Gay rumors have been swirling around former GOP congressman Aaron Schock since he was first photographed in that now infamous turquoise belt.
Since then, Instagram posts like this…
And this…
And this…
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…have only served to further fuel the speculation.
Then there’s the fact that, after resigning from office, he relocated to West Hollywood, where he’s become a regular fixture at his neighborhood spin studio.
And the fact that the vast majority of the 430 people Schock follows on Instagram are half-naked white instagays.
Seriously, it couldn’t be more obvious. And yet Schock has gone to great lengths to avoid talking about his sexuality, going so far as to purportedly use a woman named Karla Gonzalez as a beard, bringing her to political functions and introducing her as his girlfriend.
Then last week, the rumors were officially confirmed when Queerty obtained a photo allegedly showing Schock at Coachella engaged in a full lip lock with another dude, his hand searching for something down the front of the guy’s pants.
Then we obtained a video of it.
While it is the position of Queerty not to out public figures, we make one serious exception when someone has actively hurt LGBTQ people or causes and then refused to own up to it.
If the photos are accurate, Schock is out enjoying freedoms won through the sweat and blood of a community he directly harmed at every step of his political career.
But not everyone seems to agree. There are some who feel that, despite his horrific record when it comes to advocating for and advancing antigay policies, it’s never OK to out a person.
Meanwhile, others argue that Schock outed himself when he reached down another guy’s pants in front of thousands of people at a music festival.
Here’s the debate…
@aaronschock did not deserve to be outed. I will never promote forced outing of anyone. This does NOT mean I am negligent to the hateful ‘politics’ he has against his LGBTQ+ community. Using someone’s sexuality as a weapon and promoting its ‘deserved’ nature is unfortunate.
— Casey Thibodaux (@kittycathibs) April 17, 2019
Didn’t Aaron Schock out himself when he made out with a dude (and grabbed his dick) in public among straights? How is anyone upset about him being outed? Coachella isn’t a gay bar.
— Taint Behavin’ (@taint_behavin) April 17, 2019
i was astonished to learn that aaron schock hadn’t already been outed, and i eventually realized that i had mentally categorized the photos of his congressional office as outing him pic.twitter.com/GzU9oE9xw2
— chive harp (@jacquesdairyda) April 17, 2019
He’s a private citizen now leave him alone
— James kirk (@jkirk1946) April 21, 2019
So, there are a lot of media reports from 2014 where he WAS outed and he left office shortly after that. it has been 5 years. At this point we need to realize a struggle in coming out, it is tough for many folks but what ever dudes.
— Dashric (@TJLisoski) April 18, 2019
Unpopular Opinion: Aaron Schock is a private citizen and it is no one’s damn business what he did or didn’t do with whom while at Coachella. He didn’t cede his right to privacy because he served some time in Congress. Also, this wouldn’t be a story if he wasn’t hot. Bye.
— Caleb Grossman (@CalebGrossman) April 17, 2019
Nobody outed Aaron Schock. He was making out with a person of his same sex in public. Send tweet
— phil (@PrettyGoodPhil) April 17, 2019
What ~I~ don’t understand about this Aaron Schock drama is why people are surprised. This dude was outed YEARS ago. Why does this continue to be a story?
— gregory (@popLOCKEdropit) April 17, 2019
I 100% disagree with everything #AaronSchock stood for and still find people tracking down and posting a private picture of him with another person completely detestable. Another example of why online “activism” is just a bunch of fucking bullies regardless of what side you’re on
— Necroxis (@Necroxis9) April 17, 2019
You don’t get to enjoy freedoms as a gay man by cavorting at Coachella and then vote against LGBTQ+ rights. @aaronschock deserves to be outed. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
— Kyle Malinda-White (@kylemalinda) April 19, 2019
Daily reminder that the media is in fact, the enemy of the people, and the enemy of basic human decency and privacy. That was not afforded to Aaron Schock because he’s the “wrong” type of gay man.
— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) April 17, 2019
Outing is a brutal political tactic that should be reserved for brutally anti-LGBT closeted politicians. Aaron Schock has a brutal anti-LGBT voting record and he deserves to be outed.https://t.co/dTRPQubhzn
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) April 17, 2019
Chrisk
What couldn’t be more obvious is Grahams stroking the racism angle on the story to get the Queens riled up. White instagays? Lord
Bob Scardino
First thing I noticed. So he’s got a preference for white guys. Horrors!
AgainNagain
After all these debates it has become obvious that lots of gays here are full of hate in their heart and are hell bent on making more enemies for the community. Ironically, they have no problem whatsoever sleeping with total strangers.
Hdtex
Literally no body wants to sleep with you. No body.
