Change of guard: now that Trent Lott's Republicans are back in control, are gays and lesbians again going to be compared to kleptomaniacs? (Election 2002 Aftershocks).

From: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine) | Date: December 10, 2002| Author: Bull, Chris | Copyright information

During his first tenure as Senate majority leader, Trent Lott publicly compared homosexuality to kleptomania, blocked the nomination of openly gay philanthropist James Hormel as a U.S. ambassador, and was pilloried for ignoring a surge in antigay hate crimes even after the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard made international news.

But Lott, who first held the powerful leadership post from 1995 to 2001, is poised to regain it now that the GOP has recaptured the Senate. And...

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