Tag: #antiLGBTQ
Homophobic Rugby Player Files $10 Million Lawsuit • Instinct Magazine
Former rugby player Israel Folau (screen capture via GoFundMe)
Homophobic Australian rugby player Israel Folau has filed a $10 million lawsuit to the Fair Work Commission against Rugby Australia alleging he was sacked for his Christian beliefs.
Not only is the former Wallabies player demanding his job back, but 30-year-old also wants $10 million in compensation. The Guardian reports Folau issued a statement regarding the lawsuit which read, in part, “No Australian of any faith should be fired for practicing their...
AT&T Threw Cash at Homophobes During Pride • Instinct Magazine
GOP Congresswoman Vicki Hartzler has been labeled one of the most anti-gay politicians in America. So why did AT+T donate to her during Pride Month? / Photo via U.S. Congress.
As Judd Legum reported in Popular Information this morning, telecom giant AT&T might have dressed up its logo in rainbows for Pride Month, but it also dumped well over $100,000 into homophobic politicians’ campaigns.
Legum explains both the extent of AT&T’s giving and some of the most egregious examples of homophobes...
Did Aaron Schock Just File Campaign Docs?
Former Congressman Aaron Schock with Donald Trump (via Instagram)Is former Congressman/current West Hollywood gadabout Aaron Schock planning on running for Congress again soon?
Just days ago a Statement of Organization was filed or updated with the Federal Election Commission by Schock for Congress.
The date shown is June 7, 2019 and the form indicates it was signed by Schock himself.
The office sought is listed as Illinois’ 18th Congressional District and the party? Yep,...
Radio Host: Every Pride Flag Should Be Burned
Right-wing pastor E.W. Jackson (screen capture)Right-wing pastor and failed U.S. Senate candidate E.W. Jackson took to his radio program on Monday to rant about Pride Flags being flown and announced “we need to burn every rainbow flag in this nation.”
Incensed that U.S. embassies were displaying the rainbow flags in honor of Pride Month, Jackson compared the Pride flag to the Confederate flag.
Of course, it goes without saying that the Confederate flag...
Kenya’s High Court Upholds Gay Sex Ban
(images via Pexels)Kenya’s High Court has upheld the African country’s laws which criminalize homosexual behavior.
LGBTQ activists had argued the laws are discriminatory, lead to increased harassment of the LGBTQ community, and serve to discourage people from seeking HIV testing or treatment.
The plaintiffs involved in the case also said the laws violate the Kenyan Constitution which reads the “state shall not discriminate directly or indirectly against any person on any ground,” including...
