Meet Rep. Jared Patterson, the latest Texas embarrassment who wants to ban all things gay

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Get ready, Texas: there’s yet another simple sheriff in town. You may have trouble remembering his incredibly generic cis straight white guy name, but we fear we may be hearing it said in mild annoyance for a couple years to come.

State Representative Jared Patterson won his most recent race by running entirely unopposed in the newly redistricted Texas landscape and it shows. His website boasts his being selected as one of the “top ten most conservative” members in the Texas House by the Texas Tribune. Specifically speaking, he’s number ten — the least notable of the group.

Like any conservative politician desperate for legitimacy *coughGeorgeSantoscough*, his Texas House bio has his beginnings tenuously tied to the events of September 11, saying he vaguely “found purpose” during that tragic time.

His site lists his main issues as things like “property tax relief”, “human trafficking”, and “the sanctity of life”. Yet, the same site’s News tab shows his actual agenda of attacking the LGBTQ+ community.

In particular, the rep has pushed to ban books with LGBTQ+ themes for being “sexually explicit” and continues to attempt outlawing…

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