Weird questions gay couples get

Calling all of my gay friends in relationships, since I am not in one (shut up!), I need to ask you - have you been asked these questions?

James and Shirley Dobson sell out their 'values' to endorse Trump

Need any more proof that a. Donald Trump isn't a friend to the lgbt community like he claims to be and b. all of the talk from religious right groups and figures about "traditional values " is just a bunch of bunk? Watch the following video in which religious and anti-lgbt figures former Focus on the Family head James Dobson and his wife, Shirley endorse Trump for president. Apparently to them,  a racist, xenophobic, egotistical man who lies at the drop of a hate (such as when he claimed Obama founded ISIS)  is exactly the man America needs as president to "preserve" morality:

'Fake medical group targeting transgender kids' & other Fri midday news briefs

Fake medical group targeting transgender kids.

Fake Medical Organization Publishes Lie-Ridden Manifesto Attacking Transgender Kids - A group funneling homophobic lies (such as gay men rub themselves with feces) as legitimate medical facts is attacking transgender children. Anti-lgbt lies and distortions are like lumps in oatmeal. You find yourself constantly having to constantly beat them down. 

Pastors rarely asked to wed same-sex couples - Another anti-lgbt lie (pastors will be forced to perform same-sex weddings) meets truth. Not that it will stop anti-lgbt activists from repeating the lie, but there nothing wrong with creating a paper trail of truth to refute the lie. 

 Battle lines of church and state: Fired over same-sex marriage, educator sues Paramus Catholic - I feel this way - if a religious school is getting tax payer money in any way, shape, or form then any kind of discrimination is wrong. 

We Must Help LGBT Athletes From Repressive Countries, Says Olympian Who Proposed To His Boyfriend - Got lots of hills to climb . . .  

After Media Spends Months Pretending Trump Is LGBT Friendly, He Hires Head Of Bigoted Website To Run His Campaign - Simply reiterating what needs to be reiterated.

Linda Harvey quietly continues to smear positive lgbt education in schools

It's relatively easy for us to get distracted by the madness of this election. But let's not forget that there are some who are still declaring war on our community and our kids. Such as Linda Harvey:

Linda Harvey

"Be wary. While much of America is over here protesting the invasion of bathrooms, homosexual behavior is quietly being inserted into the school curricula while few are looking, as if it did no harm, as if it truly were an inborn identity like race. Especially watch for outrageously pornographic sex ed programs to be launched, the details of which you as a parent are unlikely to receive unless you push past all the roadblocks the school will erect. The latest trend is to enact “inclusive” sex ed under the banner of being “comprehensive.” But that means they will just be ramping up the normalization of teen sex and abortion and now, homosexual behavior as well."
  

Ignorance and hate never sleeps. And neither should we. Figuratively speaking, of course.

Religious right supporters refuse to believe the obvious about Trump

The American Family Association's fake news site, One News Now, seems to be successful in its practice of pushing phony positive articles about Trump..

The following was the latest poll accompanying the latest "Trump isn't as bad as the liberal media has him out to be" article:

After I voted, the following were the results:

The poor dears. Well that's one delusion I strongly agree with them having. Just as long as the rest of us who don't want Trump to win keep up the momentum and not fall victim to complacency

'Pioneering transgender model makes stunning comeback' & other Thur. midday news briefs

Tracey 'Africa' Norman

Here's What We Can Learn From Tracey 'Africa' Norman's Triumphant Return to Modeling - I read this story and felt it needed a wider audience as possible. I love the fact that in this case, a pioneer in the lgbt community who suffered because of ignorance makes an awesome comeback. The first African-American openly transgender model proves the adage that "black don't crack." 

Queer, Brown, Muslim — And Constantly Under Attack - More attention should be focused on our Muslim lgbt brothers and sisters, particularly in times like these. 

 Prominent gay Republicans urge RNC to stop funding Trump -Good luck in your attempts to stop THAT train, my brother. 

 San Antonio to Fight Anti-LGBT Legislation That Could Cost It 2018 Final Four - As always, money talks . . .  

Inside Marco Rubio's Desperate Fake Support for LGBT Rights - which most of us could tell was fake from miles away.


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Homophobia only scratches the surface with Trump's 'Kitchen Cabinet'

The people Trump has selected to get him in the White House are a motley crew of bottom feeding, racist, Islamophobic individuals. The fact that many of them are also homophobic is shockingly - or not so shockingly - something which could get lost in the shuffle. But it shouldn't be because their homophobia runs deep.

From Media Matters:

The Trump Connection

Kellyanne Conway served as a senior adviser and pollster for the Trump campaign, and was recently named campaign manager.

What You Need To Know

Conway has long been involved in conservative politics, mostly as a pollster working with conservative groups like the NRA, Family Research Council and Republican candidates like Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann.

Conway once said that people “don’t want their kids looking at a cartoon with a bunch of lesbian mothers” and suggested the representation of same-sex parents in children’s programming was a “corrupting” influence.” She also once argued that “political correctness” could create a situation where there were “air traffic controllers who don’t speak great English” leading to “two planes crashing in the sky.” She also argued that “revulsion towards men” is “part and parcel of the feminist movement” and that “baby girls [are] being killed just because they’re girls” in America.

And that only scratches the surface. Check out more info on Media Matters or Towleroad.