Tag: Ted Cruz

One of the hallmarks of the Trump era is the bottom-of-the-barrel judicial nominees that the Senate GOP has been rubber stamping at a furious pace. So far, Republicans have approved a nominee who backed California’s anti-marriage Proposition 8 and attacked the gay judge presiding over the case, a nominee who asked the Supreme Court to uphold Louisiana’s ban on marriage equality, and a nominee who was a board member of a far right, anti-LGBTQ group.  Along with a long list...

The owners of the gay hotel in New York City faced a boycott after their dinner party for the senator. The hotel that had become a symbol of support for Ted Cruz’s antigay policies is now closing. The Out Hotel in New York City faced a heated boycott last year after its gay owners held a fundraising dinner party at their home for the Texas senator and Republican presidential hopeful. Ian Reisner and his business partner at Parkview Developers, Mati Weiderpass,...

Hearing a trans person calling Presidential candidate Ted Cruz “very nice” is like hearing a seal wax ecstatic about her new shark buddy. But the former scenario has happened, at least once. Cruz, you see, is virulently anti-trans. He described the Obama administration’s support of trans students as “lunacy” and mischaracterized it as “trying to force to let boys shower with little girls.” He has said that it’s better to “inflict” trans students on teachers by allowing them to...

It’s hard to determine if Ellen Page loves controversy or controversy loves Page. Either way the Halifax, Canada born actress is once again in the limelight. This time she was caught on camera at a fair in the Iowa State last Friday as she engage in a heated argument with presidential runner Sen. Ted Cruz over LGBT rights. venusbuzz.com The vivacious actress simply walked up to the senator as he was grilling hamburgers on a barbecue grill at the fair. Soon...