Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters' top post of 2020 - A 'Proud Boy' and a small black sex toy

Top 'western chauvinist' Gavin McInnes seems to have a thing for small black dildos.

In the future, when I am asked to describe how bad of a year 2020 was, I won't go into much detail. I will simply point to what is now the top post of the year on this blog. It had nothing to do with revelations that the religious right continues to lie about LGBTQ people nor does it have anything to do with any of the exploits of soon-to-be former President of the United States (hallelujaaaaah!)  Donald Trump.

But my top post of the year has to do with the man in the picture at the top of this post. His name is Gavin McInnes and he is a known racist and homophobe. He is/or was the leader of an ugly right-wing group known as the Proud Boys. The Proud Boys are known for two things -manically insane support of Donald Trump and the violent street fights they tend to start.

It's a group of sad, assorted nuts who drape themselves with a with a fake pedigree (being founders of Western Civilization or something like that) to cover up their shortcomings. 

McInnes himself claims that he isn't homophobic, even though there is footage of him being a completely crass bigot. BUT to prove how homophobic he wasn't (and here is where my blog came in), McInnes shoved a small dildo up his butt while being televised on his radio show. He did it to supposedly "own" liberals.

'12 hot mess stories which signified 2020 - as told by LGBTQnation' & other Tue midday news briefs

Our top 12 outlandish stories that will only make sense if you made it through 2020 - Twelve insane incidents which typified just how screwed up 2020 was. To the prayer by Trump's spiritual advisor Paula White (seen in above video) that he win the election to that fly in Mike Pence's hair during the vice presidential debate, it's been one of those "drinking years."

The humiliation of Mike Pence is 'reaching a crescendo': Trump biographer - And I can't think of a more deserving guy.  Okay. Maybe one.

Dozens of anti-gay groups are making money off Amazon's charity platform - Absolute vile mess. 

'Drag Explosion': The 'fabulousness and defiance' of '90s drag - The drag community catch a lot of flack, but it is easily the most disciplined, dedicated, friendliest, and popular part of our community.

The 10 Best Quotes from Gay Movies

 

 

Just a quick line from 10 movies and a nice way to ease us all into this week.  Personally, I'm partial to line number four. Which ones do you recognize? Which ones do you prefer? Which quotes do you think were unfairly omitted?

'Megan Rapinoe, Bill Jean King, and 174 female athletes sign brief supporting trans athletes' & other Wed midday news briefs

 

Megan Rapinoe

Megan Rapinoe, Billie Jean King & 174 female athletes sign brief supporting trans women in sports - THANK YOU! 

West Hollywood to Add Black, Brown Stripes, Trans Flag to Crosswalks - Now some folks may not agree. But I do.

  N. Carolina wedding venue denies lesbian couple, citing 'Christian values' - And here we go again. At least we have a decent president as this battle will no doubt begin again.

My aborted project - Examining how the religious right exploits the 'gays recruit children' lie

 In 2016, I was beginning a new project about the anti-LGBTQ industry. But I, as well as the world in general, got sidetracked by a four-year odyssey into the deepest bowels of hell. so to speak, otherwise known as the Donald Trump presidency.  Like the figurative version of the Greek mythological monster Charybdis (look it up) which he is, Trump and his "madcap hijinks" as president sucked up the energy and attention away everybody and everything. That included my project. And now four years later with that orange dragon slain, dissected, and pounded to fine powder, maybe I can start the project anew.

Or at the very least, talk about it.

As so many of you who keep up with this blog know, I track and refute anti-LGBTQ lies which are spread to dehumanize our community and rob us of our rights and safety. For this particular project, I wanted to focus on one particular, especially nauseating lie. The one which claims that we are "recruiting" children.

Implying that LGBTQ people are "after" children is probably one of the most successful tactic of the anti-LGBTQ right. From fights against marriage equality and anti-discrimination ordinances to passing anti-transgender pieces of law, claiming gays want  "access" to children seems to always be in their bags of tricks. 

 When they pull the "gays want children" card, often times,  the religious right will use words like "indoctrination" or "marketing." They tend to skirt around what they mean, but those who believe what they say, the meaning is clear as expressed in these clips:

And that, my friends, is their general premise and argument. Any law positive to LGBTQ people, any television show showing us in a good light, any ordinance which guarantees our rights and safety, anything in general which benefits us or allows us spotlight is actually a part of a huge plot to get children. And often times, it's that lie which puts the religious right in the winner's circle. Unfortunately the belief that "gays recruit children" isn't as archaic as you would think. The above comic is presently available on a "religious webpage" along with other comics claiming the same thing about us and children. 

Laughing a belief of a monster hiding under the bed is always fun until you realize how people exploit that belief to harm others. Especially when the "others" in question include you.

I haven't decided whether or not I will take up this project again.  I will let everyone know once I do decide.

'How LGBTQ people can handle difficult conversations during the holidays' & other Tue midday news briefs

 

How LGBTQ people can handle difficult conversations during the holidays - Cause there is always at least that one relative with no damn sense. 

How Viola Davis Leaned Into Ma Rainey's Queer Desire in Black Bottom - Cause Ma Rainey was family.

LGBTQ and Women’s Rights Activists in Europe Hope a Biden Administration Will Make the U.S. an Ally Again - Oh he will! 

Bisexual men more prone to eating disorders than gay or straight men, study finds - Double discrimination ain't no joke.

Pat Robertson 'dumps' The Donald. No longer a member of 'Team Trump'

Pat Robertson (right) threw some "Christian shade" at Donald Trump (left) on Monday.

The Deep State has claimed Pat Robertson! 

Not really, but the "dean of the religious right" and Christian Broadcasting Network founder has practically knocked everyone on their butts with his statement about Donald Trump and the recent presidential election which he lost:

Televangelist Pat Robertson declares that Biden will be president and that Trump "lives in an alternate reality," "is very erratic," and should not run again in 2024: "You've had your day and it's time to move on." pic.twitter.com/2WYCZOSNTO

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 21, 2020

From Mediaite

 . . . on Monday, in a segment first flagged by Right Wing Watch, after The 700 Club aired a report about Trump considering a 2024 run, Robertson actually said, “With all his talent and the ability to raise money and grow large crowds, the president still lives in an alternate reality. He really does. People say, ‘Well, he lies about this, that, and the other.’ No, he isn’t lying. To him, that’s the truth.”

 Robertson added Trump shouldn’t run in 2024, saying such a move would be a “mistake” and a “sideshow.” Robertson commended Trump on the economy, but made a point of highlighting false claims Trump made over the years and said, “He is very erratic and he’s fired people and he’s fought people and he’s insulted people… It’s a mixed bag.” 

 Earlier on in the program, Robertson acknowledged Biden’s victory, and he later went on add it’s time to say to Trump “you’ve had your day and it’s time to move on.”

 I guess that should be considered as "conservative white man shade." But keep in mind as you laugh and gape  (and you know I gotta pull out "the receipts") that in October, Robertson said that God told him that Trump was going to win. 

And in November, he prayed to God that He would stop Satan from making people believe that Biden had won the election.

Then earlier this month, he prayed for a so-called miracle which would swing the election to Trump. 

And finally, when Texas took that ridiculous lawsuit to the Supreme Court, Robertson claimed that it was a miracle of God's doing.

 The lawsuit ultimately failed. Disastrously.

Far be it from me to me to guess God's will, but if I were other members of the religious right - Paula White, Alveda King, Tony Perkins, Gary Bauer, etc etc - I would take it upon myself to remember that song from The Color Purple:

God's Trying To Tell You Something.