Supports the decriminalization of marijuana and the creation of specialized drug courts. (Source)
Consistently opposed efforts to remove Confederate symbols from state buildings and hosted a benefit for the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 2005. I was out at Rain [a gay club in Austin] with my friend and we ran into this hustler kid.
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Opposed the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to admit gay members, (Source) and deemed the organization “better off” without gay leaders. (Source)
Criticised after it emerged that his family lodge was called “N***erhead”. Maxey used relationships built during his decades of experience in Austin as a legislative aide, state representative and lobbyist to track down the first hand accounts of men who have claimed sexual relationships with Perry contained in the book.
“Head Figure Head” is only available in e-book form via Amazon at this time.
He was non chalant about it and said that it happened 3 or 4x a year and he gave some sexual details about Perry and the other guy. includes the latest news, things to do, photo galleries and a link to the e-edition of the Dallas Voice in print.
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Supports capital punishment (Source) and vetoed a bill banning the execution of the mentally retarded. (Source)
Serves on the Board of Directors of Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. This was in the 2000s maybe 03.
Perry’s presidential campaign was ready to fight such rumors if they resurfaced this year, Politico reported in June.
The rumors first began circulating in the mid-2000s, and several blogs picked it up, and gay activists even staged a so-called “support rally” for Perry, which did attract media attention, according to the Austin Chronicle.
In 2004, Perry held a news conference to deny rumors that his wife Anita caught Perry having sex with then-Texas Secretary of State Geoff Connor.
Book investigates Rick Perry gay rumors
Posted inHouston, News, Statewide News
Glen Maxey, the only out LGBT person to serve in the Texas Legislature, has just released a new book “Head Figure Head: The Search for the Hidden Life of Rick Perry” investigating rumors that Texas governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry has a history of sexual tryst with men.
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Signed a Voter ID law found by the courts to be discriminatory, (Source) and vetoed legislation that would make it easier for former inmates to register to vote. Perry described the whispers as "an obvious, orchestrated effort" launched by his political enemies and he described the blog reporting as “a cancer on the political process that is deadly,” the Austin American-Statesman reported.
Among the blogs that reported the rumor was the liberal Burnt Orange Report, which gained a lot of attention (and web traffic) for it.
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New Book Seeks To Revive Old Rumors About Perry's Sexuality
The first openly gay state representative in Texas has published a collection of rumors surrounding Rick Perry’s sexual orientation. (Source)
Vetoed a bill aimed at eliminating wage discrimination against women. (Source)
Called a special session of the state legislature to pass a bill restricting access to abortion after it was blocked by State Senator Wendy Davis’s filibuster.
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Criticised the Supreme Court for declaring Texas’ anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional. Our weekly eBlast!