LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Southwestern High School in Piasa, Illinois, held a flag-themed day, and one student brought a rainbow Pride flag. A fellow student told him to get rid of the flag, and when the first student asked why, another schoolmate began punching and beating him while trying to take the flag away. The accused attacker has been charged with aggravated battery. Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 5, 2021”
After serving three years in the Trump White House, a gay staffer was fired and given an armed escort out of the White House when the powers that be discovered his “lively Grindr account,” according to the new memoir by former Melania Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham. Continue reading “Gay Staffer Fired from Trump White House For Grindr Account”
Videos circulating on social media over the weekend appear to show a group of students shouting homophobic hate speech at other students at a high school in St. Johns County, Florida. Continue reading “Parents Shocked After Students Hurl Homophobic Slurs At Other Students”
Some news items you might have missed: • New York Daily News: Two customers inside a Brooklyn bodega were slashed with a glass bottle and stabbed with a screwdriver during an incident cops are investigating as an anti-gay hate crime. Photo of the two suspects above. Continue reading “News Round-Up: September 9, 2021”
A video that went viral last week appears to show an ugly, homophobic attack on a high school student wrapped in a rainbow flag.
The incident, which took place at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, was investigated by school officials and the local Sheriff’s office. Continue reading “Homophobic School Bully Charged With Battery”
Brody is ready for his birthday weekend (above), plus some news items you might have missed: • Kansas City Star: From the op-ed board – “The decision to remove a display of Kansas City’s gay and lesbian history from the Missouri State Capitol is outrageous, potentially illegal, and yet another embarrassment for a state with a history of intolerance.” Continue reading “News Round-Up: September 3, 2021”
Some news items you might have missed: • Daily Mail: Princess Margaret’s hunky grandson Arthur Chatto (above) is set to become the first royal to join the Marines. I wrote about Chatto back in January. Continue reading “News Round-Up: August 31, 2021”
A member of a local school board in Maine has been asked to resign after posting social media remarks opposing Pride Month and calling same-sex marriage “a rape of the natural world.” Continue reading “Maine School Official Calls Same-Sex Marriage ‘Rape Of The Natural World’”
A new commercial from Snickers sends the message that their candy bar will turn gay men into burly straight men. Talk about leaving a bad taste in your mouth… Continue reading “New Ad Implies A Snickers Bar Will Turn You Straight”
Leo and Romiro Mendez, a gay couple in Salida, California, say on July 24 they ordered food using the Burger King app for their son. But when they tried to pick up their order they were threatened by employees shouting homophobic slurs. Continue reading “Gay Dads Say Burger King Employees Chased Them From Restaurant Shouting Slurs”