Tag: transphobic

British Olympic sprinter James Ellington has found himself under fire from social media users after making transphobic comments on Twitter. The Commonwealth Games silver medalist is reported to have made the comments in response to news that transgender cyclist Rachel McKinnon defended her sprint title at the track cycling world championships. “If I decide from

Surprise! 50 Cent is back to his old tired transphobic ways. The 44-year-old hip hop artist is once again trolling his former G-Unit affiliate Young Buck over Buck’s alleged relationship with a trans woman. Last week, 50 Cent posted a photo on Instagram of a woman dressed in thigh-high black boots and urinating on the street, along with the caption: “Rare pic of Young bucks old lady LOL.” The post was shared with 50 Cent’s nearly 24 million Instagram followers, where it...

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,...

Sarah McBride, who works for the Human Rights Campaign, was specfically targeted A shocking video posted on Facebook shows two women barging into a meeting in Washington, DC, and harassing a transgender woman. Posie Parker began streaming the live video on Wednesday (30 January) morning. The video depicts her and Julia Long spewing transphobic harassment toward Sarah McBride. McBride is the National Press Secretary of the Human Rights Campaign. In the video, both Parker and Long continuously misgender McBride. At one point, Parker states:...

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...