Gay patriot

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Confrontational gay blogger Bruce Carroll will decide over the next six weeks whether he will become one of the first out Republicans to run for statewide office in the South, he said Thursday. Thanks to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit and the folks at PajamasMedia (now PJ Media), GayPatriot became a go-to mainstream conservative opinion blog.

To O'Callaghan, football was more than just a sport. It didn't matter that he didn't like the game. It was a shield. Farewell, Gay Patriot Bruce Carroll, the Gay Patriot, was one of the most entertaining voices on Twitter. Warning: This article contains references to suicide and mental health issues.

My daughters loved him, and his tweets often enlivened our family chat system. I was very lucky I didn't overdose, but back then, I didn't care. I never once did anything with another guy when I was playing football so there was never anyone who could out me, but I was always paranoid that somehow, someone would find out. NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Confrontational gay blogger Bruce Carroll will decide over the next six weeks whether he will become one of the first out Republicans to run for statewide office in the South, he said Thursday.

No one had satisfactory answers about how much the government should be involved in dictating gay rights. The bombastic blogger known as "Gay Patriot," who is weighing a challenge to South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in , likely would run without the support of large segments. It worked, for almost 30 years.

O'Callaghan was being picked out as a name to watch before he was drafted by the Patriots in Born in , O'Callaghan's football journey began in high school, where the Californian's natural size and strength meant coaches were eyeing him up as a potential standout player from an early age. The grind of elite-level football, first in college and then the NFL, left the Californian with shoulder and groin injuries he couldn't shake.

I was just so consumed in the negative, I never gave myself a chance to think about whether my family, my friends would accept me. The GayPatriot blog’s original mission morphed into a platform for gay conservative issues and served as a counterbalance to Andrew Sullivan (who went off the deep end) in the mids.

Neo-Fascist "Patriot Front" Driven from Pridefest Funny video - outnumbered PRIDE participants chase Nazis back into their rented truck and run them off. It was to stay closeted, that was my whole mindset. GayPatriot is one of the independent blogs affiliated with the Pajamas Media enterprise. The 6ft 7in, lb Californian had risen to the pinnacle of American sport, protecting legendary quarterback Tom Brady on the pitch, and enjoying all the trappings of fame away from it.

The GayPatriot blog’s original mission morphed into a platform for gay conservative issues and served as a counterbalance to Andrew Sullivan (who went off the deep end) in the mids. Republicans and democrats took the position that the world would end if their preferred policies weren’t enacted. Bullies are .

For many gay rights activists, ’s first five months in office have provided ample . Then aged 23, he was selected by the New England Patriots in the fifth round, and so joined one of sport's most storied franchises. But while, to an outsider, O'Callaghan was on a seemingly pre-ordained journey to the big time, the Californian knew the only reason he was playing at all was to hide the fact he was gay.

Still a rookie, he was tasked with playing in front of Brady - one of the greatest to step on to the gridiron. Gay Patriot is some conservative troll who trolled re Jackie's death. Once on the roster at the Patriots, O'Callaghan was thrown in at the deep end. O'Callaghan moved to the Kansas City Chiefs in As the seasons racked up, O'Callaghan's pain increased. John Wayne - wife beater, chicken, liar,faux patriot, and as an actor, so boring Spencer Tracy - I worked with an older guy when i worked in tv in NYC.

He worked on several . The Internet home for American gay conservatives. A gay patriot is a self-loathing crazy person, OP. Is one hour of dick worth countless hours of hyper-vigilance and active listening? He has absolutely zero to do with the show or anything related to Jackie, he just made a joke in very . Thanks to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit and the folks at PajamasMedia (now PJ Media), GayPatriot became a go-to mainstream conservative opinion blog.

Are you prepared for strangers . The GayPatriot blog is an independent, political and opinion-based log created by Bruce Carroll that is a forum focusing on gay conservative issues, themes, culture and ideas. But as O'Callaghan's playing career went from strength to strength, the stress of concealing his sexuality was taking a serious toll. At a young age, he'd taken a conscious decision to find the 'straightest' thing he could think of - being an NFL star - and then become it to deflect questions about his own sexuality.

So O'Callaghan - who had now moved to the Kansas City Chiefs - started taking painkillers, hoping to numb the impact of his physical injuries, but also wishing for something more. I wasn't trying to make the team to make money - although that was nice and I needed that to survive. I do know that in banning Gay Patriot, Twitter deprived us–all of us, not just conservatives–of one of the wittiest and most sensible voices in our public life.

Gay backers of say he is blind to sexuality. About Gaypatriot The GayPatriot blog is an independent, political and opinion-based log created by Bruce Carroll that is a forum focusing on gay conservative issues, themes, culture and ideas. Success at that level led to a four-year stint at the University of California, where O'Callaghan earned the Morris Trophy as one of the Pac Conference's top offensive linesmen - and by the time of the NFL Draft in , experts were picking him out as one of the names to watch.

Not everyone agrees. And haunting him at every turn was the fear that he'd be outed.