LGBTQ news and entertainment
In case it wasn’t clear enough how Texas GOPers feel about the LGBTQ community, the 2024 Republican party platform declares in black and white that “homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle” and no protections should be granted to the gays. Continue reading “2024 Texas GOP Platform: No “Special Status” For “Abnormal Homosexuals””
Anti-LGBTQ/pro-Hitler talking head Stew Peters is oh-so-angry that his “Extreme Accountability Event” he’d planned to hold at Caesars Atlantic City Hotel and Casino was canceled once Caesars got wind of the nasty hate he was hoping to whip up at his event. Continue reading “Far-Right Talking Head Unhinged After His Book Burning Event Cancelled”
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””
Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Harrison Butker is catching flack for a graduation speech he gave over the weekend in which he called LGBTQ Pride month “sinful” and urged female students to consider the only vocation that will make them most happy: homemaker. Continue reading “NFL’s Harrison Butker Attacks Pride Month & Trans People In Commencement Speech”
Iraq’s parliament has passed an amendment to existing legislation to explicitly criminalize being gay, imposing heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people. Continue reading “Iraq Criminalizes Being Gay With Up To 15 Years In Prison”
Joe Jervis at JoeMyGod points up the latest attack on queer folks from the virulently anti-LGBTQ hate group One Million Moms (OMM), who’ve set their sights on Hill’s Pet Nutrition for featuring a gay couple holding hands in an ad spot. Continue reading “One Million Moms Attacks Pet Food Co. For Including Gay Couple In Ad”
Some news items you might have missed: • OUT: Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher T.J. House (above), who came out as gay in 2022, married his husband, Ryan Neitzel, in grand style in New Orleans. The photos (below) show a beautiful event. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5RIFhJudnR/ • Reuters: Pope Francis found a surprising ally in his predecessor, Benedict XVI, when he spoke in favor of civil partnerships for same-sex couples. • LGBTQ Nation: Uganda’s constitutional court refused on Wednesday to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for homosexuality. https://twitter.com/lgbtqnation/status/1775504781978509783 • Metro Weekly: Right-wing shareholders pressured Best Buy to halt donations to LGBTQ organizations. • New York Times: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in Manhattan (where he’s accused of covering up a sex scandal during the 2016 presidential campaign) rejected his last-ditch bid to delay a trial beyond April 15. Tick tock, Donald. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1775631375946662150
Employees of the gay club Pose in Orenburg, Russia, have been arrested and charged with spreading “LGBT propaganda” as part of the country’s first criminal “extremism” case against the LGBTQ community. Continue reading “Russia Arrests Gay Bar Employees In 1st LGBTQ ‘Extremism’ Criminal Case”
Lawmakers in Ghana have approved anti-LGBTQ legislation that would dictate prison sentences for those who merely identify as LGBTQ or organize advocacy groups for the LGBTQ community. Amnesty International calls the bill “one of the most draconian in Africa.” Continue reading “Ghana Approves Prison Time For Identifying As LGBTQ”
Some news items you might have missed: • Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State University student Trey Samuel Fetzer, 20, is facing ethnic intimidation (hate crime charge), criminal mischief, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct after he was caught on camera urinating on a gay pride flag hanging on a home’s porch. Continue reading “Ohio State Student Caught Urinating On Pride Flag + More News”