Ashke113
@Hdtex I would say that comment was so rude…but that was so good—literally
Juanjo
Get over yourself, honey. This man spent years screwing over the entire gay community at every opportunity. He had a beard he would drag to events as his “girlfriend”. He denied he was gay. To this date, he has never once said anything even remotely saying he regretted any of his actions. If people hate this queen, then they do so with a very real and justifiable reason.
Gigi Gee
AgainNagain — Re: “lots of gays here are full of hate in their heart” Ya. We hate closeted conservative homosexuals like Schock who’ve worked to deny equality to LGBTQ Americans. We’re the horrible ones. /s
DCguy
Translation: The troll account that regularly defends bigots, is not only defending somebody who voted to harm LGBT people, he does it by attacking the victims talking about how full of “Hate” gays are.
So lets see, defend the anti-LGBT bigot who wants to harm us, by attacking us and defending him.
David
Wow, I am so sorry that you are suffering under a huge misconception here. I hate to see people proceeding from false assumptions. You read the emotional reactions on here and clearly jumped to the conclusion that …. your opinion mattered
Let me assure you , it doesn’t, not to anyone. So I am glad we can clear this up for you . as you slink back into your sad little closet to wank off like a rabid gibbon to all the gay porn you are so desperate to hide.
Jesus loves you …. everyone else thinks you are a waste of oxygen,
Wicked Dickie
Soooooo, wait a minute. He’s posted with pics of him with Ariana, Sam, Elton, and that’s cool. Yet he’s been dragged for filth for making out with guys at Coachella? So why aren’t you guys dragging Ariana, Elton, and Sam for taking pics with a guy that is anti-gay rights? Oh, the hypocrisy. And whether the pics were before or after Coachella is not relevant. You either hate him or you don’t, and those that associate with him.
AgainNagain
Wicked, the truth is, hypocrites often believe everyone else that doesn’t agree with them is a true hypocrite, not they. They have this very narrow black and white mentality they employ to determine who are their allies and who are their enemies. There is no gray area for them.
Brian
I think it’s funny that Queerty is saying that his having pics with Ariana, Elton and Sam is basically confirmation of his gayness. It never fails to amaze me how many stereotypes this supposedly progressive website continually perpetuates.
Hdtex
Oh look! Our two resident trolls sh@tposting and smearing themselves with feces. How utterly predictable.
Bob Scardino
I don’t hate him, but he is obviously a ludicrous, hypocritical, douchebag.
Brian
Just out of curiosity, is this even a story anywhere outside of the gay media? I don’t think I’ve seen anything about it anywhere but here.
Chrisk
BuzzFeed has been carrying it.
IWantAFullBeard
Don’t you worry Brian – when he tries to get elected to office, one quick google search will have the Republican Party running the other way. Well, except for Mitch McConnell – he will be running towards Aaron for some action.
Juanjo
While I doubt this is the sort of story to make the front page of the NYT, WaPo or such, a simple google search shows dozens of reports by various media outlets in and out of the gay media. Were he still in office, I suspect it would have been a little more widely spread about than that. He is, however, a washed-up nobody politician from Peoria Illinois at present so the mainstream media really doesn’t care. Gays do care because of all the harm he did while in office, enabling homophobes screwing us over in Congress.
Dwik27
Who cares if he was “outed”? What does that even mean to a person attending a great big gay dance party and kissing other men in public. But back to the main point – who cares if he was outed?
bonbon
Except it’s not even a gay dance party.
IWantAFullBeard
Honestly the more I look at this guy the less attractive he really is. In the main picture he looks like a hungry lesbian, in other pics his has a bulging vain out of his forehead, and he has the face of a pre-pubescent 17 year old. Frankly if he likes showing off his six pack, good for him because it’s clearly all he has or will ever have to offer society.
QueerTruth
AgainNAgain,
Yes and you are the number one gay making all the hateful comments and aw hellbent on bringing nothing but negativity to the lgbt community.
Why don’t you go away
Brian
QueerTruth, do you really think that constantly responding to a troll and pointing out what he’s intentionally doing is the way to get rid of him? You get rid of him by ignoring him, not by dancing like a trained monkey every time he posts. We all see what he’s doing, we really don’t need you pointing it out to us 10 times a day, that’s just as annoying as he is.
Chrisk
@Brian. Yep. Lol
I’ve learned long ago that the only thing AgainNAgain cares about is getting attention. Anything besides ignoring it only feeds it.
AgainNagain
Brian, you can ignore or respond, your choice, but In a free and democratic society, all voices need to heard and can’t be suppressed just because you don’t like them.
