Scenes from Florida’s Same-Sex Weddings
This week, loving, committed same-sex couples flocked to courthouses across the Sunshine State to wed.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/scenes-from-floridas-same-sex-weddings?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
‘The Jerry Springer Show Is Not Transphobic,’ Defends Jerry Springer. Is He Right?
Jerry Springer is a smart guy, and certainly not someone we take for a bigot. But his show scrapes at the bottom of the barrel of cultural commentary, more often than not serving as a platform for audiences to gawk at the problems of the less fortunate.
And not just gawk at, but judge, mock, degrade and ridicule as well.
You could say, “all the guests are there on their own free will,” but who’s the one cutting the checks at the end of the day, propping up the three-ring shit show?
A common theme for the show is “trannies,” a word that is as loaded as any these days, and certainly one that can easily be offensive when used by someone who is very much an outsider (like oh, say, Jerry Springer) of the trans community.
The Huffington Post recently asked Jerry about the perceived transphobia of his show, and he had this to say:
“We have transgender people on [‘The Jerry Springer Show’] all the time, a lot. In fact, there’s probably a lot more exposure on our show than anyplace else.
You don’t get on our show unless you’re are doing something that is inappropriate. Our show is about people behaving inappropriate.”
And questioned directly whether the show casts transgender people in a negative light, he reasoned that, “We hear that from any community.”
For his part, Springer has always been a supporter of LGBT rights — something he’s keen to mention — but does that let him off the hook?
If you’ve ever seen transgender people on his show, you’ll remember the predictable oohs, ahhs, and groans the audience emits when a trans person is “revealed.” “He-She Confessions!” prompts the image above. The laughter, the pointing, the hooting and hollering — how can this be perceived as supporting the transgender community?
Then there’s the word “tranny” itself. Believe us, we aren’t about to go open that can of worms again, but back in March of 2014 Springer told TMZ:
“I’ve just been educated. I won’t use [the term ‘tranny’]. I honestly had no idea that you’re not supposed to use that term, so now we’ll find another term to use.”
And yet as of today, here’s the weekly lineup on Springer’s website:
Right there in the middle, some Wednesday night entertainment for the family — “Trannies Twerk It Out.”
And let’s just take this lineup as a sample set. Porn star — chosen profession. Two episodes about marriages on the rocks — marriages that two people choose to be in. Stripper fights — crass, yes, but chosen profession nonetheless.
Then there’s “Trannies Twerk It Out.” Are we the only ones who see a difference?
Dan Tracer
La comunidad Latino LGBT y aliados hablan del bullying #spiritday
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PHOTOS: Jonathan Groff, Russell Tovey And The Cast Of Looking Before They Discovered Folsom Street
Before they jimmied their way into a modern love triangle on HBO’s Looking, Jonathan Groff, Russell Tovey and Raul Castillo were busy winning over hearts by being obnoxiously adorable children.
Here’s a look at the three stars from way back when:
Get Ready for 2015 Time to THRIVE
Last year’s inaugural Time to THRIVE conference was truly groundbreaking, and not only because of actor Ellen Page’s much-celebrated coming out.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/get-ready-for-2015-time-to-thrive?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Trans*Figurations – Part 4 – AJ McKenna
Galha LGBT Humanists event on October 10th 2014, in association with London Trans Diversity. What’s it really like to be the T in LGBT?
POEM: The Gay Ending to Peter LaBarbera's Hateful Dr. Seuss Satire
‘I do so like to kiss a man! Thank you! Thank you, Michael Sam!’
Daniel Reynolds
www.advocate.com/politics/media/2015/01/08/poem-gay-ending-peter-labarberas-hateful-dr-seuss-satire
I Am Possessed by a Demon
The gig is up. It is time I came out of the closet and made an announcement: I am possessed by a demon. I have been possessed since childhood.
