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Patti LuPone Called Antigay for Saying Lindsey Graham Should Come Out

Lindsey Graham and Patti LuPone

LuPone is getting dragged for her tweet about the Republican senator, but some say her critics are missing the point.

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Broadway icon Patti LuPone is being called homophobic for tweeting that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham should "just bite the bullet and come out."

LuPone made the comment Thursday, in a week in which the Republican senator from South Carolina defended Donald Trump's racist tweets about four congresswomen of color and even doubled down on them by calling the women communists. Graham, who ran against Trump for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, has switched from being a critic of Trump to one of his staunchest defenders.

There has been speculation for years that Graham is gay; for the record, he says he's not. He is not a big supporter of LGBTQ causes, although he doesn't tend to spew homophobic and transphobic rhetoric the way some Republicans do. LuPone is a longtime LGBTQ ally.

Just the same, her tweet is being denounced as homophobic, with some critics claiming it shows liberal hypocrisy regarding the LGBTQ community.

But she has some defenders.

LuPone has so far issued no further comment on the tweet. Graham does not appear to have commented either.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.