July 23, 2004
Leader of GOP Senate Effort is Outed
Sodomite PublicationThe man heading up the effort by Republicans to keep control of the United States Senate is the latest "gay politico" to be outed by local activists. Jay Timmons, the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, declined comment this week on efforts to publicize his sexual orientation. Local gay activist Michael Rogers, who has led the effort to out gays working for conservative politicians, has compared Timmons to the late Roy Cohn, the high-profile gay attorney who started his career as an aide to former anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy. “What this community is saying is that we will no longer tolerate the Roy Cohns of the world,” Rogers said. “We’re talking about gay men working for homophobes in the day, raising money for them and advocating their policies, and then going to the bars at night. Jay Timmons is a Roy Cohn.” Posted by Editor at July 23, 2004 12:01 PM