Mike Johnson
US Rep. Mike Johnson leaves a House Republican conference meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on October 24, 2023 in Washington, DC.
  • Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected to be the speaker of the House on Wednesday.
  • He has a history of making anti-LGBTQ+ remarks and opposing the community's rights in lawsuits.
  • Homosexuality is an "inherently unnatural" and "dangerous lifestyle," he once wrote, according to CNN.

Newly-elected speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has a history of making anti-LGBTQ+ statements, once going so far as saying homosexuality was a "dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy."