Text Blast Falsely Claims Gay Florida Candidate Is HIV Positive: 'I Knew Exactly What They Were Trying to Do'

Text Blast Falsely Claims Gay Florida Candidate Is HIV Positive: “I Knew Exactly What They Were Trying to Do”

A text message falsely stating that openly gay Florida state senator Shevrin Jones is living with HIV is now facing widespread condemnation — and possible litigation, per CBS News. Jones, who currently represents Florida’s 34th district in the state senate, is running in the Democratic primary to represent its 24th district in the U.S. House of Representatives.The text, which was sent under the clearly hateful guise of being sympathetic towards …

Text blast falsely claims gay Florida candidate is HIV positive: 'I knew exactly what they were trying to do'

Shevrin Jones, who is not HIV positive, says he was “disgusted” by the text because there’s “nothing shameful about living with HIV.”

Homophobic Texts Target 2 Florida Congressional Candidates

The messages named Shevrin Jones and Kendrick Meek Jr., with one falsely claiming Jones had HIV and invoking Equality Florida. The post Homophobic Texts Target 2 Florida Congressional Candidates appeared first on Metro Weekly.

Another questionable LGBTQ-focused text in CD 24 targets Shevrin Jones, Kendrick Meek Jr.

Less than two hours after flagging a homophobic text targeting Sen. Shevrin Jones in Florida’s 24th Congressional District, Florida Politics received a screengrab of a related message with a likely identical, but currently unknown, source.