'Video - Gay Trump supporter realizes he doesn't know what he's talking about' & other Wed/Thur news briefs

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WATCH: Gay Tr*mp supporter realizes he doesn’t know WTF he’s talking about in real time - Slowly but surely, these folks will have to remove their heads from their asses. By the way, that gay Trump supporter is Brandon Straka, former hairstylist and actor who discovered that he could get a lot more attention and money grifting as a gay conservative "activist even to the point of participating in the January 6 insurrection.

Texas Tech sued for erasing LGBTQ+ people and Black history from university classrooms - And they will continue if we don't stay vigilant.

Federal judge shuts down Trump admin’s attempt to get its hands on trans kids’ medical records - Some good news.

33 faith leaders unite for ‘Dear Giants’ letter correcting 3 ‘Christian’ pitchers - THANK YOU!

GOP US House Candidate: People Choose To Be LGBTQ, “You Don’t See Male Giraffes Mating With Male Giraffes” - Lawd hammercy!

'Pentagon giving away record amount of erection pills while banning gender-affirming care' & other Mon/Tue news briefs

The Pentagon is doling out erection pills in record numbers while banning gender-affirming care​ - Hypocrisy to the highest levels, but such is the Trump Administration. 

GOP governor signs bill forcing trans inmates to detransition - This is cruel and unusual punishment. It's like there is no care at all for these prisoners. And then they are trying to take them off "cold turkey" which will have devastating effects to their mental health. 

Trump officials were so extreme in transgender health case that a Texas judge hit pause - Some folks may not agree but we need to pay attention and put a focus on the attacks against gender-affirming care. The attacks in itself are terrible, but you know that somehow these folks will be moving to undermine healthcare for the rest of the LGBTQ community (They have already started with the religious liberty for medical professionals bullshit.) 

Trump’s celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday was both a dud and a carnival of greed - Another dud from President Dumbass. But Americans are gluttons for punishment and humiliation.

Delaware approves amendment protecting same-sex marriage - Good for Delaware! Measure must pass second vote in next year’s session.

GLAAD report finds AI chatbots giving biased, harmful advice to LGBTQ users - Pay attention, folks.

above photo courtesy of The Advocate.

Online conservatives declare war on SCOTUS judge and her adopted children in aftermath of birthright citizenship ruling

And we are again at the time of year which finds the LGBTQ community tired, weary, battered and bruised but still standing. It is the end of yet another Pride month combined with the end of another Supreme Court term.

The Pride Month celebrations are wonderful as always. It's the SCOTUS term which is a problem. Maybe it's just me but it seems that in recent years, the Supreme Court has always managed to put a case on its docket which ends up with us losing. And it generally happens around the end of Pride month like a sort of "gift" they bequeath to our community. This year's "present" has to do with another loss for trans athletes.  I won't even bother to go over it, so feel free to read it here.

The irony of my above monologue is that I am going veer into another case. It's the biggest case on SCOTUS's docket this year and it turned out to be a huge loss for the Trump Administration.

From People Magazine:

The Supreme Court delivered an enormous blow to President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda on Tuesday, June 30, ruling to uphold the longstanding definition of birthright citizenship. The landmark Trump v. Barbara case was among the largest tests of Trump's executive power and his aggressive immigration reform, putting into question a constitutional provision long accepted as a bedrock principle by courts, lawmakers and presidents.  

Barring few exceptions, every child born on U.S. soil for more than a century was automatically granted U.S. citizenship, allowing them access to Social Security numbers, passports and other benefits of being a citizen of the country. 

 In its final decision of the court term, SCOTUS sided 6-3 against Trump's attempt to change that practice. Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion of the court, earning the support of Trump-appointed Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, as well as all three liberal justices: Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, who have consistently sided with Trump in their rulings, dissented. 

Conservatives across the nation, especially on social media, are having an orgy of angry hysteria; from predictions about a new civil war to handwringing about "anchor babies" and "stolen elections.

But probably much of their venom has been direct towards Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Vulgar comments on Twitter (X) claim that she was either too emotional about the issue or compromised because she is the adoptive mother of two children from Haiti.

