Gays Against Groomers Official Resigns Over DeSantis Ad
Ron DeSantis.David Leatherwood announced his resignation from the board and his withdrawal from the organization on Wednesday, saying that he left on "good terms" and that he would "always" support the group's mission.
GAG, which describes itself as an "organization of gay people who oppose the recent trend of indoctrinating, sexualizing and medicalizing children under the guise of 'LGBTQIA+,'" has been accused by critics of peddling homophobia and transphobia.Leatherwood's departure comes three days after transgender Republican Caitlyn Jenner informed him over Twitter that GAG's founder, Jaimee Michell, is "on payroll for De[S]antis and so vitriolicly anti-[T]rump." When Jenner confronted Leatherwood on the social media platform, suggesting that he omitted "highly relevant" information, Leatherwood admitted that his resignation was "directly related to [GAG] Founder's outspoken support for DeSantis, in light of his recent ad that is extremely anti-gay."DeSantis released a new presidential campaign ad over the weekend, marking the end of Pride Month by attacking former President Donald Trump for his connections to the LGBTQ+ community, including his relationship with Jenner.
The ad, posted by the DeSantis War Room Twitter account, sparked fierce criticism from LGBTQ+ conservatives, including the Log Cabin Republicans and Trump's former acting director of national intelligence and first openly gay Cabinet member, Richard Grenell, who slammed the governor's ad as homophobic.On Sunday, Leatherwood said there was a "MAJOR difference between regular gay people who love America and Alphabet extremists who push radical woke ideology.""Clearly, Ron DeSantis doesn't understand the difference," Leatherwood tweeted. "Thank god.
