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Black, LGBTQ leaders call for GOP lawmaker’s resignation after ‘homophobic tirade’

States Newsroom · October 1, 2026

Leaders of the Pennsylvania House Black and LGBTQ Equality caucuses called on Republican Rep. Aaron Bernstine to resign after a report he “went on a homophobic tirade” at a Harrisburg bar Tuesday night. The western Pennsylvania lawmaker allegedly remarked on Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta’s sexual orientation using a slur, and…

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Black, LGBTQ leaders call for GOP lawmaker’s resignation after ‘homophobic tirade’

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