Christopher Biggins, Renee Graziano’s “Big Brother” Biphobia Causes Backlash

Christopher Biggins and Renee Graziano. Photo via Big Brother, YouTube.

Celebrity “Big Brother” housemates Christopher Biggins and Renee Graziano competed recently to see who could be the bigger biphobe. In a fierce competition, they pretty much tied for worst.

Actor and television presenter Biggins asked “Mob Wives” star Graziano what her feelings were on gay people.

“I think it’s beautiful because it’s who you are and I think it’s natural,” she said. “But I think today in society, I think they kind of force things on people and confuse you.”

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“I think the worst type though, I’m afraid to say, is the bisexuals,” Biggins added.

“That upsets me,” Grazino said. “You have to pick a team.”

“Yeah,” Biggins said. “What it is, is people not wanting to admit they’re gay.”

“Please pick a team!” Graziano pleads. “You can pick any one you want.”

“I know, I agree,” Biggins said. “I totally agree.

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Yeah, just pick a team. So long as that team perfectly conforms to their false dichotomy where everyone is on one end of the spectrum or the other, despite what social science has taught us over the decades about the complexities of human sexuality.

Ironically, they seem unaware that what they are doing, displaying the type of biphobia that anyone not on “Team Gay” or “Team Straight” often receive from both communities, is the exact reason that few people pretend at being bisexual for very long.

It quickly becomes evident that identifying as bisexual is not going to make your life any easier and that it is probably easier to just identify as gay.

Unless, of course, you are legitimately bisexual and want to live your truth, in spite of the rampant biphobia present in society.

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The comments are inspiring many to join team “F*ck you, Biggins and Graziano.”

I hope the conversation between Biggins and Renee invalidating bisexuality causes controversy because that shouldn’t go under the radar #CBB

— tom (@thomas__don) August 1, 2016

It’s shocking for me especially as Biggins ‘supports’ the LG(B)T community! Cmon … he should know better #CBB t.co/WqzZLMzheV

— Lloyd Daniels (@LloydDanielsUK) August 1, 2016

Oh Biggins #CBB pic.twitter.com/X8UM7bSQap

— Becky Bedbug (@BeckyBedbug) August 1, 2016

@bbuk can renee and biggins pls get a warning for their biphobic discussion, they’d receive one if it was homophobic or racist

— cam / 31 (@OAKLEYSUPPERLIP) August 1, 2016

Disgusted at the attitudes of Renee and Biggins towards bisexuality ? #cbb

— Sophie Collacott (@s0phiecollacott) August 1, 2016

Oh my gosh! Shocked at Biggins blatant biphobia on #CBB wtf?!

— Juno Dawson (@junodawson) August 1, 2016

My opinion of Renee and Biggins has significantly altered. Sorry hun, “pick a team,” really? That is SO offensive. #LGBT #CBB

— Naomi (@NJRalph1) August 1, 2016

well i hate biggins & renee now! they can rot 🙂 #cbbuk

— ash (@ashlikesbands) August 1, 2016

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Trump Repeatedly Accuses New York Times Of Not “Writing Good”

Donald Trump caricature by DonkeyHotey, CC 2.0.

“The media is very unfair,” Trump told a crowd of rubes yesterday, “No matter how good I do on something, they’ll never write good.”

Well, he would know, wouldn’t he?

It’s always so hard to know if Trump knows what he’s doing. Could anyone actually be such a thick, crowing moron? He’s like a parody character in a second-rate improv show.

He even repeated his stupid grammar: “They don’t write good. They have people over there, like Maggie Haberman and others, they don’t — they don’t write good,” he said. “They don’t know how to write good.”

This has gotta be a joke, right?

And yet the dummies who believe that he’s a leader, and not simply a rich idiot with no ideas, are still lapping up his rhetoric. They don’t read the New York Times; they don’t like the New York Times; they don’t care that he can’t put together a proper sentence. What does Trump have to lose by attacking a newspaper?

He later threatened to pull the NY Times‘ credentials, which would make it a lot harder for the paper to cover him. His complaint: the paper isn’t reporting fairly or accurately. This may be part of a longer strategy to have someone to blame when he loses the election: he can claim in November that the election was rigged and unfair, and he would have won if not for media bias.

Because of course, nothing bad that happens to Donald is ever Donald’s fault. He’s a perfect man who never does anything wrong, a precious little baby prince.

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Lesbian Drama, Legal Battles and ‘The Little Prince’ Streaming In August

Looking for something to stream while you Netflix and chill? Check out our picks for new additions to streaming services this month below, including gay love stories Holding The Man and Blue Is the Warmest Color.

Holding The Man (2015), Available on Netflix August 1

Timothy Conigrave’s memoir gets an emotional film adaptation in this sweeping gay Australian love story. Holding The Man chronicles Conigrave’s 15-year relationship with John Caleo while portraying the coming out process and the AIDS crisis against a backdrop of the 1970s and ‘80s.

Capote (2005), Available on HBO Now August 1

The late Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Oscar-winning turn as iconic gay author Truman Capote in this drama chronicling his writing of In Cold Blood, a sort of pre-cursor to The Jinx and Making A Murderer.

Legally Blonde (2001), Available on Hulu August 1

Now’s your chance to perfect your bend and snap! Reese Witherspoon’s classic comedy hits Hulu in all its wonderful pink glory. Cast includes gay faves like Victor Garber, Holland Taylor, Jennifer Coolidge and Ali Larter. (OK, maybe Ali Larter is a stretch, but have you seen Obsessed? Come on.)

