The gay former transportation secretary says the GOP’s Epstein shutdown should dominate headlines, just like Republicans made trans athletes their obsession.
My brother and his husband, both openly gay, stated to me just the other day that in their youth they prayed they were not gay and even shamed themselves for having homoerotic thoughts. What Pete is saying here probably reflects the way a large part of the LGBTQ+ community has felt as they came to grips with the way they feel and identify in contrast to societal expectations.
I don’t see how this somehow makes the guy a bad politician. If anything it shows he is human and normal.
My brother and his husband, both openly gay, stated to me just the other day that in their youth they prayed they were not gay and even shamed themselves for having homoerotic thoughts.
A public figure saying he’s ashamed to be gay during a national debate definitely reinforces the sense of shame and thoughts of self-harm.
My brother and his husband, both openly gay, stated to me just the other day that in their youth they prayed they were not gay and even shamed themselves for having homoerotic thoughts. What Pete is saying here probably reflects the way a large part of the LGBTQ+ community has felt as they came to grips with the way they feel and identify in contrast to societal expectations.
I don’t see how this somehow makes the guy a bad politician. If anything it shows he is human and normal.
A public figure saying he’s ashamed to be gay during a national debate definitely reinforces the sense of shame and thoughts of self-harm.