Bottom-down conservative TV host says straight men are the victims after Australia’s parliament was rocked by a gay sex scandal.
First, the backstory: Footage of an anonymous senior government official jerking off on the desk of a female lawmaker was leaked by a whistleblower last week.
The video was obtained by the Australian newspaper and Channel Ten. He came up with a huge dump of additional photos of many male government employees engaging in sexual acts inside Parliament.
The whistleblower, who admitted to being an active participant in part of the activity, said he leaked the photos and video to put an end to the “toxic, powerful and privileged boys’ club that does this. he wants, when he wants, where he wants. . “
According to the whistleblower:
- One man filmed his sexual “conquests” in Parliament and shared them, sometimes via the male seeking man app, Scruff.
- He has videos or footage depicting a total of six or seven men involved in consensual sex acts in parliament, four of whom have at one time worked in politics.
- One of the men hired a Queensland sex worker in Parliament for a former Coalition MP
- He was involved in some of the sex acts and felt motivated to speak up following Four Corners’ Inside the Canberra Bubble article last November.
The incident sparked numerous dialogues about toxic male culture in Australia.
Now, conservative TV host Rowan Dean says it is totally unfair to criticize all men when only gay people are the ones who are engaged in the behavior.
This week, Dean said he was “really pissed off” that straight guys were being blamed when it was actually a “group of gay employees” behind the inappropriate acts.
“The idea that this has something to do with basic male culture in Australia is pure garbage,” he said.
Dean then said LGBTQ leaders need to talk about it.
“I did not hear a single senior deputy or minister who identified as homosexual come forward and criticize this crowd…. Why is straight male Australia blamed for this? “
He then added that the attacks on heterosexual men were “shameful” and that he was “fed up” with being blamed for the actions of homosexuals.
“I will say this on behalf of the men of Australia,” he continued. “I’m tired of being blamed like we have some kind of cultural issue with women.”
“I’m sorry it’s not Australian male culture to sit on people’s desks, it’s not Australian male culture.”
After the photos and videos were leaked, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called it “disgusting and sickening”, and said the men involved had shown “a staggering disrespect” to all those who work in parliament. He also confirmed that the man who masturbated on the MP’s desk was fired.
Graham Gremore is editor and editor at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