The Little Prince (2016), Available on Netflix August 5

One of the most beloved children’s books ever, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is brought to life with stunning animation, featuring the voices of Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Jeff Bridges, Paul Rudd, James Franco and more. While not an expressly LGBT film, the fable will resonate with anyone who’s ever looked at the adult world and did’t understand why we do the things we do.

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013), Available on Netflix August 26

Lauded for its raw realism (and notable for the graphic sex scenes that earned the film an NC-17 rating), this critical darling was the first film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes for both its director and its actresses. The French film follows young lovers Adèle and Emma from the beginning of their high-school romance into their turbulent adult relationship.

The State Of Marriage (2015), Available on Netflix August 29

Same-sex marriage may be the reality across the country today, but you can trace its roots to lawyers Mary Bonauto, Susan Murray, and Beth Robinson in Vermont. This documentary tells the story of the struggle behind Vermont Supreme Court case Baker v. Vermont, and reminds us how different things were not too long ago.

What are you streaming this month?

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California Bill Aims to Ban Anti-Gay Discrimination at Religious Schools: VIDEO

A bill moving through the California legislature could remove anti-discrimination exemptions for religious institutions.

Currently, religious institutions can discipline students for violating moral codes of conduct. In practice, the exercising of such “religious freedom” clauses often leads to anti-gay and anti-trans policies.

The AP reports that under SB 1146, schools would  have to disclose if they have been granted exemptions from federal Title IX rules against discrimination to prospective and current students.

RELATED: These Federally Funded Religious Schools Received Title IX Waivers to Discriminate Against LGBT Students

The bill’s sponsor, Senator Ricardo Lara (above), says that students who attend religious colleges should have the same rights and protections as students who attend non-religious institutions.

Derry Connolly, president of John Paul the Great Catholic University in Escondido, says that SB 1146 will force the school to “change 2,000-year-old teachings to be in line with LGBT ideology.” Meanwhile, John Jackson, president of William Jessup University, argues that the bill would prevent the college from offering Cal Grant funding to low-income students.

Christian schools are trying to keep their federal funding all the while breaking federal laws. #SB1146 aims to end that.

— Eliel Cruz (@elielcruz) August 1, 2016

However, Patti Colston, a spokeswoman for the California Student Aid Commission, said nothing in HB 1146 would explicitly prevent a religious institution from voluntarily participating in the Cal Grant program.

HB 1146 law faces an upcoming test in the state Assembly after passing the Senate.

Watch Biola University President Barry H. Corey speak out against SB 1146 along with a video in support of the law, below.

(Top image via Wikipedia)

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ Is Back, and Queens Will Be Lip-Syncing for Their Legacies: WATCH

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars is back, and this time the returning queens aren’t just lip-sycncing for their lives; they’re fighting for their legacies.

A new trailer for the second season of the show reveals a new twist in store for the all stars.

Vulture explains: 

The bottoms aren’t lip-syncing this time — it’s the tops! In this exclusive trailer for the second season of All Stars, RuPaul has decided that the rules have changed and the top two queens will “lip-sync for their legacy.” The winner of that lip-sync will then decide who goes home.

PREVIOUSLY: RuPaul Explains Why ‘Drag Race’ Can’t Go Mainstream – WATCH

The returning queens are Roxxxy Andrews, Alaska, Detox, Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrose, Ginger Minj, Katya, Adore Delano, Phi Phi O’Hara, and Tatianna.

Get ready, queens.

Let’s get All-Star-ted!!!! 🌟👑 Starting August 25th at 8/7c, Thursdays are going to get WILD! t.co/HPF5Dfkw5G pic.twitter.com/dfyxbf9Fnk

— RuPaul’s Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) August 2, 2016

Watch the new trailer, below.

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Queer Women Have Absolutely No Reason To Support Donald Trump

And nothing Rush Limbaugh says on the radio will change that.

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Marco Rubio to Speak at Antigay Rally on Anniversary of Pulse Shooting

The senator was called “Florida’s most brazen political opportunist” by a local alt-weekly.

www.advocate.com/politics/2016/8/02/marco-rubio-speak-antigay-rally-anniversary-pulse-shooting

Skye Mockabee Is 17th Trans Person Murdered in the U.S. This Year

Skye Mockabee was found on Saturday morning, but initial misgendering from police and media hampered reporting of her death.

www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/8/02/skye-mockabee-17th-trans-person-murdered-us-year

‘Christian’ Store Owner in Arkansas Doesn’t Want Lesbians Holding Hands in Front of the Children

Saying he’s “a family person” and would have done the same thing if they had been “regular people,” an Arkansas store owner asked a lesbian couple to stop holding hands in his business on Saturday.

Ashley Looper and Jessica Perkins, who’ve been together since January and recently got engaged, were shopping together at Spa City Treasures, a flea market and antique store in Hot Springs. Although they were holding hands, Looper and Perkins said they weren’t being “handsy” or disrespectful — or even hugging or kissing. Nevertheless, store owner Steve Salyers began following them around and eventually asked them to stop.

“I’m a family person so I want this to be a family store,” Salyers told KARK-TV. “It’s like I wouldn’t want to take my kids to a strip club or something.”

“I just felt like they were just doing something that was inappropriate to have kids around,” he added. “It would have been the same whether it had been regular people or not.”

Salyers didn’t ask Looper and Perkins to leave, but the couple put back their merchandise and stormed out.

“Love is love, and no one else should be able to say anything about it,” Looper said. “I don’t judge people for who they’re with. We don’t want to be judged for who we’re with.”

Looper and Perkins said they want to get the word out in the LGBT community that Spa City Treasures discriminates. And apparently it’s working, as hundreds of people have flooded the business’ Facebook page with negative reviews.

Sayers said people can write what they want, but he’s not a homophobe.

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