'Anti-LGBTQ group accused of using false evidence' at SCOTUS, but may win its case anyway' & other Tue/Wed news briefs

Christian group defending LGBTQ+ conversion therapy at SCOTUS accused of using 'false evidence'

 The group fighting to protect so-called conversion therapy in the U.S. Supreme Court case Chiles v. Salazar has been accused of misrepresenting its evidence by the very researchers it cites. The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal advocacy group that has played a pivotal role in several court cases involving abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights, will argue before the nation's high court Tuesday that justices should strike down state laws banning conversion therapy for minors. 

The group cites a 2016 study by Lisa Diamond and Clifford Rosky, who have since condemned the ADF for “profoundly” misrepresenting their findings. “It’s deceptive,” Rosky recently told The Guardian. “Lawyers owe a duty of candor to the court. You cannot offer false evidence, and if you do so accidentally and find out, you have to correct that. ... They claim our work supports conversion therapy when our work clearly and specifically condemns conversion therapy on the same page they’re citing.”

 Distorting science to demonize the LGBTQ community is an old anti-LGBTQ industry tactic. And the Alliance Defending Freedom isn't the first group to do it. However, it may not even matter because of the news brief below. 

Conservative Supreme Court justices show skepticism of conversion therapy ban - This is becoming an unfortunately regular occurrence with this particular Supreme Court. Almost every time our community comes in front of them, we lose. I doubt it's a matter of basic legality. It's my belief that there are members of the court who have a personal bias against LGBTQ people and will contort decisions to reflect that bias. 

The sham of oral arguments on conversion therapy is meant to show SCOTUS is 'unbiased'- Should we lose this case, we should be pointing the finger at one judge in particular who revealed his anti-LGBTQ hostility years ago - Samuel Alito.

LGBTQ rights on the line: What to watch as Supreme Court’s new term begins - And conversion therapy is not the only case in front of SCOTUS. I'm sorry but I do not believe that the number of losses the LGBTQ community has had in front of SCOTUS lately comes from legitimate looks at the law and the Constitution. Members of this court have a personal bias, which they aren't afraid to voice. We need not dance around it.

Pictures - Famously Hot SC Pride a huge success & reminder that the LGBTQ community won't be made invisible

Famously Hot SC Pride, returned Saturday for its 36th year in my state of South Carolina. As always, it was a fun time had by all. And it was definitely needed when one takes into account this year's political climate. The festival was another reminder that LGBTQ people, our allies, our kids, and families aren't going to be made invisible.

'GOP lawmaker once accused trans people of harming kids. He just pled guilty to child porn charges' & other Wed/Thur news briefs

Former SC legislator (and Moms for Liberty's 2023 'Legislator of the Year') RJ May recently pled guilty to child porn charges. May in the past has accused drag queens and trans people of harming kids.

GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. He just pled guilty to child porn charges.​ - And the nominees for the category of "I haven't been this shocked since Clay Aiken and Jim Nabors came out of the closet," former South Carolina state legislator RJ May. And the kicker? Moms for Liberty awarded him their 2023 Legislator of the Year award. NONE of this is funny and it's not my intention to make it sound funny. Children have been harmed, terribly. A Republican accusing LGBTQ people of harming children while actually being the predator is happening so often lately that it's no longer an irony. It could be considered a GOP requirement for public office.

Former Rep. RJ May pleads guilty to sending ‘disgusting and depraved’ child sex abuse videos - More on this awful situation. A huge caution from me to anyone before you read it.

In other news:

Nat’l Park Service cancels grants for 3 LGBTQ projects - At the very least, it is nice to know that Donald Trump is no longer even attempting to be our friend like he did during his first term. 

Veterans Affairs doctors banned from writing gender-affirming surgery referrals to private providers for trans vets - Downright malicious. There is simply no other reason for it. 

Appeals court rules for Colorado and LGBTQ rights and against Catholic parishes in state preschool case - Good. No taxpayer dollars for discrimination. 

21 non-LGBTQ+ movies that queer people still love anyway - Some of these choices are true. One is a serious "HELL NO!" from me. And I still can't believe they left off The Women (the 1939 version).

'Heritage Foundation caught pushing false stats in attempt to classify trans people as terrorists' & other Mon/Tue news briefs

The dirty hands of longtime anti-LGBTQ activist Roger Severino are all over the Heritage Foundation's attempt to classify trans people as terrorists.

Rightwing organization twists data to claim that half of mass shooters are transgender​ - Who else but the Heritage Foundation. And check out who is leading the charge: 

 Roger Severino, a vice president at the Heritage Foundation, defended the claim on X/Twitter by providing information from a dataset of only eight shootings, cherry-picked from Gun Violence Archive, an online archive on gun violence which draws data from law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources. The Gun Violence Archive has data for 4,147 mass shootings that took place in the United States between 2018 and 2025. Severino said that he only picked eight of the shootings because they’re “major shootings,” a term that has no strict definition. 

