Former athlete, actor, author, and trans activist Jesse James Rose shared her alleged experience with Senator Lindsey Graham amid his passing on July 11 after a “brief and sudden illness.” He was 71.Taking to Instagram, Rose wrote in her caption:“Eulogy for a H*rny Hypocrite.”She elaborated by saying she woke up to the news of Graham’s death and claimed:“Most of you know him as the homoph*bic senator from South Carolina, but to me he will always be the man who paid a twinky pre-transition college fees (holding your arms up emoji) a fat stack of cash to do unspeakable things to him in a hotel room while he wore red lingerie.”Jesse continued:“It is an absolute mindf**k to me that one of the reasons I have any semblance of financial security (& lack of student loans) is because of this man. At the time I had no idea who he was, and I only figured it out because another group or twinks leaked Lady G to the media.”For those unaware, Lady G is an infamous nickname for Lindsey Graham, where “Lady” stands for “ladybug” and “G” stands for Graham. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostJesse James Rose added:“Some queers tried to grandstand critique this, saying we shouldn’t ‘out’ people. I believe bigots with power deserve no peace of privacy, especially when they hold public office. I’m glad they did it. Icons, forever. Anyway, if you’ve ever enjoyed what I do on the internet, know that it is in part because of Lindsey’s generous donation over a decade ago.”Exploring further Jesse James Rose’s claims about Lindsey GrahamIn her “eulogy” mocking Lindsey Graham, Jesse James Rose wrote that if she ever sent anyone money, they should know it was “kickstarted” by the “now deceased sissy senator from South Carolina.” Rose went on to call out Graham’s “far-right” views:“It is a canon trans event to have far-right freaks bankrolling you & then turning around and voting against you. People love to judge us for it, but I never see them opening their wallets!!! Shoutout to s*x workers everywhere forced to humanize their enemies just to make rent.”Lindsey Graham was known for his strong stance against the LGBTQ+ community and their rights.“Lindsey, rest in hell for what you did to our community. I will continue to love queer and trans people harder than you ever hated us. You loved every second of our time together and now everyone knows,” Rose mentioned.Despite his anti-LGBTQ+ views, Graham was outed as “gay” by several people on multiple occasions. For instance, in 2020, gay adult film star Sean Harding appeared to call out the politician for allegedly soliciting male prostitutes. Here’s what Harding wrote on X:“There is a homoph*bic Republican senator who is no better than Trump, who keeps passing legislation that is damaging to the LGBT and minority communities. Every s*x worker I know has been hired by this man. Wondering if enough of us speaking out, if that could get him out of office? I cannot do this alone. If you’d be willing to stand with me against LG, please let me know.”Sean never confirmed that LG stood for Lindsey Graham, but netizens went along with the assumption. Additionally, there is also no evidence to support Harding’s claims.Meanwhile, the Washington Post declared the senator a “confirmed bachelor” which further fuelled the rumor that he was gay, despite his denial.“I never found time to meet the right girl, or the right girl was smart enough not to have time for me,” Lindsey Graham told the publication.In his 2015 memoir My Story, he also claimed to have had a girlfriend named Debbie in law school and two others when he served in the United States Air Force in Germany. One of them was JAG officer Carol, who later worked for Colin Powell, and another was flight attendant Sylvia.It is noteworthy that conservative political activist/ conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer testified under oath during a 2025 deposition that Lindsey Graham was “gay” and she heard it in confidence from President Trump’s staff.In addition to being an award-winning author, content creator, and actress, Jesse James Rose is a union councillor and labor leader based in New York City. She is known for her memoir, Sorry I Keep Crying During S*x. Her pronouns are she/they.Rose was the first openly non-binary performer to play the protagonist on the stage production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. She also starred in the movie A Homecoming and is a key vocalist on the original cast recording of ERNXST, Kerrigan-Lowdermilk’s electro pop musical.Jesse is a member of the National Council for Actors’ Equity Union’s Committee to Prevent Harassment. The NYU alum has been featured in Rolling Stone and THEM for her #StopTransGenocide campaign and for being a vocal Trump critic.Lindsey Graham returned from an official trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10. The following evening, emergency responders were called to his Capitol Hill home around 8:30 PM for chest pain. He later suffered a cardiac arrest and efforts to resuscitate him via CPR failed. An official statement was released via his Facebook.Survivors include his younger sister, Darlene Graham Nordone.