State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Calif.), the fierce opponent of gay rights who was arrested last week for drunk driving after leaving a gay nightclub, confirmed in a radio interview Monday that he is gay.
"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 his desire to vote the way his constituents wanted. - HuffPost
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luldrama
Love it!
some of us know, by experience, that coming out is not always an option available or appropriate for everybody. we cannot just criticize internalized homophobia without looking at the context. whether or not I support his politics, I think I would always support anyone's process of coming out. and the real issue is not this individual but the society that kept him "in the closet."