Video - Six Myths About Bisexuality

 

This blog doesn't talk about anti-bisexual lies and that's my fault. For that, I apologize. Myths about bisexual men and women are very prevalent and that includes in the LGBTQ community at large. I don't think I even gave it as much thought as I should have until watching this video. It features an online buddy of mine, Christian LGBTQ activist Justin Lee (or you can call him GeekyJustin) calling out six myths about the bisexual community. I bet you'll be surprised about how many you unconsciously believed or took for granted.

'Two transgender children sue Tennessee over school bathroom law' & other Wed midday news briefs

Two transgender children sue Tennessee over school bathroom law - Good. Make them defend their ridiculous laws.

2 dads say teachers at a New York school blamed their gay son for the 'horrific' homophobic bullying he endured and now they are suing for 'justice' - I swear that some folks are going to have to learn the hard way about how they treat our kids.

From ‘kiss of death’ to competitive edge: Out athletes finally score big endorsements - About time. 

‘It doesn’t leave you’: the toxic toll of LGBTQ+ conversion therapy - Painful but much needed conversation.

Olympic Diver Jordan Windle Credits & Thanks Gay Dad For His Success - Awwww! I'm not crying at all.

Religious right author claims COVID-19 is God's punishment for attempted 'recruitment' of kids by LGBTQ community

Religious right author William Koenig claims that God is punishing America with the COVID-19 pandemic because LGBTQ people are allegedly trying to recruit children. 

It was bound to happen. The LGBTQ community has been blamed for the coronavirus pandemic. The religious are always blaming us for calamities, natural disasters, etc. so this is not a surprise. Except for the fact that it took so long.

From Right Wing Watch:

 

End Times author William Koenig was a guest on Jan Markell’s “Understand The Times” radio program Sunday, where he claimed that the global COVID-19 pandemic was the judgment of God on the United States for its tolerance of the LGBTQ community. Koenig has built a career out of chronicling the ways in which God supposedly sends natural disasters to America as punishment for failing to stand with Israel, which was precisely what he blamed the COVID-19 pandemic on last year. 

But on Sunday, Koenig asserted that the pandemic was now God’s judgment for American culture being “so pro-LGBT.” When Markell said that LGBTQ activists are trying to get children to “question their sexuality so they can be groomed and be evangelized,” Koenig readily agreed.

“I really sense that COVID is part of the judgment,” Koenig said. “We had a national shutdown last summer. We had every major sports league that favored the LGBT agenda, that even took on states for their bathroom bills. When you think about Hollywood was shut down. We thought fashion was shut down. Retail was shut down. All these areas that were so pro-LGBT, the COVID shut them down, and I don’t know if they’ll ever recover.”

 “Don’t touch the children,” he continued. “This crosses the line. It is tragic to see what they’re doing, and our God is going to respond even greater. This is judgment. This is a pattern of judgment. Everything about this fits the pattern of judgment; I’m sorry, there’s no other way to put it.”

It goes without saying how much nonsense Koenig is full of. I have a couple of ways to put it but I can't voice any of them without being vulgar.  (Okay, I got one - I wonder who Koenig blames his face on. No offense, that is one ugly man. Aaaaand I'm done.)

'Soccer player Quinn becomes first out trans athlete to win medal at Olympics' & other Tue midday news briefs

Soccer player Quinn becomes first out trans athlete to win a medal at the Olympics - Happy for her. Not happy that her team beat Team USA for the honor. 

Biden Nominates Lesbian Rabbi to Religious Freedom Commission - Nice! Religious freedom goes both ways. 

Ghana poised to vote on ‘worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever,’ advocates warn - Mercy! Some folks love messing with us. 

Nonprofits working to get LGBTQ vaccinated against COVID-19 - Damn right. Get vaccinated, y'all.

DaBaby credits God for making him an “icon” after homophobic remarks, Twitter responds accordingly - This did NOT end well for him.

Family Research Council undermines vaccinations while giving a passive-aggressive defense of Jan 6th insurrectionists

Tony Perkins and his group, the Family Research Council, are undermining Biden's efforts to curtail the COVID pandemic and defending the Jan 6 insurrectionists

When the Family Research Council is not demonizing LGBTQ people or scaring people specifically about transgender Americans, the hate group walks a fine line between undermining the fight against the COVID pandemic and, believe it or not, defending the Jan 6 insurrectionists.

Displaying the same accusatory verbiage it uses to portray LGBTQ people as evil outsiders attempting to put Christians in jail, 'recruit children,' and cause general chaos, FRC president Tony Perkins  pushes nonsense that somehow President Biden is exploiting the pandemic to attack individual freedoms:

Joe Biden isn't a doctor, and he's certainly not your doctor. But that hasn't stopped the president of the United States from making every Americans' health decisions for them. The "scare-monger in chief," as former Civil Rights Division leader Roger Severino calls him, has decided that when it comes to COVID, the facts, the law, and the science don't matter. You will be vaccinated, this Democratic leadership says -- and surrender every constitutional right to privacy, employment, personal safety, and free speech until you do.

