Tag: homophobia

“It’s gotten better but I can’t make a blanket statement that doesn’t happen anymore. There are always going to be shades of homophobia–sometimes internalized homophobia that I’ve encountered from other gay people in the industry. They might feel that ‘too gay.’ When I first came on the scene almost everybody that I encountered in the music business was very supportive of me personally, but they were all a bit nervous about how it could work publicly. Now it’s...

Former professional rugby player Israel Folau is in a bit of a bind and he’s hoping fans will help bail him out… to the tune of $3 million. In April, the now ex-New South Wales Waratahs player took to Instagram to lecture his 330K+ followers about the evils of homosexuality, warning them that “hell awaits … homosexuals,” and urging gay people to “repent” as “only Jesus saves lives.” “Those that are living in sin will end up in Hell unless you...

After ordering a Pride month sign be taken down from outside the university library, the president of the University of Central Arkansas is pushing back against accusations of homophobia. Last week, University President Houston Davis ordered a sign quoting Lady Gaga be removed from the school’s library, claiming it advocated “a personal viewpoint” that could potentially corrupt the minds of young children. The sign was posted by staff members of the university’s Torreyson Library and read: “Being gay is like glitter....

Continuing with its litany of anti-LGBTQ policies this month, the Trump Administration and Republican party have further maligned the LGBTQ community by confirming yet another ardently antigay judge to a lifetime appointment on the federal bench. Happy Pride! 42-year-old Matthew J. Kacsmaryk has a long and nasty history of opposing LGBTQ equality, including criticizing the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, claiming members of the queer community are not protected by the Civil Rights Act, and characterizing transgender people as suffering...

The president of the University of Central Arkansas ordered a sign quoting Lady Gaga be removed from the school’s library, claiming it advocated “a personal viewpoint” that could potentially corrupt the minds of young children. Earlier this month, staff members of the university’s Torreyson Library made a Pride sign that said: “Being gay is like glitter. It never goes away. — Lady Gaga.” They displayed it on a bulletin board typically used for making special event announcements and activities or to...

The team behind the upcoming Broadway musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ blockbuster hit The Notebook say they are “encouraged” by the author’s “strong statement of support of the LGBTQ+ community” after leaked emails exposed him as a total bigot. As for his racism. Well, they’re turning a blind eye to that. Just to recap: Last week, a series of leaked emails showed that in 2013, Sparks ordered administrators at the Epiphany School of Global Studies, a faith-based prep school he founded...

Ryan Thompsen was riding his bike home from work last Thursday in San Jose, California when the driver of a grey Nissan illegally blocked the bike lane. When Thompsen stopped his bike to confront the man about it, the driver went off on a homophobic tirade. And the whole thing was caught on tape. “That’s the bike lane,” Thompsen can be heard saying in the video, which appears to have been recorded from his helmet cam. “Hey, no sh*t,” responds the driver. When...

Bestselling author Nicholas Sparks is fielding a public relations nightmare and it doesn’t show signs of letting up anytime soon. It all started last week when Saul Benjamin, the former headmaster at the Epiphany School of Global Studies, a faith-based prep school founded by the Sparks in 2006, accused the author of trying to ban an LGBTQ student group. A series of leaked emails showed that in 2013, Sparks ordered Benjamin to break up the group and threatened at least two...

In a message posted to his official Facebook Page this morning, bestselling author Nicholas Sparks said he’s really, really, really sorry for those homophobic emails that were leaked to the media last week. It all started when Saul Benjamin, a former headmaster at the Epiphany School, accused Sparks of trying to ban an LGBTQ group from the Epiphany School of Global Studies, a faith-based prep school founded by the author in 2006. Leaked emails showed that in 2013, a group of...

Langer’s Deli, a 72-year-old delicatessen in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood, allegedly ejecting a lesbian couple earlier this month for kissing during the city’s Pride weekend celebration. The restaurant has since said that it forbids kissing of any sort, but the ejected lesbians think the restaurant targeted them for being a same-sex couple. In a statement about the incident, lesbian customer Rachel Curry wrote: “My date and I had finished eating and we shared a kiss in our booth. Suddenly a man...

In an interview with Meet the Press host Chuck Todd yesterday, Todd asked Pete Buttigieg whether he thought African Americans would vote for him despite his being gay. Todd read a quote from the Reverend Rodric Reid, a black pastor at the Uplift Church in Indianapolis. Reid said of Buttigieg’s homosexuality: Tood asked Buttigieg, “I know you’re trying to have these conversations with a lot of African Americans. How are they going?” Buttigieg then responded: When Todd followed up by asking how Buttigieg...

Sad news for fans of sappy romance novels: literary giant Nicholas Sparks tried to have LGBTQ curriculum banned from the Epiphany School of Global Studies, a faith based prep school started by the author. Sparks, the popular author of romance novels like The Notebook and The Longest Ride, helped found the school in 2006. Newly leaked emails, however, show a bitter feud among school employees and Sparks. Saul Benjamin, a former headmaster at the Epiphany School, has accused Sparks and other school Trustees...

The owner of Langer’s Deli, a popular eatery in Los Angeles, has come under fire after he allegedly demanded a gay couple leave his restaurant last Saturday when he saw them kissing. But he insists he wasn’t being homophobic and that the whole thing has been blown out of proportion. Earlier this week, Rachel Curry, accused the deli’s owner, Norm Langer, of creating an “unsafe space” for LGBTQ people when he hovered over her table with a walkie-talkie and humiliated...

An Irish priest recently compared gay people to zombies, a move that left people speechless. Image via Express.co.ukTom Forde, a priest at the Friary in Kilkenny compared LGBTQ people to zombies during his sermon which stunned the people attending the service, according to Attitude. He prefaced this homily by saying that people may disregard what he says and then goes on to say that he likes zombies and then lists TV shows and movies that feature zombies. He described zombies...