Tag: rainbow flags

Two gay married owners of the Fine Fellows Creamery ice cream shop in Cape May, New Jersey, say that they’ve been subject to vandalism and homophobic comments after displaying rainbow flags and stickers during Pride Month. Dustin Piccolo and his husband David Kinsey say that the large and smaller rainbow flags they put up this year were torn down and stolen, as was a small rainbow flag sticker on their shop’s front door. Piccolo told 6abc.com: This year we celebrated pride month...

This is NOT a picture of the accused teen, by the way.Two football playing students from Utah’s Kearns High School have been suspended for sharing a video of them giggling and burning a rainbow flag while saying “All gays die!” Police are also investigating. The video was first posted on Snapchat by a 15-year-old incoming freshman and it was shared by another current student. Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley told ABC News, “We want to make sure every student who...

Elijah Daniel (image via Elijah Daniel)Gay YouTuber Elijah Daniel has claimed to have purchased the entire town of Hell, Michigan (population 15) and immediately issued a decree that only Pride flags can be flown there. Because Daniel is a comedian and music producer, it’s unclear whether he actually purchased the town or is merely joking about it. But regardless, he decided to fly only Pride flags for a serious reason: to protest Trump’s recent banning of rainbow flags at U.S....

Vice President Mike Pence, best known for his nonstop attacks on the LGBTQ community in the name of “religious freedom,” is defending the administration’s decision to stop allowing American embassies to fly the Pride flag in June. While foreign outposts are defying Trump and finding ways to circumvent the guidance, Pence attempted to spin the rebellion as a way the administration is “serving” the LGBTQ community. In an interview with NBC News, Pence confirmed reports that the feds were denying embassies’...

Aryeh Stern, the 74-year-old chief rabbi of Jerusalem, recently asked the city’s Mayor Moshe Lion to ban rainbow flags during next week’s Pride Parade. This is a bit like asking to ban American flags during a 4th of July celebration. In his letter, Stern wrote: When asked about his letter, Stern explained: Stern added that he didn’t think his letter to the mayor would be published and wondered whether he’d made a mistake by writing it, stating, “I did not think it...

LGBT rights advocates say they will fly rainbow flags in the stadium in spite of the threats LGBT soccer fans heading to the World Cup in Russia have already been warned not to publicly display affection, and members of the transgender community told to bring a friend with them to the bathroom to avoid attacks. Now there are reports of anti-LGBT Russians threatening violence against the community. Joe White of LGBT soccer fan group Pride in Football said it has received...

The debate for same-sex marriage in Australia has created one the greatest divisions in their history. For a country that many feel is open-minded and progressive, it is surprising to know that same-sex marriage is not already law of the land. With Australia’s same-sex marriage survey closing on November 7th, many have taken to different campaigns urging voters to help in the passing of this law. Results from the survey are due on November 15th when we will know if...