J.D. Vance’s complete track record on LGBTQIA+ issues
US vice president-elect J.D. Vance’s track record with LGBTQ issues isn’t great. Here’s what he’s said and done through the years. THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON UNCLOSETED MEDIA A NEW INVESTIGATIVE LGBTQIA+ FOCUSSED NEWS PUBLICATION. WORDS BY SAM DONNDELINGER AND UNCLOSETED MEDIA Pre-politics Vance hears a speech delivered by gay venture capitalist Peter Thiel, which convinces him to become a businessman instead of a lawyer.
From this moment forward Thiel becomes an influential force in Vance’s career. Thiel later hires Vance as a partner at his global investment firm.
Vance publishes his memoir in which he writes about his thoughts on feeling gay as a child: “She said, ‘Don’t be a fucking idiot, how would you know that you’re gay?’ I explained my thought process.
Mamaw chuckled and seemed to consider how she might explain to a boy my age. Finally she asked, ‘J.D., do you want to suck dicks?’ I was flabbergasted.
