State Legislator Suggests Alabama Governor Is Gay

BIRMINGHAM, AL - State Representative Patricia Todd, frustrated by Gov. Kay Ivey's criticism of ADECA money going toward an LGBTQ organization, suggested Ivey herself was gay in a Twitter post.

"Will someone out her for God's sake.." Todd said on her Twitter account Tuesday. Todd, who is Alabama's only openly-gay legislator, also said rumors regarding Ivey's sexuality have been swirling around Montgomery since Ivey took office last year.

According to a report from Alabama Media Froup, Todd was not pleased Tuesday after she read the response Ivey gave to criticism over a ADECA grant money going to a now-defunct gay and lesbian group from Huntsville. Ivey's response was that she did not agree with "the agenda or the values" of the organization, not that the funds were appropriated before she took office. According to ADECA, the organization, Free2Be, has received almost $1.7 million in grants from ADECA since September 2014.

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Ivey's staff responded to Todd's claim by saying, "This is a disgusting lie being pushed by a paid liberal political hack. There is absolutely no truth to it."

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