Why am I making this shocking revelation now? I just finished reading Gina Miller’s article, Teen’s Suicide Shows Tragic Folly of “Transgender” Delusion, on the RenewAmerica website. I cannot keep silent any longer. In her article, she states that homosexuality is “demon-related.” (She also states that transgender people are absurd, disturbed, evil, selfish, wicked lunatics. But I skipped over those paragraphs because she struck such a chord in me about homosexual demon possession.) My Raustian bargain has been exposed.
It started at the time of puberty. I was alone in my bedroom (or so I thought), looking at a picture of The Hardy Boys‘ Parker Stevenson in an early People magazine. A burst of flames erupted from the foot of my bed. A slick, sexy man with a sly grin appeared. Looking surprisingly like Parker Stevenson himself, he glowed orange in the center of the hellish fire.
ME: “Who are you?! What is going on here?”
DEMON: “I have been watching you.”
ME: “You’ve been doing WHAT?!!”
DEMON: “When you look at People’s Parker picture, there is a stirring in your genital region, yes?”
ME: “What?! NO!”
DEMON: “Don’t lie to me.”
ME: “What do you want?”
DEMON: “I want your soul.”
ME: “Why?”
DEMON: “So that when you grow up, you will contribute to the fall of Western civilization.”
ME: “What is your name?”
DEMON: “Lucifer. But you can call me Lucy.”
ME: “But you’re a boy. Lucy is a girl’s name.”
DEMON: “I know! Tantalizing, isn’t it? Imagine that! Wonderfully wicked, no?”
ME: “Why would I give you my soul, Lucy? What’s in it for me?”
DEMON: “If you give me your soul, I will let you look at Parker’s picture without feeling guilty. All the other boys at school will make fun of you. They will harass and bully you in the locker room. Great tension will arise between you and your parents. You will face discrimination when looking for a job or housing. You may not marry the person you love.”
ME: “All that will happen if I say yes?”
DEMON: “You betcha.”
ME: “Sign me up! It all sounds terrific! “
And just like that I was possessed by a demon. At first, I thought I was the only one who had been visited by this dark and alluring force. But, a few years later, I made a discovery:
ME: “Hey.”
ATTRACTIVE BOY: “Hey.”
ME: “Um … so.”
A.B.: “Yeah.”
ME: “It’s great hanging out with you.”
A.B.: “Uh huh. You, too.”
ME: “Thanks.”
A.B.: “Yeah, so. Uh … what d’ya wanna do?”
ME: “Well, uh … I, uh …”
A.B.: “Yeah.”
ME: “Your eyes are amazing.”
A.B.: “What?”
ME: “Um, I, uh … I didn’t mean to offend you …”
A.B.: “It’s OK. I had a feeling you were, you know … that way.”
ME: “I am. You?”
A.B.: “Yep. I made a deal with Lucy years ago.”
ME: “You did?! Me, too! Oh my god! I thought I was the only one!”
A.B.: “Shaun Cassidy?”
ME: “Actually, it was Parker Stevenson.”
A.B.: “There are a lot of us that were pulled in the same way.”
ME: “Really?! Wow! No kidding!”
A.B.: “Let’s make out passionately.”
ME: “YES! This folly is fantastic!”
A.B.: “I feel so craven, dark-minded and perverted!”
ME: “I love it! I am selfish, deluded, and filled with self-hatred!”
A.B.: “What a turn-on! Give me that hot mouth of yours.”
Before long, I realized that there were millions of other demon-possessed homosexuals. I am not merely gay. I am a secret member of the sinful, degenerate, radical homosexual movement.
I recently turned fifty years old. It is time to turn over a new leaf. Thank you, Gina Miller, for your compassionate, kind-hearted article exposing the truth of this wicked movement. My bargain with the devil has plagued me for almost forty years. But now, I feel renewed. It is time that all homosexuals heed Gina Miller’s words and ‘fess up. Reveal your own “dark and perilous” truths!
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