Tag: homophobia

A 71-year-old man who is currently lying on his deathbed was told by his local pastor that he couldn’t have his funeral at his childhood church because he produced a gay son. The son, Jessie Goodman, says his dying father’s last wish is to have his funeral at Lee’s Chapel Baptist Church in Sweetwater, Tennessee, and he wants Jessie to sing the hymn “The Anchor Holds” at the service. The church holds special meaning his dad because it was his family’s...

Hundreds of Pride marchers in Bialystok, Poland were met by a mob of thousands of angry counter-protestors who blocked their way, uttered slurs and threw eggs, rotten vegetable, bricks, stones and fireworks, according to The New York Times. Video also shows counter-protestors burning rainbow flags and ripping down pro-LGBTQ banners as a police helicopter whirls overhead and teargas gets shot into the crowd. The Times reports, “Even before the march started, there were violent confrontations, and by the time the...

After more than a week of protests and demonstrations that have shaken Puerto Rico and major cities across the U.S., Puerto Rican Governor, Ricardo Rosselló is expected to resign. Many oppose Rosselló after a leak of private text messages between the governor and other officials was released a couple of weeks ago. In the messages, Rosselló used homophobic and misogynistic comments when speaking about politicians, officials, and journalists. He also made inappropriate jokes about victims of Hurricane Maria—how’s that...

A Congressional race that pits a homophobic minister against a gay millennial would attract attention no matter where it was happening. But in this case, the setting is probably last place you’d expect: New York City. Rubén Díaz Sr., a 76-year-old Pentecostal minister, is running against Ritchie Torres, a 31-year-old gay man, for a seat being vacated by Rep. José Serrano. Serrano, the longest serving Hispanic member of Congress, is retiring due to illness. Both Díaz and Torres are Democrats currently...

Founder of the Liberty Counsel Mat Staver spread misinformation when he said that the Q in LGBTQ is meant for people who are attracted to minors. Image via Facebook. I’ve written about the Liberty Counsel’s anti-LGBTQ stance in the past and once again founder Mat Staver shares his bigoted views with all of us when he said the Q, which stands for “queer” or “questioning” in LGBTQ is in reference to pedophile and ephebophiles, according to Metro Weekly.  He made the...

If there’s one thing Broadway legend Patti LuPone is not it’s a homophobe. She’s been an LGBTQ ally since the very beginning and we’re proud to have her in our corner. That said, even allies mess up sometimes. Yesterday, the two-time Tony and Grammy award winner took to Twitter to express her disgust with Sen. Lindsey Graham after he declined to call Donald Trump racist over the whole “go back to where you came from” controversy. “Lindsey Graham, you are a disgrace,” LuPone...

A gay man from Montreal claims he is the victim of homophobia after he and his friends were kicked out of a restaurant for sexually harassing, er, “complimenting” their busboy. The incident happened last Saturday night at a restaurant in Old Montreal called Pastel. Ghislain Corriveau and three of his friends came in shortly before closing and began making sexually suggestive comments to their busboy, including inviting him to come over and sit on their laps. When the busboy told the co-owner...

Teen says his father cut off his earlobe for being gay (image: Modou/GSN) A gay teen from The Gambia says his father sliced off his earlobe to ‘mark’ him as an abomination. Nineteen-year-old Modou is currently living in The Netherlands seeking asylum having fled his west African home country where being gay is illegal. Until October 2014, people found to have had consensual same-sex relations were sentenced to 14 years in prison. In 2014, the laws were made even more severe upping...

NBA superstar Dwight Howard sat down with Fox Sports 1’s Kristine Leahy last night to address the gay rumors that have been following him since last year. “I’m not gay,” Howard said point blank. “There’s people who have different problems in life and they have to hide. They have to put on the mask every day, and it’s like, I don’t wanna wear no mask, I just wanna be.” Howard found himself having to deny gay rumors last November when a...

Though he seems to be in denial about it, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s days in office seem to be numbered. Rosselló has been facing criticism for some time now regarding his mishandling of Hurricane Maria funds in 2017. The situation became exacerbated over the weekend when a local media outlet published almost 900 pages from a leaked private group chat between him and 11 of his cronies revealing homophobic, misogynistic, and other vile remarks. Among the homophobic writings are jokes about...

Demetris Nelson was recently charged with shooting two gay men that he met through Grindr. Image by the Detroit Police Department via CNN. It is an unfortunate reality that it is nearly impossible to truly know someone, especially someone who was met online, which is why it’s very important that you be careful when meeting up with someone in person after only talking to them online. For Brian Anderson and Malcolm Drake, what was supposed to be a normal encounter...

A reformed homophobe told all of Reddit how a coworker turned him into a card-carrying gay ally, and commenters are raving about the “amazing,” “wonderful,” and “beautiful” story. The user started off by confessing that he was a “vocal and hateful gay basher” in his teen years. “I didn’t know just how many of my close friends were gay because, let’s face it, people who think they’re smart tend to be somewhat out of touch until life gives them an...

Over the years, there’ve been some pretty awful characters serving in Congress. But no one was as terrible as William Dannemeyer. Only his fellow Republican counterpart in the Senate, Jesse Helms, came anywhere near as close to him for the sheer viciousness of his anti-LGBTQ hatred. Dannemeyer, who died this week at the age of 89, built his career on demeaning, belittling and attempting to punish LGBTQ Americans. During his 14 years in the House of Representatives, Dannemeyer led an...

Watching sports is great, and a good sports documentary places cultural context behind the on-field athleticism. That’s why we’ve created this list of nine feature-length documentaries that focus on LGBTQ competitors. While many of the documentaries focus on the pain of queerphobia in athletics, they also highlight the freedom of competing as one’s authentic self and cover a broad range of sports from surfing and figure skating to football and even rodeo. Some of theses documentaries transcend cliches to reveal the...