'Politico article claims religious right tried to influence three SCOTUS justices through meals & entertainment' & other Tue midday news briefs

Along with the late Antonin Scalia, the religious right have been engaging in an extensive program to influence two other SCOTUS justices through meals and entertainment. Guess who they are?

‘Operation Higher Court’: Inside the religious right’s efforts to wine and dine Supreme Court justices​ - We need to recognize that all of this stuff we've been doing over the years was merely preliminary. It was a prelude to this. The religious right wants to redo America in it's image. The battle over LGBTQ equality - which they have been losing - was only a small battle in a big war. THAT war is now here. 

Man sues library board over LGBTQ & antiracism books. He has the nuttiest argument possible. - And he hasn't read any of the books. But of course he hasn't. 

 14 LGBTQ+ Pride Celebrations Held in Rural or Small-Town America - Cause it's not just about the big cities, y'all. We are everywhere.

Is the word 'women' being erased from the abortion rights movement? - With all due respect, I hope that women don't buy that nonsense that they are being erased. It's not true. It's like a gender version of that racist replacement theory. 

Famed designer Jean Paul Gaultier’s advice to younger gay men on aging - It's good advice.

Family Research Council manipulates the IRS to have it declared a church while continuing to dip into politics

How's this for a kick in the teeth? According to the investigative journalism site ProPublica, anti-LGBTQ hate group the Family Research Council is now considered a church by the IRS: 

 The Family Research Council’s multimillion-dollar headquarters sit on G Street in Washington, D.C., just steps from the U.S. Capitol and the White House, a spot ideally situated for its work as a right-wing policy think tank and political pressure group. 

 From its perch at the heart of the nation’s capital, the FRC has pushed for legislation banning gender-affirming surgery; filed amicus briefs supporting the overturning of Roe v. Wade; and advocated for religious exemptions to civil rights laws. Its longtime head, a former state lawmaker and ordained minister named Tony Perkins, claims credit for pushing the Republican platform rightward over the past two decades. 

 What is the FRC? Its website sums up the answer to this question in 63 words: “A nonprofit research and educational organization dedicated to articulating and advancing a family-centered philosophy of public life. In addition to providing policy research and analysis for the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government, FRC seeks to inform the news media, the academic community, business leaders, and the general public about family issues that affect the nation from a biblical worldview.”

 In the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service, though, it is also a church, with Perkins as its religious leader. 

 According to documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act and given to ProPublica, the FRC filed an application to change its status to an “association of churches,” a designation commonly used by groups with member churches like the Southern Baptist Convention, in March 2020. The agency approved the change a few months later. The FRC is one of a growing list of activist groups to seek church status, a designation that comes with the ability for an organization to shield itself from financial scrutiny. Once the IRS blessed it as an association of churches, the FRC was no longer required to file a public tax return, known as a Form 990, revealing key staffer salaries, the names of board members and related organizations, large payments to independent contractors and grants the organization has made. 

The article goes on to point out how FRC and other groups (such at the Liberty Counsel and the American Family Association) manipulate the IRS rules to have themselves declared as churches so that they can hide their financial matters while also actually politicking such as announcing the event below:

You will notice that in the graphic above, FRC is careful to say that it doesn't sponsor the appearance of any candidate for public office or support any candidate. However, no one is stupid as to how this tilts.

On its webpage sponsoring the event, FRC says:

Join Family Research Council and FRC Action for our second annual Pray Vote Stand Summit! We will equip and encourage believers as we discuss current cultural issues impacting faith, family, and freedom and evaluate these through the lens of a biblical worldview. We will cover important topics like protecting the unborn, the importance of the nuclear family, domestic and international religious liberty, and our education system as well as ways we can act and influence these for the benefit of our families, churches, communities and nation. As we do this, the PVS Summit will encourage believers to embrace the true source of our strength, the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word. Join us as we pray, vote, and stand in these challenging days!

ProPublica's article also points out that complaints were made to the IRS about what FRC was doing, but they have been ignored. Nor did the IRS make any agents available for ProPublica when the site submitted questions to them.

