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OF A SIGMA NU BROTHER

THAT DIED OF AIDS.

JIM KNEW HIM WELL.

ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS.

STANDING OVER THAT GRAVE,

IT DID A LOT.

IT LET ME KNOW:

THAT I HAD TO DO IT.

I HAD TO DO IT.

THERE WAS SOME ATTENTION

IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA,

VERY, VERY LITTLE ON

A LOCAL LEVEL.

THE NON-GAY PRESS SAW I AS SORT OF DISTASTEFUL.

THEY DIDN'T COVER

GAY LIFE AT ALL,

EXCEPT MAYBE THE MOS DRAMATIC ELEMENTS OF IT.

IT WAS GARY:

THAT REAPED ALL:

THE HAVOC FROM THIS.

HE WAS SHUNNED:

BY THE COMMUNITY.

HIS PARENTS RECEIVED

ALL SORTS OF HATE MAIL.

AND JIM--

NOTHING HAPPENED TO JIM.

HE WAS ELEVATED:

EVEN HIGHER.

Cathey:

JIM IS RETIRING:

FROM A GREA CONGRESSIONAL CAREER--

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS

OF HONORS AND AWARDS.

HOW MANY OF THOSE

WOULD HE HAVE GOTTEN

IF HE HAD BEEN:

TRUE TO HIMSELF?

Rogers:

WHAT I FEEL THAT I'M DOING

IN THIS OUTING WORK,

IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYBODY

WHO'S ALIVE TODAY.

IT'S ABOUT TOMORROW'S

GENERATION:

AND THE ONE AFTER

AND THE ONE AFTER,

'CAUSE THIS HATE,

THIS VITRIOL,

IT'S GENERATIONAL

FOR THESE ANTI-GAY PEOPLE.

McFarlane:

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

OF THE GOOD ACTIVISTS--

IT IS ALL DRIVEN BY RAGE,

RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.

PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND DYING

BECAUSE SOME:

SELF-PROMOTING A**HOLE

IS TELLING A LIE.

ACTIVISM IS ABOUT ANGER.

ACTIVISM:

IS ABOUT RESPONDING

TO SOMETHING THAT YOU

KNOW IS WRONG:

- AND YOU DON'T LIKE IT.

- ( elevator dings )

Sure.

We're here for the consideration

of H.J.RES.106

proposing an amendment

to the Constitution of

the United States

relating to marriage

as well as H.R.319...

DREIER'S VOTING

IS A MATTER OF RECORD.

IT IS WITHOUT QUESTION

SOMEWHAT HOSTILE TO GAYS.

AND, IN FACT,

HE IS A FRONTLINE MEMBER

OF A POLITICAL PARTY

WHERE A CONSIDERABLE WING

OF THAT POLITICAL PARTY

IS OPENLY HOSTILE TO GAYS.

Steven Clemons:

DAVID DREIER OFFICIALLY

STILL DENIES BEING GAY,

DESPITE LOTS OF EVIDENCE

TO THE CONTRARY.

YOU COULD HEAR IN THE NEWSROOM,

JUST OCCASIONALLY WHEN

A STORY WOULD COME UP,

THAT DREIER WAS QUOTE--

WHAT I REALIZED BEFORE LONG,

IT WAS CODE WORDS--

"CONFIRMED BACHELOR,"

"CONSERVATIVE BACHELOR,"

"DAPPER BACHELOR."

ONE OF THE BIG TIPS I GOT WAS,

"CHECK OUT THE BOYFRIEND."

I'M LIKE,

"WHO'S THE BOYFRIEND?"

"THE CHIEF OF STAFF."

I'M LIKE, "OHH, THAT'S

INTERESTING."

SO THEN WE INITIATED

A WHOLE INVESTIGATION.

I GO DOWN TO THE CAPITAL

AND I COPY EVERY TRAVEL RECORD

OF BRAD SMITH,

WHO'S THE CHIEF OF STAFF,

AND DAVID DREIER,

WHO'S THE CONGRESSMAN.

THEY SAID, "OH WELL,

HE TRAVELS WITH HIM."

AND I'M LIKE,

"WELL, THESE ARE

DIFFERENT DATES...

ONE DAY APAR ON ALL THE TRIPS."

( camera shutter clicking )

IF THERE WAS A CONGRESSMAN

WHO TRAVELED WITH HIS

CHIEF OF STAFF CONTINUOUSLY

AROUND THE WORLD,

TRAVELING ONE DAY

BEFORE OR ONE DAY AFTER,

THAT WOULD BE:

IN THE NEWSPAPER.

BUT BECAUSE HE'S

SLEEPING WITH A MAN,

BECAUSE IT'S TWO D*CKS

INSTEAD OF ONE,

THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.

WE'RE NOT ASKING DREIER

WHAT POSITION HE LIKES,

HOW MANY LOVERS HE'S HAD,

WHERE HE LIKES TO GET IT ON.

THESE AREN'T THE QUESTIONS

WE WANT TO PUT TO DREIER.

THE QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD

BE PUT TO DREIER ARE:

"THIS IS YOUR VOTING RECORD.