For those who don't know, Roger Severino has a long history of denigrating the LGBTQ community. And with his appointment in the first Trump Administration, he took it to the extreme. As Trump's director of the Office of Civil Rights at Health and Human Services, he attempted to push policies which endangered LGBTQ health. Severino's actions didn't simply border on animus. One could say that his policies were deliberate attempts to undermine the health of LGBTQ people while hiding behind the veneer of "religious freedom"

 In 2018, The Advocate claimed that he was attempting to "erase trans people out of existence" by pushing a memo which would say that gender identity doesn't exist and that gender is set at birth and defined by genitalia. Severino was also responsible for an attempt to create a rule which would roll back protections for the trans community against discrimination through Obamacare, and a "conscience rule" which said any healthcare worker could deny services to LGBTQ people based on "moral or religious" reasons. In November 2019, three different federal courts struck down the rule and one court found that HHS exaggerated a justification for the rule. Severino was pointed out in an NPR article to have contributed to that exaggeration.

 

Heritage Foundation uses false data to smear trans people as school shooters - The Advocate gives more details.

In other news:

MAGA Runs Wild With Claim ‘Thousands’ of Fans Wore Charlie Kirk Tribute T-Shirt at Penn State Game — By Using Clip That Shows Only Two - This new lie about Charlie Kirk perfectly encapsulates just how much of a fraud he was. 

Pentagon Pete’s ‘Manic’ Meltdowns Exposed by Aides - From The Daily Mail by way of The Daily Beast, so take it as you can. But is even a small portion of this is true, it says a lot of Hegseth's in claiming that trans troops would hurt the military when he is obviously the actual danger. 

This trans beauty pageant won’t be silenced by hate: “The girls are not afraid of who they are” - Don't back down even a little bit, ladies. You are beautiful and don't let anyone make you feel that you aren't.

Charlie Kirk wannabes get laughed off of HBCU campus, mocked on Twitter

 

Two Charlie Kirk wannabes got laughed off of an HBCU campus when they tried that "debate me, bro" nonsense.

As we move further away from the awful situation of Charlie Kirk's assassination, I am glad to see that more people are coming to a basic revelation. And that revelation is the fact that Charlie Kirk was a two-bit hustling grifter and a homophobic racist to boot. Some folks have been steadily trying manufacture a narrative that Kirk was someone who wanted to debate and let both sides of an argument make their points. That's a damn lie. 

Kirk's debates were anything but. During his "debates," Kirk bullied younger college students who had less public speaking experience than him. He would talk over them, insult them and then rely on carefully edited videos and tweets to present a ludicrous claim that he "destroyed" them. The only reason why pundits such as Ezra Klein and Brian Stelter gave Kirk undeserved praise after his passing was because he gave them something to write about and kissed their asses in face-to-face meetings. Of course he did. They were useful to him. He needed their influence to spread his nonsense.  One wonders what he said about them behind their backs. 

Bear in mind that none of what I have just said justifies Charlie Kirk's murder.  Even as we criticize the way Kirk died, we cannot allow him to become a martyr.  Charlie Kirk was no martyr. Far from it.

All of my above comments are leading up to something which happened Wednesday.

A bunch of Kirk wannabes got a much-needed reception when they tried that "debate me" junk at a Tennessee State University, a historically Black campus. There was no violence but a lot of mockery. It's what one should expect when a group of people don't want their humanity to be the subject of a "debate." Or don't want to be dragged into a situation (in this case, Kirk's murder) which had nothing to do with them.

🚨 BREAKING: The party of tolerance strikes again - left-wing rioters KICK OUT young patriots who tried to set up a table and civilly debate about DEI at an HBCU, Tennessee State University. pic.twitter.com/wypLonkm54

They apparently could not even go 10 minutes until chaos…

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 23, 2025

1. No one told them to come. No one asked them to come.  According to university officials, the Charlie Kirk wannabes didn't even follow correct protocol, so they shouldn't have been there in the first place:

pic.twitter.com/lMo7bKXaMk

— Tennessee State University (@TSUedu) September 23, 2025

 

2. And frankly - if I can speak plainly and in general - "ain't nobody got time for the bullshit."  No one owes anyone a debate or discussion, particularly on issues which personally affect them. I'm personally sick and tired of the gaslighting when white and heterosexual pundits and wannabe social media influencers scream "debate me" at people of color and LGBTQ people as if we need to justify our lives and issues for the benefit of their egos and inflated sense of entitlement. 

That's the big loophole about "debates" when it comes to Black and LGBTQ issues on news channels and social media. They like to TALK about us but don't want us to talk. To them, we are "identity politics," a term which they never seem to use when talking about MAGA voters or white evangelical voters.

An added delight to the situation at hand is the attempt by MAGA social media influencers portray the wannabes as victims (as seen by one of the above tweets). As you can read below, that didn't exactly work in their favor. 