But one portion of the article resonated with me and should resonate with the rest of us as we now see the unashamedly open way FRC and groups like it are expanding their power in the name of Christian nationalism:

The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the FRC, Liberty Counsel and the American Family Association as hate groups for their anti-LGBTQ stances and advocacy. But (the Political Research Associates researcher Fred) Clarkson . . . said focusing on that designation misses the larger sphere of the FRC’s political influence. In recent years, he said, the FRC’s rhetoric and actions have influenced politics away from democracy and in a direction that is “distinctly theocratic.” 

 “Abortion and LGBT issues are not the war,” he said. “They’re battles in the war.”

'Canadian LGBTQ+ youth center attacked by extremist Libs of Tik Tok' & other Mon midday news briefs

Canadian LGBTQ+ youth centre attacked by extremist Libs of Tik-Tok​ - Just a mess. 

Trans woman sues Chick-fil-A after an employee sexually harassed & threatened to beat her up - I hope she wins.

U.N. Steps Up Efforts Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence and Discrimination - We will see. 

Most Texas, Florida voters say transgender youth should have access to gender-affirming care - I'm sure the right will push some lies to blunt that response. '

Haters tried. Haters failed. Paltry protestors doesn't stop popular TX drag show

 

Haters tried. Haters failed.

From MSN:

About 100 activists lined the sidewalk outside of Hamburger Mary's, an LGBTQ-friendly restaurant in downtown, Sunday to stand against a handful of anti-transgender protesters from North Texas who came to demonstrate outside a drag show at the restaurant. 

 The dozen or so protesters with Protect Texas Kids, a group that claims children are being “indoctrinated” by gay and transgender activists, were largely drowned out by boos and chants from the counter-protesters who vastly outnumbered them. “Stop the hate, stop the fear, everyone is welcome here,” the crowd chanted. Soon after the protest started, a small group of men, some of them wearing Nazi regalia, arrived to join the anti-trans protesters, shouting homophobic slurs and Nazi slogans across Prairie Street. 

 . . . Outside the restaurant on Sunday, the 100 or so counter protesters danced along to the disco and funk music booming from Hamburger Mary's, holding up large cloth banners to protect patrons from view and cheering when some of the performers came out to take pictures. The anti-trans demonstrators and counter-protesters lobbed insults at each other from across Praire Street, but the standoff never amounted to a physical confrontation. 

(Kelly) Neidert, a well-known conservative activist, said her group traveled from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, to denounce a performance that she acknowledged was taking place at a privately-owned business, but one that she said was “inherently sexual.” “I don’t think parents should be allowed to take their kids to these events, and I think that there should be a law banning it from happening,” Neidert said. 

 The anti-trans demonstrators left Hamburger Mary’s after about three hours, followed shortly after by the counter-protesters. For the counter-protesters, their large turnout, compared to the paltry showing from the anti-trans demonstrators, was proof that Houstonians would not abide hate.

'Far-right pushing lie that Highland Parker shooter is transgender' & other Fri midday news briefs

Far-right falsely says that the Highland Park shooter is transgender to stop gun control push​ - Here we go again. They did that the last time. And I am aware of how spooky it is for me to say 'the last time.'

Texas trans activist, 11, flees the state after years of advocacy - The family did what it had to do, but it's wrong that they have to go.

‘This is disgusting’: Display at Kansas City church defaced with anti-LGBTQ message - For crying out loud . . . 

Couple parted by the pandemic finally gets their happily ever after - This is soooo sweet! 

New anti-LGBTQ group has me 'GAG'ging with laughter - My post from last night because sometimes the best way to combat homophobia is to point out how ridiculous it is.

New anti-LGBTQ group has me 'GAG'ging with laughter

Have y'all heard of this new anti-LGBTQ group called 'Gays Against Groomers.' The group will have you to believe that it is a coalition of gays who think that the 'radical gays' are making us all look bad supposedly sexualizing and indoctrinating kids. It's the old "America would accept and tolerate LGBTQ people if we didn't try so hard to be outrageous' argument on steroids combined with the even older lie that LGBTQ people are 'recruiting' children.

We know nothing about this group except for how it conveniently sprang up on Twitter out of nowhere, appropriates right-wing lies against LGBTQ people, and that the conservative propaganda industry is trying hard to make it seem legitimate.

