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Antigay Street Preachers Film Themselves Terrorizing Shoppers At Target Stores Across The Nation
Antigay Street Preachers Film Themselves Terrorizing Shoppers At Target Stores Across The Nation
Antigay terrorists disguised as street preachers have begun a new trend of filming themselves harassing innocent shoppers at Target stores, yelling at them to “repent” for supporting a store that “allows transtesticles and perverts into the woman’s bathrooms.”
Related: Bigoted Target Protesters Smacked Down By Facebook Pranksters
At least three different instances in three different states have been reported this week involving Christian-identifying terrorists screaming up and down the aisles of the discount department store about the its new trans-friendly bathroom policy.
“Target, this is your wake-up call!” one man can be seen yelling in a video. “The Bible says that from the beginning God made the male and female! He didn’t make transvestites!”
“Wicked! Wicked! Wicked!” another man can be heard hollering in a second video. “Rip up your Target card! It’s time to get rid of the rainbow! The rainbow belongs to God!”
Related: This Redneck Just Utterly Destroyed The Target Boycott
“Target allows men to go into a woman’s bathroom!” a third man, dressed in a T-shirt that reads “Repent or Parish,” screams in yet another video. “All the sickos! The psychos! The perverts! The lesbians! The homosexuals! That transgender stuff is garbage!”
So far, at least one of the incidents resulted in an arrest.
Check out these insane videos below.
Bert And Ernie Definitely Don’t Need An At-Home HIV Test
Bert And Ernie Definitely Don’t Need An At-Home HIV Test
The makers of Sesame Street have made it clear that long-time “roommates” Bert and Ernie — who have shared a charming pied-à-terre on the eponymous block since the late 1960s — aren’t just not gay for each other, they don’t even have a sexual orientation. Period. They’re puppets, duh.
So, why would they need to get tested for STDs?
They wouldn’t, and that — not to mention intellectual property law — is why the Sesame Workshop has threatened at-home HIV test maker Mately with a cease and desist letter for the unauthorized and unlicensed use of the characters in a recent ad.
“We will be contacting Mately and the appropriate parties with a cease and desist letter instructing them to take this down,” a spokesperson for Sesame Workshop told TMZ.
Mately has since removed the ad from its website, saying the company never intended to “tarnish the Sesame Street brand.” However, it’s not entirely unreasonable to assume that the felt-and-fuzz residents of Sesame Street might need to know their HIV status. Takalani Sesame and Sesame Square, the versions of the kids’ show that air in South Africa and Nigeria, featured HIV-positive character Kami from 2002 to 2009.
Still, despite the show’s recent controversial move to HBO, Sesame Street is obviously as firmly in denial about Bert and Ernie as your grandmother is about your 55-year-old bachelor uncle and his “roommate” Topher.
Chris Evans and Jimmy Fallon Give Each Other ‘Chilly Willies’ – WATCH
Chris Evans and Jimmy Fallon Give Each Other ‘Chilly Willies’ – WATCH
Chris Evans was on The Tonight Show to promote his new movie Captain America: Civil War and the Avenger got into a cold game of Blackjack with Jimmy Fallon.
Frozen Blackjack, as Evans called it, is just like normal Blackjack except if you lose, you get ice water funneled down your pants. Another name for the game, as Fallon points out, is ‘Chilly Willies.’
And from the looks of it, it’s an excruciating game if you lose.
Mind the splash.
The idea behind the game came from the fact that Captain America was frozen for 70 years before being brought back to life.
Watch, below.
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Gay Idaho Man Brutally Beaten and Left Alone to Die After Responding to Male Escort Ad – VIDEO
Gay Idaho Man Brutally Beaten and Left Alone to Die After Responding to Male Escort Ad – VIDEO
A 49-year-old gay Idaho man was brutally beaten to death by four men after he responded to an online escort ad posted by one of his attackers.
Steven Nelson (above) died in hospital of a cardiac arrest. His four assailants were arraigned on Monday and could face the death penalty. They are being charged with first-degree murder and felony robbery. The suspected ring-leader, Kelly Schneider, faces an additional charge of grand theft.
