That hashtag came about after gay adult-film star Sean Harding tweeted, "There is a homophobic republican senator who is no better than Trump who keeps passing legislation that is damaging to the lgbt and minority communities. Every sex worker I know has been hired by this man. Wondering if enough of us spoke out if that could get him out of office?" And he followed up with "I cannot do this alone. If you'd be willing to stand with me against LG please let me know." Shortly after that #LadyGraham and #LadyG picked up speed on Twitter (via The Washington Post).
Use of that hashtag by Jen Psaki is being called out as discriminatory, and it's getting lots of attention and replies six months after it was originally posted. One user wrote, "Wow. I thought the Biden admin was an ally? This sounds horribly damaging to the fragile mental health of someone by outing them. Even if he's not supportive... take the high road and don't make things worse. This is horrible. Take it down and publicly apologize." Another tweeted, "Hey, let's not do internalized homophobia in high positions of power and illegally confirm judges that will rollback lgbtq protections, which would disproportionately harm LGBTQ youth of color."
A spokesperson for Graham, who is unmarried, which has helped fuel rumors against him, commented on the tweet: "Very disappointed someone in her position would embrace this style politics. It says more about her than it does about Senator Graham" (via the Daily Mail).