To conservatives blindly lashing out at anything after this loss, Barrett's adoption of two Haitian children has become the touchstone of their rage.  The fact that she was appointed by Trump and ruled in his favor on numerous occasions (as well as being one of the votes which overturned Roe v Wade) is irrelevant to the conservatives engaging in the "what have you done for us lately/fuck them kids" two-step dance against Barrett.

'Shooting the devil' skit at Kentucky church reminds me of how people got hysterical about drag queens reading to children

A disturbing video featuring a skit in a Kentucky church involving church staff "shooting the devil" has gone viral.

From The Lexington-Herald Leader:

A Lexington church is being criticized after a video went viral depicting church staff shooting the devil in front of several children during the church's vacation Bible school program. The video shows a room full of young children and adults at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Soldiers armed with air-soft rifles march down the center aisle while a character representing the devil is laying on the steps to the church's altar as the children chant "take him out, blow him up." 

 The soldiers eventually "open fire" on the devil for several seconds. After seemingly shooting and killing the devil, the soldiers drag the devil outside the room through a side door. Pastor Dewayne Walker then starts counting up and at the eight-second mark, an explosion can be heard followed by loud cheers from the children.

 On Monday, Walker posted a video on the church's Facebook page and apologized to anyone who might have been offended by the video, but said what's being shared online contains a lot of misinformation. 

 . . . Walker said the church has been putting on vacation Bible school for 32 years, and every year they feature a skit highlighting the difference between evil and good. In the last several years, the skit has included "commandos for Christ," using "the gospel gun." Walker said the skit was included in a message intended to teach kids to hate sin and hate the devil.

You can see the video here:

Have ya'll seen this yet?
Mt Olivet Baptist Church of Lexington, KY Vacation Bible School. These are going to be my children's classmates. 😒 "Take him out, blow him up." Violence is ok when it's in church. 🤷🏾‍♀️ #LexingtonKY #Kentucky #ICE pic.twitter.com/iFkPzlDeUz

— Fae Moor (@missjazziefae) June 29, 2026

By "misinformation," Walker is talking about how some on social media claimed that the church was targeting immigrants instead of the devil.  Personally, I don't think the church took it far enough. Why not have the children gang up on the devil and beat his ass?

I also think the entire thing is ironic in light of the hysteria a while back regarding drag queens reading to children. Perfectly innocent events of drag queens reading to children in public settings - with parental supervision - got deliberately spun out of proportion by bigots and enterprising wannabe social media influencers as examples of the LGBTQ community supposedly "grooming" children. What drag queens were supposedly grooming children to be was left up to lurid individual interpretation because some believed the old but reliable lie that drag queens were grooming kids for sex. Others believed that drag queens were grooming the kids to become transgender.

I know that none of it makes sense, but as I have said on numerous occasions, it doesn't have to. Maybe there would have been less opposition if the drag queens had pistol whipped each other in between readings.

Flashback - That time when an anti-LGBTQ pastor claimed that gay men have sex with gerbils and cell phones

(Editor's note - This flashback post piggybacks on my last two posts (which I hope you have read and shared) about how negative images and narratives play a huge role in dehumanizing LGBTQ people. The following is from January 15, 2012. It was during a North Carolina referendum on marriage equality, which we lost.  The amendment was later struck down in federal court in 2014, a year before SCOTUS legalized marriage equality. But enough background. The gist of this post had to do with one of the pastors who conducted outreach for the amendment. From what I understand, he is still a pastor (oop! I mean "Bishop") located in the North Carolina area)

From January 15, 2012

If the National Organization for Marriage and Vote for Marriage NC - the organization it helped to create to push for an anti-marriage equality referendum in the state - truly want to have a meaningful and dignified discussion on the amendment as they have claimed, then someone from either group needs to muzzle Raleigh pastor Patrick Wooden.

Wooden will be doing outreach in the African-American community for the amendment.

Last week, he claimed that gay men have so much sex that they require surgery and diapers.

