Brazil’s President Says He Won’t Follow WHO’s Coronavirus Advice Because Agency Wants to Turn Kids Gay

Brazil’s President Says He Won’t Follow WHO’s Coronavirus Advice Because Agency Wants to Turn Kids Gay

Brazil’s rabidly anti-gay president, Jair Bolsonaro, is falsely accusing the World Health Organization of encouraging children to masturbate and try “same-sex relations.”

Like President Donald Trump, Bolsonaro has been a vocal critic of WHO’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, Trump announced the U.S. would halt funding for the U.N. agency.

In a Facebook post late Wednesday that he later deleted, Bolsonaro’s attacks on WHO took a strange new turn.

“This is the World Health Organization whose advice on coronavirus some people want me to follow,” he wrote. “Should we follow their education policy guidelines, too? For children zero to four years old: satisfaction and pleasure when touching their bodies, masturbation…. For children four to six years old: a positive gender identity… masturbation in early childhood, same-sex relations…. Nine to 12 years old: first sexual experience.”

More from Yahoo News: The origin of the information appeared to be a 2010 guide called “Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe,” published by Germany’s Federal Centre for Health Education and the WHO’s European office. Though not its main focus, the guide briefly explains that young children are typically discovering their bodies, and tells parents and educators that behavior such as touching oneself and curiosity about sexuality are normal in kids. But it does not call on them to encourage any of the behaviors mentioned by Bolsonaro. … Sometimes called the “Tropical Trump,” Bolsonaro, like his US counterpart, is an avid social media user, firing up his core supporters on Facebook and Twitter. He has regularly been at odds with the WHO since the coronavirus pandemic began. He says social distancing measures are needlessly wrecking the economy over a virus he compares to a “little flu,” and recently fired Health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who was popular with his pro-confinement, pro-science handling of the crisis.

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HRC responde a erupción de violencia contra LGBTQ en Puerto Rico

HRC responde a erupción de violencia contra LGBTQ en Puerto Rico

La Fundación Human Rights Campaign (HRC) respondió al reciente aumento dramático en asesinatos violentos de personas LGBTQ en Puerto Rico. Ha habido al menos 10 muertes de personas LGBTQ en los últimos 15 meses en la isla. Este es el mayor número de asesinatos que Puerto Rico ha visto en una década. Cinco muertes han ocurrido sólo en los últimos dos meses. Estas muertes más recientes representan la mayoría de las al menos nueve muertes violentas de personas transgénero y no conformes con el género que ocurrieron en los Estados Unidos este año.

“Hay una crisis que enfrentan las personas LGBTQ en Puerto Rico”, dijo el presidente de HRC, Alphonso David. “Esta violencia debe terminar. Cada una de las 10 personas asesinadas tenía una familia, amigos y una comunidad. Cuando perdemos a alguien, especialmente en circunstancias violentas, se deja un largo rastro de trauma inquebrantable. La Fundación Human Rights Campaign está comprometida a apoyar a nuestros socios en la comunidad LGBTQ puertorriqueña, siempre y cuando el gobierno tome esto en serio”.

“Toda la familia HRC está entristecida por los trágicos asesinatos de más de nuestras hermanas. Estamos comprometidos a luchar por políticas y protecciones para todas las personas transgénero, no binarias y queer en Puerto Rico y en todo el mundo “, dijo Tori Cooper, directora de participación comunitaria de la Iniciativa de Justicia Transgénero HRC.

“Nos están matando mientras el gobierno mira hacia el otro lado. Exigimos que la policía y el gobierno se ocupen de inmediato con esta crisis de violencia contra las personas LGBTTIQ. Es su deber llevar a cabo investigaciones de manera transparente y exhaustiva, y reportar el estado de sus investigaciones de acuerdo con los protocolos de delitos de odio”, dijo Pedro Julio Serrano, portavoz del Comité Amplio para la Búsqueda de Equidad (CABE en español).

Serrano agregó: “La violencia que estamos experimentando se basa en la retórica y las acciones de odio por parte de los políticos fundamentalistas religiosos que incitan a sus seguidores a perseguir, demonizar y atacar a las personas LGBTTIQ. Ya estamos cansados de ser utilizados como chivos expiatorios para sus agendas divisivas”.

“Cinco mujeres amadas por Dios han sido asesinadas. Se merecían seguridad, dignidad y solidaridad. Hay muchas personas en Puerto Rico, religiosas y seculares, que creen que la iglesia debe hacer más para amar y proteger a las personas LGBTQ. Estamos aquí, existimos y nuestros números son más que los de aquellos que recurren a la violencia ante la diferencia. Todos estamos en esta lucha juntos”, dijo Carlos Rodríguez, pastor, autor y fundador / director de The Happy Non-Profit.

