Jesse Eisenberg Quietly Destroys Anti-Gay Christians at London Pride: WATCH

While Eddie and Patsy, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, a couple of gay cops and an estimated 40,000 other people took part in London Pride last Saturday, Batman v Superman star Jesse Eisenberg had a run in with a tiny, tiny group of Christian protesters.

Jesse Eisenberg Has Choice Words For Protesters At A Gay Pride Event In London t.co/vntF6zIFCu [Vid]

— PopScreen Movies (@PopNowMovies) June 27, 2016

Currently in London starring in The Spoils, which he also wrote, Eisenberg – apparently on his way to work at Trafalgar Studios – came across the group spreading the confused message that although god “is a god of love,” “criminals” should be punished. One poster proclaimed “Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.”

RELATED: London Traffic Lights Come Out as LGBT+ in Preparation for Pride

Looking absolutely nonplussed, when Eisenberg approached the group one protester asked the actor “Is your mind closed?” to which he replied “Is my mind closed? You are so f**ked up.”

VIDEO: Actor Jesse Eisenberg says “you’re so fucked up” to anti-gay group at London Pride rally pic.twitter.com/RboLLuHmn0

— Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) June 27, 2016

Watch some clips from London Pride below.

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German Politicians Detained as Turkish Police Use Teargas on Banned Istanbul Pride March: VIDEO

Police in Istanbul detained 19 people, including two German politicians, at last weekend’s banned Pride event.

Last week, police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds attending another LGBT march citing. That march had been banned “for the safety of our citizens, first and foremost the participants’, and for public order.”

Small but noisy group of #IstanbulPride participants defying police pic.twitter.com/l6CMsUW8Nr

— Mark Lowen (@marklowen) June 26, 2016

Volker Beck, a German lawmaker, was briefly detained while preventing police from arresting a Turkish gay rights activist trying to read a statement. He said he had been the victim of “a massive and arbitrary police attack.”

Attempted #IstanbulPride marchers/protesters being bundled into a police van just now. pic.twitter.com/c1T5XsFErU

— John Beck (@JM_Beck) June 26, 2016

According to Buzzfeed, European Member of Parliament (MEP) Terry Reintke was also arrested. Reintke said that she was released when police realized she is an MEP. Max Lucks, the speaker of the Green Youth Group in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, and Felix Banaszak, the Green party speaker in Duisburg, were also arrested. Authorities refused to release Lucks or Reintke’s assistant.

I was released. @max_lucks and @fbanaszak are still detained. We are fighting for their release. #IstanbulPride

— Terry Reintke (@TerryReintke) June 26, 2016

In a statement, Turkish gay rights activists said “Those who banned our march used ‘society’s sensitivities’ as an excuse but what’s being guarded is not society’s, but the government’s sensitivities.”

We utterly condemn the actions of the Turkish authorities in suppressing #IstanbulPride. This is ugly, state sanctioned homophobia.

— NXF (@nxfie) June 27, 2016

Istanbul’s annual pride parade is thought to be the biggest in the Muslim world. Gay pride parades have been held in the city since 2003 but last year’s march was broken up by police.

#istanbulpride #pride2016 #dağılıyoruz rainbow flag! Bravo for the courage! pic.twitter.com/cEEvlum1wV

— TP (@tunggalp) June 26, 2016

Watch a Reuters report below.

(Image via Twitter)

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21 Fictional Characters Who Bridged the Bathroom Divide

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Yes, LGBT Journalists Feel a ‘Special Anguish’ Over the Pulse Massacre (Video)

Can queer people report on the worst anti-LGBT hate crime in American history and still keep their journalistic distance? Do we need to? 

www.advocate.com/media/2016/6/27/yes-lgbt-journalists-feel-special-anguish-over-pulse-massacre-video

Brexit: The Vote That Set Cartoonists Off

Credit: Brandan Reynolds, South Africa

British satirists are reacting to the Brexit vote with mostly dismay, doomsday scenarios — and a new head of hair (“leave” campaigner Boris Johnson’s). But we wondered what cartoonists outside of Britain were drawing. A number of themes have emerged.

1. David Cameron, you are so outta here!

Credit: Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria

Credit: Mark Knight, Australia

2. We’re an island, we’ve always been an island, and darn it, we’ll be just fine on our own, thank you very much!

Credit: Oleksiy Kustovsky, Ukraine

Credit: Firoozeh Mozaffari, Iran

Credit: Kiron Nandakumar, India

Credit: Michael de Adder, Canada

3. Did I hear that right? You’re actually leaving? What?

Credit: Steve Bonello, Malta

4. The idea that Brexit spells peril for the fate of the European Union.

Credit: Manny Francisco, The Philippines

Credit: Hajo de Reijger, The Netherlands

Credit: Ali Dilem, Algeria/France

5. Don’t even think about it!

Credit: Peter Broelman, Australia

 

6. The Monty Python reference (via Barry Blitt)

An early look at next week’s cover, “Silly Walk Off a Cliff,” by Barry Blitt: t.co/brZjcbpbbZ pic.twitter.com/LJ1kZjABpg

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 24, 2016

7. Brexit, schmexit! We know what this is really about.

Credit: Brandan Reynolds, South Africa

Carol Hills runs The World’s satire desk, as well as the Twitter feed @globalcartoons.

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Jerusalem Gay Pride Attacker Handed Life Sentence For Fatal Stabbing of Teenager: WATCH

A radical ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jewish man who fatally stabbed a teenage girl at a Pride event in Jerusalem last year has been sentenced to life in prison plus 31 years.

Yishai Schlissel had been freed from prison just weeks before he murdered Shira Banki (right) and attempted to murder seven others.

Schlissel’s previous conviction came after he stabbed several people at a Jerusalem pride parade in 2005. After his release, he had angrily spoken out against the parade.

Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbing: ultra-orthodox Yishai Schlissel jailed for life t.co/hh1ixF5AQ0

— USMAN, Abbass Babayo (@Shangudar) June 27, 2016

According to ABC, at his sentencing yesterday, judges noted that Schlissel had shown no remorse for his actions. They wrote:

“We have before us a man who doesn’t see a fellow human before his eyes. A cruel, dangerous and heartless man. This dangerous man cannot be allowed to walk any longer on the streets of Jerusalem, or anywhere else.”

More than 200,000 people attended Pride in Tel Aviv this year where a minute of silence was held for Banki.

RELATED: 16-Year-Old Stabbed in Jerusalem Gay Pride Attack Dies

Will @tedcruz call this “Radical Jewish Terrorism”? – Gay Pride stabbing: ultra-orthodox Yishai Schlissel jailed t.co/yxdMzXvPiM

— Ben Blaney (@benblaney) June 26, 2016

Watch an AFP report below.

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The Immigration Ruling Is Another Hit Against Queer Latinos

For Yosimar Reyes, last week’s Supreme Court ruling is directly connected to the horror in Orlando.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/6/27/immigration-ruling-another-hit-against-queer-latinos

12 Lost Gay Bars of New York City

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