Homocon 2012: “Freedom is fabulous”

As if to prove Oscar Wilde’s observation that the truth is rarely pure and never simple, the hottest ticket at the Republican convention in Tampa this week was called “Homocon,” a party thrown by the gay conservative group GOProud. Hundreds packed into the Honey Pot nightclub in Tampa’s Ybor Cityfor the event, including such notables as anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist, MSNBC analyst S.E. Cupp and, ahem, Mark Foley. (Ann Coulter, who was advertised as a participant, was apparently a no-show though.)

The event aimed to show that the appeal of the conservative movement was broad and that gays need not have their politics determined by their sexuality.