If you mess with the gays, you’re going to get the horns. And some well-earned social media sass.
In an effort to stoke some right-wing backlash, conservative “news” network The Blaze decided to post a picture of Tyler Cherry, the new Communications Director for the Department of the Interior.
No context. No mention of their political record. Just a photo where, let’s be real, they were slaying in a striped blazer, black turtleneck, and gold hoop earrings. It must have been a slow news day.
Aside from being problematic, not relevant, and mean-spirited, the tweet was especially stupid because of Cherry’s many, many achievements in Washington, D.C.
Before joining the Department of Interior, Cherry served as Director of Rapid Response for the Biden-Harris team’s Arizona campaign and Director of Public Affairs at political consulting firm SKDK.
In 2023, they appeared on Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 – Media list. The Los Angeles native, who graduated from UCLA, has worked extensively in helping the Biden-Harris administration share their progress in environmental protections, advancing clean energy, and conservation with the media.
As they told Forbes, their greatest achievement is “serving as the spokesperson for the first Indigenous Cabinet Secretary in U.S. history, Deb Haaland.”
Haaland was recently named one of Washingtonian‘s Most Powerful Women in Washington and President Biden touted the administration’s advances in “delivering on the most ambitious climate agenda in history” in a post on Twitter X.
According to LinkedIn, Cherry lives in D.C. with their husband and “two exuberant cats,” which is just adorable.
Fittingly, LGBTQ+ users and allies took to social media to both defend Cherry and call out The Blaze’s tired and offensive post.
Some users remarked that it was another example of hypocritical conservatism –– and just plain mean. “Nothing says Christian like judging someone based off of their appearance,” @Sipowicz1042 replied.
Others went even further by reminding us what the founder of The Blaze looks like. (Shudder. Click at your own risk.)
And?
— Piccolo Pete (Lizzie) 🇺🇸🏳️🌈💙 (@pete_piccolo) October 5, 2023
As a non-elected official, Cherry really shouldn’t be used as a pawn to provoke political outrage, especially considering the Department of the Interior’s success and importance in the nation.
Furthermore, we’re still eons away from seeing enough queer representation on Capitol Hill. While an annual study by the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute found that there are “at least 1,185” LGBTQ+ people serving office –– a record number and more than double the figures in 2017 –– the country is still far from “equitable representation” in office.
The LGBTQ+ Victory Institute addressed the vicious social media posts in a statement on Friday, writing, “Did the appointees do anything but be trans or GNC? No. But hey! That’s the business of bigotry… We’re so grateful to all out appointees & applaud their services.”
At least we’ve got the LGBTQ+ fam to lean on when the trolls come out. And at the end of the day, gays are going to do what we do best: make sh*t happen in communications… and make some pretty funny jokes on social media.
Here are more of our favorite responses from the LGBTQ+ community.
Wow looks like he has way more friends than you and goes to way cooler parties
— Jawn Luice (@JohnLoosWins) October 6, 2023
are government employees not supposed to be super hot or something?
— charles r. davis (@charizardavis) October 5, 2023
Queer people are boring government drones now sorry you just heard
— Ryan (@SadPaleTwink) October 6, 2023
— SDL (@SocDoneLeft) October 5, 2023
abfab
Hello Cherry and congratulations!
inbama
It’s terrible what they put him through, but I’m crossing my fingers that he doesn’t steal luggage.
abfab
If you were to fly I doubt anyone would want your luggage.
LumpyPillows
I hope he doesn’t turn out to be another Siam Brinton. There are lots of us in government. Most put forward a more professional appearance. I wish him luck.
monty clift
It looks like it may well be. He and his husband (the better-looking of the two) look like clowns in the New York Times article. I saw a “before” of the husband; he was a handsome man. The forced femininity doesn’t work at all for him.
inbama
The current generations have no serious issues like Civil Rights, Vietnam or Marriage Equality, so they’ve latched onto narcissistic nonsense like “Breaking the Binary” and “neopronouns.” It would all be harmless if Big Pharma weren’t involved and innocent teens weren’t having their genders “nullified” with “smoothies surgeries” and being made into eunuchs and worse. If you have a strong stomach, listen to what Dr. Curtis Crane is offering our youth on youtube.