The Idaho Press-Tribune reports:
Nelson had responded to an ad in the male escort section of the website Backpage that later turned out to be only a ploy, according to police.
The ad showed a heavily tattooed man with his face covered. The tattoos later helped identify Kelly Schneider, the suspected primary perpetrator. Nelson met Schneider at the Wal-Mart at Roosevelt Avenue and Middleton Road in Nampa and drove him to Gotts Point, where Nelson requested sex from Schneider in exchange for money, according to probable cause affidavits.
Another man later arrived at Gotts Point with what Nelson told police was a rifle. Two others also showed up and attacked him, kicked him and stripped him of his clothes and wallet, according to the court documents. The men took Nelson’s car and left him naked and alone to die.
Kelly Schneider, Jayson Woods and Kevin Tracy, all of Nampa, and Daniel Henkel, of Wilder, all appeared in court Monday on charges of first-degree murder, robbery and other charges in connection to Nelson’s death.
After parking and exiting the car, [Deputy Prosecutor Chris] Boyd said Schneider threw Nelson to the ground and kicked him repeatedly.
“The others are alleged that he’s the one who met with him, he’s the one who kicked Mr. Nelson over and over again, with steel-toed boots,” said Boyd, “He’s the one, who in a very depraved fashion, took his clothes, his wallet, took his keys and left him literally naked out in 30 degree weather early in the morning. “
According to court documents, Tracy told investigators that Schneider kicked the victim about 30 times while he was on the ground. The suspect told police Nelson begged them not to kill him, and offered Schneider his credit cards and PIN number if they let him go.
Henkel and Schneider were later captured on surveillance tape using Nelson’s card to withdraw $123 from the Albertsons at 12th Avenue and Greenhurst Road. The money was later divvied up among the suspects, according to court documents.
Nelson, who had broken ribs and was bleeding from the ear, walked to a nearby home, where residents called 911. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died of cardiac arrest a few hours later.
The victim was able to tell police what happened and described the man shown in the Backpage ad before his death.
Local police are asking that anyone with knowledge about the four accused come forward. Police believe the 4 accused have carried out attacks like this before. Said Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue,
“I’m not interested in the solicitation of sex side, right? I’m interested in the victimization they’ve received when they made those calls or made those arrangements. That’s what we’re interested in. We’re interested in taking those people into custody that are victimizing who they see as easy prey.”
Watch a news report on the horrific murder, below.
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John Kasich Suspends Campaign
John Kasich Suspends Campaign
John Kasich calls himself “the only hope,” in a Tweet announcing the suspension of his campaign for president.
www.advocate.com/election/2016/5/04/john-kasich-suspends-campaign
Video Captures Trans Woman Being Physically Assaulted On NYC Subway While Bystanders Do Nothing
Video Captures Trans Woman Being Physically Assaulted On NYC Subway While Bystanders Do Nothing
A social worker in New York was verbally and physically assaulted while riding the subway during rush hour last week, and she caught the entire thing on video.
Related: This Christian Mom Performing Her Transphobic Rap Song Deserves All Of Your Ridicule
Pearl Love is an outreach social worker for Translatina Network. Last Thursday, she was riding the 6 train to work when a woman sitting across from her launched into an unprovoked transphobic tirade, verbally assaulting her before eventually standing up and beating Love while the other riders did nothing.
Related: Transphobic Woman Wants $25,000 From Planet Fitness For Canceling Her Membership
“It was a crowded train and everyone heard it but no one helped me,” Love explains. “Now you can understand what’s happening in my everyday life. That happens all the time. But it’s my first time recording it.”
Love spoke with Mic’s Matthew Rodriguez about the incident and the struggles she faces each day as a trans woman.
“That’s just a really small thing that I face every day,” she shared. “I go to a job interview, they look at me like, ‘You’re never going to get a job. They never even waste your time asking anything about you when you look feminine.”
See the disturbing video below.
South Africa’s First Gay Rugby Team Launches Racy New Recruitment Campaign
South Africa’s First Gay Rugby Team Launches Racy New Recruitment Campaign
South Africa’s first-ever gay rugby team is out to prove that it’s more than just a bunch of “fairies” and “fudge packers.”
