National LGBTQ leaders react to election of Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker of the house
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson The U.S. House of Representatives elected Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson as speaker of the house.
LGBTQ groups have denounced Johnson as a homophobic extremist. The House Equality Caucus pointed out these disturbing facts about Speaker Johnson: • Before becoming a member of Congress, Johnson worked as a lawyer for Alliance Defending Freedom, a known anti-LGBTQI+ hate group. • Rep.
Johnson has introduced several anti-LGBTQI+ bills at both the state and federal levels, including a state license to discriminate bill in Louisiana and a federal ‘Don’t Say LGBTQ+’ bill. • He has consistently voted against pro-LGBTQI+ bills, such as the Equality Act and Respect for Marriage Act, and for anti-equality bills, such as the federal trans and intersex sports ban.
He is also a cosponsor of several anti-equality bills introduced this Congress, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s federal gender-affirming care ban. • He is the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government.
