Spain’s First Gay Football Ref Returns to Game, is Immediately Threatened: ‘Not Long Left to Live, Faggot’

Jesús Tomillero, the first openly gay football referee in Spain, who quit last May because of homophobic abuse from fans, changed his mind and returned to work.

Unfortunately, he immediately began receiving anti-gay threats, the Guardian reports:

Jesús Tomillero, 21, was refereeing a game between CD Lasalle and Atlético Zabal in Andalusía’s second division on Saturday when a Lasalle supporter told him to “get off for being gay” after he awarded a penalty to Zabal.

The game was stopped and the man was removed but he managed to get back in and shout “You f**king faggot” at Tomillero.

Following the match – his second since returning – the referee started getting death threats on social media. “You son of a bitch. You messed with the club. We’ll kill you with AIDS, you faggot,” read one.

Another message, featuring a photograph of a handgun and bullets, said: “Not long left to live, faggot.”

RELATED: Homophobic Fan Fined $170 For Harassing Spain’s First Openly Gay Football Referee

Tomillero said that the threats began after he posted about the match on social media.

He now has 24-hour security protecting him.

Tomillero told the paper: “I go the first one about three o’clock [Monday] afternoon. It said: ‘Reporting this was a mistake, Jesús. The boss has put a price on your head.’ There was a picture of a gun and a car and it said: ‘Get ready for what’s coming, faggot.’”

It’s unclear if Tomillero will stay in the game or decide to hang up his uniform once and for all.

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Indonesia Moves Ahead with Banning 80+ Gay Apps and Websites

Last week we reported that officials in Indonesia were considering a ban on Grindr, Scruff, Hornet, Adam4Adam and similar gay apps after a pedophilia ring was found to have used apps to ‘pimp’ teenage boys.

Now, it appears they are moving ahead with the plans, which encompass up to 80 apps and websites, according to Buzzfeed News:

“The participants of the meeting all agree to block websites promoting LGBT,” Aidil Chendramata, director of information security for the Ministry of Communications, told BuzzFeed News following the meeting. The panel included representatives from the Ministry of Human Development, the National Police, and the Ministry of Religious Affairs, which was represented by a member of the country’s Muslim clerics association. “Most of the contents are leading toward pornography [and have] violated the law on pornography and the law on child protection,” Chendramata said.

The move comes several months after the Ministry of Communication announced it would craft a ban on LGBT “propaganda” in March, part of an unprecedented crackdown on LGBT rights in the country. The Constitutional Court is separatelyconsidering a petition that could make homosexuality a crime in Indonesia for the first time.

The meeting was initially convened to review a police request to block Grindr and 17 other gay apps they allege were used by a child prostitution ring. But the meeting reviewed a broader list, said Ericson Siregar, an officer with the National Police Criminal Investigations Department who participated in the meeting, because the Ministry of Communication had “previously investigated gay applications” and identified dozens for “promoting LGBT.”

Experts say the move is part of a broader attack on US-based social media, but the gay apps are the “low-hanging fruit”, easier to knock off because of nudity and their sexual nature.

In an interview following the speech with BuzzFeed News, Siradj added that Indonesia’s Islamic institutions were also fighting on a second online front — against extremist Islamic groups overseas.

“On Facebook, Twitter, and other sites, there are right-wing extremism, radicalism … ISIS also uses it, Al-Qaeda also uses it, other terrorists such as Jamaah Islam, Jamaah Tabliq Al-Hijrom, Mujahiddin also use it — so it is not only LGBT,” Siradj said. “Radicalism is not the nature or role of Islam in Indonesia…. Radicalism in religion all comes from the Middle East.”

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John Waters Star Kim ‘Hatchet-Face’ McGuire Has Died

Actress Kim McGuire has died, the Divine official Facebook page reports.McGuire is best known for playing Mona “Hatchet-Face” Malnorowski in the 1990 John Waters musical comedy Cry-Baby, starring Johnny Depp. McGuire was 60.

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McGuire’s friend Suzy Hixson set up a GoFundMe campaign to cover Kim’s funeral costs and her husband Gene’s living expenses.

She writes:

What many people don’t know is Kim was accomplished in so many other feats as well. She flourished in theater and passed the BAR to become an attorney in multiple states. Much of this came tumbling down when Hurricane Katrina hit. Kim and Gene were living in New Orleans at the time and unfortunately lost everything in the hurricane. They actually had to swim out of their home! As one could imagine, this took a toll on both Kim and Gene mentally and physically. They lost all things dear to them and had to rebuild their life together from square one. Shortly after the tragedy, they relocated to Mississippi and then eventually to Naples, Florida. Since the hurricane, Kim became an accomplished author with her dear husband Gene by her side and publishing books of his own.

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