In a fun and provocative new recruitment campaign just launched today, members of Johannesburg‘s openly LGBT-inclusive Jozi Cats rugby club appear with un-PC terms like “Fairy?” and “Queen?” emblazoned inquisitively above their heads. The ads are designed both to draw new members to the team and to tear down gay stereotypes within the broader — and still very macho — South African rugby culture.
“Though it is hard hitting and disruptive, it’s really to kind of normalize things, to let people know that you can be a queen and be a rugby player,” says Chris Verrijdt of Havas PR South Africa, who created the campaign. “You can be a pillow biter or fudge packer or any of those derogatory terms, and still be a man. We’re not questioning masculinity here. If anything we’re saying, ‘Well are you or aren’t you? It doesn’t matter. We just need you to play for the team.’”
Nearly a decade ago South Africa, became just the fifth country in the world to recognize marriage equality. But widespread acceptance of LGBT people is still developing, especially outside of the country’s large cities.
“It’s such a relevant time for this conversation to be had,” says player (and “Fudge packer?” model) Anthony Seger. “We have one of the world’s most liberal constitutions, but culturally, we’re still quite a conservative bunch of people.”
Jozi Cats chairman Teveshan Kuni says the team, which caters to all levels of rugby experience, provides South African gays with one of the few available outlets for non-scene socializing. “If you’re sick of the gay dating apps and you’re not somebody who goes to gay bars or gay clubs, there’s simply no alternative space to meet anybody.”
Despite the fact that rugby is one of South Africa’s most popular sports, the Jozi Cats are still the country’s — and indeed the entire African continent’s — first and only openly gay team. The country has never had rugby representation at the Gay Games or Outgames, and it has yet to participate in the Bingham Cup, the international gay rugby tournament named for 9/11 hero Mark Bingham.
But Kuni says the team is now on the fast track to changing that, and has begun fundraising for all three events. “We’re quite excited,” he says. “If you had asked anybody on our team even three months ago if they thought they’d have shot at representing South Africa in a gay rugby tournament, they’d have looked at you and said, ‘What are you on?’”
Kuni says he even has his eyes on the possibility of South Africa hosting the Bingham Cup as soon as 2020. But first their own league will need more out more players, which makes the ad campaign so vital.
“It’s going to be disruptive, it’s going to be a conversation starter,” says Seger. “But ultimately we hope it’s going to create awareness so that people know there’s a space where guys who are gay can play rugby and feel completely safe.”
Watch the behind the scenes video from the campaign’s photo shoot:
John Kasich Will Suspend His Presidential Campaign: REPORT
John Kasich Will Suspend His Presidential Campaign: REPORT
John Kasich, Ohio Governor and Republican presidential hopeful, will drop out of the race for the GOP nomination on Wednesday.
Kasich suffered a brutal defeat in Indiana on Tuesday night after a string of losses. Kasich has only managed to win one primary this cycle, his home state of Ohio.
Kasich’s announcement comes after Ted Cruz dropped out of the race on Tuesday night.
MSNBC is reporting that a senior campaign adviser has confirmed the news to them. POLITICO confirmed that report. The Columbus Dispatch adds:
Ohio Gov. John Kasich abruptly canceled a planned trip to Washington today as some advisers have been suggesting he should end his presidential campaign. Kasich, who plans to make a statement in Columbus at 5 p.m. today, had planned to hold a major news conference upon his arrival at Dulles International Airport at 10:45 a.m. in suburban Washington. But Kasich’s plane apparently never left Columbus. And by 11:30 a.m., reporters were told the press conference was cancelled.
Kasich, who plans to make a statement in Columbus at 5 p.m. today, had planned to hold a major news conference upon his arrival at Dulles International Airport at 10:45 a.m. in suburban Washington. But Kasich’s plane apparently never left Columbus. And by 11:30 a.m., reporters were told the press conference was cancelled.
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The Ironic Ways The Target Boycott Is Backfiring For Conservatives
The Ironic Ways The Target Boycott Is Backfiring For Conservatives
It’s actually conservatives who are making Target stores unsafe.
The post The Ironic Ways The Target Boycott Is Backfiring For Conservatives appeared first on ThinkProgress.
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