Today he just topped it in the second part of an interview with anti-gay activist aptly named "Porno" Pete LaBarbera:

 

Wooden: I do not back off or back down from my statements at all. I was giving anecdotal examples that I am personally aware of that have happened as a result of men who have given themselves over to this lifestyle. One man passed away, a friend of mine shared this information with me, that where what used to be his anus had become a gaping hole and he literally died in diapers, he literally lost control of himself. There are examples of men who have stretched their anuses, their sphincter muscles so that they could fit objects into themselves that once the sphincter muscle is stretched too much it will not contract. Because the truth is, despite the anger of the homosexual community, the anus is not a vagina. A vagina, a woman can give birth, God so designed it, the hips release can give birth to babies and things return back to normal. The anus doesn’t work that way; this is one of the reasons why many male homosexuals place larger and larger objects in their rectums.

. . . I know of a case where in a hospital a homosexual male had a cellphone lodged in his anus and as they were operating on him the phone went off, the phone started ringing! There’ve been instances where men have put bats, baseball bats, in their rectums!

. . . Even the homosexual lobby knows, those who are pro-homosexual, they know that they cannot win the argument describing what it is that these people actually do to each other, the objects, the animals in certain cases, the little gerbils; thank God I’m a human being! Because if you talk about what it is that these people actually do, they can’t win the argument.

One has to wonder three things. First, was Wooden on any medication which he may have abused before that interview? Secondly how the heck does one put a cell phone up one's behind and thirdly, does it ring if lodged up there?

Wooden is obviously lying and not just about the cell phone. The "gays have dangerous sex" lie is as old as the hills. Take a gander at this 1985 comic (endorsed by anti-gay group Concerned Women for America) called Deathstyle:

It's almost comical until you realize that Wooden will most likely be repeating that mess to get African-Americans to vote for the amendment.

And of course neither NOM nor  Vote for Marriage NC will comment on Wooden's words, even though they will be in full use of his services. And their silence will emphasize the fact yet again that those who seek to stop marriage equality are willing to do it by any mean necessary even while they whine about being "unfairly" labeled as bigots.

Of course the grand irony of the entire thing is that Wooden was one of the pastors who took part LaBarbera's  recent silly protest against Southern Poverty Law Center. SPLC claims that certain anti-gay groups - including LaBarbera's -  are actually hate groups because they spread hurtful propaganda about the gay community.

I would say conducting an interview with a pastor who claims that gay men wear diapers because they molest brooms, gerbils, and cell phones makes LaBarbera into a first class hypocrite.

Don't you?

Editor's note - On his webpage, LaBarbera prefaces the interview with the following:

LaBarbera references a Wikipedia entry on “fecal incontinence” that cites this 1993 study on the ill effects of anal sex. They talk about the SPLC’s racist-tinged release on the AFTAH protest. And when Wooden brings up the heinous “gay” sex practice of “fisting,” LaBarbera recalls the 2000 Massachusetts “Fistgate” scandal at a conference sponsored by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network – in which homosexual youth were given verbal “how-to” instructions by adults on “fisting” (hand-arm-rectal “sex”). LaBarbera notes that GLSEN never issued a sincere, strong apology for the incident — and the media double standard that excuses and ignores scandals on the Left.

Of course LaBarbera never lets anyone know that the study in question was a convenience sample study which looked at gay AND heterosexual men. He also doesn't give the entire story of the phony Fistgate controversy. For that, read 'Fistgate' and President Obama - religious right pushes a pitiful attempt of guilt by association

(Editor's note - I failed to note in the original post that Wooden's claim regarding gerbils is a debunked lie used by a discredited researcher named Paul Cameron.)

'From pathetic sex maniacs to a syndicate plotting to create 'transgender sleeper agents' - The fertile idiocy of attacks against LGBTQ people

I wish we would have more conversations about the ugly tropes and narratives used to denigrate us. Last week when that awful UFC fighter called Michelle Obama a man, Black pundits, scholars, and even regular voices on social media were quick to point out the racist history of this accusation as it pertains to Black woman. And they did so loudly, creating a much-needed conversation. 