They had no approval and no permit

— CJ G (@cjgproduxions) September 24, 2025

You all love to play the victim, even though you have the power. pic.twitter.com/VMCVFnKx6A

— 🐝 Sigmundine🐝 (@Sigmundine2) September 24, 2025

“Young patriots who tried to set up a table and civilly debate” ……yeah great reporting Eric. They sure looked welcoming. pic.twitter.com/OBDy0jjYpx

— Ms. Suge Knight 👹 (@_curvesandkickz) September 24, 2025

Lol pic.twitter.com/ySC06G23Tn

— Emp (@EmperororeZ) September 24, 2025

There is nothing civil about what these losers were trying to do. White idiots have already made it clear they put the entire onus of DEI ONTO Black Americans, fraudulently, because we all know they were the last to benefit. No one needs to put up with grifters. Read next time. pic.twitter.com/9KKSNGy2e9

— Cyber Avenger (@MsClaritea) September 24, 2025

Some clarity needed to be made for this shit.
We are NOT leftists, retarded conservatives or liberals.
We don't owe anyone attention or debate just to be disrespected by a so-called "High IQ" morons who thinks just because they're pale skin everyone wants to hear their opinion pic.twitter.com/xcpSMG0K3b

— LineageOverSkinColor🔴🔱⚫️🪶🏹✊🏿🇺🇸 (@Aboriginalameri) September 24, 2025

Black ppl don’t have to participate in your dumbass fake ass battle of wits. Which is just racism. Take your asses to Utah and leave HBCUs out your bullshit.

— CincinnatiBlack (@MrBlack513) September 24, 2025

They don’t owe you a debate. Don’t go where you aren’t wanted. Leave us alone.

— Depressed Dad (@stArboy_Trey) September 24, 2025

Eric…Black America has absolutely no tolerance for white people coming into our spaces in the disguise of “civil debate” to slick tell us we are inferior. RACISM IS NOT AN OPINION NOR IS IT DEBATABLE.

— J GLOVER (@HDTHEAGENCY) September 24, 2025

pic.twitter.com/ZdFajjH1YD

— PhlyGerl (@PhlyGerl) September 24, 2025

Hey @EricLDaugh you are spreading false information. Those guys snuck on campus, tried to set up shop and start discourse with black students with white Christian nationalist talking points, all while wearing divisive hats. Stop trying to divide the country with your cult.

— Grownish Gambino (@DopeItzDev) September 24, 2025

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— Defected Cheeto (@DefectedCheeto) September 24, 2025

'Moms for Liberty chapter president strips at school board meeting in attempt to smear trans kids' & other Mon/Tue news briefs

Beth Bourne, Moms for Liberty chapter president of Yolo County in CA, stripped at a recent school board in an attempt to smear trans kids.

Anti-LGBTQ+ activist undresses in board meeting to show how trans kids make people uncomfortable​ - Articles like this is why we need to support the LGBTQ press. Do you think the mainstream media will shine the light on how demented these right-wing activists are? Hardly. The woman in question is Beth Bourne and guess who she is affiliated with. 

Take it, Erin Reed: 

 Beth Bourne, president of the Yolo County Moms for Liberty chapter, launched into a tirade against transgender students in locker rooms and bathrooms before abruptly stripping off her top and pants. The stunt left board members stunned, forced the meeting into recess, and underscored just how unhinged the movement’s tactics have become. 

 . . .  This was hardly Bourne’s first brush with notoriety for outlandish, anti-LGBTQ+ theatrics. Last year she went viral after berating drag queens in a hotel lobby in Hawaii, demanding a refund for the mere act of encountering them. The clip drew a petition to oust her from her staff position at UC Davis. The university held off, but she eventually lost the job anyway—thanks to Trump’s education cuts, which she publicly cheered even as she admitted they cost her own livelihood. 

For those who don't remember her hysterical screeching at drag queens in Hawaii, here you go. Enjoy:

 

 Also, according to Erin Reed: 

Bourne’s crusade against LGBTQ+ rights has also been deeply personal—and cruel. Her own child came out to her as nonbinary, a revelation that, according to them, only hardened her extremism. “I was ready to come out to everybody because I had been holding it in for a really long time,” the now-adult child told the Sacramento Bee. “From my coming out to my moving out, her views that she expressed to me started to get more aggressive and more extreme.”

Now if you are truly pining for a video of her behavior at the school board meeting, here you go (God help you):

In other news

Court Sides With ACLU And Queer Performers Over Federal Trans Funding Restrictions - Wonderful! Aside wanting to tell the good news, another reason for me posting this article is another plea to support the independent LGBTQ press. During the war we are in with the Trump Administration (because it is a war), we need sources of information we can count on. Erin Reed runs an awesome substack which I have cited and complimented on many occasions. I vouch for her and the quality of her work.