But that's just the prelude. In the same Washington Update, Perkins gave  a passive-aggressive defense of those who attacked the nation's Capitol on Jan 6 seeking to overturn Biden's victory in the 2020 election:

If you think China and North Korea are the only countries with "political prisoners," think again. According to some conservatives in Congress, some of the January 6th rioters have been held in jail for months under what they consider abusive conditions. At a press conference earlier this week, Republicans warned about the possible mistreatment of some defendants and demanded that they be treated fairly. "If they're guilty, they need to be charged accordingly," 

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) told the Washington Times, "but they need to be treated just like any other criminal." Stories continue to circulate that even the "nonviolent trespassers" have been put in solitary confinement for several hours a day. "Sadly, two systems of justice exist in America today," Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) (a former state judge) argued, "one for former President Trump along with those who support or don't hate him, and the other for everyone else." His colleague, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) agreed. "To my knowledge, none have been charged for insurrection, so I don't consider them insurrectionists."

Perkins seems to have no problem quoting members of Congress who went out of their way to minimize the damage or outright lie about what these insurrectionists did to our country with their violent attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Here are several facts he didn't mention about these lawmakers:

• Rep. Gohmert has downplayed the events of Jan 6th by inaccurately claiming that the insurrectionists were not armed. The fact of the matter is they were armed.

• Rep. Thomas Massie voted against legislation awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to officers who defended the Capitol because he objected to the incident being called an insurrection.

• Rep. Gosar has not only lied about the Jan 6 insurrection by calling the participants peaceful, he has also attempted to make one of them, Ashli Babbitt, into a martyr. Babbitt was shot and killed on that day as she attempted to crawl through a window at the entrance of the Speaker's Lobby. Gosar - and others - have falsely claimed that she was executed for murdered. 

If these legislators bent over backwards to either lie about the Jan 6 insurrection or undermine the damage it did, why should their complaints about the insurrectionists receive any credibility?  That's definitely a question one should ask Perkins. 

And on that same note, he should also be asked just whose side is his organization on with regards to COVID-19 and the Jan 6th insurrection.

Because it's damn sure not  America's side. 

'Christian adoption agency gets 'canceled' for serving LGBTQ people' & other Mon midday news briefs

Christian adoption agency gets canceled by fundamentalists for serving LGBTQ people - So "religious freedom" only counts if used against LGBTQ people. Who knew? 

This Family Is Leaving Texas Because of Anti-Trans Bills - This right here is simply wrong. And it's probably an intended result, though. 

How Lendale Johnson Is Changing Tennis for Black Gay Players - Oh? 

Lollapalooza music festival cancels DaBaby performance after homophobic remarks - Between u and me though, I don't like the idea of this festival in general in the middle of a pandemic. Making homophobic remarks may have actually benefitted DaBaby. Wouldn't that be . . . something.

Olympic silver medalist Raven Saunders wasn't protesting. She was celebrating.

Everyone (and we do mean EVERYONE) needs to hear this👇

Thank you, @GiveMe1Shot, for sharing such an emotional and POWERFUL message 👏👏👏#OlympicHERstory | #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/t5gxSrkHw3

— On Her Turf (@OnHerTurf) August 1, 2021

The 2021 Olympic games will be remembered for how many times LGBTQ athletes stood up, gave notice, and showed out. Here is one time really close to my heart because it touches so many levels which affects me personally:

Olympic silver medalist Raven Saunders celebrates her win with a shout out to the LGBTQ, African-American, and all other oppressed communities.

Team USA’s Raven Saunders used her second-place win in Tokyo to speak up for the “oppressed,” she said, likely violating Olympics rules on political protest during the games. Saunders, 25, raised her hands in an "X" formation above her head on Sunday during a photo op at the podium following the medal ceremony where she accepted the silver for the women’s shot put event. 

When asked what the symbol meant, she told the Associated Press, “it’s the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet.” "Shout out to all my Black people. Shout out to all my LGBTQ community. Shout out to all my people dealing with mental health," Saunders said. She later spoke to reporters about how meaningful the win was for her, having struggled with financial hardship and depression.

 Saunders, a native of South Carolina and who is openly gay, said her win was about so much more than herself. “I feel amazing, because I know I'm going to inspire so many people,” Saunders said. “About to inspire so many young girls, so many young boys, so many LGBTQ people, people who have battled suicide. So many people would have almost given up...it's not, it's not just about me.”

Some folks, petty little children they are, may be whining about what she did but who cares. This time and this moment belongs to Saunders. She earned it. Saunders wasn't protesting. She was celebrating.

Related post - Raven Saunders: What the Olympian's X protest means to her