That's not the case with the LGBTQ community unfortunately. We either try to ignore or play defense when confronted with outright lies and vulgar images designed to dehumanize us and make discrimination and violence against us more acceptable.  We seem to be so jaded that we accept the name-calling instead of forcefully calling them out for the idiocy they embody. We shrink from demanding a conversation as to how these things invoke prejudices - both open and hidden - about our community when it comes to subject like sexual intercourse or interactions with children.

With that in mind, this is how those who opposed our equality in the 1980s exploited the AIDS epidemic to portray us as sad people constantly seeking sex (Editor's note - this is from an actual comic book attacking LGBTQ people. It was called Deathstyle and was endorsed by William Dannemeyer, who was at the time a member of Congress from California. Click on the picture to see it in full size.)

Over 30 years later, the victimization hasn't changed all that much but it has gotten more intricate.  Thanks to social media, images like the ones below are like flaming balls of cow sh!t constantly dropping from the sky.

One could say, however, that the bigots have a higher regard for us. In the past, we were portrayed as the pathetic victims of our alleged sexual desires. Now we are an evil syndicate whose wants (marriage, safety for trans kids in schools) are actually part of a larger, more nefarious goal of transforming America's children transgender by the clever use of mind control instituted by drag queens (or adult transgender men and women because the morons posting this junk don't know the difference) and schoolteachers. Supposedly this is the end of a slippery slope process which began with us being allowed to legally marry.

Or, if you want to go further down the rabbit hole, the endgame would not be "creating transgender children."  The next step, according to the below tweet is becoming surrogate parents in a higher number and finally what looks like unleashing trans sleeper agents to kill Christians.

Yeah right. As if the LGBTQ community could get that organized.  And I know what you're thinking. This is ridiculous. None of it makes sense.

Of course not. It's not supposed to make sense. It's supposed to scare and in this culture of "vibes over facts," it's like planting seeds in fertile ground.  And our silence and nonchalant jaded attitudes are helping to let it grow.  

These claims are ridiculous and the folks spewing them are idiots. But with no one around to point this out with any degree of fervor, they tend to root and pollute the public debate about LGBTQ people.

And they even grow into something worse such as a bunch of anti-LGBTQ laws or an anti-LGBTQ Supreme Court decision.

It's something to think about.

VIDEO - 1992 anti-gay campaign ad accidentally predicted positive future for America

This 1992 anti-Bill Clinton campaign ad is somewhat accurate about the oncoming success of the LGBTQ community gaining some, but not all, of our rights as American citizens.

In viewing the ad, conservative social media influencers and members of the anti-LGBTQ industry would probably say "We told you that all of this would happen," while not being to make a concise argument as to how these successes are damaging to the country. 

And their inability to make this argument is the point. 

While they are fearmongering, we simply ask "What are you afraid of? The sky hasn't fallen. The world is actually a brighter place"

''Pastors for Trump' founder drops out of Congressional race after sexting scandal' & other Thur/Fri news briefs

Jackson Lahmeyer

House candidate who started Pastors for Trump drops out of race after text messaging scandal: 

 Jackson Lahmeyer has dropped out of the House race in Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District — one day after advancing to a runoff in the Republican primary — amid a text-messaging scandal. "After prayerful consideration with my wife, Kendra, and my team over the last twenty four hours, I've made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for Congress," Lahmeyer posted on social media. "I do not want to be a distraction to my family, my church, and the great people of Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District, who deserve a strong conservative voice representing them in Washington." 

Republican states join Trump FTC in lawsuit against world’s leading transgender health care group​ - As his political world deservedly crashes down around him - see his embarrassingly Iran deal debacle (see posts below), Trump - with the help of some states - continues his attack on the trans community. He's like an addict leaning on his comfort drug to get away from the doomed reality of his own making. At this point, he is simply pitiful. 

Related posts:

Facing bipartisan criticism of Iran deal, 

Trump lashes out at "fools" 

Some GOP senators and Trump allies have harsh reviews of his agreement to end Iran war 

How Trump’s Iran agreement fails to achieve many of his goals 

In other news:

Target, Walmart and Amazon among brands losing LGBTQ+ consumer spending, new survey says:

LGBTQ+ consumers are shifting their brand loyalties based on companies’ diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to new research from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The findings released Wednesday found that nearly 72% of LGBTQ+ consumers say they buy fewer products from companies they perceive as “reducing diversity and inclusion commitments.” Nearly 70% also said they have refused purchases from those businesses at least some of the time. 