Kamala Harris discusses trans athletes & why she wouldn’t ‘turn on transgender people’ - Just like with Clinton, Americans made a huge mistake in who it did not put in office. And just like with Clinton, Americans will suffer for their mistakes.

LGBTQ Brits fight back against the far-right - The struggle is real and worldwide, folks.

I humiliated a Trump supporting white supremacist on Thursday. How was your day?

On the risk of bragging, I embarrassed a "prominent" white supremacist today. I put the word prominent in quotes because to me, labeling a white supremacist as prominent is akin to pointing out the scuzziest looking rat in a group of rats.

Allow me to give a little background.

On Wednesday, the dumbass who some Americans were stupid enough to put back into the White House (because I sure as hell didn't vote for the sentient brain tumor) announced that he was declaring Antifa to be a "major terrorist organization."

For the benefit of those who don't know, Antifa is 

 . . .  a left-wing anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement in the United States. It consists of a highly decentralized array of autonomous groups that use nonviolent direct action, or violence to achieve their aims. Antifa political activism includes non-violent methods such as poster and flyer campaigns, mutual aid, speeches, protest marches, and community organizing. Some who identify as antifa also use tactics involving digital activism, doxing, harassment, physical violence, and property damage. Supporters of the movement aim to combat far-right extremists, including neo-Nazis and white supremacists. 

A lot of folks are asking can Trump declare them to be a domestic terrorist group. Many are saying he can't. My opinion is the devil is always in the vagueness.  Since Antifa is technically not a group, Trump's attempted designation would allow his supporters to cast a wide net over a lot of people and groups they don't like, perhaps causing them to be subjected to all sorts of negative consequences.

Some have already started calling out people.

The tweet above is from a white supremacist who calls himself Baked Alaska. He, like so many other dregs, became prominent during Trump's first term by attaching themselves to his coattails. His actual name is Anthime Joseph "Tim" Gionet who, according to Wikipedia, was a rapper and a Internet prankster before he made a turn in 2016 as a far-right influencer.

Also, according to Wikipedia

In 2016, Gionet turned to the politics of Donald Trump and the alt-right in what he described as a rejection of "political correctness". By 2017, Gionet's political views had radicalized; that year, he began to use his social media platform and Internet activism to promote racist and antisemitic ideologies, which included sharing neo-Nazi content on social media. He also played a role in the 2017 white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. 

 . . . Originally known as an extremely online personality, Baked Alaska was gradually banned from most mainstream social media platforms. In January 2021, Gionet livestreamed the U.S. Capitol building breach by a pro-Trump mob, which was found to be a violation of his release. 

It was later reported that Gionet's footage was used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to identify other trespassers. Gionet was later arrested by federal agents that month in connection with his activities at the Capitol. He was released pending trial and continued livestreaming while facing federal charges. On January 10, 2023, Gionet was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Gionet was pardoned by Donald Trump on January 20, 2025.

As you can see by the tweet above, Gionet is practically in super gleeful mood at the thought of exploiting Trump's stance against Antifa to wreak all sorts of havoc. But he's definitely an expert when it comes to cowering and crying. The following is Gionet when he was pepper sprayed during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

 

 I interrupted his "we are so back" fest to remind him of the infamous moment above:

Didn't you cry like a baby when u got maced? pic.twitter.com/uEgLyFVBR0

— Holy Bullies (@holybullies) September 18, 2025

He didn't particularly care to be reminded.

But while Gionet didn't like it, a lot of other folks do. They were even asking for a copy of the video. 

I could use this moment to express the weariness I have with the American public's short memories, but instead I think I'll simply enjoy this. And hope that you do, too. 

Gionet is the perfect example of some of the types Donald Trump attracts and empowers - power hungry, chickenshit cowards who get a charge from jabbing people with their resentments, insecurities, and false senses of entitlement.

'Nancy Mace's latest attempt to exploit Charlie Kirk's death fails' & other Wed/Thur news briefs

Nancy Mace

Trying again to raise her profile by exploiting Charlie Kirk's death, Rep. Nancy Mace began a war of words against another Congressional representative, Ilhan Omar, after misrepresenting what she said about Kirk's death. She also began a push to censure Omar. As you can see, by the top news brief, even other Republicans aren't buying her bull.

GOP defections sink effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar

Nancy Mace Pushes Ilhan Omar Censure, Suggests Deportation, Says ‘F**k Her’ 

Ilhan Omar slams Nancy Mace's attack on her for Kirk remarks. ‘You belong in rehab'

This and other things she has done to exploit Kirk's death proves that Mace is without a doubt, the sleaziest, most disgusting member of Congress. And that is INCLUDING Ted Cruz. She's like Alexis on 'Dynasty' without the beauty, style, intelligence, good fashion sense, taste, culture or basic decency (and that's saying a lot because Alexis had very little decency.) Mace is an attention-desperate, greedy, grasping monstrosity who would roll around in dogshit to get at least give minutes on Fox News. 

