'LGBT athletes outperformed anti-lgbt countries in Olympics' & other Tue midday news briefs

Team LGBT Olympic Medal Count Beat Every Country that Criminalizes Gay Sex - Granted, there were a lot of things I didn't like about this year's Olympic Games, but the prevalence of successful lgbt Olympians is something we shouldn't ignore.

 Top 10 Questions about Religious Liberty, Jesus, and LGBT People - A pertinent piece because lgbts are also people of faith. This lgbt vs. Christianity narrative is a lie. It's always been a lie. 

Texas AG Ken Paxton Finally Agrees to Meet One of His Young Transgender Victims - This promises to be interesting.

A New Regnerus? Anti-Equality Groups Promote New Study on Sexual Orientation and Gender - More info about the phony anti-lgbt study which came out yesterday. Guess who is promoting it in spite of its errors.  

18 Tips For LGBT Teens In High School, From People Who Have Been There - Honey, I got a list of things to say . . .

Anti-lgbt industry relentlessly pushes against equality with no regard for truth

One thing the lgbt community must take into account about the anti-lgbt industry is how relentless members try to be. They feel that they are being divinely led to stand against homosexuality so with that regard, they ignore general rules of practice.

That is to say to them, any demonizing lie told about the lgbt community gets repeated no matter how many times it has been refuted. And any positive fact about our equality gets disputed, no matter how outrageous the stream of argument may sound.

We saw an example of the former yesterday when they came out with yet another study distorting science to demonize the lgbt community. Like so many others, this study has been called out for falsehoods and misrepresentations.

And we see an example of the latter with this video of the Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver. claiming that the Obergefell decision by SCOTUS, which legalized marriage equality, is not the law of the land.

But it is the law of the land:

'Transgender youth harmed by federal judge ruling' & other Mon. midday news briefs

While the anti-lgbt industry and other anti-transgender activists gloat over today's ruling blocking the Obama Administration from enforcing transgender guidance in schools, here is some thought of who is really at stake and at harm  - our transgender youth

Transgender student gives personal account of controversial issue

In Texas Transgender Suit, Who’s Facing Harm?

In other news:

J.K. Rowling Shuts Down Christian Group Over Olympically Homophobic Tweet - Rowling goes off on a "Christian" group for a spiteful and homophobic tweet.  

Janet Porter: God Will Hold You Accountable For Not Voting For Trump - Lovely. Janet Porter steps back from hating on lgbts to go crazy for Trump. That can't be good. 

 Kim Davis’ fight is officially over as judge dismisses cases as ‘moot’ - And we can still get married. We win regardless of how her people spin it.

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.