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Radio host Bob Lonsberry had a blog post removed from WHAM1180.com due to comments he made about gay and transgender people.

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Last week, a Rochester radio station fired two morning hosts for making "hateful comments" on air about transgender people. In the wake of the firings, WHAM 1180 removed a blog post from host Bob Lonsberry that criticized "he-she transformations."

In the since-deleted blog post on WHAM1180.com, Lonsberry offered his opinions on the city of Rochester's decision to add transgender health care benefits for city employees and their families.

"As America jumps headlong into its gay era the various story lines of gay life multiply all around," Lonsberry wrote. "First it was gay marriage, then it was a gay football player with an immediate dose of gay tonsil hockey, and now it's he-she transformation at taxpayer expense."

Lonsberry criticized Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren for using taxpayer money to "cut off" or "sew up" genitals with "Lovelycare" and said, "So if you'd like your gay husband to have boobs, this is for you."

The post still appears on Lonsberry's personal website.

"We sort of expect that from Lonsberry," Scott Fearing, director of the Gay Alliance, told WHEC News in Rochester.

Friday, vice president of Clear Channel Radio, Bob Morgan, issued the following statement to 13 WHAM in Rochester:

According to the Democrat and Chronicle, the healthcare policy in question allows city of Rochester employees to be covered for services related to gender reassignment, including psychological counseling, hormone therapy and reconstructive surgery.

In addition to his program in Rochester, Lonsberry has hosted a show on Syracuse's WSYR since 2012. His blog on WSYR in Syracuse did not include the transgender post.