LGBTQ news and entertainment
Twenty-two years after the U.S. Supreme Court found a Texas law criminalizing homosexual conduct unconstitutional (Lawrence v. Texas), lawmakers in the Texas House have (finally) voted to remove the ban on gay sex from the books. Continue reading “Texas Lawmakers Vote To Repeal Ban On Gay Sex”
Pony, a popular bar for the LGBTQ community in Seattle, is fighting back after becoming the target of anti-gay slurs and harassment on Tuesday night. Continue reading “Seattle Bar Fights Back After Anti-Gay Harassment”
In a video clip posted to his Instagram, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight Bryce Mitchell told his followers that his son will “turn gay” and “worship Satan” if he isn’t homeschooled. Continue reading “UFC’s Bryce Mitchell Will Homeschool His Kids So They Don’t “End Up Turning Gay””
The High Court of Dominica, an island nation in the eastern part of the Caribbean, has struck down colonial-era laws criminalizing same-sex relations. Continue reading “Dominica High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Relations”
An Orthodox church in Kyiv, Ukraine, revoked a medal it awarded to Ukrainian combat medic Viktor Pylypenko after the church discovered he was gay. Pylypenko has bravely defended his country during the full-scale invasion of his country by Russia. But then, something uplifting occurred as the church’s reversal didn’t sit well with Pylypenko’s fellow soldiers, and many have now denounced the same honor given to them. Continue reading “Ukrainian Veterans Reject Honors After Church Revokes Gay Soldier’s Medal”
Emmanuel the Emu – internet superstar (screen capture)
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has made even more ugly remarks about LGBTQ+ people questioning the “purpose” of gay people comparing them to maggots and “what the cows leave behind.” Continue reading “North Carolina Lt. Gov. Compares Gays To Maggots & Cow Dung”
Far-right Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) went on another angry rant last night threatening to “run over” so-called “woke liberals” for making the U.S. “sexless.” Continue reading “Madison Cawthorn Threatens To ‘Run Over’ Liberals Who Have Made His Life ‘Sexless’”
A sticker promoting ‘LGBT free’ zones in Poland
A French town last year severed a partnership with Krasnik in protest. And Norway, from which the mayor had hoped to get nearly $10 million starting this year to finance development projects, said in September that it would not give grants to any Polish town that declares itself “free of L.G.B.T.”
“We have become Europe’s laughingstock, and it’s the citizens not the local politicians who’ve suffered most,” lamented Mr. Wilk, who is now lobbying councilors to repeal the resolution that put the town’s 32,000 residents in the middle of a raucous debate over traditional and modern values.
The mayor goes on to say that unless he can get the “free of LGBT ideology” resolution revoked, his ability to access foreign funds to help pay for electric buses and youth programs is greatly reduced. The youth programs in particular weigh heavily in the town where young people are leaving. Read the full article. I’ve been reporting on the anti-LGBTQ attitudes in Poland for some time now. Last July, the European Union, of which Poland is a member, announced funding to any Polish town that violates Europe’s commitment to tolerance and equality would be cut.
French police officers (image via Kevin.B/Wikimedia)