I say it's all astroturfed bullshit, probably from the same grimy political crevice which created and funds that droll Libs of TikTok. And like Libs of TikTok, 'Gays Against Groomers' uses the modus operandi of mischaracterizing tweets and slandering people as examples of LGBTQ people supposedly sexualizing children.

Or, as the tweet below shows, making up all sorts of nonsense about LGBTQ people, teachers, and drag queens which borders on parody.

Even the name is a joke. 'Gays Against Groomers' or 'GAG' for short? Does the group even know the irony of it all? It claims to be against sexualization while reeking of sexualization.

 If the group isn't legitimate, it wouldn't surprise me. Far right conservatives have a tract record of making fools of themselves when they attempt to portray themselves as  "appropriate gays." Of course if this group is in any small way legitimate, then it's obvious that its either telegraphing some serious internal homophobia or some serious carnal desires which I suggest its members need to take care of instead of pushing up on the rest of the LGBTQ community.

Hating on us ain't gonna get you laid.

'Facebook, Instagram allowing anti-LBTQ rhetoric to flourish on platforms' & other Thur midday news briefs

Facebook allowed dangerous anti-LGBTQ rhetoric to spread across the platform during Pride Month​ - Bombarding us with madness. 

Instagram is allowing accounts to spew hate at LGBTQ people, while also claiming to support the community - Ugh! On Instagram, too. 

How to Support Drag Queen Story Hour With Community-Led Safety - Don't back down an inch. 

Out pro wrestlers racked up titles during Pride month - Not bad. This is significant because it means that pro wrestling groups see LGBTQ wrestlers as money makers. That's why they booked them to win titles.

Rolling Stone article calls out possible ethical breach between SCOTUS justices and anti-LGBTQ hate group

 

SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas wants to revisit decisions favoring LGBTQ Americans. Rolling Stone magazine just pointed out a possible breach of ethics between him and an anti-LGBTQ hate group.

This article from Rolling Stone magazine needs more attention. It underscores just how brazen far right conservatives and some SCOTUS justices are:

At an evangelical victory party in front of the Supreme Court to celebrate the downfall of Roe v. Wade last week, a prominent Capitol Hill religious leader was caught on a hot mic making a bombshell claim: that she prays with sitting justices inside the high court. “We’re the only people who do that,” Peggy Nienaber said. 

 This disclosure was a serious matter on its own terms, but it also suggested a major conflict of interest. Nienaber’s ministry’s umbrella organization, Liberty Counsel, frequently brings lawsuits before the Supreme Court. In fact, the conservative majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which ended nearly 50 years of federal abortion rights, cited an amicus brief authored by Liberty Counsel in its ruling. 

 In other words: Sitting Supreme Court justices have prayed together with evangelical leaders whose bosses were bringing cases and arguments before the high court. Nienaber is Liberty Counsel’s executive director of DC Ministry, as well as the vice president of Faith & Liberty, whose ministry offices sit directly behind the Supreme Court. She spoke to a livestreamer who goes by Connie IRL, seemingly unaware she was being recorded. 

“You actually pray with the Supreme Court justices?” the livestreamer asked. “I do,” Nienaber said. “They will pray with us, those that like us to pray with them.” She did not specify which justices prayed with her, but added with a chortle, “Some of them don’t!” The livestreamer then asked if Nienaber ministered to the justices in their homes or at her office. Neither, she said. “We actually go in there.”

Here's something which makes it worse. The Liberty Counsel has been called an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center:

With the expansion of equal rights for LGBT people, especially, the Liberty Counsel has come into their own, working to attempt to ensure that Christians can continue to engage in anti-LGBT discrimination in places of business under the guise of “religious liberty.” 

Through lawsuits and its annual Awakening conference in Orlando, the Counsel attempts to enforce the idea that Christian beliefs and law trump all other law. Staver has warned about homosexuality, abortion, and the consequences for Christians who oppose homosexuality and marriage equality, saying they will be targeted for their views. He even went so far as to call for a new revolutionary war as marriage equality advanced. In March of 2015, Staver stated that he would personally advocate disobedience to any U.S. Supreme Court ruling that favored marriage equality, and that “collectively, we cannot accept that as the rule of law.”

 During the 2015 brouhaha over Indiana’s religious freedom law, Staver likened “the homosexual lobby” to terrorists, claiming that “it’s hard to negotiate with people who are irrational and who are inventing things that simply don’t exist.” He has also supported the criminalization of homosexuality both in the U.S. and in other countries, stating in one instance that Malawi’s anti-homosexuality laws were in its “own best interests” after the U.S. reportedly withheld monetary aid to the country because of its efforts to outlaw homosexuality.

 In the Counsel’s amicus curiae brief in the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas lawsuit in which the Supreme Court decriminalized sodomy, the attorneys writing (including Staver) called for the court to uphold anti-sodomy laws, stating that “This Court again should decline to deprive states of the power to enact statutes that proscribe harmful and immoral conduct.” The Liberty Counsel went on to say that statistical evidence “demonstrates, however, that those who engage in homosexual conduct are at increased risk for numerous diseases as compared to heterosexuals.”

What the Liberty Counsel has done in the past to attack LGBTQ rights deserves special attention, particularly in light of recent comments by Justice Clarence Thomas that the court should revisit decisions made for LGBTQ people, including the outlawing of the sodomy laws. According to the Rolling Stone article, Thomas was as one of the justices the group prayed with. 

'Gay Missouri legislature candidate refuses to back down from homophobes' & other Wed midday news briefs

This gay Missouri legislature candidate refuses to back down from homophobes - Good for him!

Conservative Dominance of Talk Radio is a Threat to Democracy​ - Yep. And you just know they are manipulating the engine. 

Macy Gray goes on anti-transgender rant: Changing “your parts doesn’t make you a woman” - Just too damn simplistic. That's the problem. Folks don't want to listen because they are too busy trying to simplify a complex situation. 

SCOTUS ruling on abortion has LGBTQ families concerned about their rights - Somewhere that bitter old Clarence Thomas is wetting his pants in glee.

Ugliness of homophobia, transphobia must always be revealed

Every group has to deal with stereotypes created out of prejudices. And of course that includes LGBTQ people. 

I made a short list:

We are trying to recruit children

We like lots of sex, the unhealthiest the better

We are disease ridden individuals

We are criminals

We hate Christians 

It's same message Anita Bryant pushed in the 70s, the Moral Majority pushed in the 80s, the religious right pushed in the 90s, and the same message we are being bombarded with today by people like Ron DeSantis, Christopher Rufo, Seth Dillon, and the rest of that bunch.

And like in the past, it's being prettied up and disguised behind the veneer of parental rights, protecting the children, religious liberty or whatever boardroom concept conservatives have dreamed up. But as difficult as it is, we must never forget the rip off the mask every chance we get and expose just what we're dealing with.

When you rip away the disguise, below is what you see. Lies, lies, and more lies.

Links to comics are here. Trigger alert warning.

'Bisexual daughter cuts ties to her dad for being anti-LGBTQ state senator' & other Tue midday news briefs

Bisexual daughter cuts ties to her dad. He’s a GOP state senator who is “taking my rights” away​ - Ouch! But she was well within her rights.

Brittney Griner Writes Plea to Biden, Fears Being Detained Forever - We haven't forgotten about this. 

Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling - And I don't blame any of them for doing this. Better safe than sorry. 

Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Take Effect in Five More States - We haven't forgotten about these either. 

President Biden slams Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill as it becomes law -Nor this trashy law.

'The GOP is terrorizing LGBTQ youth. But the kids are fighting back' & other Fri midday news briefs

The GOP Is Terrorizing LGBTQ+ Youth, But the Kids Are Fighting Back - I love these kids. They got more gumption and discipline than some of us older folks.

As Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law takes effect, schools roll out LGBTQ restrictions - DeSantis and company lied when they claimed none of this would happen. It's happening. 

Outlets like The New Yorker keep giving Chris Rufo a platform to spread dangerous propaganda about LGBTQ people​ - They may not realize it but they are helping to mainstream homophobia and basic bigotry. 

UK bank tells customers upset over pronouns on staff badges to take their money elsewhere - Sweet!!

Is Pinkwashing the Future of Post-Roe America? - Don't even TRY it.

Video: Queer Movie Moments That Changed Our Lives

 

We've had a month full of celebration coupled with alarm and fear. But let's never forget who we are or where we came from. And also let's take time out to enjoy the little things which mean a lot, such as the above video which looks at Queer Movie Moments That Changed Our Lives. It's by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. How many of these movies have you seen? Is there any you think should have been included.

'Anti-LGBTQ GOP candidate continues to dig hole in feud with drag queen who was once her friend' & other Thur midday news briefs

Kari Lake

This drag queen had the best response to an anti-LGBTQ Republican threatening a lawsuit - I am enjoying the Kari Lake vs. drag queen feud. Kari continues to dig that hole. 

Inside Eureka Springs, the Bible Belt's LGBTQ oasis - Well this is interesting . ..

LGBTQ lawmakers win primaries in 3 states​ - Not bad at all. More of us should run for office. 

Exclusive: Vice President Harris Hosts Historic LGBTQ+ Pride Reception - Even though I won't probably EVER be invited to one of these things, it's good to see us at a point in which we are acknowledged as who we are on that level. 

For anti-abortion LGBTQ groups, Roe's reversal is a 'human rights victory' - And they don't believe that SCOTUS will go after LGBTQ rights next. Okay, I am saving this article for posterity. Simply for posterity.

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims gun control laws would hinder people from stopping 'the trans agenda on kids'

Marjorie Taylor Greene

A tweet by the always annoying Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene deserves more scrutiny.

From LGBTQNation:

Last week, the Senate passed a bill to reduce gun violence that included a provision to incentivize states to pass red flag laws, which allow judges to temporarily take guns away from people who are determined to be dangerous. Greene said that this is bad because conservatives who threaten transgender people could be disarmed under such laws. She said that the laws “will be a tool to disarm any gun owner that wants to stop abortion, the trans agenda on kids, mass illegal migration, & big government oppression suffocating our families, faith & freedoms.”

 

Passing red flag laws was not a solution by Democrats to stop mass shootings, it will be a tool to disarm any gun owner that wants to stop abortion, the trans agenda on kids, mass illegal migration, & big government oppression suffocating our families, faith, & freedoms.

1/10

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) June 25, 2022

 Why does she feel that people need guns to stop any of those things she mentioned, particularly the supposed 'trans agenda on kids?' 

More importantly, why isn't anyone demanding an answer from her to that question?

'TX attorney general willing to spearhead SCOTUS case to criminalize sodomy again' & other Wed midday news briefs

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton

Texas AG willing to spearhead Supreme Court case to criminalize sodomy again​ - Forget it, Kenny boy. 

Homophobia Forces Kentucky's Teacher of the Year to Resign - Damn.

Safe-space clubs for LGBTQ students increasingly targeted by right-wing activists - Of course this was the next in line. 

Rising share of Americans say gender determined by birth-assigned sex, poll finds - A lot good but still work to do, particularly with educating people about trans athletes.

Remembering all of the times Franklin Graham and other conservative evangelicals kissed Donald Trump's a$$

Conservative evangelicals aren't weighing on the latest shocking revelations about Donald Trump, while enjoying the goodies he gave them.

As further news of how unhinged Trump was during the Jan 6th insurrection comes out, one group seems to be omitting itself. The religious right, while celebrating how Trump's SCOTUS picks led the way in overturning Roe v Wade, have been fairly silent as the country learns just close we came to complete chaos on that momentous day.

And that's ironic, seeing how many times Franklin Graham, the Family Research Council and others kissed Trump's butt and defended his behavior every time he gave them something they wanted:

Franklin Graham alone deserves his own wing in the Trump ass-kissing museum:

If Graham and the rest were true religious leaders, they would have something to say about the revelations we are learning about Trump.  They won't because they are too busy celebrating the goodies they traded their integrity for in giving him their unwavering support. And while they won't admit it publicly, I bet a lot of them are telling themselves it was all worth it to get Roe v Wade overturned.

'Lil Nas X's team says BET producer called his 2021 same sex kiss 'f@ked up'' & other Tue midday news briefs

Lil Nas X

Lil Nas X’s team says a BET producer called his famous 2021 same-sex kiss ‘f**ked up’​ - I don't doubt this happen at all. 

Tom Daley Is 'Furious' Over International Swimming's Trans Ban - Good. We need more people willing to get vocal about it. 

 Arrests in Istanbul as LGBTQ marchers try to defy Pride ban - The struggle is real and it is universal. 

How LGBTQ Voices are Being Erased in Classrooms - That's the goal.

'Uncle Clarence' Thomas willing to sacrifice freedom of the press to go after 'the gays'

Justice Clarence Thomas wants you to believe that he is as crochety as he looks here.

This Supreme Court term has been a disaster on all levels, especially its boneheaded decision to overturn Roe V Wade.  There is one precedent the court didn't overturn, however. But if one crochety justice had his way, it would have.

From The Hill:

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday expressed a desire to revisit a landmark 1964 ruling that makes it relatively difficult to bring successful lawsuits against media outlets for defamation. Thomas’s statement came in response to the court’s decision to turn away an appeal from a Christian nonprofit group who disputed their characterization by the civil rights watchdog group Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). 

 Coral Ridge Ministries Media sued the SPLC for defamation for listing them as a hate group on their public database, which led to Amazon excluding Coral Ridge as a recipient of charitable contributions from online shoppers. 

 Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the lawsuit, which had been dismissed by lower courts for failing to overcome the decades-old legal standard, established in the landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan decision, that public figures who sue for defamation must not only prove defendants made defamatory statements, but that those statements were made with “actual malice.”

“This case is one of many showing how New York Times and its progeny have allowed media organizations and interest groups ‘to cast false aspersions on public figures with near impunity,’” Thomas wrote. “SPLC’s ‘hate group’ designation lumped Coral Ridge’s Christian ministry with groups like the Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis,” the justice added. “It placed Coral Ridge on an interactive, online ‘Hate Map’ and caused Coral Ridge concrete financial injury by excluding it from the AmazonSmile donation program. Nonetheless, unable to satisfy the ‘almost impossible’ actual-malice standard this Court has imposed, Coral Ridge could not hold SPLC to account for what it maintains is a blatant falsehood.”

The irony is that SPLC could probably prove that Coral Ridge Ministries is a hate group.  According to Raw Story:

In its iconic 2010 report, "18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda," the Southern Poverty Law Center explained that the "late Rev. D. James Kennedy started turning fundamentalist Coral Ridge Presbyterian into a mega-church in the 1960s."

 In an especially nasty 1989 edition of a CRM newsletter, Kennedy ran photographs of children along with the tagline, “Sex With Children? Homosexuals Say Yes!” "Over the years," the SPLC report adds, Rev. Kennedy "emphasized anti-gay rhetoric, particularly in his TV ministry. He recommended as 'essential' the virulent work of R.J. Rushdoony ... who believed practicing gays should be executed."

Also in 1986,  Kennedy endorsed an outrageously homophobic booklet called Homosexuality: Legitimate Alternate Deathstyle. The booklet contained false information on gays claiming, amongst other things, that gay men molest children at a proportionately large number, are serial killers, and are dangerous to the public in general:

The booklet also contained the following images:

Kennedy's endorsement of this monstrosity read as follows:

"Dick Hafer (the comic book's author) has produced a very accurate portrayal of homosexuality and the problem it poses to our nation and civilization. This unique book deserves an open-minded reading by all Americans, and especially by those who serve in leadership capacities."

Coral Ridge Ministries trying to defend this would have made for an interesting day in court. But to the point, Thomas seems to be full of himself during this session. He already helped overturn the precedent of Roe V Wade and in doing so, said he wanted to revisit precedents which allowed contraception, knocked down the sodomy laws, and established marriage equality.

He conveniently omitted the case which established the right to interracial marriage. I'm sure his wife, Ginni, would be glad about that one.

'LGBTQ community urged to 'fight like hell'' after overturn of Roe v Wade' & other Mon midday news briefs

How Queer Celebs & Activists Reacted to SCOTUS Overturning Roe v. Wade - I have no words. Only a steadfast resolve.

Anti-Abortion Activists Will Now Aim Their Viciousness at Marriage Equality​ - We knew they would try before Roe v Wade was overturned. It's interesting to see how much incentive this will give them. 

Norway mass shooting leaves 2 dead, several injured prior LGBTQ Pride parade - Ugh. THIS happened over the weekend. 

How the Christian right took over the judiciary and changed America - This is how Roe v Wade was overturned.