LGBTQ news and entertainment
From TMZ: Floyd Mayweather is squaring off against Manny Pacquiao … and once again it’s NOT in the ring — this time they’re fighting over gay marriage.
With the media still buzzing over Manny’s controversial condemnation of gay marriage… Pretty Boy Floyd released a counter-statement on Twitter saying: “I stand behind President Obama & support gay marriage. I’m an American citizen & I believe people should live their life the way they want.”
There’s a champion…
A letter was published today on the internet that came from then-senate candidate Mitt Romney that was written to the Log Cabin Republicans in 1994.
While we’ve all heard about Romney’s flip-flopping, the letter is kind of stunning in it’s clarity of how “then” Mitt Romney supported rights for gays and lesbians – specifically on the issues of gays in the military and ENDA (Employment Non-discrimination Act).
In the letter he promises – if elected – to co-sponsor ENDA and actually broaden the bill to include housing and credit, and the bill to create a federal panel to find ways to reduce gay and lesbian youth suicide.
He goes on to say that, regarding DADT, “it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share.”
Where is this Mitt Romney today? And what – other than political considerations – would change his mind on these subjects?
In only a few hours this pic on Facebook has gotten almost 5,000 comments.
Dalan Wells (left) and Brandon Morgan (right) celebrate Brandon’s homecoming.
Brandon, a US Marine, responded to the outpouring:
“To everyone who has responded in a positive way. My partner and I want to say thank you. Dalan, the giant in the photo, can’t believe how many shares and likes we have gotten on this. We didn’t do this to get famous,or something like that we did this cause after 3 deployments and four years knowing each other, we finally told each other how we felt. As for the haters, let em hate…to quote Kat Williams, everyone needs haters, so let them hate. We are the happiest we have ever been and as for the whole PDA and kissing slash hugging in uniform…it was a homecoming, if the Sergeants Major, Captains, Majors, and Colonels around us didn’t care…then why do you care what these random people have to say? In summation thank you for your love and support. I received a lot of friend requests off this. I don’t just accept requests so if your request was because of this post message me and let me know. Goodnight all, and Semper Fi.” –Brandon Morgan
Some folks seem to be upset over this commercial saying it ‘trivializes’ coming out.
Hardly offensive.
I think it’s fine… What can you do in a :22 second commercial?
There are fathers who deal with their straight sons exactly how they always thought they would.
There are fathers who don’t know what to do when they “discover” their sons are gay.
Then, there’s this guy.
It may sound trite, but this TV “dad” is saving some kids lives. This character gives hope that some young gay and lesbian kids can be who they are without fear.
If you’re a parent, how do you think you would handle your child coming out?
How would you hope to handle your child coming out?
How do you think your gay child hopes you may handle it?
And last question, what difference does it make to you if your child is gay?