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Via Raw Story:

In a move that stunned many in the Arizona state Senate, Democratic Sen. Olivia Cajero Bedford called for a vote to remove openly gay state Sen. Steve Gallardo (D) from his post as Senate minority whip on Tuesday.

According to Queerty.com, Cajero Bedford accused Gallardo — who came out as gay last month — of questionable ethics, saying that he is an arriviste who only came out as gay to curry political favor and call attention to himself. She also said to the Arizona Capitol Times that Gallardo should not remain in a leadership position while he runs for U.S. Congress.

Her motion to unseat him as whip failed on an 8-to-3 vote. […]

She also took issue with the fact that in 2013, Gallardo was part of a coalition of Democrats who voted to remove state Sen. Landrum Taylor (D) from her position as minority whip when she ran for Arizona Secretary of State.

“He’s running for office and staying in leadership, and he wasn’t (at the Capitol) all last week,” she said. “He voted to put Landrum Taylor out, and now he’s doing the same thing. That’s a question of honesty.”

She said that her remark about him acting “more gay” was an attempt at levity.

“I said, ‘You ought to act more gay,’ and he said, ‘I can’t,’” she said. “It was an attempt to be sort of neutral. I’m fine with him being gay or not.”

Gallardo said that when Cajero Bedford made the remarks, fellow lawmakers were shocked.

“It took people back,” he said. “It sucked the air out of the room.”