Split on Sinema: LGBTQ groups divided over rebuke of bisexual senator

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Progressive criticism of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., reached new and unprecedented highs this week, following the Arizona senator’s refusal to vote in favor of changing Senate rules to enact voting rights legislation on Wednesday.

Emily’s List — a women’s rights group that supports female Democratic candidates and was the largest contributor to Sinema’s 2018 Senate campaign — and abortion rights group NARAL said Thursday they were pulling their support from her. Two groups who were key to helping energize voters for her Senate run in 2018, Living United for Change in Arizona and Stand up America, compared her actions to the likes of staunch segregationist George Wallace. Many Democratic lawmakers have publicly lambasted Sinema, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has suggested that he’d support primary challengers against her.

But major LGBTQ advocacy groups — which are normally united on advancing a progressive agenda — have been divided in their response to the openly bisexual senator’s actions this week.

“I’m saddened, I’m heartbroken, I’m frustrated,” said Kierra Johnson, executive director of advocacy group the National LGBTQ Task Force. “Senator Sinema was someone that we grew to love — and grew to trust and experienced as a champion who walked side by side with us — so it feels extra painful to not see her exercise her full power to ensure that queer people and poor people and Black folks have full access to participating in our democracy through the right to vote.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/split-sinema-lgbtq-groups-divided-205157284.html

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1. Honestly this is exceptionally disappointing

I only recently started up with the HRC but am waiting to see what they do here to give again.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Who gives a shit what sexuality she is. She's a goddamn egoist asshole obstructionist fuck

[cate94]

3. Exactly

She’s not doing our community any favors.

[SheilaAnn]

4. Well said..n/t

[brush]

7. Exactly.

[2naSalit]

8. Exactly!

[PortTack]

5. AZ dem approval rating of her ..a whopping 8%!

So it doesn’t really matter in the long run...she’s gone in ‘24

[Withywindle]

6. Nobody should be immune to criticism for their harmful actions

She isn't being criticized for anything to do with her orientation, she's being criticized for roadblocking her own party's agenda and for votes that materially harm vulnerable people INCLUDING the LGBT community.

She's a sellout. It happens sometimes and we need to be able to identify them for what they are.

I'm bi, and I know there are an awful lot of better bisexuals out there. She doesn't speak for the community, she's out for herself only.

[Mad_Machine76]

9. Her sexual orientation is not the issue

Just like Caitlyn's gender is not the issue. They're both people from marginalized communities whom are useless and just bad people.

[Behind the Aegis]

10. I think many in this thread are missing the point of this article.

First, the article isn't very good, or rather the title isn't. Second, the "issue" isn't her sexuality, no one is claiming it is. Third, the point of the article is talking about how the queer community is responding to one of our own. Frankly, I think all of the gay groups are pissed, just because some didn't call her out by name doesn't mean shit. We shall see where this all goes.

[Celerity]

11. As a queer female, I am disappointed in both the Human Rights Campaign and Lambda.

I do not care about Sinema's sexual orientation, she is a turncoat, and her actions may well devastate the very same LGBTQ folk those two organisations represent.

[WA-03 Democrat]

14. Agree it is saying you are going to do one thing

And do the opposite of it when it counts.

Turncoat may be too nice but does fit.

[BradAllison]

12. You mean bisexuals can be white nationalist bigots too? n/m

[cinematicdiversions]

13. I mean historically yes.... obviously. NT

[Sympthsical]

15. I don't support people based on their orientation

As a gay man, this is insulting. This idea that we have to or should support someone simply because they're LGBT. I can judge people on their individual merits just fine.

Sinema is acting against the community's interests by empowering Republicans.

To the curb she must go.

[themaguffin]

16. Why is there a split? She's a corrupt and toxic grifter who could a give a shit about them