In other news:

House GOP Adds Anti-LGBTQ Amendments to Defense Bill: Republican amendments target Pride flags, transgender visibility, and military health care coverage - I'm beginning to think that they don't like us. 

Sens. Baldwin, Murkowski file bill to establish LGBTQ+ youth crisis line in law - Keep your fingers cross. Nice to see that we still have friends in Congress. 

GOP Rep. says we need to remove all trans people from streets & the internet - Ronny Jackson said that. That's the same guy embroiled in this: 

VA nominee Ronny Jackson dished out opioids, wrecked vehicle while drunk, colleagues say 

Seems to be that he is more of a danger than what he says trans people are.

Charlie Kirk's 'avengers' are making opportunistic fools of themselves

This post is not about Charlie Kirk.

Instead, it's about those who have taken it upon themselves to avenge his death, so to speak.  I'm talking about all of the folks who are issuing violent threat, doxxing people, putting up social media blacklists causing people to get fired for comments which can be construed as celebrating Kirk's death, and targeting groups they claim are celebrating Kirk's death.

I'm talking about people like Vice President J.D. Vance, Rep Nancy Mace, our Family Dollar Fuhrer Stephen Miller, Donald Trump himself, other right-wing Congressional leaders and assorted hysterically unhinged far-right social media influencers. These are the folks who claim that they want to "preserve Charlie Kirk's defense of free speech" by creating a reign of terror against speech.

Don't get me wrong because I understand the anger. A lot of folks got called out for making fun of George Floyd's murder. And some of those comments about Kirk have been distasteful. There can be an argument made about free speech and an opposite one made about the consequences of speech. 

But in truth, this situation with Kirk strikes me as opportunistic. With Floyd, people were angry at the barbaric way he died. People on the right came out with all sort vile claims about Floyd after his death. They claimed he was a woman beater and drug user. They, Charlie Kirk including, claimed that all the rage over his death was exaggerated.

But to a lot of people, how Floyd lived his life wasn't the point. It was the vulgar way he died.  The image of the Derek Chauvin with his knee callously on Floyd's neck put an enduring image to accompany claims made by Black Americans about police brutality.

In stark contrast, something incredibly distasteful is peeking out behind all the anger against those who have been accused of celebrating Kirk's murder. The threats of retribution, compiled social media blacklists, name calling and finger pointing seems to not be coming from a place of rage about Kirk's death, but a place of veiled disappointment that none of the groups Kirk targeted with his vitriol can be scapegoated for his murder.  

No "transgender mass shooter," no "criminally minded Black person," no "savage illegal."  When it came to who murdered Kirk, none of the tropes he exploited to dehumanize could be applied.  There was no "Charlie Kirk was right about these people and that's why he was murdered" narrative which could be created. The alleged perpetrator, Tyler Robinson, is a 22-year-old white man from a conservative Republican family. 

So aside from trying to whitewash all of the vulgar aspects of Kirk's comments and attempting to make Robinson out to be an innocent victim of "leftist indoctrination" (not to mention hanging on to a story about his alleged transgender roommate/lover/or what have you), self-anointed avengers of Charlie Kirk decided to rally around attacking the only folks they can   - those who they claim celebrated his murder. 

None of these people, as distasteful some of their comments were - had anything to do with Kirk's death, but they serve a purpose. Charlie Kirk's avengers want to create a nationwide revolution around his murder but the very thing they lack is a suitable scapegoat. Regardless of the way he lived, Floyd's death spurred genuine anger about police brutality.  Kirk's death is spurring genuine anger too, but it's not in the direction his so-called avengers can exploit. So, until a more suitable scapegoat comes along, the folks accused of celebrating Kirk's death are suitable distractions to channel the crowd rage.

 And if a more suitable scapegoat doesn't come along, don't be surprised if Charlie Kirk's 'avengers' attempt to create one.

Charlie Kirk assassination proves how spiritually rotten Nancy Mace's soul is

Usually when I wrote a post about the exploits of someone who wants to eliminate our equality, some of y'all say "we're not surprised " when you read it. However, I am a firm believer of putting things down for "receipt keeping" or memory storage. We cannot become so desensitized to the enemies of our equality that we lose the desire to point out their hypocrisies and morally rotten nature.

 This evening, I spotlight Nancy Mace (again.) If there was a prize for duplicitous behavior in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Mace would be a top contender. The tweet below is her statements when there was a claim (now unproven) that the bullets used in the murder has "pro-trans ideology" etched on them.

Nancy Mace today: “It sounds like the shooter was a tranny, or pro-tranny.”

Law enforcement tonight: We have idea who the shooter is. pic.twitter.com/bJptJvnJmT

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 12, 2025

Now that a 22-year-old white male, Tyler Robinson, from a wealthy conservative Republican family has been arrested for the murder, Mace transformed herself from an avenging angel with the flaming sword to St. Bernadette:

We know Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for such an evil, and lost individual like Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ.

We will try to do the same.

