"Outed" Anti-gay crusaders and their gay relatives

[Ian David]

Please feel free to add to this list...

(This was originally one paragraph, but I inserted carriage returns)

From The Washington Blade:
Conservative leaders, their gay relatives
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2004/10-15/news/national/conkids.cfm

• The late California state Sen. Pete Knight who spearheaded the ultimately successful Proposition 22 that bans gay marriage in California, has a gay son, David.

• Phyllis Schlafly, founder of the conservative Eagle Forum, was instrumental in drafting the Republican Party platform language opposing gay marriage and civil unions, has a gay son, John.

• President of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality Charles Socarides, has a gay son Richard, who was liaison to the gay community under President Clinton.

• Anti-gay rights and pro-life activist Randall Terry, has a gay son, Jamiel.

• Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Mary is a lesbian.

• Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s half-sister Candace is a lesbian.

• Sadie Fields, state chair of the Christian Coalition of Georgia, who helped push the constitutional ban on gay marriage, has a gay daughter, Tess.

• Bill Byrne, who was head of the Cobb County Commission in 1993 when it passed a resolution proclaiming “the homosexual lifestyle” unwelcome in the suburban Atlanta community, has a lesbian daughter Shannon.

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See also:


Rep. Edward L. Schrock-- Outed
http://www.blogactive.com/2004/09/breaking-news-boifromtroy-declares.html


Rep. David Dreier-- Outed, has lesbian daughter
http://www.blogactive.com/2004/08/schrock-faces-accusations-cancels.html
http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/08/083104vaCong.htm
http://www.blogactive.com/2004/09/action-tell-rep-david-dreier-to-speak_08.html
http://www.blogactive.com/2004/09/congressman-david-dreier-votes-for-all_08.html


Drier's Lesbian Daughter
http://www.rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/david_dreier_cynthia_matthews_outed_outing_gay_926.htm


Anti-gay crusader Sadie Fields-- gay daughter
http://www.andrewsullivan.com/
http://www.sovo.com/2004/9-24/news/localnews/coalition.cfm
http://www.tampabaycoalition.com/files/DATBNewsArchivesSeptember04.htm


Right Wing Press upset with gays in George Allen's Office and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
http://blogactive.c.topica.com/maacWO8abclXmcgaT9NeafpOcn/
http://blogactive.c.topica.com/maacWO8abcmY9cgaT9NeafpOcn/
http://blogactive.c.topica.com/maacWO8abcm3JcgaT9NeafpOcn/


Alan Keyes-- lesbian daughter
http://blogactive.c.topica.com/maacWO8abcm3JcgaT9NeafpOcn/
http://www.oliverwillis.com/node/view/1822
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/13/politics/main673732.shtml
http://chillinois.blogspot.com/
http://profiles.yahoo.com/dangerousanjul
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KeyesforSenate2004/messages
http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=22913
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=15123&sd=02/12/05-02/14/05
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13900728&BRD=517&PAG=461&dept_id=473182&rfi=6


Dick Cheney-- lesbian daughter, lesbian partner-in-law
http://www.dearmary.com
http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=2431&issue=851
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=15123&sd=02/12/05-02/14/05
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13900728&BRD=517&PAG=461&dept_id=473182&rfi=6


Lynne Cheney-- Lesbian (rumor has it), has lesbian daugher
(Lynne Cheney also wrote a novel some say is lesbian soft-porn)
http://chronotope.com/archives/2004/10/14/22.47.11
www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=18313
http://groups.msn.com/LesbianLinks/shoebox.msnw
http://www.michfest.com/cgi-local/ubbmisc.cgi?action=findthread&forum=Forum4&number=4&thisthread=000092&go=older


Ken Mehlman-- Outed
www.furl.net/members/andrewh/Gay
www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/23/01614/0635
www.queerday.com/2004/may/
http://blog.democrats.com/node/2700
www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=426
www.furl.net/members/andrewh/Gay


Charles Socarides-- gay son
www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Charles_Socarides
www.iwamatodjishi.com/archives/000004.html
www.exgaywatch.com/xgw/2003/11/exgay_advocate


Newt Gingrich-- lesbian half-sister
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/94/94onewt.phtml
www.advocate.com/html/stories/820/820_gingrich676.asp
http://web.mit.edu/activities/thistle/v9/9.05/6newsbits.html
http://www.annonline.com/interviews/960904/biography.html


Sen. Pete Knight-- gay son
http://www.burntorangereport.com/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1334
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/8145192.htm
http://www.ariannaonline.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3768.html


Bill Byrne-- lesbian daughter
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2004/10-15/news/national/conkids.cfm
http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/georgia/1994/cobb.county.update-9.94
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/5393/outlist.html