Juanjo
No, AgainNagain, in a free and democratic society, all voices can speak out, many like yours need not be heard because they are pathetic cries for attention, containing nothing of substance.
iamru2
@ Juan says the hateful racist!
Geeker
The dumbass outed himself by jerking a guy off at Coachella!!!
Ashke113
Only Queerty can beat the life out of a non-story and make it even less interesting……
startenout
Then why keep reading and commenting? From the title, you knew what it was about. If their coverage bores you so, why? I myself am riveted by the (n)opinions of the judging gays. LOL
Oh and yes, the self-loathing homophobe should be exposed for all the things he tried to do to the community while hiding in his overly decorated closet.
AgainNagain
I don’t understand why you are complaining about the story. If you don’t care or it bothers you, don’t read. If you read, try to skip. If you can’t skip, don’t waste your time commenting.
Hdtex
Then why are you here?
Donston
The dude was posing for pics shirtless with a bunch of non-closeted faags at a world-wide known event. He was making out with dudes outside and grabbing their dicks in clear view of everyone. And he did all this despite knowing gay rumors have been following him for years. Ain’t nobody “out” this dude. Please spare me some more tired, fake outrage. And I’m frankly already sick of talking about this guy. There’s no “story” here.
armandov
His “outing” is not really the story per se, in this instance. It has to do w/ a group of generic, fit Weho clones who have clamored to Schock’s side b/c he has tight abs despite the fact that his record for gay rights is horrific. They don’t care about that – he could be a potential hot F–
In short, its the story of shallow, gay guys who care more about tight abs than about character and politics. Hot abs trumps everything else in a large segment of the gay male population.
KJ
No, you don’t get to have it both ways, and Schock is no exception. Not an excuse, but I will add that some of us that come out of conservative faith backgrounds come out scarred but not broken. Others are a mess. There’s likely addiction rolled up into this too. I wish him no ill will, but he has a whole lot of work to do to move into full transparency and redemption.
Gigi Gee
I read the comments. Responded to a few. Then remembered why I rarely come here. What a bunch of bitter bitches you are.
iamru2
Yae cause calling people hateful bitches is so compassionate of you, huge eye roll here!
armandov
I wonder how bitter you think these comments are when Aaron Schock’s comrades finally decide to not only make a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage (As Schock wanted) but also to make discrimination against gay people 100% legal, nation-wide.
Hope that makes you happy.,
Black Pegasus
So Queerty found another way to generate clicks from this reprobate?
Apparently so…..
am
Exactly my thought. There’s no other way to explain Queerty’s borderline obsession with this guy.
Toofie
He was shirtless at a concert hanging with a group of gays and then made out/groped a dude. All.Out.In.Public.
jomax36
I can not believe anybody who would support this tool when he rant about homosexuality being wrong yet the whole time this douche bag wants to be groping and feeling another man’s penis inside inside pants. And be bent over over like the bitch he is.
michaelf7466
For anyone that doesn’t know, while Aaron Schock was voting against our rights and in cahoots with hateful Republicans, he was hanging with a group of gays who have no issue with this kind of behavior. Outed? Please. These Log Cabin Republicans sell their souls over and over again to be a part of a club that reviles them. I won’t say what I think that means here, but Mr, Schock has nothing to say to me until he apologizes and explains his hateful behavior. And that’s simply because I wouldn’t spend a second with someone like him who he has behaved like this. He’s a hypocrite and dangerous to anyone LGBT as he’s demonstrated. Demonstrate something different and he might get a different response. And stop whining about how the community is reacting. Again, you’ve earned it.
one more thing
Shouldn’t people be more concerned about needles and poo on their sidewalks?
Miles
Are we 100 per cent sure that he is the person in the photos? The video should not have been posted online without the permission of the two people in it. Had I been one of the two people I would be suing.
Toofie
Suing how? If you wanted privacy, take it back to your room, not the middle of a concert.
Brian
You have no right to privacy when you’re in a public place. And we all have the right to photograph and video you, and own the images, when you’re in a public place. You wouldn’t be suing because no lawyer would take your case.
DCguy
He was already outted years ago by journalist Itay Hod who said he got home early and walked in on Schock getting f-ed in the shower by his roommate. He also said he had no problem outting an anti-LGBT politician.
As for anybody defending him, what I’ve noticed is that the troll accounts don’t want ANYTHING like hypocrisy, illegality,, bigotry or racism pointed out. Schock tried to harm the community, nobody should be pearl clutching that he was called out as a dangerous hypocrite. Oh, and for those crying he was a private citizen?
1. So what
2. He was talking about getting back into politics.
justyouandi
So have we gone from “allegedly” to having actually confirmed that this is indeed Aaron Schock? The guy in the pics just doesn’t look all that much like him to me.