'The 15 Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows of 2020' & other Thur midday news briefs

The 15 Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows of 2020 - Cause I think a lot of us will be doing the television show marathon thing this Christmas.

Hungary amends constitution to redefine family, limits gay adoption - Wow, Hungary. Fu . .get you!

TranSanta Launched for Gifts to Trans, Non-Binary Youth - Wonderful idea!

'Jeopardy!' contestant makes history as 1st out transgender winner - Visibility matters. Positive visibility is worth its weight in gold.

Meet the angriest Donald Trump supporter of them all

Meet realTina40, probably the angriest Trump supporter of them all.

Forget Melissa Carone because she is past news compared to this very angry Trump supporter.  

She calls herself realTina40 and at first you may think she's pulling a huge performance art game. But she is real. Loud, profane, vulgar, dripping with anger and conspiracy theories about the recent presidential election, but very very real. She even has a site selling swag, which I will not link to. 

However, if you think you've seen all kinds of Trump supporters there are, I guarantee that you haven't until you hear Ms. Tina rant and rave. As you can tell should you watch the tweet below, her videos are generally filled with so much profanity that some can't be embedded and can only be watched on Youtube.

Girlfriend was obviously born in a "cussing household." Either way, I find her hilarious from a campy point of view.

She seems really angry. This seems not great.

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— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) November 24, 2020

'Four teachers suspended after homophobic comment about lesbian co-worker' & other Wed midday news briefs

4 Teachers Suspended For Homophobic Comments About Lesbian Coworker - Talked about the teacher AND her child. Y'all gotta go! It wasn't that much of a punishment but the politics of high school is always harsh.

Pennsylvania radio host calls trans health secretary a “freak show” in disgusting on-air tirade - Unfortunately, trash people like this still exist. That's something we shouldn't ever forget.

Pete Buttigieg Is Nation's First Out Presidential Cabinet Nominee - Just in case you didn't hear.

Presence vs. representation: Report breaks down LGBTQ visibility on TV - Interesting article.

Conservatives are having a hard time coming to grips with 'life after Trump'

On Tuesday, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell congratulated President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris for winning the election. For many conservatives, McConnell's act brought home a hard fact that many still can't admit to themselves - Joe Biden fairly won the election and regardless of his court challenges and allegations of fraud, Trump will not have a second term. 

While some are slowly coming to grips with it, others seem to be stumbling in hazes, unable to admit Trump's election loss without lashing at who they think "betrayed him," or remaining defiant in hopes that a deus ex machina will swoop down and anoint Trump as president for four more years.

Via a few articles and random tweets, I've assembled responses from several prominent conservative leaders and activists as they deal with the soon-to-come reality of life after Trump.

First comes some venomous comments from the ultra right-wing site Parler as Trump supporters there attack Senator McConnell and his wife, Elaine Chao.

And while McConnell may seem congratulatory to Biden and Harris, other GOP senators aren't so willing to be nice:

This next tweet would be funny if it weren't for the fact that Marjorie Taylor Greene is now a member of Congress, thanks to the same election which handed Biden the presidency.

Meanwhile, while some of Trump's religious conservatives have been praying for a fast miracle,

others have said "to hell with it all."

A few of his supporters are defiant by clinging things happening in which are obviously alternate universes.

While some, like Franklin Graham, are actually taking Trump's loss in stride by creating their own alternate universes in which Trump saved America by "restoring honor and morality" and then departed to a great mountain where he fell into a deep slumber and will awaken again should America need him again

Okay, I lied with the part about the mountain but that sounds way more truthful that the following nonsense Graham posted on his Facebook page.

'Tulsi Gabbard's anti-trans athlete bill opened the door for right-wing media lies' & other Tue midday news briefs

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's anti-trans athlete bill gave right-wing media fodder to attack trans youth ahead of legislative sessions - Tulsi Gabbard is nothing but a headache.

 The hashtag that grew fastest on Twitter in LGBTQ community this year is “#transrightsarehumanrights” - And it's a welcomed hashtag because of mess like the above article.

The 20 best LGBTQ books to gift this holiday season - I adore cash, but books are always wonderful gifts, too. 

Milo Yiannopoulos: 'I Lost Everything Helping Put Trump in Office' - I am not cheering this. I only posted this to express the fact that this chyle is being so nauseatingly over dramatic.

Proud Boys literally show their asses during Saturday's pro-Trump rally

 

What do Proud Boys wear under their kilts? Do you really want to know?

As I have said in a post earlier this year, the Proud Boys is an SPLC- designated hate group with a history of violence. They allegedly call themselves proud "western chauvinists" who "refuses to apologize for creating the modern world." Several times during the Trump Administration (which is thankfully coming to an end), they have started several bloody street brawls, the most recent being during last Saturday's pro-Trump rally in DC.

Now someone playing armchair psychologist or comedian could make a comment about the oddity of  a bunch of men banding together supposedly in what can be described as an "uber-macho he-man woman hater club." And in making that comment, that same person could substitute the word "oddity" for "queerness." Of course in today's "woke society," that person would most likely be criticized for passive-aggressive homophobia, or passive-aggressive stereotyping, or whatever academic phrase is in vogue these days.

'Anti-LGBTQ nonprofits, businesses received millions in COVID-19 aid' & other Mon midday news briefs

Anti-gay nonprofits, businesses received millions in Covid-19 aid - That's LGBTQ tax dollars. They think we're sinners but they don't mind helping themselves to our tax dollars.

Anti-LGBTQ pastor’s church gets $4M in COVID bailout funds. They bought him a private jet. - Yep. And had to return the money when found out.

An anti-LGBTQ extremist now heads the prestigious Voice of America - Well damn. 

The Best LGBTQ+ Films of 2020 - And in one of them, I am rooting for Viola Davis at the Oscars.

Lifetime's The Christmas Setup Is the LGBTQ Holiday Movie I Never Thought I'd Get to See - Oh?