Randall Terry-- gay son
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/144/story_14449_1.html
http://www.exgaywatch.com/xgw/2004/05/randall_terry_a.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/144/story_14447_1.html
http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?id=4860
http://margaretcho.net/blog/randallterry.htm


Dick Gephardt-- lesbian daughter
(Note: Gephardt is against gay marriage, but possiblynot completely anti-gay. His daughter says she is "making progress" with him.)
http://www.ecinc.org/Records/rec_fall2003.htm
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/27/03430.shtml
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:5cqUIVP-OecJ:www.talonnews.com/news/2003/june/0610_gephardt_gay.shtml+%22Dick+Gephardt%22+and+homosexual&hl=en


John Ashcroft-- gay son (rumor has it)
(Can anyone substantiate?)
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22John+Ashcroft%27s+son%22+and+is+gay&btnG=Search


Shirley Temple Black-- gay son(?)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005QTA1/gemotrack5-20/ref=nosim
(Sorry, I can find nothing compelling showing Shirley was anti-gay or that she
deffinitely had a gay son. Can anyone substantiate?)


See also:

When Sexuality Undercuts A Family's Ties
Washington Post - Feb 12, 2005
... During his failed campaign last fall against Barack Obama (D) for the Illinois Senate seat, Alan Keyes lashed out at Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice ...
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=15123&sd=02/12/05-02/14/05

Richard Orr column: Religious zealotry might be getting a little ...
Plainview Daily Herald, TX - Feb 6, 2005
... Lady Lynne Cheney complained about its contents, despite the fact she plays no official role in the administration and is the mother of Mary Cheney - a lesbian ...
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13900728&BRD=517&PAG=461&dept_id=473182&rfi=6


An open letter to the president
Arizona Republic, AZ - Feb 5, 2005
I was sorry to see sexual orientation become such a divisive issue after the last debate. I gather Mary Cheney was, too. ... If that doesn't help, ask Mary Cheney. ...
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/0206kane0206.html


LookSmart's Furl - The andrewh Gay Archive
... a call from someone offering to secretly photograph the gay son of a ... high ranking" gays within the campaign, and asked campaign manager Ken Mehlman—who has ...
www.furl.net/members/andrewh/Gay

Daily Kos :: Fundies growing bolder, less tolerant
... You're gonna have a gay son!" You can never be too rich, too thin, or too cynical. ... The of course, there is the new head of the RNC, Ken Mehlman. ...
www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/23/01614/0635

Archive - Queer Day
... m not going to comment or provide information on the private activities of campaign staff," said Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman. ... Tyneside dad mourns gay son.
www.queerday.com/2004/may/

New Republican Chair Ken Mehlman is Gay | Democrats.com Blog
... who first outed Mehlman. Of course, you won't find Rogers quoted at RNC.org, where today's article is called "What They're Saying About Ken Mehlman." I wonder ...
www.blog.democrats.com/node/2700

The Blue Lemur - Progressive Politics and Media News » ‘Gay’ ...
... ‘Gay’ Bush-Cheney campaign chair Ken Mehlman is all but certain to ... Two additional sources who had been in contact with blogACTIVE.com, which outed Rep. ...
www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=426

Charles Socarides - dKosopedia
Charles Socarides. ... Unsurprisingly, Charles is one of a long line of homophobic politicians, activists, and con artists who have a gay relative. ...
www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Charles_Socarides - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

The White Peril: Something in the water?
... son. Charles Socarides, the chief proponent of reparative therapy for homosexuals, has a gay son. Phyllis Shlafly has a gay son. ...
www.iwamatodjishi.com/archives/000004.html

Ex-Gay Watch: Ex-Gay Advocate Throckmorton Gets TV Facts Wrong
... and family resemble that of Charles Socarides. (Google search.) The doctor found an ex-ex-gay man in bed with the doctor's closeted, gay, young-adult son. ...
www.exgaywatch.com/xgw/2003/11/exgay_advocate


Talon News -- "Gephardt's Gay Daughter Joins Father's Campaign Promoting Homosexual Agenda." By Jimmy Moore Talon News June 10, 2003. WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Chrissy Gephardt, daughter of Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO ...
www.talonnews.com/news/2003/june/0610_gephardt_gay.shtml
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:5cqUIVP-OecJ:www.talonnews.com/news/2003/june/0610_gephardt_gay.shtml+%22Dick+Gephardt%22+and+homosexual&hl=en
http://www.users.muohio.edu/kelleycs/mediablog.html
http://www.talonnews.com/statement.shtml

[davidinalameda]

1. so if you're against gay marriage, you're not anti-gay

interesting

how did you come to this decision or are you just being yet another apologist because Gephardt has a D after his name

[Ian David]

3. I'm not comfortable with the distinction, either

But in the words of Gephardt's own daughter, he's not anti-gay, and she's "making progress" with him.