Angry constituents school transphobic Democrat who misgendered colleague in front of everyone:

An Erie City, Pennsylvania city councilmember who intentionally misgendered a colleague from the dais last week is suffering the backlash, with dozens of outraged constituents showing up to a Wednesday night council meeting to share their displeasure.

Michelle Obama appreciation posts and messages flood Twitter after UFC nonsense

The first portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama together was unveiled recently at the lobby of the new Obama Presidential Library.

Unless you have been unconscious for the past few days (if so, luck you), you know about the crap UFC fighter Josh Hokit said about former First Lady Michelle Obama during that vile event at the White House on Sunday. 

He screamed that she was a man during his post-fight interview, bringing national attention to a disgusting slur against Obama which has traveled in right-wing circles through the years. The folks passing it along know it's not true, but apparently the Obamas - both Barack and Michelle - have a way of triggering the nerves of mediocre white Republicans and far right conservatives. They won't admit it, but the fact that a Black man and his wife served as First Couple in the White House for eight years (and did so with grace, dignity, and little if any scandal) drives them insane, so they manifest their immaturity in petty acts such as what Hokit did.

And generally speaking, Hokit's slur against Michelle Obama embraces longstanding racists tropes attacking the beauty of femininity of Black women. Obama is not the first Black woman to have had to deal with it. Just ask legendary tennis stars and sisters Venus and Serena Williams.

However, like the classy woman that she is, Michelle Obama hasn't commented on Hokit's mess, and I doubt that she will. 

Instead, she and Barack Obama unveiled their first official portrait together at the lobby of the new Obama Presidential Library:

Barack and I were so honored to have @AkunyiliCrosby create our portrait for the Obama Presidential Center. Her artistic brilliance shines through — and the way she infused such life and joy into the piece is truly extraordinary. We love it, and we think everyone who visits the… pic.twitter.com/3raI6ac2cj

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 15, 2026

Meanwhile though, many supporters on Twitter posted Michelle Obama appreciation messages as a way of letting the former First Lady know that she has their support and respect for what she has done to bring positive change to America. Here are a few.

 

A picture full of wealthy, intelligent, talented, beautiful, successful, happy Black Excellence! Love you all! #BlackExcellence #BlackWealth #BlackSuccess #BlackBeauty pic.twitter.com/fmmpb3xMhn

— Black, Blessed & Unbothered (@MelanatedTalk) June 16, 2026

Harvard and Princeton graduate, Grammy winner, and former First Lady Michelle Obama appreciation post pic.twitter.com/rfzedjOGFP

— chiky handler (@chiky_handlr) June 15, 2026

It did my heart so much good yesterday when we all came to Michelle’s defense. Post after post of beautiful pictures of her were all you saw on Twitter yesterday. I hope Michelle was able to see our support also to know how much she is loved and respected as our first lady. 🤗 pic.twitter.com/ZQu90Ib2xV

— Jerseygirl #FBR 🟧 (@gggirl924) June 16, 2026

Amazing scholar
Amazing mother
Amazing FLOTUS
Amazing class

AMAZING WOMAN

Who agrees? Who disagrees? And why? pic.twitter.com/9KziTaVJmr

— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) June 15, 2026

pic.twitter.com/2qOjSxELyN

— Dr. Karen (@KarMcR) June 15, 2026

Michelle Obama appreciation post, our forever First Lady. 💙 pic.twitter.com/n1f8QxFMXH

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) June 16, 2026

Black people didn’t ask any questions. We just woke up this morning, saw the timeline & was like “we ride at dawn!” I love us, man.

Forever riding for Barack & Michelle Obama 🖤 pic.twitter.com/y0QqAdX6xu

— SIMONE (@alwaysimone) June 15, 2026

Michelle Obama on the covers of Vogue.

She was everything a First Lady should be.

I stand with Michelle Obama!