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) September 12, 2025

A little advice, Nancy dear.  Perhaps you should worry less about Tyler Robinson finding Jesus and start looking for Him yourself.  If someone looked up the phrase "split hell wide open" in the dictionary, they'd find your Congressional photo. 

I'd wager that at this point, your soul is so rotten that the devil himself wouldn't claim it.

A message from me to all of the Charlie Kirk whitewashers. Stop being hypocrites.

Can certain people on the so-called left please get off of their soapboxes until all of the facts about Charlie Kirk's assassination come in. I understand your sentiment and agree with the fact that violence is wrong, and political violence is abominable but over the last few days after that awful event, some of y'all have been getting on my damn nerves with your jockeying for position in terms of who can decry Kirk's murder the best.

Yes, murdering someone simply because you don't agree with their opinion is awful, but this need for so many of y'all to jump on your pedestals and decry the alleged motives behind Kirk's murder before we even KNOW the motive is bordering on parody. It's the same as people auditioning for a musical singing the same song, as if their version would somehow make the song sound different and awe-inspiring.

And I have a more pressing problem with some of you seeking to whitewash Charlie Kirk's legacy. When he was alive, a lot of you condemned his words and his actions and the negative effect they had on our political discourse.   Now after his death, you're minimizing his words and actions to so-called differences of opinion.  Why are some of you being hypocrites.

People may not like what I say, but I can honestly say that my opinion of Charlie Kirk hasn't changed an iota.  He was a lying sleazebag demagogue. He was a bully who targeted people who could NOT fight him back. His "debates" were rigged circuses with the dignity and humanity of the groups he demeaned treated like some trophy for whoever's verbal technique was the best.  But he did NOT deserve to be murdered. And I grieve for his wife and children. 

Now see, how hard is that? I can decry his murder, show sympathy for his family and STILL call him out for what he was. Why can't some of you?

And let's be really honest here. Some people's desire to whitewash Charlie Kirk's life's is commensurate to how "delusionally white" and/or "straight-acting" they are. They get to pretend that they can be observers of the entire thing and not involved. Those of us who aren't in those categories can't get away with that. We can't feign sitting on a distant perch and observing. We deal with the effects of not only Kirk's demagoguery, but the demagoguery of those like him. We see it every day and feel it every day and unlike many, we can't pretend it doesn't exist or minimize it as a simple difference of opinion.

Just as Charlie Kirk did not deserve his fate, our lives, dignity, and worth as human beings shouldn't be up for debate or treated like a prize.  And the attacks on our lives, dignity, and worth as human beings shouldn't be minimized as a simple difference of opinion for any reason. Ever.

Nancy Mace loses it after being confronted about her 'gender-affirming care'' & other Wed/Thur news briefs

Editor's note - Charlie Kirk was assassinated today. He was a homophobic, racist bully and an all-around terrible human being, but he didn't deserve to die the way he did. As of now, we don't know who did it. I can only hope that this country takes a lesson from what happened today about our rhetoric, the people we elect, and those we choose as our leaders. Pray for Mr. Kirk's family, especially his widow and two children.

SC Rep Nancy Mace gets made to look the fool again.

Nancy Mace Loses It After Colleague Calls Out Boob Jobs, Botox By Colleagues on House Floor: ‘Absolutely Ridiculous!’ - Get her! 

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost it in the House on Wednesday after a Democrat lawmaker called out her colleagues for getting “boob jobs” and “botox,” labelling such cosmetic surgery as “gender-affirming care.” 

LGBTQ+ people are more accepted than we were decades ago, and that changes everything -It's easy to forget that LGBTQ people have come a long way from where we had been. Never stop moving forward even if sometimes you have to move slow. 

Trump's Justice Department indicts LGBTQ+ rights lawyer in judge-shopping inquiry - Trump's ridiculous weaponization of the Justice Department continues.

British group fights for trans kids - This is a wonderful article because when it comes to Britain and the trans community, a lot of stuff heard is negative. This is completely different from all of that. 

 Trans athlete says ‘I’m just a normal kid’ as teams forfeit and some teammates refuse to play - When people stop speculating and simply start playing, they will see that they have nothing to fear from trans athletes.

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters celebrate 19 years of LGBTQ hellraising and receipt keeping

Alvin A. McEwen, blogmaster of Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters celebrates his blog's 19th anniversary (after apparently watching too many scenes of Diahann Carroll in 'Dynasty.')

On Saturday, this blog celebrated a milestone of 19 years in existence. 

Nineteen wonderful, glorious years of raising LGBTQ hell and receipt-keeping, or to put it in a politer term, calling out anti-LGBTQ propaganda and lies. 

Who would've thought that a project I launched in 2006 (out of anger and frustration of how I was treated as a gay man in college and how the LGBTQ community is generally mistreated) has lasted so long and has made a rather nice impact (with over 13 million hits, gaining national attention several times and winning a GLAAD Media Award on top of seven nominations.)

