Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Analyzing and refuting the inaccuracies lodged against the lgbt community by religious conservative organizations. Lies in the name of God are still lies.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Reasons why the 'sanctity' of proms MUST be preserved from Constance McMillen

I'm having the misfortune of being ill today, which means no long expositories on the evils of the religious right. But just because I...

Porno Pete strikes again and other Wednesday midday news briefs

Peter LaBarbera's Sexual Orientation Test - Read if you want a good laugh. Mississippi Strikes Again (At Another Innocent Young Lesbi...

Undercover at an ex-gay camp

Ted Cox, a writer at AlterNet, spent a weekend undercover at "Journey into Manhood,” a 48-hour weekend retreat designed to help gay men...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Lgbt employment protection? Absolutely not. Ugly anti-gay comments at work? Sure.

Apparently the idea that lgbts should be afforded decent job protections scares the right-wing Family Research Council. I recently receive...

'Straight pride' event flops miserably and other Tuesday midday news briefs

Former leader of Exodus International denounces ex-gay claims I haven't been this surprised since I found out that Liberace was gay....

Why gay marriage is 'wrong'

A hilarious look at the arguments AGAINST marriage equality:

Monday, April 26, 2010

'Men hand-in-hand skipping down to adoption centers to 'pick out' a little boy for themselves'

A fellow barista at Pam's House Blend sent this to me via email. It's by Eugene Delgaudio, a District Supervisor in Sterling, V...

What if the tea party movement was black? and other Monday midday news briefs

SLDN launches 'Stories from the Frontlines: Letters to President Barack Obama' - An excellent idea and not just to President Obama ...

Study: Bullies 'love' lgbt youngsters

Something to remember the next time someone on the right talks about how anti-bullying laws are a covert way to push the so-called homosexu...

Saturday, April 24, 2010

When defending anti-gay lunacy, personal attacks are the order of the day

In my post earlier this week regarding the Traditional Values Coalition's Andrea Lafferty expressing pride with TVC being designated as...

Video: Gays are too promiscuous and disease-ridden to be 'worthy' of marriage

A Facebook buddy of mine brought this video to my attention. The video is homophobia under the guise of "being scientific" in...

Friday, April 23, 2010

Know Your LGBT History - Strange Fruit

Usually during my Know Your LGBT History segments, I talk about past images of lgbts in the media. This one is not necessarily an old ...

Andrea Lafferty takes time out to pick on Muslims, and other Friday midday news briefs

Kentucky Supreme Court Nixes Public Aid To Religious School - Discriminate against gays all you want, but don't expect to get lgbt tax ...

South Carolina Black Pride celebrates its fifth anniversary with ‘Nothing But Love’

South Carolina’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender of color community will be out and proud when SC Black Pride celebrate its fifth an...

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Andrea Lafferty - I'm proud to be a member of a hate group

From my online buddy Jeremy Hooper comes an interesting comment from the Traditional Values Coalition's Andrea Lafferty. She was comm...

Barney Frank, GetEqual, and other interesting Thursday midday news briefs

Shocker: Rep. Frank has contrarian opinions which he's not afraid to share - Naturally Frank totally disagrees with GetEqual's acti...

Black pastor declares war on Democractic party over gay rights while I laugh my ass off

According to the right-wing One News Now , a black pastor is starting a new political action group because he says the Democratic party doe...

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

How to scare the bejesus out of Christians with a failed game plan

When I saw this Family Research Council graphic about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act ( ENDA - which would simply provide workplace p...

TVC, Lafferty misrepresent stories about transgender teachers and other Wednesday midday news briefs

Andrea Lafferty spins lies against transgender teachers to hurt ENDA - I ran this before but after yesterday's appearance on CBS in whi...

Family Research Council getting extremely 'scary' about ENDA

Talk about your drastic images. It's courtesy of the Family Research Council concerning ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act). Actu...

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About Me

BlackTsunami: Columbia, South Carolina, United States; Alvin McEwen is 54-year-old African-American gay man who resides in Columbia, SC. McEwen's blog, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters, and writings have been mentioned by various blogs and news sources such as The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, The Washington Blade, and Foxnews.com. In addition, he is also a past contributor to Pam's House Blend, LGBTQ Nation, Alternet, Daily Kos and the Huffington Post. McEwen is a 2017 GLAAD Media Award recipient and a seven-time nominee. He is the 2007 recipient of the Harriet Daniels Hancock Volunteer of the Year Award and the 2010 recipient of the Order of the Pink Palmetto from the SC Pride Movement as well as the 2009 recipient of the Audre Lorde/James Baldwin Civil Rights Activist Award from SC Black Pride.

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