Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Flashback video - Transgender student defends his rights during hostile school board meeting

 
With the coordinated attack against our trans kids by conservatives still prevalent, this video clip is incredibly pertinent. In 2015, trans teenage Gavin Grimm sued his school board in Virginia for the the right to use the boys bathroom. It was a long and arduous fight which he finally won in June of this year when the Supreme Court allowed a lower court victory he attained to stand.

It wasn't an easy victory. You can see in this video how in the past, Grimm had to speak at a school board meeting attended by some very adversarial people. Some of the things he says are very poignant, particularly when it comes to the behavior of adults as opposed to children when talking about trans kids in general. We would all do well to listen and remember.

'Anti-LGBTQ, anti-vax school board official has 'meltdown' while resisting arrest' & other Wed midday news briefs


Psychotic school board official has homophobic meltdown while resisting arrest and OMG you guys - Girlfriend obviously lost her damn mind.


Robin comes out as bisexual in the latest Batman anthology from DC comics - This is Tim Drake, the third Robin in the Batman mythology. 

 And while we are on the subject of LGBTQ comic book characters, here is 15 more from a 2017 article - 15 Influential LGBT Comic Book Superheroes 

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Conservative pundits, politicians make fools of themselves as their attack on 'woke' Olympic athletes backfire


Just like they made "liberal" into a dirty word, conservatives are trying to do the same with the word "woke."  We've heard a lot about that word lately. It means being alert of and speaking out against racism, homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia and other societal prejudices.

To hear conservatives tell it though, "woke" is a word which denotes hypocrisy and weakness. And they will attack anyone or any entity which they think shows an inkling it. It's how they connect with their resentful audience.

This includes Olympic athletes. Various conservatives on Fox News and other places went after our Olympic athletes because many of them were "woke" or outspoken against various societal prejudices. Right-wing pundits, personalities, and politicians actually rooted against America in the Olympics and cheered loudly when our athletes lost games or failed to win medals.

There was just one problem with that, as the video above shows.  America didn't exactly do so bad in the Olympics. In fact, America did well, winning the most gold medals and overall medals in the games. It only goes to demonstrate the depths some conservatives stoop in order to exploit resentment and jealousies of their audience. Nothing is genuine with them. It's all so fraudulent and pathetically artificial.


'Family of gay teacher caught in predator 'sting' sues saying cops hid evidence proving his innocence' & other Tue midday news briefs



Family of gay teacher caught in predator “sting” sues saying cops hid evidence proving his innocence - These stings are nasty and at times they tend to entrap people. This sounds like something really ugly. 

Smith College Alums Rally Funds for Gay Student Cut Off By Parents - Good looking out to the folks coming together to help this young lady. 


NJ conversion therapy “experts” lose big in court to tune of $3.5 million - Give it up, turn it loose. Get up off the money. 

Snickers apologizes for wildly homophobic commercial - Uh uh, Snickers. You wasn't right for this.

Monday, August 09, 2021

To the religious right from the Gay Mafia - How dare you dump us over the COVID pandemic!


Dear Religious Right Groups (i.e. the Family Research Council, the Liberty Counsel, the American Family Association, et al),

As the official spokesman for the Gay Mafia, allow me to put on record that I am shocked, appalled, and hurt over how you have abandoned the LGBTQ community. Apparently our 40+ years together mean nothing to you. 

Remember the good times we had?  Our bizarre, yet very fruitful-for-you relationship? Remember how you used to accuse us of recruiting children, stuffing gerbils up our butts, and having lots and lots and lots of sex? Remember when you exploited the stereotypes about our lesbian sisters to make it seem that they liked beating each other up? And how you used religion to cover up your lies and basic prejudices? Weren't those times good enough for you? Didn't you scare enough people and make a lot of money via fundraising?

How dare you dump us for the COVID pandemic!

Don't lie. We  read what you have been saying about vaccines and masks and lockdowns. Our cousin's sister's baby daddy's niece told us everything. We heard all of the stuff you claimed about how President Biden and the Democrats are going to use pandemic to take away freedoms, especially from Christians. And about how they are going after the children in schools.

You modeled that argument strictly for us! How dare you use it on some slutty pandemic! That bitch!

Aren't we owed something? We gave you the best years of our lives. We made it easy for you to attain power by scaring people with lies about our health and habits. And just because some young and mysterious pandemic shakes its little tail in front of you, you gonna kick us to the curve?

Whatever happened to commitment? Whatever happened to stability? Were we the problem? Did we win too many cultural battles against you?  Are you angry at us because we knocked the sodomy laws, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and won the right to marry and adopt? Are you still upset because those little victories you won, just as the Masterpiece case, turned out to be loses for you in the long run? Are you hurt because all of that stuff you continue to claim about the transgender community isn't sticking as much as you thought it would? Granted, your relationship with transgender Americans isn't over yet and you still tripping. But you won't be winning. We told you what would happen if you kept using the same tired and easy to refute lies. 

Well whatever. You and your hefa  COVID  can go your own way if you want. See if  talking about vaccines and masks can give you what we gave you when you talked about us having sex and putting Christians in jail. I'll give you six months before COVID dumps you.

When that happens, don't come back to us. We want a divorce and palimony. That's right. We want half. You will be getting the papers tomorrow. And don't even think about coming back. We've changed the locks.

And one more thing. You better tell COVID-19 that we better not catch its ass in the street.

With warm regards,

The Gay Mafia

P.S. - You nasty bastards!!


Editor's note - just in case you haven't figured it out yet, this letter should be taken strictly tongue-in-cheek while noting just how religious groups exploit the popular fears to amass money and power. These days, it's difficult for people to note satire.


''Team LGBTQ' earns 32 medals at Tokyo Olympics' & other Mon midday news briefs



'Team LGBTQ' earns 32 medals at Tokyo Olympics - I may be wrong but this was the most high-profile Olympic games for the LGBTQ community and I hope a sign of things to come. 




Tucker Carlson praises anti-LGBTQ Hungary prime minister - Because Tucker Carlson is a mediocre trust fund baby.