Aaron Schock Was or is Anti Gay But Not While He is Having a Good Old Gay Time

This news is being reported on the gay media but I wanted to make an exception and add my 2cents because it takes someone who does not care about truth or being embarrassed by being found out. Someone else would have said he was sorry for lying for so long and opposing his people. But no, that is not Aaron Schock. 

Tyler Tixier, left, with his arm around former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, at whose right is Keith Anthony, at Coachella (Facebook)

 Remember this picture on the news when he was still in Congress 

(Wehoville )

What happens at Coachella doesn’t stay at Coachella, to the likely disappointment of Keith Anthony, a gay West Hollywood fitness trainer and member of the city’s Business License Commission.

Anthony and his boyfriend, Tyler Tixier, were photographed hanging out at the desert music festival this past weekend with Aaron Schock, the former GOP congressman from Illinois who is infamous for his anti-gay voting record and alleged misuse of federal money.

Schock, who represented Illinois’ 18th District, resigned in March 2015 after he was accused of using campaign funds and office accounts to pay for lavish trips and events. He has been criticized by gay activists for voting against the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and against amending federal hate crimes laws to include crimes where the victims were targeted on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, and disability.

 Twitter pic. The former anti-gay Congressman makes out in Coachella

 In a post on Facebook, James Duke Mason called out Schock for what Mason described as his hypocrisy for hanging out with other gay men and being photographed making out with one of them, at Coachella.

“Normally I wouldn’t comment on something like this, but I am just infuriated by these images of former Republican (and anti-gay) Congressman Aaron Schock partying with a group of gay men at Coachella,” Mason wrote. “The fact that he would think he could show his face in public, particularly when he has NEVER renounced or apologized for his votes against gay marriage, gays in the military and against anti-discrimination laws is astounding. My intention isn’t too out him or target him personally, but simply to point out the hypocrisy. I saw him at a recent gay social event in West Hollywood and shook his hand before I realized who he was; he should really be ashamed of himself. And the guys who associate with him without calling him out should know better. It really is a disgrace.”

Mason posted the photo of the shirtless Anthony with the shirtless Schock and other gay men on his Facebook page.  City Councilmember John Duran, who had appointed Anthony to the Historic Preservation Commission (where he no longer serves) and the Business License Commission, expressed his own surprise at Anthony’s interaction with Schock.  “What the hell????” his post read (it since has been removed.)

Schock’s gay adventure at Coachella also caught the attention of Queerty, the national gay website, which cited Mason’s Facebook post, as did Towleroad and GregInHollywood, two other popular sites. 

WEHOville has reached out to Anthony but as yet hasn’t gotten a response.