We’ve gone from being in a human rights movement to a “Human Centipede” movie.
abfab
Speak for yourself obama.
abfab
Monty. Your days of hanging on to your butchness or manhood are over. You give yourself away.
dbmcvey
They’re all, mostly here! All the sad, bitter, conservative queens.
inbama
@abfab
One day you will answer for ignorantly approving all these gruesome things we are doing to LGBT children. If there were a hell, you would burn in it forever.
abfab
INQANONoBAMA WE TRUST. You’re lame. Id rather wait for your jewish space lasers to backfire on you and your HO, MTG. You sound like an isolated republican evangelical.
barryaksarben
Oh Monty the feminity isn’t forced at all . Why even YOU have your feminine side you are just terrified of yours is the only difference. I find it incredibly sad that the trolls on the right hate women and the feminine. Not letting women decide. what to do with their bodies is sick and Boys like you who aren’t truly masculine feel so threatened by women or us happy gqy boys
monty clift
@barryaksarben, Did you not see the before photos of Cherry’s husband? It definitely seems like it’s been imposed rather than natural femininity (I have no issues with naturally feminine guys). I’m not sure what women have to do with this. You’re projecting a lot there.
monty clift
@inbama, And yet there are gays in extremist religious countries who still don’t even have basic civil rights, where homosexuality is still punishable by death. What’s worrisome is that this pronoun movement could be used as a further example of why they shouldn’t be given any rights.
abfab
”There are gays in extremist religious countries who still don’t even have basic civil rights, where homosexuality is still punishable…etc..”
Gotta ask, yeah, I’m a glutton for punishment. What country do you live in Clift? You always hit a brick wall when you comminicate. I hope you live alone….but god, if you don’t we pitty the person who has you to take care of. You’re nuts.
monty clift
@abfab, Get back under your bridge, GOP troll.
dbmcvey
Good for him! F the haters!
dbmcvey
It’s no surprise there are a couple of bitter, nasty responses from those bitter, nasty people.
abfab
The Lumpy Inbama Show. Like-minded clowns,. Like clockwork.
inbama
I’m a clown?
Well, yes, I have a talent to amuse.
You and your sock puppet dbmcvey, on the other hand, are about as delightful as a hospital dumpster filled with discarded colostomy bags .
abfab
You are. Yes.
dbmcvey
Inbama is self aware–maybe? No one would have suspected.
LumpyPillows
Predictable. We discussed issues and concerns and you two mental midgets come in with the personal attacks. Sad for you. Oddly, very in tune with the entire fringe left with the personal attacks and no substance. Toxic. Do better.
Den
“Oddly, very in tune with the entire fringe left with the personal attacks and no substance. Toxic. Do better.”
Rather amusing to see a right wing dullard say something like this after attacking a government employee based entirely on their appearance, and the baseless opinion of said dullard. Your inability to tolerate variations in personal style says nothing about the qualifications of the person in question. But it says a lot about your complete lack of critical intellectual skills!
dbmcvey
I love that Lumps thinks that by saying he’s some kind of thief or something is “discussing issues.” The issue is that lump, inbama, monty etc… are all self-loathing homophobes. Assuming they’re even really gay.
monty clift
@dbmcvey, This coming from a t-chaser like you is peak hilarity. However, it is evident you know absolutely nothing about gay men. Take a hike, creep.
GlobeTrotter
If he’s the best candidate for the job, then I don’t see a problem. I just wish he’d make an effort to look more professional. Isn’t a suit and tie standard dress code at this level of government?
abfab
Wish all you want. And please……The POS dressed professionally in the Whte House (yeah, right) and where did that get us. Even VOGUE said no to his wife. His mile long red tie…his baseball cap, his slacks that always created a puddle over his shoes (his tailors hated him), and THAT HAIR.
One question. Have you even BEEN to Washington? If you can’t get over this photgraph then you have a real problem.
dbmcvey
That’s all you need is a suit. Like Matt Gaetz or Lauren Bobert.
LumpyPillows
You can tell who the people are that never held a responsible job ever. When someone takes a job and makes it very prominent that they are representing a class of people, they really should try and look as professional as possible and not look like a deranged pimp.
Den
Perhaps you can tell who has never held a “responsible job” in your imagination. But quite obviously NOT in the real world. Jim Jordan probably makes you salivate (if you are actually a gay man), but we don’t hear you ever talk about his flouting dress codes. I don’t recall you getting indignant when self professed “fine Christian woman” Boebert who regularly converses with Jesus (in her mind) was seen in a Denver theater with her tits hanging out like a slut getting felt up on a “first date”. How about the professionality of Trump both while in office and recently posting content more fitting for a sociopathic 13 year old than a head of state. That strikes you as professional?