THIS IS YOUR PARTY'S PLATFORM,

ITS PLANK, ITS POSITIONS,

AND IT SEEMS TO RUN

ABSOLUTELY CONTRADICTORY

TO THE WAY YOU'VE LIVED

YOUR PERSONAL LIFE."

WHEN HE CAME ON MY PROGRAM

DURING THE REPUBLICAN

CONVENTION,

I ASKED HIM STRAIGHT OUT.

There have been a lot

of rumors that you

yourself are gay.

And people feel it's

hypocritical of you--

- ( Dreier speaking )

- --to not speak up in favor

of same-sex marriage.

Are you saying

you're heterosexual?

A STRAIGHT GUY,

THERE'S NO WAY HE'LL

ANSWER THAT QUESTION

WITH, "I'M NOT REALLY

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT."

HE'S GONNA SAY,

"YEAH, I'M STRAIGHT.

SO WHAT?"

Would you think

it's hypocritical

if a gay politician

were voting against

gay people?

YOU KNOW, I HAPPEN

TO LIKE DAVID DREIER'S

POLITICAL AND POLICY WORK

ON MANY FRONTS.

AND HE LOST OU IN BEING THE NEW

REPUBLICAN LEADER

INSIDE A CAUCUS INSIDE

THE REPUBLICAN COMMUNITY

BECAUSE OF THE GAY

IDENTITY ISSUE.

Did you expect

to get the job

( slaps desk )

that Roy Blunt got?

No, this is not something

that I pursued.

I mean, yes, I was

talked to about this.

And frankly, I said no,

that I didn't want to do it.

Now who talked

to you about it?

Is this--

You know, I don't want

to get into that, Charlie.

THE EVANGELICAL CONSERVATIVE

WING OF THE PARTY

CAME IN AND SAID,

"NOT FOR ONE MINUTE.

NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

DAVID DREIER'S A CLOSETED GAY.

THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US.

AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN."

I THINK IT WAS:

A REAL SAD THING

THAT THE COUNTRY LOS SOMEONE LIKE DAVID DREIER

MOVING INTO REPUBLICAN

LEADERSHIP OVER BEING GAY.

THE ULTIMATE IRONY?

I BELIEVE IF DAVID DREIER

CALLED A PRESS CONFERENCE

TOMORROW AND ANNOUNCED,

"THIS IS MY TRUTH--

30 YEARS IN COMING,

BUT THIS IS MY TRUTH."

I THINK HE'D PROBABLY

BE RE-ELECTED.

IF HE DECIDES:

TO EVENTUALLY COME OUT,

HE'LL DO SO WHEN

HE DECIDES TO RETIRE

FROM THE HOUSE.

THAT'S A TRAGEDY.

IT'S MUCH BETTER

TO HAVE SOMEONE:

OF DAVID DREIER'S

REALLY BRILLIAN LEGISLATIVE SKILL

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FINALLY COMING OUT OF HIS

OWN VOLITION.

SO IS THERE AN EFFORT?

PROBABLY.

HAS HE MOVED?

NO.

Alexander Robinson:

LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES

ARE UNDER-REPORTED

AND UNDER-COVERED IN THE MEDIA

SOMETIMES BECAUSE

OUR ALLIES IN THE MEDIA

ARE TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE

TO NOT OUT SOMEBODY.

ALL OF MY STRAIGH FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA

HANDLE THIS ISSUE BADLY,

UM, BECAUSE I THINK

IT'S DISCOMFITING.

THEY DON'T KNOW

WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

Right after the break,

we're gonna interview

Erik Weihenmayer

who climbed the highest mountain

in the world, Mount Everest.

But he's gay!

I mean, he's gay--

excuse me. He's blind.

So we'll hear

about that coming up.

PEOPLE WILL WRITE

ABOUT MY RELIGION.

THEY WILL WRITE ABOUT MY HEIGHT,

WRITE ABOUT MY SCHOOLING.

THEY WILL WRITE ABOU A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS.

IF THEY WON'T WRITE

ABOUT MY SEXUALITY,

THEY'RE IN EFFECT SAYING,

"THE POOR SO-AND-SO.

THAT IS SUCH A TERRIBLE FAC WE HAVE TO KEEP IT SECRET."

JOURNALISTS ARE IN THE BUSINESS

OF TELLING THE TRUTH.

THEY SHOULD BE CONSTANTLY

REEVALUATING WHAT THEY'RE DOING

AND LOOKING AT WHY

THEY TREAT HOMOSEXUALITY

AND HETEROSEXUALITY DIFFERENTLY.

MY FAMILY JOKES THAT WHEN

THEY WATCH THE NEWS WITH ME

LIKE, "THAT REPORTER'S GAY."

IT PERMEATES THE MEDIA HERE.

ALL THE REPORTERS ARE GAY.

YOU KNOW?

CNN AND FOX, THE SAME ONES

WHO ARE COVERING THE STORY,

THEY'RE PART OF

THE WASHINGTON CULTURE TOO.

SO FOR THEM TO BE AMBITIOUS,

THEY DON'T TALK ABOU THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION

AND HAVEN'T FOR YEARS.

Announcer:

Live from New York,

this is "The Fox Report"

with Shepard Smith.

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