Pa. caucus leaders demand GOP colleague’s resignation over antigay remarks – Philadelphia Gay News

Pa. caucus leaders demand GOP colleague’s resignation over antigay remarks  Philadelphia Gay News

The leaders of Pennsylvania’s Legislative Black and Equality caucuses are calling for the resignation of State Rep. Aaron Bernstine. The leaders of Pennsylvania’s Legislative Black and Equality caucuses are calling for the resignation of a Republican state legislator after he made homophobic insults against a Democratic lawmaker during a fundraiser at a Harrisburg bar on Sept. 29. According to a report from PennLive, State Rep. Aaron Bernstine made comments about Philadelphia state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta — the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly — in a crowded McGrath’s Pub. Michael Ford, the secretary/treasurer of the Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council, got into a verbal confrontation with Bernstine as the latter made comments about Kenyatta and Robert Blair, the president of the Building Trades Council.

Blair was sitting at a nearby table but was not part of the conversation. Kenyatta, who declined to comment, was not present at the bar. Ford told PennLive that Bernstine called Kenyatta a “gay, Black [slur]” and asked in a joking manner if anyone knew why Kenyatta was “so skinny.” He then falsely attributed the cause to Kenyatta having AIDS. “You could say whatever you want about me and Rob and the building trades, but when you start talking about a guy that ain’t even there in, like, a