Who is with me? ✋ pic.twitter.com/R0uO3qcHBW

— 💙Brittney💙 (@AZ_Brittney) June 15, 2026

This beautiful intelligent successful powerful woman lives rent free in the minds of the most rabid filthy racist bigots in society. She’s enjoying a wonderful life whilst they attack her for being more than they could ever dream of. pic.twitter.com/2EfzeM0qq4

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) June 15, 2026

No insult can shrink a woman whose legacy is already larger than the people attacking her. #clockit @ufc pic.twitter.com/aIAZSl23YI

— Holly Robinson Peete 💃🏾♍️ (@hollyrpeete) June 15, 2026

Perfect response from Jamie Foxx pic.twitter.com/CVZnvvqSVH

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) June 15, 2026

Elegance, Class, Beauty and Intelligence. They hate you because they could never achieve a fraction of what you have achieved. Much Respect Forever First Lady #MichelleObama pic.twitter.com/NXmdWyYbGO

— Etan Thomas (@etanthomas36) June 15, 2026

pic.twitter.com/joIXREbdGd

— Chantel Morris (@Chantelmorris) June 15, 2026

Flood the timeline with Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama earned degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law, served as First Lady, became a bestselling author, and inspired millions around the world.

Today, WE post Michelle Obama. pic.twitter.com/ljKJI6F0VG

— The Notorious JTB (@then0toriousjtb) June 15, 2026

After hearing what was said about Michelle Obama at the White House last night, I can’t stay silent.

She’s a Princeton- and Harvard-educated attorney, a former First Lady, and a global example of intelligence, grace, and elegance.

I’m speaking up because she taught us: *“When… pic.twitter.com/IDhNTdCU9M

— Sean Pittman (@SeanPittman) June 15, 2026

The jealousy is just delicious.
Michelle Obama:
Princeton University graduate
Harvard Law School graduate
Attorney
Hospital executive
Public servant
Bestselling author
Former First Lady of the United States
One of the most admired women on the planet pic.twitter.com/EttZR1rHcG

— Fly Sistah 🪷 (@Fly_Sistah) June 15, 2026

Video: Fox News tries to bash Pride Month, ends up proving how fun and harmless it actually is

Fox News pundit Jesse Watters inadvertently shows the truth about Pride Month instead of the dangerous image his network was attempting to conjure up.

From a friend of mine on Twitter come this clip. 

This attempt by Fox News's Jesse Watters to denigrate Pride Month and LGBTQ people in general actually does the opposite. Who doesn't like a good salsa party and a dance competition?  Apparently, the only people who need to be fearful of Pride Month are uncoordinated, party-spoiling white conservatives . . . yeah, I said it.

Jesse Watters featured a segment he thought might make LGBTQ folks look bad - adults dancing to salsa music, adults doing acrobatic vogue moves and a mayor saying kind words about LGBTQ people. Watters failed. These clips are amazing. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 pic.twitter.com/5GfUgwZPjO

— Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) June 10, 2026

Related post - Fox host rages at mindblowing videos of LGBTQ+ people dancing

Nancy Mace crashes in gubernatorial primary. Social media is mercilessly petty.

South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace lost Tuesday night in the GOP primary for governor, and it wasn't even close:

Nancy Mace didn't just lose South Carolina's GOP primary for governor: She cratered, finishing fifth and failing to carry even her own district—a striking collapse for a Republican once framed as a rising star, reports the Washington Post. Her defeat caps a years-long arc in which the 2020 House recruit went from moderate Trump-skeptic to MAGA ally to near-total isolation, according to former aides, allies, and colleagues who describe a pattern of sharp ideological pivots, attention-grabbing stunts, and broken relationships. 

 As the excerpt details, Mace is an infamous figure in the halls of Congress for not only her ridiculous stunts, but her vicious attacks on trans people and their allies. The irony is that she vocally supported the LGBTQ community - including trans people - in the early days of her career. Her 90-degree switch and other bizarre incidents (including wild accusations by former members of her staff) left Mace the subject of many whispers and with very few friends.

The part I mentioned about Mace having very few friends is an understatement when one witnesses how people on social media responded to her loss. 

