Tag: homophobic

Plot twist: it turns out I don't have any problem with Alex kissing guys if it's me he's kissing. We’re pretty sure this story is pretty much better than any romantic comedy, but you be the judge! This straight guy, who we’ll call Mike, has been roommates with Alex for a year. When Alex told Mike he was gay, he was absolutely fine with it. But then when Alex started to bring guys home…he started getting annoyed, resentful, disgusted. Posting on Reddit,...

It looks like Fox 29's Steve Keeley is the real joke. A news reporter attempted to make an inappropriate joke live on the air this week, but was quickly shut down by the morning host he was teasing. FOX 29’s Steve Keeley was doing a report on a snowstorm in Philadelphia when he commented on host Mike Jerrick’s pink sweater, saying he was going to help the host show it off with a trick he learned back in school. He then instructed...

Missouri State University has agreed to pay Andrew Cash $25,000. A former Missouri State University student who sued the school for removing him from its counseling program because he refused to counsel gay couples will now receive $25,000 from a recent settlement. Andrew Cash filed a lawsuit against the school last year after claiming he was kicked out of the university’s master’s program for declaring he wouldn’t counsel LGBT couples because of his religious beliefs. According to the lawsuit, Cash’s internship coordinator,...

Homophobic gamers have been 'rage quitting' whenever seeing other players wear FIFA 17's rainbow kit. Football video game FIFA 17 introduced a rainbow kit for gamers to play in support of the LGBT community. However, the kit has sparked backlash from homophobic players who ‘rage quit’ upon seeing people play with the rainbow kit, claiming that EA, the company behind the game, is trying to push a political agenda. The rainbow kit was sparked by Stonewall UK’s Rainbow Laces campaign and has...

This is the best way to be passive-aggressive. An ex-Mormon is fighting back against her homophobic neighbor in the perfect way possible – with very gay Christmas lights. Posting on Reddit, Mrs Rosey Crotch (great username) wrote how she had become the subject of discussion at the local church. ‘She had learned that we were Mormon from church,’ she wrote. ‘We are no longer Mormon, this issue is why I left. She came bouncing over and when my husband told her we...

He wrote: 'Orlando will look small to what is coming to Miami Beach'. A man accused of threatening to commit a homophobic shooting larger than the Orlando massacre in Miami Beach has been arrested. Joseph Jorczak, 34, targeted the gay friendly place of worship Miami Beach Community Church. The pastor of the church, Reverend Hunter Thompson, has a restraining order against Jorczak, according to NBC Miami. Detectives took Jorczak into custody on Wednesday after officers swarmed his appointment and wanted to question him...

nnis Scranton, a 92-year-old Miles City man, is one of President-Elect Donald Trump’s electoral college voters. Now some of his remarks about LGBT people that he posted on Facebook in 2010 are coming under fire. According to The Missoulian, Scranton commented that gay people should be hanged. Seven years ago, the 2010 story was reported by The Billings Gazette as part of a takedown of Big Sky Tea Party Association leader Tim Ravndal that cost him his chairmanship. At the time,...

Is hateful note West Virginia gay couple got the shape of things to come? Kyle Chester and Corey Hurley were awakened by a knock on the door of their West Virginia home at 3 am. That was followed by the sound of people running away. When they went outside to investigate, the couple found a handwritten note on their porch which read: ‘Trump is our president now! Get out of our neighborhood now FAGGOTS!!’ By the way it's not the only time...

“You always hear about these kinds of things, but you never think they’ll happen to you or those you love and care for.” That’s Randy Lee Webster, Minister of Faith and Worship at First Presbyterian Church of Burlington, Iowa, writing about his reactions after allegedly finding a hateful note pinned beneath the windshield of his car. The note, which he shared on his Facebook page, reads: “So, father homo — How does it feel to have Trump as your president? At least he’s got...

National Organization for Marriage are calling it a 'bright and exciting time'. Plans have been unveiled to undo nationwide marriage equality from the US’ largest homophobic group. Less than two days after Donald Trump has become President-elect, National Organization for Marriage has revealed a four-step plan to ensure gay couples are stripped of their rights. Calling it a ‘bright and exciting time for NOM’, they said they were fully committed to work with the new president to make their voice and views...

It’s safe to say every company wants their online ads to go viral, but not quite like this. This weekend, the online menswear shop Jacamo earned the scorn of the Internet for the ill-advised ad above — #RealManRunway — due to its rather hapless and misguided concept. A campaign to find the face of their Autumn/Winter line features a broody male model next to a so-called “real man,” and features the caption: “Real men have balls, not man bags.” Unsurprisingly, the Twitter minions wasted...

The Equality House in Topeka, Kansas, which stands opposite the Westboro Baptist Church has been attacked this week. Planting Peace, a non-profit organisation that does exactly what its name suggests, have been spreading love all over the world for a while now. They traveled to Antartica to declare it ‘the world’s first LGBT-friendly continent’ and even sent a Pride flag into space in the past. But it looks like one of their earliest, and most famous, projects is under attack. The equality house, a glorious...

In March, Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law The Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, now known simply as HB2, which outlaws transgender people from using public restrooms in accordance with their gender identity and bans local ordinances that would in any way protect gay people from discrimination in housing, employment or accommodation. The Daily Show decided to take a closer look at how easy it is to take advantage of the discriminatory law by setting up a ‘no gays allowed’ fast food...

Sports fans in Scotland are “persistently” homophobic, new research suggests. Stonewall Scotland has called for more allies after it found over 60 percent of supporters had witnessed homophobic behaviour in the last five years. The figure is nine percent higher than the national average. The report also found that homophobia is greatest in football with over 80 percent of respondents witnessing anti-LGBT rhetoric and behaviour. 15 percent of fans said they would be embarrassed if their favourite sports star came out as gay....