article_snippet.sent: On Monday, Smith was outed for using gay hook-up app Grindr .
article_snippet.sent: A Republican lawmaker in North Dakota with a long record of opposition to pro-gay rights laws was revealed this week to be an active user of gay hook-up app Grindr and claims Smith was outed as part of a smear campaign by a rival.
article_snippet.sent: Randy Boehning, a 52-year-old who's represented Fargo since 2002, sent messages and a photo of Smith penis to a 21-year-old gay man in Bismark named Dustin Smith.
article_snippet.sent: But, while admitting Smith's gay and uses Grindr, the public official claimed Smith private life was revealed as part of a fellow lawmaker's retaliation for Smith vote against a bill that would afford protections to gays.
article_snippet.sent: Suddenly it dawned on Smith: I think I've seen this guy on Grindr!'
article_snippet.sent: Using the 'an all-male location-based social network' on Smith phone, Smith retrieved the conversation in question in which Boehning, without solicitation, sent a photo of Smith penis along with one of Smith face. '
article_snippet.sent: [Smith] voted against a bill for the LGBT community and here Smith was talking to Smith on Grindr.'
article_snippet.sent: That's how things happen on Grindr.
article_snippet.sent: Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old gay man who lives in Bismarck, recognized Boehning both as Grindr user Top Man! and took Grindr user Top Man to the local press .
highlights_snippet.sent: Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old gay man in Bismarck, received messages and explicit photos from user going by Top Man! on Grindr .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Smith went to the press and Boehning soon admitted Smith uses the gay app -- but
highlights_snippet.sent: the 52-year-old says the gay app part of a rival's smear campaign .