Only a week after Alabama Republican State Senator Tom Whatley voted against extending healthcare benefits to transgender minors, he was caught looking at transgender pornography online.
#Alabama Republican busted looking at #trans adult pics online after voting against trans rights… https://t.co/WI78mY2Vdh— Vegas Visions ™ (@Vegas Visions ™) 1615364077.0
The absolute shock on my face https://t.co/Jf5qlnErsq— john (@john) 1615344050.0
Just a week before perusing some trans pornography, Whatley voted for S.B. 10, "a bill that would criminalize doctors who provide gender-affirming health care to young people in accordance with established transgender standards of care."
Alabama Republican, State Sen. Tom Whatley, busted looking at trans adult pics online after voting against trans ri… https://t.co/UeNNgWBMDL— 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 (@𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡) 1615346816.0
@essenviews Do they not realize they leave tracks any time they use computers, phones, etc?— diana (@diana) 1615350613.0
@essenviews Always the ones who protest the loudest. https://t.co/dwrgom8soi— Rena (@Rena) 1615347846.0
Under the rules outlined in the bill Whatley voted for, a doctor could be sentenced to ten years in prison for prescribing puberty blockers to a transgender minor.
The age of majority in Alabama is 19.
@essenviews https://t.co/DoPnWRWce1— pearl aiken (@pearl aiken) 1615347040.0
Trust Tom, if in fact this is accurate, was merely doing some research related to pending legislation. #ALpolitics https://t.co/GO0PESt7nm— John Gunn (@John Gunn) 1615400628.0
Twitter was not surprised yet another Republican against LGBTQ+ rights was caught with certain attractions of their own.
everything is so beyond parody now... https://t.co/GVhPFE3CN5— The Moloth (@The Moloth) 1615339433.0
They hate us and yet they still fetishize us. To these lawmakers in Alabama, we're nothing but bodies to dehumanize… https://t.co/UN9sSjorE8— Alejandra Caraballo 🇵🇷 (@Alejandra Caraballo 🇵🇷) 1615354740.0
I guess it's too much to ask for those who fetishize us to support our rights. What a hypocrite. https://t.co/q91WEJqs5c— 🏳️⚧️Daniela A. Wolfe🏳️🌈 (@🏳️⚧️Daniela A. Wolfe🏳️🌈) 1615382358.0
Whatley was criticized harshly online for his hypocrisy.
I'm not surprised, they hate and attack what they love. Bunch of hypocrites . https://t.co/4OmrcjYjao— Mia Macy 🏳️⚧️ (@Mia Macy 🏳️⚧️) 1615334693.0
When a grown adult is vehemently transphobic/homophobic/etc and fights against equal rights for all, it always seem… https://t.co/IFjXcLUgoc— Kelsey Rusch (@Kelsey Rusch) 1615329750.0
Whatley doesn't want LGBTQ+ minors to have equal rights, but he's more than willing to lust after them online.
This stuff actually makes me pity them. @SenTomWhatley is in the closet. He likes trans people, and feels shame for… https://t.co/8QLt2bQHSS— Jennifer Sensiba (@Jennifer Sensiba) 1615364827.0
The next time a @GOP votes against #equalrights, and tries to claim they are the party of "family values", remind t… https://t.co/GhvfN1CRiI— ajnamdeplume (@ajnamdeplume) 1615391830.0
After being contacted regarding his interest in transgender pornography, Whatley unliked the post but the damage had been done.
Only time will tell how this incident affects the state senator's career.