Mace sent out the following tweet earlier:

Say what you want about us, but at least we've never been confused about what gender we are, and we'd never marry our brother.

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) June 10, 2026

Some of the "more polite" responses have been the following:

    

Nancy Mace has been married twice and engaged three times, but all those relationships ended in heartbreak. She is just jealous of Omar because she still has a job.

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) June 10, 2026

She spent her whole campaign rage tweeting against trans people instead of knocking on doors, got fifth place, and is still rage tweeting about trans people.

Get a life and a real job Nancy.

— Michael O’Brien (@DrOBrienMD) June 10, 2026

pic.twitter.com/pZdXhvLMOA

— willhausen (@thejurassicwill) June 10, 2026

New Job: Bathroom Monitor pic.twitter.com/JC67oBFD8M

— The Ginger Man (@shroganaw) June 10, 2026

pic.twitter.com/0hDWJfaLGI

— Chevelle Pfeiffer💨 #smokefleet 💨 (@ChevellePfeif) June 10, 2026

"Random crotch check, libtard... show me your genitals." pic.twitter.com/lp7mXa7zsR

— TanMatt (@Matt5Tan) June 10, 2026

Oh Mancy at it again huh. Now that you lost the chance to be governor, you’ll finally get that treasured position of bathroom/hall guard. pic.twitter.com/Vp7u208LWL

— VET AGAINST THE RADICAL RIGHT (@ResistNow8686) June 10, 2026

marrying your brother is what your state is famous for! adios!!!! pic.twitter.com/8tRuCSpgoR

— AZ Chicano for Harris (@ChicanoDevil) June 10, 2026

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— Mike (@Irish28494) June 10, 2026

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Nancy Mace's backtrack on gay marriage support proves that she is a political opportunist with the integrity of a dead slug

Nancy Mace - 'I'm a proud transphobe.' Social media - 'That ain't all you are, honey.'

Anti-trans Congresswoman Nancy Mace now waging war against single-stall unisex restrooms

Nancy Mace becomes social media laughingstock after questionable claim of assault by 'pro-trans man' 

Nancy Mace claims she was assaulted by a 'pro-trans man.' A witness says she's lying.

Nancy Mace gets angry at reporter for interrupting her transphobic publicity wave with questions about Boeing layoffs in South Carolina 

Targeting of trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride is latest stunt of publicity-hungry Nancy Mace

 

Religious right leader who allegedly felt that AIDS was 'God's punishment' now condemning James Talarico's take on the Bible

Democratic senatorial candidate James Talarico (first picture) has been condemned by religious right leader Gary Bauer (second picture) for his progressive take on the Bible.

Republicans and their allies in the religious right are apprehensive about November's senatorial election in Texas. The party has held the Texas senate seat for a long time. but there are now rumblings of a possible upset. 

The Democratic challenger, James Talarico, is gaining popularity due to what has been called his "progressive take" on Christianity. He emphasizes the values of Christianity which embodies kindness, love, and compassion.

 In comparison, the Republican challenger, state attorney general Ken Paxton is embracing a hardcore conservative take on Christianity which is popular with conservative evangelicals while juggling a sordid history of scandals.

Republicans and the religious right are ignoring Paxton's scandals while making comments either ridiculing Talarico or condemning his progressive view on Christianity. 

Take long time religious right leader Gary Bauer for example:

Religious Right activist Gary Bauer warns that Democrats are trying to "steal the Bible" by nominating James Talarico for the U.S. Senate in Texas: "They're trying to distort what the Bible says in order to use it to justify their far-left policies." pic.twitter.com/7EU5AlG408

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 8, 2026

I've written about Bauer on numerous occasions because I've felt that not enough attention has been paid to his history of weaponizing Christianity into a tool of hate, particularly against LGBTQ people. In that regard, Bauer deserves a special chapter all to himself. And it has to do with how he allegedly undermined fighting the AIDS crisis while working in the Reagan Administration.

