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Twitter User, @marcklock, video / Detroit PrideAmerica is imploding with bigotry, racism, homophobia, and xenophobia. Add to that, a gun culture that is so rampantly obsessive that we have still not made one change to gun laws years after a crazed gunman shot up a classroom of 5-year-olds. Welcome to America, where up is down, down is up, and the U.S. Constitution can be distorted by evil men to justify their acts of hatred against others. The National Socialist Movement...

Florist Barronelle Stutzman (screen capture)The Washington State Supreme Court has upheld its 2017 ruling which found florist Barronelle Stutzman had violated the state’s anti-discrimination laws when she refused to sell wedding flowers to a gay couple in 2013. Stutzman’s legal team had appealed the original ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, but last June the high court punted.  Instead of reviewing the case, SCOTUS vacated the Washington state Supreme Court ruling and ordered...

Alabama Mayor Mark Chambers defends controversial remarks about LGBTQs (screen capture)An Alabama mayor is facing criticism after posting controversial comments to his Facebook page. Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers  wrote on his Facebook page in all capital letters:  “We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics.” Chambers’ constituents responded to the post,...

They say you should never judge a book by its cover. Well, apparently British Labour MP Roger Godsiff didn’t get that memo when he suggested two LGBTQ-themed children’s books be yanked from the shelves of a school library in Birmingham, England. The 72-year-old admitted in an interview this week that he never actually read My Chacha is Gay, which tells the story of a Pakistani kid with a gay uncle, or My Princess Boy, about a boy who likes to dress up like a...

Earlier this week, out politician Jerry Windle abruptly resigned from his seat on the Morrisville Town Council in North Carolina halfway though his four-year term, claiming he was sick and tired of being bullied by his homophobic colleague while his other colleagues did nothing to stop it. In an emotional statement given at a town hall meeting on Monday, Windle, who was first elected in 2017, told his fellow council members, “I cannot in good conscience serve on a council...

Last week, Jerry Falwell Jr. made national headlines when it was reported that Michael Cohen allegedly helped stop the release of x-rated photos of the antigay activist shortly before he endorsed Trump for president in 2016. According to Reuters, Falwell contacted Cohen in 2015 seeking assistance regarding an “embarrassing personal matter” involving him, his wife, and their 20-something pool boy, er, pool attendant from Miami. Related: Jerry Falwell Jr.’s alleged x-rated photos could get him fired from his own university Rumor had it, the pool boy possessed dirty pictures of...

Israel Folau is no stranger to homophobia Australian rugby player Israel Folau is under fire after posting on Instagram a tirade of homophobic abuse today (10 April). The 30-year-old took to social media to spout that ‘hell awaits … homosexuals,’ adding they should ‘repent’ as ‘only Jesus saves lives.’ Hundreds of Instagram users slammed the New South Wales Waratahs player, with one saying ‘you are an absolute flop.’ What did he post? Folau dropped a screen-capped poster that read: ‘Warning. Drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars,...

Something’s rotten in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Racist and homophobic posters began circulating the halls of McCormick Junior High last week, and instead of doing anything about it, the school’s principal, Jeff Conine, decided to fire the teacher who brought the issue to his attention. The posters read: “It’s great to be straight. It’s not OK to be gay. Black lives matter only because if it weren’t for them who would pick our cotton. Join the KKK.” When substitute teacher and co-sponsor of the...

Police say nine 'violent and dangerous men' have been removed from London's streets Nine gang members will spend years in prison for a ‘truly shocking’ homophobic acid attack on gay men. Huseyin Onel, 24, and his gang targeted clubbers leaving gay venue Dalston Superstore. The thugs beat up a man on 5am on 5 May, a bank holiday. They stamped and kicked him as he curled up in a ball on the ground and covered his face. Homophobic acid attack in east London The gang...

A video from a waitress who was called a “fag” by a customer has gone viral. Michele Crider works at the Dash-In restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In a Facebook video, she said that she was working the lunch shift this past Tuesday when two men came into the restaurant. They weren’t friendly and ate quickly, but she didn’t think much of it. She left them the check, and when she went to pick it up she found a message written on...

Reports of homophobic and transphobic incidents are up 38% in France in the last year France introduced a national campaign in the fight to eradicate anti-LGBTI incidents in middle and high schools across the country. Starting today (28 January), France’s Ministry of National Education and Youth launched All Equal, All Allies. It’s a campaign that ensures all state schools put up anti-bullying posters, as well as provide accompanying guides about LGBTI students for teachers. https://twitter.com/EducationFrance/status/1089813724389670912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1089813724389670912&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Ffrance-introduces-national-lgbti-anti-bullying-campaign-all-high-schools%2F SOS Homophobia spearheaded the campaign, which aims to...

One man is suffering memory lapses from the attack A gay couple in Austin, Texas said a group of men followed them over the weekend before attacking them and landing them in the hospital. Spencer Deehring and Tristan Perry were out Friday (18 January) night celebrating a friend’s birthday. With their group of friends, they went to several bars over the course of the night. According to local news station KXAN, the couple only had a couple drinks so they would be...

9 UK men have been sentenced for attacking gay men. The Hackney Gazetter reports that a gang of men led by Huseyin Onel attacked three men on suspicion of the victims’ sexual orientations. The stream of attacks started outside of gay nightclub Dalston Superstore on May 5. Onel started the first assault by stomping and kicking the first victim. The second victim then started filming the attack while trying to defend the first one. Onel then sprayed a corrosive substance from...