GOD! You regressives are idiots!
still_onthemark
(raises hand)
@Den: You live in a very black-and-white world. Count me as one gay man who thinks Gym Jordan should wear a jacket, dammit, and who despises Trump and Lauren Boebert, and who notices the fact that nonbinary people occasionally dress rather oddly and amusingly.
still_onthemark
@LumpyPillows: Did you see that clip of Mike Lindell having a meltdown when someone accused him of selling “lumpy pillows”? “They’re not lumpy pillows, ****, you’re an ASSHOLE!” (It’s apparently from a deposition in March that recently became public.) He looks like he’s going to have a stroke!
abfab
”representing a class of people,”
”a responsible job ever”
”a deranged pimp”
A nice collection of caste system tropes and racism from LUMPY.
abfab
This is one of the easier scores to settle:
Right Wing Gay Conservative Trolls who hang on GAY websites prefer SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS when it come to the communications department.
LumpyPillows
It’s funny that you think we’re conservatives. We’re mainstream gays. You and your sidekick are the lunatic fringe.
Den
You are in no way mainstream, and probably not even “gays”. What you are is transparent, and stupid, and part of the right wing Trumpist minority that considers themselves as mainstream because they avoid reading actual news sources at any cost.
Baron Wiseman
Dear Den,
Out of curiosity (and fun), what do you consider “actual news sources”?
dbmcvey
It’s not funny that we think you’re conserrvatives Lump. Because you are. You’re also all the same person.
dbmcvey
And now this baron person out of nowhere. How many sock puppets do you need?
abfab
The lunatic fringe…..another FOXNEWS/ Lumpy talking point. So original. So tired, So homophobic.
decrans
It’s obvious that dickvaney and his multiple accounts (DMB) doesn’t think it’s the same person. Why? Because he responds differently to the various ‘conservative commenters’ with a different list of pre-packaged replies. It’s a game for these lonely sadsack useful idiots. The fact is this: They don’t want to think about the advocacy going down in various forms with LGB without the T movements. So for them, they have to resort to RuPaul’s Drag Race-level discourse. That’s all they have. They realize that Trump is leading Biden on the economy by leaps and bounds and in most major polls. So it’s ‘yassss queen’ because they reek of desperation.
still_onthemark
@abfab: Yes, there’s isn’t MUCH of a lefty lunatic fringe compared to the crazies on the right who have completely taken over. No comparison.
But do you really think Biden himself doesn’t occasionally get pissed off at the lefty lunatic fringe? By your logic Biden must be a right-winger!
decrans
Den considers actual news sources a blog that MSNBC commentator wrote that one time back in 2018. It’s basically left-wing Newsmax to this blustering dumba$$.
still_onthemark
Groovy! Judging from the photo, part of the Communications Director’s job is communicating with time travelers from 1973.
Far out! I can dig it, man.
abfab
You’re too funny….not.
dbmcvey
Lumps, Imbama and Monty, all the conservative freaks came out. He’s not even wearing anything extreme and they’re clutching their pearls like an old aunty. This is why everyone hates you guys.
dbmcvey
Oh, and on the mark. All the freaks are out.
still_onthemark
Do you really think that several posters here are all the same person? Sure, Cam!
As usual, dbmcvey (and all your other screenames), your trolling is SAD and WEAK!
You don’t pay much attention to what anyone actually writes here over time. Lumpy for instance is a Biden voter who has stated many, many times that he will vote for Biden no matter what. That’s not a “conservative” by any definition.
Okay I’m somewhat of a “freak” at least in my sense of humor (if not my jeans & t-shirt sartorial style) but I’ll always vote for Democrats.
It’s a gay male tradition to make fun of how people dress – even if you agree with them politically – especially when they are obviously trying very, very, very hard to ATTRACT ATTENTION to themselves!
abfab
Still off the mark. They are all the same people. Try and work on that concept for a while.
dbmcvey
still, I think you all share the same “brain.”
still_onthemark
Perhaps abfab and dbmcvey are being paid by the Russians to make liberals look bad.
abfab
Putin’s money is no good here. He’s another one who must die ASAP,
inbama
@dbmcvey
I’m a freak, you disgusting lying sock puppet?
Anybody who’d defend encouraging LGBT youth to identify as a “eunuch” and have all their genitals removed so as not to resemble either sex is a sick abuser of kids who have obvious mental health problems.
