GOP lawmaker threatens to strip agency's funding because it acknowledged LGBTQ+ history

[icymist]

Republican lawmakers in Alabama are seeking revenge against a state agency simply because it acknowledged the historical contributions of LGBTQ+ people.

State Sen. Chris Elliot (R) announced plans to introduce legislation cutting $5 million of funding from the Alabama Department of Archives and History after it hosted a lecture about the LGBTQ+ history of Alabama called “Invisible No More: Alabama’s LGBTQ+ History.”

...“Make no mistake about, it is to send a message to the Archives and History Department, and to other bureaucracies throughout the state, that we don’t believe this is a topic appropriate for the Alabama Department of Archives and History,” he said, according to the Associated Press.

Elliot said he believes “there are all kinds of other places to discuss those issues” and that he doesn’t have to see the lecture to know it is not appropriate since “the underlying differentiating factor is sex.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/gop-lawmaker-threatens-to-strip-agencys-funding-because-it-acknowledged-lgbtq-history/

[Chi67]

1. Nazis

That's what the GQP has become.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Elliot then went on to add ...

"Sex, which I am absolutely NOT having, like, ever. I mean, I post my pics on Grindr, and for the life of me, I can NOT get laid. I post that I'm home alone with the door open, in a ball and gag on all fours, fully lubed after multiple cleansings, and NOBODY even shows up, not even 70 year old bears. I mean, it's really, really sad, and there's other places to talk about it".

[icymist]

4. LOL. Oh Myyy.

You poor baby.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. Sorry for the graphic stuff, but we all know it's ALWAYS projection with these people (nt)

[70sEraVet]

3. The "Invisible No More..." title seems to have been a bit premature.