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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,890 posts)
Wed May 8, 2019, 01:32 PM May 2019

Trump has possibly appointed a gay Cabinet secretary.... And he's not the only senior Trump official

What?

May 1, 2019 at 5:30 am EDT | by Kevin Naff
‘Why do we need the LGBT media?’
....

LGBT media are also unafraid of writing about the sexual orientation of public officials when they are attacking their own or working for an administration undermining our equality. Most heterosexual, mainstream reporters and readers would be shocked to learn that President Trump has possibly appointed a gay Cabinet secretary in the EPA’s Andrew Wheeler. That as-yet-unconfirmed rumor has swirled since his days as counsel for the notorious homophobe Sen. Jim Inhofe. We’ve never had an openly gay Cabinet secretary, so Wheeler has a chance to make history if it’s true.

And he’s not the only senior Trump official who may be hiding a gay secret (stay tuned). LGBT outlets were ahead of mainstream outlets on everyone from Sen. Larry Craig to Fox News’s Shepard Smith.

As the Washington Blade prepares to celebrate its own 50th this year, all of us are working hard to fulfill that longstanding mission of telling LGBT stories and writing the first draft of our own history.

Kevin Naff is editor of the Washington Blade. Reach him at knaff@washblade.com.
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Trump has possibly appointed a gay Cabinet secretary.... And he's not the only senior Trump official (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 OP
Wonder what his base will say? Thekaspervote May 2019 #1
And this Dude.... irisblue May 2019 #2

irisblue

(32,828 posts)
2. And this Dude....
Wed May 8, 2019, 01:36 PM
May 2019

(from his Wiki page)
Richard Allen Grenell (born September 18, 1966) is the current United States Ambassador to Germany. He was previously the longest serving U.S. spokesman at the United Nations. Grenell also briefly served as national security spokesman for Mitt Romney in his 2012 campaign for President of the United States, becoming the first openly gay spokesman for a Republican presidential candidate.[1][2].


He got into a twitter snit over Buttigeig criticising Pence.

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