You’re both better no than the doctors at Auschwitz
You’re both evil.
abfab
“You’re both better no than the doctors at Auschwitz”? What?
I hope the village you live in has a mental clinic. Run, don’t walk.
decrans
Pretty much they’re on par with Nazi doctors and Michael Jackson. If a Santa Claus believing three-year-old trotted up to Abcrabs, he’d look for a scalpel in the name of his far-left religious doctrine and political correctness. I wouldn’t be surprised that he diddles to little kids in his spare time.
dbmcvey
Unsurprisingly, inbama goes off the rails.
Again.
If anyone knows what he’s talking about now–wait, never mind. I don’t care.
inbama
You know exactly what I’m talking about, you lying child abuser.
dbmcvey
I don’t know what you’re talking about, but you’re repulsive and libelous. Keep it up you freak. We’ll see what happens.
decrans
Absolutely nothing.
still_onthemark
Suppose Tyler Cherry went to Drag Bingo dressed like in the photo, with that ridiculous 1970s mustache, and sat near the front. Does anyone here really think the drag queen in charge would NOT make fun of how Tyler looked? Would that mean the drag queen must be a Trump voter and “probably not even gay” (!)?
abfab
”Meet Tyler Cherry, the impressive new comms director for the Interior Department who HOMOPHOBES can’t stand.”
Still on the mark and all other HOMOPHOBES! It’s right there in the HEADLINE! You are a HOMOPHOBE! You give yourselves away and your bigotry is right here for all to see.
I mean, we all know dumb people but you right wingers take the cake.
still_onthemark
@abfab: More tautological reasoning. I can “stand” Tyler just fine. And I probably agree with them and Deb Haaland on almost every political issue. I just think Tyler is dressed rather amusingly… which, by the way, is obviously their intention.
abfab
I get that. Thanks for the clarification. And remember this one!
Kyrsten Sinema
The independent Arizona senator evoked comparisons to Big Bird, a Teletubby, the Chiquita Banana lady, actual bananas, and Carol Burnett’s iconic Scarlett O’Hara impression in her bright, butterfly-wing dress that could be seen in every wide-angle shot of the chamber.
still_onthemark
@abfab: LOL, thank you.
Okay, Sinema is a pretty good example. Suppose she were still a Democrat (at all!) and had the voting record of, say, Tammy Baldwin — if a Queerty commenter were to make fun of her clothing or Easter egg hair dye we’d have hysterical reactions here to the effect of: How dare you insult the only bisexual senator, you MUST be a Trump voter and a RWNJ! That “logic” doesn’t follow.
And now that she’s no longer even a Democrat, and keeps voting to protect the plutocrats, there are much more important things to criticize her for.
abfab
There should be a coffee table book just on the fashions of Sarah Huckabee Sanders. With a free pamphlet on how not to apply makeup.
abfab
Lest we forget RAND PAUL and his hair, which he cut all by himself.
Does Cherry have a Mullet? Is that a party in the rear I detect? Okay, ew.
dbmcvey
Sinema is hated by her constituency in Arizona because she didn’t support them. She wouldn’t meet with them. She voted against their interests. The reason she’s in the trouble she’s in is because she had no actual ideology and stood in the way of people’s interests. It has nothing to do with her sexuality. She’s just a bad representative.
dbmcvey
And the teasing of how she dresses is because she dresses like a middle school student from the ’80s while she does these stupid things like her curtsy thumbs down to increasing the minimum wage.
dbmcvey
And now even the sock puppets that should have been retired are making an appearance.
inbama
abfab’s sock puppet dbmcvey lying about everyone else per usual.
dbmcvey
The surest way to tell that they’re conservatives is the way they accuse everyone who disagrees with them of being a child molester. That’s the go to for conservatives these days.
decrans
Here’s the real: When LA County schools rank far below the national averages for reading and mathematics and you’re part of an ideology that imposes Jazz Jennings Day upon kindergarten kids, it’s not too much of a stretch for reasonable people to connect the dots. That’s on you and your far left ideology. Jazz Jennings, mind you, has severe medical complications with her neovagina. But hey, you’re conveniently leaving that tidbit out for the sake of your ideology. Most rational people would and have drawn those conclusions. Oh well. Again, it’s on you and your far left ideology. Own it.
inbama
Demographics of “eunuch” which WPATH (the World Professional Association for Transgender Health) approved as an “identity” in 2022.
wwwDOTncbi.nlm.nihDOTgov/pmc/articles/PMC10102058/