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Stephen Skinner, an out gay member of the House of Delegates, was trying to move up to the state Senate.
Stephen Skinner, a gay member of the West Virginia House of Delegates who hoped to move up to the state Senate, has lost his bid to do so, according to Victory Fund, which had endorsed him.
Skinner became the subject of a transphobic robocall during the campaign because of his support of a bill that would have banned discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the state. The call featured a 12-year-old girl saying Skinner "pushed the city councils to let men into our showers." She then asked voters to support Skinner's Republican opponent, Patricia Rucker.
The robocall was funded by the Family Policy Council, a state organization affiliated with the national conservative Christian group Family Research Council. The Family Research Council has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization, because of the misleading information it spreads about LGBT people.
Skinner was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2012, when he made history as the first out lawmaker in West Virginia.
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