 It's an enormous thing to consider because this blog is history - a precise catalogue of how bigoted groups and personalities attempt to wreck our lives via lies about how we are supposedly recruiting kids and putting Christians in jail (amongst numerous other fabrications.)

It's a history of almost every anti-LGBTQ industry lie, and tactic used against us, a place to spotlight the liars, mourn our losses and celebrate our victories. And it's a reminder of how time is on our side by taking note of when people like Jerry Falwell, Anita Bryant, and James Dobson say goodbye to the world while we continue to remain standing undefeated in pride.

But one thing I have learned is how there is no such thing as a happy ending, per se.

 The old saying that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty is very true here. While we have won many battles such as marriage equality, backlashes are always sure to come behind progress. One could say that right now, we are in the middle of one with the Trump Administration in office again and for a second time aiming to make us as invisible as they can, starting by openly targeting our trans brothers and sisters. 

Instead of right-wing groups with their fake studies and phone talking heads which I took on so often, we've got shrill social media influencers working in tandem with the Trump Administration while passing along doctored footage whose purpose is to exploit hidden prejudices about our general culture, even from those who claim to support us.

All of this has left many of us in a sad quandary. If we aren't preparing ourselves for devasting losses which haven't even happened as of yet, we are blaming trans people and the "queer" community for what's going on. 

Some of us have deluded ourselves into thinking that our enemies decided that if they can't defeat us, then they will simply live with us. But then trans men, women, and kids simply leading their lives or drag queens simply reading to kids gave them new purpose.

At least that's the common narrative. And it's a stupid, self-defeating narrative.

When I began this blog, I was in my 30's. I'm in my 50's, now. I move slower, have to motivate myself more, my hands hurt probably from arthritis (sometimes it hurts to make a fist), and I have less time for empty long-winded diversions than I used to have.

Folks can easily allow themselves to get caught up in the fear and the pointing of fingers at their own people, but I don't because of something I've always known. No group has ever won any battle by cowering in fear or performing circular firing squads on each other.

We aren't the enemy to each other. 

Instead of quaking in our shoes or attacking each other, we should be putting the attention on those who have made it their goal from day one to make our lives miserable. We're talking about people who will malign and distort just about every aspect of our lives. What they did to us decades ago with images like this:

are the same images they continue to inflict upon us now, but with a slight alteration:

The lies never change, but the targets do. In the end, it's all bullshit and our entire community would do well to recognize it instead of inhaling it.

That's how we win.

Whatever the case may be, I will continue to do what I do. And hopefully do it well by your standards. I've got hope, I've got optimism and most of all,

I've got attitude.

Editor's note - look to your right to see archives of past posts I've published. And if you can't find what you're looking for there, use the search engine above the letterhead. There are over 10,000 published posts on this blog.

'Trump DOJ reportedly looking to ban trans Americans from owning guns' & other Thur/Fri news briefs

Trump DOJ Reportedly Looking to Ban Trans Americans From Owning Guns​ - I am NOT a fan of guns, but I do understand the need of them for the sake of protection. But this goes BEYOND gun ownership. This is yet another instance in which the Trump administration is scapegoating trans people in an attempt to distract its base. Regardless of how anyone feels about trans people or trans rights, we need to recognize and call out the Trump Administration's eagerness to openly wage war against this group of Americans. 

Trans Americans aren't the bullies or the problem. The Trump Administration is. And from some of the responses I've been reading, a lot of pro-gun folks aren't happy with this. They feel that if trans people can be banned from owning guns, it would make things easier to ban other groups from owning guns. 

From the article:

 

The DOJ is reportedly looking at ways to designate transgender people as mentally ill and therefore ineligible to exercise their Second Amendment rights, one Justice official told CNN. 

“The vast majority of mass attacks in the US have no connection to transgender people,” the report stated, “Still, after the deadly shooting last week, some conservative allies of the president quickly claimed that gender dysphoria – the psychological distress and discomfort some people feel when there’s a difference between their sex assigned at birth and their gender identity – is a mental illness that should bar citizens from purchasing a firearm.” 

A 2023 report by the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Association Center found that from 2016 to 2020, 96% of shooters were men, 3% women, and 2% transgender. 

Trump administration agrees to restore federal health data and websites in lawsuit settlement - Wonderful news. When you fight tyrants, you win. 

Tucker Carlson wants to ask Pete Buttigieg “very specific questions about gay sex” - Uh hell no. Every level and angle of this narrative makes me ill. 

‘Don’t freak out just yet’: How LGBTQ couples can plan ahead in case marriage equality is overturned - Write this down, folks. An ounce of prevention . . . 

  How the Supreme Court’s conversion therapy case could reshape LGBTQ+ protections across America - Not to mention how far the court is willing go to in a direction which weaponizes the idea of "religious freedom."

