Back on Her Dopebox

Buck Banks

They want to abolish age of consent laws, which means children would, we would do away with statutory rape laws so that adults will be able to freely prey on little children sexually. That’s the deviance that we’re seeing embraced in our culture today.

— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), quoted by the Huffington Post, on what the gay community really wants.

Rick Perry Just Ain’t Butch Without His Boots

Buck Banks

Tell Rick that boots can be purchased with normal heels. I lament the fact that our governor could now pass for a West Coast metrosexual and has embarrassed us all with his sartorial change of direction.


— Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson (R), telling the Austin American Statesman that Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) decision, based on back pain, to stop wearing cowboy boots was just a “feeble excuse.”

Huckabee: ‘I’m a Man’s Man’

Buck Banks

Guys like to go fishing with other men. They like to go hunting with other men. Women like to go to the restroom with other women. I don’t get that. I can tell you this much: if I ever say, ‘I have to go to the restroom’ and some guy says, ‘I’ll go with you,’ he ain’t goin’ with me. That much I know.

— Mike Huckabee, quoted by TPM at a speech in Iowa.

GOP Chairman Reince Priebus Does Not Care for the Word ‘Tolerance’

Jon Ponder

I don’t know if I’ve used the word ‘tolerance,’ I don’t really care for that word myself. I don’t have a problem with it, I just think it has another meaning politically that can go the other direction.

– GOP Chairman Reince Priebus of Wisconsin, speaking to the hate-promoting Christian Broadcasting Network.