Why would a gay Republican want to be represented by this man?

I know, I'm breaking my "15 minutes of fame for Jeff Gannon/James Guckert and that's it" rule. But I think it's important, this time, as there is a really a serious problem in gay America when a gay Republican group chooses a self-loathing anti-gay male hooker as their mentor.

Many of you will recall that Jeff Gannon (aka James Guckert) is the very conservative, anti-gay, faux GOP "reporter" who visited the White House 200 times without having to get the proper clearances and who later turned out to be a male hustler.

Well, he's going to be speaking to the lead gay Republican group in New York state, and it's not clear why.



It's clear that the gay group thinks Gannon represents them as a "gay conservative," which is quite sad. Gannon only recently acknowledged being gay, he has a long history of writing incredibly anti-gay stories for far-right publications, he has been accused of repeated cases of plagiarism, and sometimes he just makes stuff up (like he did in a recent article claiming I ran an advertiser boycott of the local gay paper - totally untrue, but hey, facts are for liberals). Oh yeah, and his 8, or was it 9, male prostitution Web sites were uncovered where he was selling himself to men for $200/hr and $1200/weekend. Not that I have any problem with that, but don't go playing the homophobe during your day job and then be gay-for-pay at night. Not to mention, there's a difference between being an expert on gay sex and gay rights.

In any case, why would any self-respecting gay Republican (oxymoron, in my view) want to be associated with this guy? Surely, there are more normal, interesting, intelligent, and upstanding gay Republicans out there than Guckert? Unless this is all about having a hooker do a speech, just for the titillation factor (boys will be boys). That I can perhaps understand, though T&A is more appropriate for a bachelor party than the meeting of the largest gay Republican organization in America.