Temporary House Speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry has long anti-LGBTQ+ record

Acting House Speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
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Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) was been named acting House Speaker on Tuesday evening after eight Republican House members and the entire Democratic House caucus voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the position.

McCarthy’s legislative record made his anti-LGBTQ+ politics perfectly clear: He opposes same-sex marriage, transgender children participating in school sports, discrimination protections, and queer-inclusive school policies. But McHenry holds many anti-queer positions of his own, largely following in lockstep behind his party’s prejudicial platform.

In 2023, McHenry voted in favor of a bill that would ban transgender women and girls from…

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