After the death of US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, a trans influencer posted a viral, unverified allegation that the anti LGBTQIA+ lawmaker once paid for sex and wore red lingerie in a hotel
A US conservative who spent years backing policies criticised as anti-LGBTQIA+ has been accused by a trans activist of allegedly paying for sex and wearing red lingerie during a hotel encounter.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, died on Saturday (July 11). A preliminary medical examiner report indicated his sudden death was caused by an aortic dissection stemming from cardiovascular disease.
Graham was a long serving senator for South Carolina and a major figure in America’s right wing politics. He built a reputation as a social conservative and had a legislative record that included opposing same sex marriage protections and supporting restrictions on transgender people.
After news of his death broke, author and influencer Jesse James Rose posted a now viral three slide statement on Instagram describing an alleged experience from more than a decade earlier.
The American author, actress and social media personality who identifies as transgender, alleges that while she was a university student and before she transitioned, she did sex work and was paid by Graham for an intimate encounter.
In her post, Rose wrote: “Most of you know him as the homophobic Senator from South Carolina but to me he will always be the man who paid a pre-transition college student a fat stack of cash to do unspeakable things to him in a hotel room while he wore red lingerie,” the Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex author wrote in the three-slide post.
“It is a canon trans event to have far right freaks bankrolling you & then turning around and voting against you.”
She continued: “People loooooove to judge us for it but I never see them opening their wallets!!! Shout out to s*x workers everywhere forced to humanize their enemies just to make rent.”
Rose further slammed: “It is an absolute mindf**k too me that one of the reasons I have any semblance of financial security (& a lack of student loans) is because of this man. At the time I had no idea who he was.
“Some q**** tried to grandstand critique this, saying we shouldn’t ‘out’ people. I believe bigots with power deserve no peace or privacy, especially when they hold public office. I’m glad they did it. Icons forever.”
Rose concluded: “You loved every second of our time together and now everyone knows.”
Graham’s office has not issued a statement addressing the post.
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