Possibly, since the time that article has written, he may have become in favor of Marriage Equality. (Fall 2003).

I'll do some more research.

[Ian David]

4. More on Dick Gephardt

Gephardt "Evolves" Into an Abortion-Lover
Times Watch for November 3, 2003

Saturday's Page One features a glowing story by Rachel Swarns on how Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt has "evolved" into a gay-rights supporter and abortion-lover, thanks to his gay-activist daughter Chrissy.

In "Daughter Spurs Shift in Gephardt's View on Gays," Swarns gushes: "Mr. Gephardt's decision to turn the spotlight on his daughter underscores his own evolution in 27 years in Congress. In the early 1980's, he opposed abortion, school busing and federally financed legal services for gay men and lesbians. Over the years, he has changed those positions and today is hailed by gay and lesbian rights groups for sponsoring legislation against hate crimes and discrimination and for being the first presidential hopeful to give a gay relative such a prominent and public platform."

Swarns' description of Gephardt's "evolution" fits the common liberal practice of praising a politician who moves from right to left for having "evolved" or "grown in office."

More:
http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/1103.asp#2


See also:
Daughter Spurs Gephardt's Changed View on Gays
By RACHEL L. SWARNS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 — The first hint of the unexpected was in the annual Christmas card from Congress. There, in the photo of Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri and his smiling family, stood his daughter Chrissy with her arm around another woman.

Mr. Gephardt sent out more than 2,000 of the Christmas cards last year, letting his constituents and colleagues know for the first time that his 30-year-old daughter was proudly and openly gay. Since then, she has become one of the public faces of his presidential campaign and something of a celebrity.

"My dad is ever evolving," Ms. Gephardt likes to tell her audiences. "I'm working on him."

<snip>

Though many of the Democratic hopefuls, including Mr. Gephardt, oppose gay marriage, nearly all support measures that would bar discrimination against gays in the workplace, increase financing for AIDS treatment and legalize civil unions, allowing gays and their partners to enjoy the legal rights accorded to married people. Experts say that is a seismic shift from the 80's and early 90's, when gay rights rarely figured so prominently on the political agenda.

The shift reflects what analysts and pollsters describe as a widening acceptance of gay men and lesbians in American political and cultural life over the past decade. Mr. Gephardt, 62, says his views have shifted as he met people directly affected by his votes in Congress and considered what it would be like to walk in their shoes.

More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/01/politics/campaigns/01GEPH.html?ex=1108530000&en=c30be33117080908&ei=5070&pagewanted=print&position&oref=login

[arwalden]

7. I'm Not Sure That I Understand That Logic Either.

I'll be damned if I can figure out why ANYone believes that my equality is some sort of infringement on theirs.

[Ian David]

11. Gay marriage neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

– Thomas Jefferson

[arwalden]

12. Excellent Quote.

[displacedtexan]

2. Love that last link! LOL! (eom)

[Mad As Hell]

5. Grover Norquist is flaming.

Everyone is DC knows it.

[zbdent]

6. How anti-gay was Saint Ronald, patron saint of Trickle-down

tax cut economics?

[Ian David]

9. Ooh! I forgot Ron Reagan, Jr., gay son of Ronald "Gipper" Reagan

Joking: Maybe God was punishing them for consulting psychics before planning the President's schedule?

[Ian David]

10. Ron Reagan, Jr.-- gay? Here's some debate

From Advice Goddess

http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2004/11/hes_at_homo_wit.html


Hmmm, perhaps he's straight. Sorry -- my gaydar didn't even flicker for a moment on him. Perhaps it's off, perhaps Larry Kramer's got a point: (http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/917/917_kramer.asp)

"And just as damning as the son�s reputation, of course, because it could not be hidden, was that Ron Reagan Jr. was a ballet dancer. This did not look good and was obviously exceedingly embarrassing to a father who rode so many horses. So off with the tutu and on with a wedding ring. Junior was married off and sent to far-off places in positions of low visibility.

I have gay friends in Hollywood, equally closeted, who knew him and know him and protect him. To know him is to be sworn to some sort of pact of secrecy. What a hideous life Ron Jr. must have led all these years. To be denied a life and to have been so utterly gutless about fighting back. (Well, we know all about that.) While his own mother was gallivanting around with some of the biggest fairies in the world. What hateful parents to have had in the prime of your life, �the great communicator� of a father out there communicating how much he hated you, and his wife out there going along with this.

I suspect by now Ron Reagan Jr. actually believes he is straight. By now he may very well be. He may well have been all along. He just looked so suspicious, and of course it was this perceived suspicion that, one way or the other, is what caused his father to murder so many of us. Why does history not recognize this monstrous and never-ending history of hatred and the inestimable number of deaths it continues to cause?"

[dave123williams]

8. Michael Medved has GOT to be gay...the ultra-closeted, superfreaky kind.