Tag Archives: homophobia

Campaign signs for openly gay Miami Shores city council candidate Jesse Walters have been found defaced with the words “faggot” and “shit lover.” One of Walters’ opponents brought it to his attention Sunday after hearing one was posted at a family member’s home. More defaced signs were found throughout the area. “Initially it was very unsettling, you know it was …

Copyranter sez: “Maybe I’m just being a too-sensitive NYC metrosexual here, but casting a shirtless bear kinda adds fuel to the gay-bashing Manwich flame.”

Today NOM’s Brian Brown has repeatedly tweeted the link to a story critical of a new PR campaign in Brazil which tells citizens to call the country’s version of 911 to report homophobia-related crimes. From the Christianist outlet, LifeSite News: Beginning in late February, the Brazilian government has begun to take complaints of “homophobia” on its Dial 100 emergency line, …

The follow-up to his popular clip from December.

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.

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.

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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

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”, …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …