Analyzing and refuting the inaccuracies lodged against the lgbt community by religious conservative organizations. Lies in the name of God are still lies.
Queer Voices: Do I Sound Gay? Does It Matter? - Or "does this imitation of Diana Ross in Lady Sings the Blues or Angela Lansbury doing 'Rose's Turn' in Gypsy make me look gay? I certainly hope so.
There is no doubt that the situation involving the Syrian refugees has caused much controversy due to the attacks on Paris. Much of the controversy has to do with the fact that even though the perpetrators were identified as European nationals, many conservatives, GOP members, and religious right figures have exploited the situation to demonize not only the Syrian refugees but also those who practice Islam.
We've even had some folks, including presidential candidates such as Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush, offer the idea that only Christian Syrian refugees should be admitted because - as the more coarse of their colleagues put it - "only Muslims are looking to harm people."
To accentuate that mindset comes a new, but callously inaccurate spin which accuses President Obama of favoring Muslim refugees over Christian refugees. And who else is helping to forward this lie but none other than Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council.
Let me just preface that I do NOT condone any type of violence. However, I consider the following clip as a stress reliever.
The Fox News network has practically bent over backwards to demonize lgbts, undermine Obama, and now fan the flames of hysteria against the Syrian refugees. The network is clearly out of control and has gotten to the point where, while in the past I have watched the following clip privately and laughed my ass off, I am now posting it publicly on my blog because I know so many other folks need a stress reliever from that God-awful network.
The following clip is from the Adult Swim show The Boondocks. This episode, Return of the King, deals with a dream had by the main character, Hughie (he's the little boy at the end. When you see him, you'll know) in which Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. was actually not assassinated but put into a coma. He comes out of the coma and attempts to revive a civil rights movement. This includes an appearance on a program which looks like Fox News (beginning at 19 seconds).
Watching what happens next is MY dream and guilty pleasure:
. . . details of the two-year investigation prompted by the girl’s complaint
paint a far different picture than that suggested by the rhetoric of
school officials. How the girl, who is undergoing hormone therapy and is
recognized by the school as a female in all other respects (including
her use of bathrooms), first asked — and was denied — an opportunity to
change clothes privately within the girls’ locker room in an area such
as a restroom stall. How the school’s insistence she use separate
facilities for the past two years has stigmatized her. It is clear from
the government’s investigation, which included inspection of the
facilities and interviews with school staff about conduct common in the
locker rooms, that the privacy of all students could be protected
without singling out this girl for separate and discriminatory
treatment. It is a point that was underscored by the hundreds of
students and community members who signed a student-led petition in
support of her access to the locker room.
The Post's calls for equality for transgender students are backed by the collective experience of 17 school districts
around the nation that have implemented policies protecting transgender
students with no negative consequences, and falls during Transgender Awareness Week,
which according to LGBT media advocacy organization GLAAD, "help[s]
raise the visibility of transgender and gender non-conforming people."
Indiana Republicans Introduce The Most Anti-LGBT LGBT Rights Bill Ever - members of his party will be pushing the most vicious anti-gay bill through the state legislature.
It's that new Bible they are following; the one with the verse which says, "use any excuse to preserve xenophobia and homophobia cause if one thing Gods hates more than homosexuals, it's those brown skin people who aren't victims but the victims of terrorism, but who gives a crap. They aren't Christian anyway."
Everything You Need To Know About The New Attacks On Caitlyn Jenner In One Sentence - Caitlyn Jenner is catching a lot of flack. She has been called a disgrace to women, a disgrace to the transgender community, a disgrace to the lgbt community because allegedly she plans to vote Republican in the next presidential election. Just cut it out. I may not be happy with some of her statements and choices but she is still a part of our community. I think the problem lies with folks anointing her as the transgender spokesperson for the community. We simply have to stop relying on celebrities. I am one for visibility but I am also one for intelligent visibility and pushing the good people we have into the spotlight instead of lucking out on having some celebrity come out. Just my thoughts which may or may not have anything to do with the article.
