Anti-gay tennessee politician resigns grindr
Tennessee state lawmaker Rep. Bill Sanderson (R) announced Tuesday he would be stepping down from his legislative seat. His resignation became powerful at noon on Wednesday.
Sanderson told The Tennessean that his White Squirrel Winery in the western part of the state needs more of his attention as it’s change into a full-time career. And, due to his legislative responsibilities, he’s “lost the fruit of 135 peach trees.”
He also shares that his son-in-law is undergoing a cancer journey, putting pressures on his family.
This is about where I should note that the LGBTQ group in Tennessee probably won’t miss the Republican lawmaker.
As the Friendly Atheist reports, Sanderson has voted against LGBTQ interests many times during his time in office.
Since being elected to office in 2010, he has voted in aid of a bill that would prohibit communities from adopting anti-LGBTQ discrimination ordinances; voted for legislation that would enable adoption agencies to deny same-sex couples; and voted to supporting a resolution condemning the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court Obergefell ruling that made marriage equality the law of the land.
So, you’d probably agree that it’s totally weird that
Log Cabin Republicans officials criticized Democrats for blocking the proof of Richard Grenell as U.S. ambassador to Germany, The Washington Blade reported. The Grenell nomination—President Trump’s most high-profile openly male lover appointment—is being held up purportedly over comments Grenell made years ago on Twitter about the appearance of women, including Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Rachel Maddow. The letter has 22 signatures from Log Cabin members as well as prominent Republicans and commentators, including former White House press secretary Ari F
Anti-gay Tennessee Republican resigns amid Grindr sex allegations
A Tennessee Republican who repeatedly voted against LGBTQ rights has resigned after being accused of seeking sex with young men on Grindr.
State Rep. Bill Sanderson (R-Kenton) resigned Wednesday, July 24, citing an ill son and business demands.
But political reporter Cari Wade Gervin alleges that the authentic reason is because Sanderson was using Grindr to hookup with other men.
Writing on his website The Dog and Pony Show, Gervin points to gossip site The Dirty, which published messages in 2014 allegedly between Sanderson and a Vanderbilt student, in which Sanderson allegedly says he is a “state rep” and includes his actual district, Obion, Lake and Dyer counties.
Gervin notes that Grindr messages can be faked, but says that he has evidence of Sanderson using his real phone number to text other men in subsequent years.
“The Grindr and text messages I possess seen do appear to be authentic,” Gervin writes. “They use Sanderson’s true cell phone number. Sources confirm having been told about the messages at the time by their friends who received them. And one man I interviewed said
Anti-LGBTQ Tennessee Republican resigns after he’s busted trolling for young men on Grindr
Tennessee state Rep. Bill Sanderson was “openly soliciting sex” and sending “sexually explicit messages and pictures to men almost 40 years his junior,” according to a declare political blog.
“The Dog and Pony Show,” a local political site by Cari Wade Gervin, claimed to have caught the Republican on the gay digital dating and hookup app Grindr, LGBTQ Nation found.
The site noted that Grindr accounts are very easily faked, but Gervin investigated the account and compared the phone number to Sanderson’s; they match.
“The Grindr and text messages I possess seen do appear to be authentic,” wrote Gervin. “They use Sanderson’s authentic cell phone number. Sources confirm having been told about the messages at the time by their friends who received them. And one man I interviewed said he met Sanderson at his farm in Kenton.”
Sanderson listed a fake name, “Brian,” and describes himself as existence “in an open relationship.” He’s sent photos of his nude torso and genitals, asking men to call him. The handset number he gave went to his winery, the White Squirrel Winery.
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A Republican Tennessee lawmaker is stepping down after a controversial career that included claims that he used gay internet dating app Grindr to send sexually explicit messages and nude photos to other men. His bio on the app allegedly said he had a "burning desire" to "get down and dirty" with other men.
Rep. Bill Sanderson, from Kenton, Tennessee, cited the health of his son-in-law, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, and his business as his reasons for stepping down.
Sanderson's voting record identifies him as a hard-line Republican who voted staunchly against LGBTQ interests. He has voted against bills that would own given access to bathrooms to gender non-conforming students, strongly opposed the Supreme Court marriage ruling, supported two separate bills that allowed therapists and adoption agencies to discriminate against gay people, and voted against allowing municipalities in Tennessee to enact LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances.
But since 2011, photos and screenshots reviewed by political blog The Dog and Pony Show indicate Sanderson had been using Grindr for years. According to photos and screenshots reviewed by the blog, Sanderson would deliver the photos and messages to much younger me