Gov. Kay Ivey.

Patricia Todd, Alabama's only openly gay state legislator, posted comments on social media Tuesday night suggesting that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is gay.

Todd, who is not seeking re-election to office this year, posted the comments on Facebook and Twitter.

The Ivey campaign denied the accusation.

"This is a disgusting lie being pushed by a paid liberal political hack," said Debbee Hancock, Ivey campaign spokeswoman. "There is absolutely no truth to it."

In a follow-up email from AL.com seeking more information about the phrase "paid liberal political hack" in the initial statement by the Ivey campaign, Hancock said of Todd, "She's a professional paid left-wing political activist."

On May 1, Todd was named executive director of One Orlando Alliance -- a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights of LGBTQ individuals and was formed in response to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. Todd is scheduled to begin that job on June 1.

AL.com attempted to reach Todd via phone and at her Birmingham home on Tuesday night but she was not available.

On both social media channels, Todd posted the same comment:

"Will someone out her for God's sake....I have heard for years that she is gay and moved her girlfriend out of her house when she became Gov. I am sick of closeted elected officials," Todd wrote on Facebook and Twitter.

The social media posts were made on both Facebook and Twitter at 7:33 p.m. Tuesday.

And on both social media channels, she linked to an AL.com story in which Birmingham evangelist Scott Dawson raised questions about grants being given to an Alabama LGBTQ non-profit organization.

The assertions by Todd, a Democrat, are stunning developments just three weeks before the Republican gubernatorial primary on June 5. Ivey, who became governor on April 10, 2017, after Robert Bentley resigned, is seeking a full term in office and she has three opponents for the GOP nomination.

"I certainly don't agree with the agenda or the values of that organization," Ivey said earlier Tuesday when speaking with reporters in Tuscaloosa about the LGBTQ group Dawson brought to attention.

Ivey, 73, is single and has been divorced twice. She has no children.

Todd served 12 years in the state legislator representing Birmingham before opting not to seek re-election.

In 2015, Todd threatened to reveal state officials who were privately gay. She made the comments in reaction to comments by Republican leaders in the aftermath of a federal court's ruling that a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

AL.com reporters Mike Cason, Connor Sheets and Kyle Whitmire contributed to this report.

Updated today, May 15, 2018, at 10:22 p.m. with additional quote from Ivey campaign.