hidden in plain sight

Can we talk about all the gay culture happening on Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Instagram page?

QUESTION: What do rainbows, shirtless men, young twinks, pageant queens, and Elton John all have in common?

ANSWER: They’re all prominently featured on Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Instagram page!

The homophobic president of Liberty University is back in the headlines after some questionable, ahem, dealings between him and his 20-something personal trainer, Ben Crosswhite, were made public.

Last week, Reuters revealed that Falwell once arranged to give Crosswhite a sprawling, multi-million dollar, 18-acre fitness facility belonging to his non-profit university plus an additional $650,000 for almost nothing in return.

This was in addition to the $4.7 million he gave to his 20-something pool boy, Giancarlo Granda, who he met at a hotel while he and his wife were on vacation.

Now, a closer look at Falwell’s Instagram page offers a hidden but telling story of a man who has made it his life’s work to promote the oppression of LGBTQ people.

Let’s dive in…

First, we have this prideful photo from 2013 that includes a comment from Crosswhite that says, “I love rainbows ;)”…

Then there are all the photos of Jerry barebacking by himself and with other men…

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Good horse to put up with me standing on his back!

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He also enjoys engaging in water sports…

And photographing other men engaging in water sports…

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@jlfiii got thirsty!

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There are also several pictures of Jerry dressed in skinny jeans and hugging/squeezing/lifting/flipping young men…

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S/o to Jerry for carrying me through finals week ???

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This seems to be a pattern…

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He never knew what hit him! #Timtebow

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Then there are all the pics of him posing with attractive young twinks…

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my week has been blessed. end of story.

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Here’s a photo of Jerry, his wife, and eight young, shirtless, male chefs…

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The boiiiizzzz

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And here’s one of him sitting in the lap of the entire Liberty University baseball team…

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Jeff missed the pile when he jumped!

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He also has pictures of gay icons…

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Wes took me to a show tonight.

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Pageant queens…

Homoerotic public art…

And phallic architecture…

Oh, and did we mention barebacking?

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#bucketlist

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Of course, we’re not suggesting that any of this means Falwell is gay or bisexual. But you can’t deny that, for a guy who hates LGBTQ people so much, he sure seems to have a deep appreciation for gay culture.

Or maybe we’re reading too much into it.

Related: This flirty Instagram post between Jerry Falwell Jr. and his ‘personal trainer’ is probably nothing

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