A recently surfaced photo of Republican Senator JD Vance of Ohio dressed as a woman is causing a stir online and is quick to point out the contradiction with his current anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
The photo, which shows Vance wearing a blonde wig and dress, was first posted online on Sunday by podcast host Matt Bernstein. The source of the photo was Yale assistant professor Travis Whitfall, although it was taken by one of his classmates.
“It’s from a group chat of Vance’s classmates and it came from a friend of a friend. I think it was stolen from on facebook. and was recorded at a Halloween party,” said Whitfall told The daily beast.
A spokesperson for Vance did not deny the authenticity of the photo to The Daily Beast, but did not provide further comment.
The photo, one of two now posted online, quickly trended with the hashtag “#SofaLoren,” a reference to the popular joke that Vance had sex with a sofa.
Vance has long supported anti-LGBTQ+ policies, leading many to point out the Ohio senator’s hypocrisy.
“There is nothing wrong with dressing as a woman. There is everything wrong with dressing as a woman and then taking the damn weird stance that drag performances, and by extension LGBT people, are deviants who deserve to have their rights restricted,” said one user. wrote on X
When running for the U.S. Senate in 2022, Vance said he would have voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which protects same-sex marriage from future Supreme Court decisions, and he introduced the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, which aims to criminalize gender-affirming medical care for minors.
