7 Gay Sex Scandals of Career Anti-Gay Crusaders

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via AlterNet:




The Loop 21 / By Devona Walker

7 Gay Sex Scandals of Career Anti-Gay Crusaders
From white supremacists to right-wing politicians, we have watched an impressive number of vehemently anti-gay folks get caught up in gay sexscapades.

May 13, 2010 |


From white supremacist to right-wing politicians, we have watched an impressive number of vehemently and vocally anti-gay folks get caught up in gay sexscapades. Homophobia is in itself insanity. But being homophobic and gay, and building your career around that homophobia, well that seems like a bit more than just your run-of-the-mill self-hatred.

1. George Rekers

The most recent gay sex scandal is that of Dr. George Rekers, a psychologist who claims that homosexuality is a “gender disturbance” that can be cured. And he has built his career apparently doing just that. He was an expert witness in the Florida ban on gay adoptions. He is an advisor at the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality.

Well, I guess there is one gay he can’t cure and that’s himself.

Last week, Rekers was discovered returning home from a trip to Europe with a male prostitute, whose services he purchased from a gay escort service called rentboy.com. Now, Rekers claims he purchased the young man to help him carry his luggage, but the rent boy in question, Lucient, has exposed a facebook exchange which proves that’s a lie.

"He's told me that he's hired other escorts, and it's never really worked out. They don't talk enough, or they've had very weird circumstances... Basically, he's never been fully comfortable with the situation, or they've jipped (sic) him. Jipped him of time or money."

2. Roy Ashburn, Republican - California State Senator

Then, just a few months ago, there was the arrest of State Sen. Roy Ashburn, R-California. He was pulled over for drunk driving near a gay bar in Sacramento driving a state-issued vehicle. In the car with him was an unidentified man. Ashburn has been a fierce opponent of gay rights, supported Prop 8, etc. Ashburn, to his credit, within days came out as being gay. But he had a rather ridiculous explanation for having such a staunch anti-gay voting record.

"I'm gay," Ashburn told local radio host Inga Barks before returning to the Senate for the first time since his arrest. "Those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long."

Ashburn, a 55-year-old divorced father of four, claimed his 15-year crusade against proposed gay-rights laws in the California statehouse stemmed from following the wishes of his conservatives constituents. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/story/146866/7_gay_sex_scandals_of_career_anti-gay_crusaders__/

[Scuba]

1. In Statistics, this is called a "trend"

[midnight]

2. Interesting trend.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Go back to Robert Bauman of Maryland. nt

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4. Why did he put Eric Massa on the list?

He says, "Well as weird as Massa is, he does not appear to be overtly hypocritical. That is, he’s not lobbying against gays while in the closet. So, I’ll give him pass."

If this is a list of Anti-Gay Crusaders, why put Massa in there if he wasn't lobbying against gays?

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5. I wondered the same thing