The following is from a post I published on November 25, 2014, and I think it puts not only this senatorial race, but the idea of just who is misusing Scripture in perspective:

According to Right Wing Watch:

Anyone who is familiar with Gary Bauer's anti-gay extremism will not be surprised to learn that his bigotry goes way back. Just in time for World AIDS Day, we now know that when Bauer was working in the Reagan White House, he fought hard to keep gay people off the nation’s first AIDS commission.

Right Wing Watch published part of a memo he sent to Reagan regarding this:

 3. Millions of Americans try to raise their children to believe that homosexuality is immoral. In many states homosexual practices are illegal, including sodomy. For you to appoint a known homosexual to a Presidential Commission will give homosexuality a stamp of acceptability. It will drive a wedge between us and many of our socially conservative supporters. 

4. While it is true that homosexuals have been major victims of AIDS, they are also responsible for its spread. Recent students show the average gay man with AIDS has had over 150 different sexual partners in the previous 12 months. 

Bauer proposed instead appointing a relative of someone with AIDS, or a caregiver, or as a last resort, a “reformed” homosexual: “that is, someone not currently living a gay life style. We have identified several individuals that meet that criteria.”

 In the end, Reagan ignored Bauer’s pleadings and appointed Frank Lilly, an openly gay geneticist, to the Presidential Commission on the HIV Epidemic.

Right Wing Watch also goes on to say that Bauer undermined the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Reagan Administration by keeping then Surgeon General C. Everett Koop from gaining access to the Reagan and the cabinet after the president asked Koop to prepare a report on AIDS.

Bauer’s role as an anti-gay zealot in the Reagan White House was also revealed in "Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite" by D. Michael Lindsay.

As Kyle reported back in 2010, the book says Bauer interfered with the efforts of Surgeon General C. Everett Koop when he was tasked with drafting a report on AIDS for President Reagan:

 [In 1986] President Reagan asked the surgeon general to prepare a report on AIDS as the United States confirmed its ten-thousandth case. Leaders of the evangelical movement did not want Koop to write the report, nor did senior White House staffers who shared Koop's evangelical convictions. As Dr. Koop related to me, "Gary Bauer [Reagan's chief advisor on domestic policy] ... was my nemesis in Washington because he kept me from the president. He kept me from the cabinet and he set up a wall of enmity between me and most of the people that surrounded Reagan because he believed that anybody who had AIDS ought to die with it. That was God's punishment for them." 

It is also worth knowing that after leaving the Reagan Administration, Bauer became the first president of an anti-gay group we all know well - the Family Research Council. Under Bauer's leadership, the organization created an ugly catalogue of homophobic lies and cherry-picked science which eventually led it to be designated in 2010 as an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Outfest in Columbia SC sizzled, rocked, and represented for Pride Month 2026!

Pride Month is upon us and as usual, my state of South Carolina ALWAYS represents. 

This year was no different with the annual Outfest event held in the capital city of Columbia. The Outfest pageant this year was a rock and roll theme and needless to say, contestants came to win. Below are pictures of the festivities with some added commentary by yours truly where needed. Click on the pictures to see them at full-size.

Outfest was a huge success and a wonderful precursor to our main Pride celebration held in October.

My second favorite picture of the day.  Pride Month and basic visibility is necessary for the next generation.

And now I will have to interject some commentary. This contestant is wearing a flesh-toned body suit under the straps and is in no way anywhere near nude. I felt the need to clarify this because unfortunately, there are a horde of predatory "social media influencers" looking to exploit anything they can to pass along a lie about "half naked people gyrating in front of children" during Pride events. Also, SC Pride, the host of Outfest, has a very STRICT policy with regards to that sort of thing.

Affirming churches and church leaders were in attendance and I love this. It refutes the lie that LGBTQ people have no religious foundation. Come on folks, it's the South. Religion is the cornerstone of the Southern identity whether or not you are an LGBTQ person. And on a personal level, it was my faith which helped me accept who I am as a gay man.

My FAVORITE picture. It can be viewed in two ways - 1. A bunch of LGBTQ folks and our allies minding our own business and enjoying the day. Or 2. "The Council of the Kings and Queens" are judging you, so bring it or go home.

Even Deadpool showed up and showed out. Those who are comic book fans should already know that Deadpool is "family."