The closetocracy? 11 anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans dogged by gay rumors

This story originally appeared on The Advocate . The Republican Party is full of politicians who actively fight to strip LGBTQ + people of their rights and humanity. But it is often those same politicians who get caught up in gay sex scandals or have their sexualities whispered about on Capitol Hill, while proclaiming their heterosexuality and adherence to “traditional family values.” Rumors that…