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North Dakota Anti-Gay Lawmaker Caught Exchanging Nude Grindr Pics Instinct
Another anti-gay politician is falling thanks to Grindr.
This time around it's North Dakota State Rep. Randy Boehning who was caught sending his nude pics to another man on the GPS-based dating/hookup app. The lawmaker made a name for himself by vehemently and very publicly decrying legislation that sought to protect North Dakota's LGBT community from discrimination, but may have changed the trajectory of his legacy thanks to recent news reports.
Boehning refused to identify at this point who he believes is behind the purported political payback for his vote against Senate Bill 2279, the third such bill defeated in the past six years by North Dakota legislators.
The exchange came to light when Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old Bismarck man with no known connections to the Capitol, contacted The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead earlier this month, saying he recognized Boehning from a gay dating smartphone app called Grindr. Chatting under the user name Top Man!, Boehning sent Smith sexually suggestive messages and, in the early morning hours of March 12, an unsolicited photo of his penis, according to exchanges reviewed by The Forum.
"How can you discriminate against the person you're trying to pick up?" Smith said in a recent interview.
Boehning has since told reporters he's glad "the 1,000-pound gorilla has been lifted," and has confirmed that he is "Top Man."
Another anti-gay politician is falling thanks to Grindr.
This time around it's North Dakota State Rep. Randy Boehning who was caught sending his nude pics to another man on the GPS-based dating/hookup app. The lawmaker made a name for himself by vehemently and very publicly decrying legislation that sought to protect North Dakota's LGBT community from discrimination, but may have changed the trajectory of his legacy thanks to recent news reports.
Boehning refused to identify at this point who he believes is behind the purported political payback for his vote against Senate Bill 2279, the third such bill defeated in the past six years by North Dakota legislators.
The exchange came to light when Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old Bismarck man with no known connections to the Capitol, contacted The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead earlier this month, saying he recognized Boehning from a gay dating smartphone app called Grindr. Chatting under the user name Top Man!, Boehning sent Smith sexually suggestive messages and, in the early morning hours of March 12, an unsolicited photo of his penis, according to exchanges reviewed by The Forum.
"How can you discriminate against the person you're trying to pick up?" Smith said in a recent interview.
Boehning has since told reporters he's glad "the 1,000-pound gorilla has been lifted," and has confirmed that he is "Top Man."