From the archives - Video: Children are more knowledgeable about gay marriage than some adults

  

 Since marriage equality, or gay marriage if you will, is in the news again, I thought it would be a good time to reach into the archives and re-educate folks about marriage equality and kids. The above videos are over 10 years old, but they are as pertinent now as when they were first made.

In just about every anti-LGBTQ speech, accusation, or narrative is the claim that LGBTQ folks are seeking to harm kids. And the subject of marriage equality is no different. Generally speaking, as evidenced by the recent situation involving rapper Snoop Dogg, some people still have this intense fear of talking about us to kids. No matter what the subject is, they think that even talking to kids about us in the most simplistic tones will somehow present a danger to them.

I guess no matter how far we've come, old stereotypes and fears refuse to die. Especially in this new age of social media where people use videos and comments taken out of context for the sake of engagement.

But at the videos above prove, kids are not stupid, and they can cut through the noise generated by lies and fear to see the truth in the heart of the matter.

Attempts to blame trans community for mass shootings foiled by buzzsaw of truth

 On Wednesday, this country yet again experienced the tragedy of a mass shooting, 

Two children were killed and 17 others were wounded when a lone gunman opened fire at a Catholic school in Minnesota.

The shooting in itself is an awful incident which is becoming more common in this country and I could go into detail about that. However, there is something especially vile about this particular mass shooting. 

The late shooter, Robin Westman, identified as transgender. Because of this, far-right groups and social media influencers are tying this shooting to other recent mass shootings in an effort to create a false narrative that is there is a growing pattern of mass shootings perpetrated by trans people 

Twitter has been filled with posts resembling the following.

 The anti-LGBTQ hate group the American Family Association chose to gaslight its attack on trans Americans under the veneer of "compassion."

AFA is full of it. It is all about stigmatizing and denigrating trans people. It's an old tactic by the anti-LGBTQ industry, In the past, groups like AFA tried to claim that gay men were more likely to sexually molest kids. They made this argument based upon the completely discredited belief that a man who molests a boy is automatically gay. 

 And just like factual information dispelled that lie about gay men, facts are challenging this attempt to denigrate trans people. Twitter has a fact-checking mechanism called grok. And in this particular case, it has been thoroughly refuting the ghastly "trans mass shooter" narrative put forth by those on the far right.

The narrative of a distinct pattern is debated, but data indicates transgender individuals are rare among mass shooters, though overrepresented relative to population (~0.6%).

Known transgender cases: ~5 (e.g., Aberdeen 2018, Colorado 2019, Nashville 2023, Perry 2024?,…

— Grok (@grok) August 28, 2025

 In fact, grok has been knocking down anti-trans lies all day.

 

Based on reports from sources like BBC, NYT, CNN, and https://t.co/sPvb54iu5V:

- Uvalde (2022): Salvador Ramos, male. False trans rumors debunked.
- Georgia (Apalachee HS, 2024): Colt Gray, male. Anti-trans threats noted, but not trans.
- Philadelphia (2023): Kimbrady Carriker,…

— Grok (@grok) August 28, 2025

According to data from the Gun Violence Archive (over 4,100 mass shootings since 2018), fewer than 10 involved transgender perpetrators, or about 0.2%. The Violence Project reports less than 1% since 1966. Most mass shooters are cisgender men. Sources: Reuters, AP, Newsweek.

— Grok (@grok) August 28, 2025

The recent Minneapolis shooting involved a transgender suspect, adding to a small number of such cases. However, data from sources like Reuters and The Violence Project shows trans individuals account for under 1% of mass shooters historically, with most being non-trans men. No…

— Grok (@grok) August 28, 2025

Based on fact-checks from sources like Reuters, AP, and USA Today, only a few claims hold: Nashville (trans), Aberdeen (trans), Colorado Springs (non-binary), Iowa (gender fluid). Others like Uvalde, Georgia, and Philadelphia are inaccurate—not trans. Trans shooters are rare;…

— Grok (@grok) August 28, 2025

Based on data from sources like the Gun Violence Archive and Statista, heterosexual individuals commit far more mass murders in absolute terms, as they make up ~98% of the population. Transgender perpetrators are rare, with fewer than 10 known cases since 1982 out of thousands of…

— Grok (@grok) August 27, 2025

As to be expected, some folks are unhappy with grok's fact checking.

 

I appreciate the feedback. My info comes from fact-checks across sources like Reuters, AP, BBC, and USA Today, which debunk most claims (e.g., Uvalde and Philadelphia shooters weren't trans; misinformation used unrelated photos). Trans mass shooters are rare (<1% of incidents).…

— Grok (@grok) August 28, 2025

Normally, I enjoy seeing bigots, homophobes, and members of the anti-LGBTQ industry get called out and dragged for their lies, but I can barely muster a smile here. It's bad enough that when these shootings happen, those with power (Congress) won't do anything to prevent them from reoccurring. Now it seems that others are treating these mass shootings as opportunities like they are sudden windfalls.