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mainstream press largely ignored the gay rumors, but Barney

Frank had this to say: “Of course he should come out if they’re

true. If they’re not true, he spent entirely too much time in the

gym for a straight man.” What’s odd is how blasé Schock him-

self seemed about the whole turn of events. He must secretly

know that now that he’s famous, there’s a wide world of pop-

culture celebrity out there—just ask Sarah Palin. Schock spon-

sored zero bills in Congress, but those soft-core photo shoots for

Men’s Health

and the workout videos generated a huge follow-

ing on Twitter and Instagram. So perhaps the whole Congress

thing was just a kind of reality show for Schock with which to

launch his media career. He’s got the looks for it, so why not?

Prediction: Schock

will

come out as gay, which will only en-

hance his marketability as a workout guru or fashionista or re-

ality-show host on cable TV. Stay tuned!

Gimme Shelter

Bloggers and Facebookers tittered (and twit-

tered) about an item in an Alaska newspaper,

The Juneau Em-

pire

, running under the headline “Glory Hole Rededication”

and picturing a priest announcing the relaunch of a Christian

shelter for homeless men. The launchers were presumably un-

aware of the double meaning, which earned them the epithets

“naïve” and “clueless” in the blogosphere. In their defense, one

could argue that the word “glory” had religious overtones long

before it acquired its gay meaning, which is undoubtedly why

it was chosen in the first place (it’s called camp). Of course, it’s

always possible that these guys are actually winking their way

to the tearoom; otherwise, it’s not entirely clear why Alaskan

clergymen should be up on urban gay lingo.

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The time has come to bid farewell to Con-

gressman Aaron Schock, the Illinois Republican who’s no

stranger to this column due to his flamboyant personal style and

his horrible voting record on GLBT issues. Schock abruptly re-

signed from the House in March after various irregularities of

a financial nature were disclosed. There were padded expense

accounts and improper junkets, maybe a diverted campaign

contribution or two, but nothing all

that

unusual for Washing-

ton. Clearly what did Schock in was the way he’d decorated his

D.C. office to resemble a room

on the BBC series

Downton

Abbey

. Diverted funds can be

concealed, but once the

Down-

ton

office came to light—the

story was broken by a

Wash-

ington Post

reporter who man-

aged to snap a few photos

before Schock’s staff stepped

in—reporters and oversight

committees began to investi-

gate his other extravagances

(the exotic trips, the fancy

cars), and the jig was up. The