Former Texas lawmaker writes tell-all about Perry's secret sex life.

[RandySF]

Glen Maxey, the first openly gay member of the Texas State Legislature and longtime Democratic activist, spent most of last summer helping a reporter for a "national news outlet" nail down persistent rumors of Rick Perry's sexual relationships with men. The story got killed. So Maxey has published an e-book laying out the evidence. Among the charges: Rick Perry has a small dick.

In Head Figure Head: The Search for the Hidden Life of Rick Perry, which was published today, Maxey tells the story of a four-month investigation (conducted, oddly, mostly through Facebook messages and chats that he liberally reproduces) he collaborated on with an unnamed reporter. According to Maxey—who, while obviously a partisan, is as far as I can tell not a crank and served 12 years in the state legislature—he located two men who claimed to have had sex with Perry. One was a male prostitute who told associates that Perry had hired him three or four times a year for hotel parties with Perry and an aide. The other was a man who responded to a Craigslist ad allegedly posted by Perry. Along the way, there are dozens of other more tenuous second-hand reports, including one man linked to Perry who pointedly refused to deny the accusations.

It's all very anonymous and hazy and who knows if any of it is true. But the fact that this is coming from a fairly prominent Texas political figure brings it out of the realm of pure rumor and offers an engaging little glimpse into how your news sausage is made (or in this case, not made).

http://gawker.com/5868489/all-your-rick-perry-gay-sex-rumors-collected-in-one-handy-book

[RKP5637]

1. I'm rec'ing this before I even read it!!! n/t

[Vincardog]

2. I have no feelings about the size of the prick's dick.

If raging ricky Gov. good hair is gay let the the testimonials begin.
He is irrelevant to the national discussion now.

[RandySF]

3. But he's not done ruining Texas.

[Vincardog]

5. I would be happy if he was run out of the state on a rail.

He is and his ilk are ignorant bastids who give real
impaired people a bad name. It is just that saying he has a small dick
seems so..... fknig childish.

[LiberalAndProud]

4. anonymous, hazy and who knows if any of it is true.

I have no love for Perry, but this kind of gay bashing trashing is gross.

Ughh.

[Vincardog]

6. Makes you wonder why a GAY author would write it.

[a simple pattern]

8. Hypocrite-outing isn't gay-bashing.

Perry himself is the one who's been doing that.

[doc03]

11. Apparently the author thinks something is wrong with being gay

since he uses that accusation to slander another person. Perry may be gay but the author is an ass and a hypocrite.

[RevStPatrick]

7. None of that is new.

I heard the Geoff Connor story years ago from friends from Austin.
There have been other rumblings of prostitutes and casual hook-ups.
And the man does look fabulous in a Brokeback Mountain jacket!

[Scuba]

9. The "small dick syndrome" has been obvious for some time. n/t

[doc03]

10. Seems funny to me stuff like this would come from a gay person and knows the discrimination

gays face in this country. You got a gay author that takes delight in accusing another person as being gay apparently he thinks there is something wrong with that. I assume he thinks there is nothing wrong with bring gay but he uses a gay slur against another person accusing them of being gay. Perry may be gay I don't care but the author is a hypocrite and an asshole and who the hell cares how small his dick is?

[fascisthunter]

12. well... is it true?

[w8liftinglady]

13. I know Maxey.

We worked together quite a bit on David Harris' campaign.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/25/159500/-Major-David-Harris:-Fighting-Dem-in-TX-6

he is in line to head the Democratic Party in Texas when Ritchie "retires".

If he has knowingly "outed" perry,it is because Perry has done SO much to hurt the GLBT community in Texas... including Maxey.

[w8liftinglady]

15. And here's a direct link to the book on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006M38BQO/?ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb&tag=gmgamzn-20#_

decide for yourself.

[Gothmog]

14. I heard about this story back in July

I heard these rumors back in July. Here is some more about these rumors from Susan Bankston http://juanitajean.com/2011/12/15/its-out/ It is too bad that Goodhair self destructed before he became the GOP nominee

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. If this goes mainstream, the fundies will kill any remaining life in Perry's campaign

Personally, I don't care about a candidate's sex life except if it shows potentially illegal behavior like Cain or if it reflects on a candidate's hypocrisy. Oh, and also I think it's relevant in telling us about the low character and intolerance of that candidate's base of supporters, should they turn on him/her.

[muntrv]

17. Does Glen have pictures?