Senator Scott Wiener posts shirtless Folsom pic and right-wingers explode
Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco last weekend. He defended his attendance after some people online took offense over a shirtless photo he posted.Wiener, 52, is one of the state’s most high-profile gay lawmakers.
A Democrat, he was elected to office in November 2016. His district covers the whole of San Francisco, along with Broadmoor, Colma, and Daly City.Folsom Street Fair is famed the world over as a sex-positive, primarily queer celebration of fetish and kink.
Public nudity is allowed in the area for the duration of the festival.In Wiener’s photo, he stands shirtless alongside a group of other guys wearing leather harnesses.
He captioned the image, “Happy Folsom Street Fair!”Happy Folsom Street Fair! pic.twitter.com/mhk7jzJDCK— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) September 25, 2022Related: Scott Wiener is following in Harvey Milk’s footstepsMixed martial artist Jake Shields was among those to criticize the senator.“The same politician who kept your kid out of school for two years because covid is attending gay orgies during monkeypox,” Shields tweeted. “Feel free to Google Folsom street fair and see the wonderful delights he’s enjoying.”the same politician who kept your kid out of school for two years because covid is attending gay orgies during monkeypoxFeel free to Google Folsom street fair and see the wonderful delights he’s enjoying https://t.co/T2oNuABVcV— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) September 26, 2022Shields did not stop there.Why did you close my gym down during covid but allow gay orgies during monkeypox?— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) September 26, 2022Many others piled in.Yea please try to pass more laws on how I should parent my kids.
