Tag Archives: homophobia

PERU: Cops Violently Break Up Anti-Homophobia Valentine’s Kiss-In

Andres Duque of Blabbeando provides the subtitles to the below clip in which police in Lima, Peru violently break up a Valentine’s Day kiss-in against homophobia.

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Liberty Counsel: We Are Totally Not Homophobic, We’ve Been Tested!

Mat Staver and Matt Barber say that they and other Liberty Counsel employees have taken some online test assessing homophobic attitudes and according to the results, not ONE of them are homophobic! Yes, they think you are perverted disease-infested sinners bound for eternity in a lake of fire. But according to the test, apparently, that doesn’t make them homophobic.

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Headline Homophobia From The NY Post

Gawker’s Brian Moylan weighs in on the latest headline from the New York Post, which is rightfully famed for its witty headlines. Usually. It is just a cheap, dull, and unoriginal joke, that it’s below the NY Post, which prides itself on having some of the cleverest headlines in the business. Oh, and it’s doubly offensive to gay men, not …

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Quote Of The Day – Frank Rich

“It still seems an unwritten rule in establishment Washington that homophobia is at most a misdemeanor. By this code, the Smithsonian’s surrender is no big deal; let the art world do its little protests. This attitude explains why the ever more absurd excuses concocted by John McCain for almost single-handedly thwarting the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ are rarely …

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Texas NBC Station Apologizes For Homophobic Viewer Call-In Segment

Calling it “poorly worded at best and inappropriate altogether at worst,” the general manager of the Texas NBC affiliate that broadcast yesterday’s “Will homosexuals bring about America’s destruction?” segment has issued an apology. The story became national news after being posted here on JMG thanks to a tip from a reader in Texas. CORRECTION: The below apology is from the …

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Homophobia Literally Kills: Texas Edition

The latest edition in the series by JMG reader Sean Chapin.

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Powder Blue Faggots

JMG reader Sean Chapin writes: Video featuring source footage taken by Heather Ike at a high school football game between Eastlake North High School and Willoughby South High School near Cleveland, Ohio, where students repeated the homophobic and ignorant chant “powder blue faggot” (while the other side chanted “halloween homos”). As NAACP Chairman Julian Bond has said, “homophobia literally kills”, …

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Jackass 3D Screens At The LA Eagle

The producers of Jackass 3D gave a sneak preview to some patrons of the Los Angeles Eagle last week. Cast member Steve-O told Vanity Fair that all the Jackass movies are not-so-subtle attacks on homophobia. We always thought it was funny to force a heterosexual MTV generation to deal with all of our thongs and homoerotic humor. In many ways, …

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New York Yankees Promise To End Homophobic Taunting In The Stands

Responding to pressure from GLAAD, the New York Yankees have vowed to end homophobic taunting by their fans. The issue came to light on Tuesday thanks to a video (created by JMG reader Sean Chapin) which showed fans shouting an obscene version of Village People’s YMCA at fans for opposing teams. Via GLAAD: We reached out to the Yankees, and …

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Homophobia At Yankee Stadium

If you are a fan of the opposing team at Yankee Stadium, this is how Yankee fans will treat you. Infantile. UPDATE: Sean Chapin reports that YouTube has disabled the clip and issued him a “first strike” warning for violating terms of services. No explanation has yet been given. Stand by for this clip to be replaced at another video …

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NEW YORK: Hundreds Stage “Homophobia Kills” Die-In At Grand Central Terminal

Paul Schindler reports at Gay City News: Several hundred LGBT New Yorkers gathered at Grand Central Terminal during evening rush hour on Friday, October 8 to conduct what organizers called a “Flash Mob: Homophobia Kills Die-In” in the center of the main concourse of the nation’s busiest transit hub. Several minutes after 6, activist Alan Bounville brought his fingers to …

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NYC Launches Black Anti-Homophobia Poster Campaign On Subway

The “I Love My Boo” poster series launched on NYC’s subway yesterday in a campaign meant to combat homophobia in the city’s black communities. Examples of the posters can be seen in this clip and on this NY1 public discussion about the campaign.

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Victory Fund Asks: What Will You Lose?

A new campaign from the Victory Fund: “Anti-gay extremists are pumping millions of dollars into campaigns across the country. Their goal: to silence fair-minded American voters by electing candidates who won’t stand up to their hate and bigotry. But what’s really at stake? If anti-gay extremists win, what will you lose?” The Victory Fund invites your own video submissions. (Via …

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More Homophobia From CNN

Seriously, CNN? Again? Today’s poll is near the bottom of CNN.com. Tweet your disgust to CNN’s “bad for society” Anderson Cooper. UPDATE: The poll has been removed at GLAAD’s insistence. Thanks to all JMGians for sending out your complaints, it looks like about 1400 of you hit the complaint links in the last couple of hours.

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Tweet Of The Day – Ryan Leslie

MTV Real World: New Orleans cast member Ryan Leslie isn’t making any friends. GLAAD responds to the above tweet: Ryan and his followers need to know that anti-gay violence is a dangerous and pervasive problem plaguing our community today. This month The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report on hate violence against the LGBT community in the …

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MINNEAPOLIS: Twin Cities Pride Loses Court Battle To Bar Anti-Gay Activists

Twin Cities Pride has lost their battle to bar anti-gay evangelists from their event in a Minneapolis park. A federal judge has ruled that an anti-gay Wisconsin evangelist will be allowed to hand out bibles and anti-gay literature during Minneapolis’ huge LGBT Pride Fest this weekend. Brian Johnson had been a fixture at Twin Cities Pride Fest for years, until …

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Quote Of The Day II: Eugene Delgaudio

“As the Radical Homosexuals gain more and more ground in Congress, my hands are tied. Life here in Washington has been a virtual Hell for me. I put off sending you this email for a while because I didn’t want to worry you. You see, I’ve gotten death threats and I never take them lightly. But when they go beyond …

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British Airways Suspends Three Pilots over Anti-Gay Facebook Comments

Three pilots have been suspended by British Airways after they made anti-gay comments on their Facebook pages. The action comes as the airline is suffering the longest employee strike in its history, forcing the pilots to work as flight attendants. Three British Airways pilots were yesterday suspended after branding passengers “wankers”, “faggots” and “tossers”. The Mirror revealed their foul-mouthed tirade …

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Photo Of The Day

Anti-gay preachers Brother Jed and Sister Cindy were at the University of Arizona screaming that homosexuals are going to hell, so the school’s Secular Students Alliance had some fun. Hit the link for other clever counter-messages. (Via – The Friendly Atheist)

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Glee Gets Serious About “Faggot”

On last night’s Lady Gaga tribute episode of Glee, things got heavy after Finn criticized Kurt’s room decor as “faggy.” Kurt’s father burst into the room and ripped into Finn in one of the show’s most direct confrontations about homophobia to date. Watch this. Even if you dismiss Glee as fluff for show queens, THIS is what it’s teaching the …

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