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Gay Mike Pence Lookalike Collects Donations for Planned Parenthood, LGBTQ+ Causes

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Gay Mike Pence Lookalike Collects Donations for Planned Parenthood, LGBTQ+ Causes
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There is something not quite right about this picture.

It would appear that Mike Pence is wandering around Times Square in short-shorts. Though that would not crack the top ten of strange things to happen in 2016, this man is not, in fact, Mike Pence.

The man in the picture above is actually New York actor/director Glen Pannell, and over the past year, a lot of people have told him that he looks a lot like vice president-elect, Mike Pence. This past Halloween, he embraced the similarities and dressed as "Sexy" Mike Pence.

As of last week, Pannell's Halloween costume has made a comeback. Calling himself "Mike Hot-Pence," he's been wandering around Times Square collecting donations for organizations such as Planned Parenthood and the Natural Resources Defense Council. So far, he's managed to raise over $300.

“I am raising money for groups that would be especially vulnerable during a Trump/Pence administration, ”he told the Huffington Post. He also told the Huffington Post and other news outlets about other charities and organizations he's planning to raise money for as "Mike Hot-Pence."

“[The Trevor Project] is really close to my heart because I was a questioning teen 35 years ago growing up on Long Island before I finally came out as a gay man in my early 20s,” Pannell continued. “LGBTQ young people will need our full support over the next few years given Mike Pence’s record in office. So much of what he’s done in the last 16 years has divided and excluded ― not united.”

The Trevor Project is his plan for this weekend, and he has also expressed an interest in raising money for the International Refugee Assistance Project.

“Isn’t it nice to imagine a bizarre through-the-looking-glass alternate reality where there’s a Mike Pence who champions women’s health and LGBTQ rights and the environment? Well that’s me!”

I salute you, Mike Hot-Pence.

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