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In reply to the discussion: Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki Called Out for 'Homophobic' Tweet Mocking Lindsey Graham as 'Lady G' [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,072 posts)No one has directly and reliably linked that back to sex workers. It's all just rumor. So you'are justifying the use of a homophobic/transphobic/sexist slur based on nothing more than what may well be another homophobic rumor.
But to answer more directly - yes. Members of the LGBT community are not free from homophobia - and just like the paper bag test within the Black community, there is a hierarchy and discrimination within the LGBT community - and effeminate men are traditionally pretty low in the ranks.
Finally - naming, and gendering, is personal. Unless Graham chose that name for himself, it is inappropriate for anyone to impose it on him - any more than it is for parents to insist on deadnaming their trans child, or for members of the public to refer to someone by pronouns they have rejected.