“Los fundamentos de mi vida espiritual se formaron en una iglesia evangélica en el campo de Puerto Rico. Ahí es donde aprendí que en el centro del cristianismo hay una ética de justicia, amor e inclusión, todo lo cual ha informado el trabajo de mi vida al luchar contra el odio y la exclusión, personal y profesionalmente. HRC está trabajando estrechamente con nuestros socios en Puerto Rico para responder rápidamente a esta creciente crisis”, dijo Michael Vázquez, director del Programa de Religión y Fe de la Fundación HRC.

Esta semana, HRC celebró la vida de tres mujeres transgénero que fueron asesinadas en Puerto Rico en las últimas dos semanas: Serena Angelique Velázquez Ramos, Layla Peláez Sánchez y Penélope Díaz Ramírez.

En septiembre de 2019, HRC anunció que está expandiendo significativamente su trabajo dedicado a la justicia para la comunidad transgénero a través de la Iniciativa de Justicia Transgénero. La organización está avanzando nuevas iniciativas que se enfocan en las necesidades urgentes de la comunidad transgénero, con atención específica a los miembros de la comunidad profundamente afectados por el racismo, el sexismo y la transfobia. Este gran esfuerzo incluye un enfoque en el empoderamiento económico, programas de creación de capacidad, grupos de trabajo específicos en las comunidades más afectadas por la epidemia de violencia anti-trans, y campañas de educación pública expandidas. Para obtener más información sobre el trabajo de HRC en la igualdad transgénero, visite HRC.org/transgender. HRC ofrece una guía para reporteros sobre cómo cubrir historias relacionadas con personas transgénero que se puede encontrar aquí.

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Magic Johnson admits to retaliating against fellow player Isiah Thomas over bi rumors

Magic Johnson admits to retaliating against fellow player Isiah Thomas over bi rumors

With sports fans tuning in to the Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance, folks have brought to light a long-overlooked tidbit. In 2009, basketball titan Magic Johnson made a surprising admission: he purposely kept fellow baller Isiah Thomas off the American “Dream Team.” The reason? Johnson believed Thomas spread rumors about his sexuality.

The scandal dates back to 1992 when the best basketball players in the US united for the Olympic team. Dubbed the Dream Team, the lineup featured legends like Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing. At the time, the media heralded the team as the greatest collection of basketball talent ever assembled. They went on to win the Gold Medal.

Thomas, however, didn’t make the team. Speculation at the time pointed to Michael Jordan, who, according to rumor, refused to join the team if Thomas also landed a spot. Jordan and Thomas had something of a feud over Thomas’ very physical tactics during games.

Related: Magic Johnson “Should Be Ashamed” For “Having Those AIDS,” Says Clippers Owner Donald Sterling

Isiah Thomas has continued to fuel the Jordan feud rumors in recent interviews promoting the ESPN docuseries The Last Dance about Michael Jordan’s legacy with the Chicago Bulls.

“Why I’m personally hurt is another reason why I’m here,” Thomas told ESPN this week. “Because being left off the Dream Team, that personally hurt me. If I’m not apart of the Dream Team because a lapse in emotion in terms of not shaking someone’s hand … if that’s the reason why I didn’t make the Dream Team, then I am more disappointed today than I was back then when I wasn’t selected.”

Isaiah Thomas: “If I’m not apart of the Dream Team because of a lapse in emotion in terms of not shaking someone’s hand, if that’s the reason why I didn’t make the Dream Team, then I am more disappointed today than I was back then when I wasn’t selected.” pic.twitter.com/5QQk3kmX0g

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) April 27, 2020

Apparently Thomas never read Johnson’s memoir, When the Game Was Ours. In that 2009 book, Magic Johnson admitted that he blocked Thomas from joining the team. Johnson, who came out as HIV+ in 1991, believed that Thomas had spread rumors about Johnson having gay trysts. ESPN reports that the rumors about Johnson’s sexuality had soured other players in the league, ultimately sealing Thomas’ fate.

ESPN commentator Jemele Hill writes:

“In the book,” which Johnson co-authored with Larry Bird and frequent ESPN contributor Jackie MacMullan, Johnson admits he helped keep Thomas off the 1992 U.S. Olympic Dream Team because he believed that, in the wake of Johnson’s announcement in 1991 that he had HIV, his once-dear friend spread a rumor he was gay or bisexual.

For most of the public, this is a startling admission, but Johnson’s sexuality has been gossiped about in NBA circles for years. That can be chalked up to ignorance about his disease. Thomas, now the men’s basketball coach at Florida International University, denies speculating about Johnson’s sexuality and told SI.com he feels “blindsided” by the allegations because this is the first time Johnson is publicly airing his side of the story.”

“Isiah killed his own chances when it came to the Olympics,” Johnson wrote in 2009. “Nobody on that team wanted to play with him.”

In the years since the Dream Team and his retirement, Johnson has raised awareness and charity funds to battle HIV all over the world, including smashing the stereotype that only gay or bisexual men carry the disease.

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MAGA May Day Rallies, NYC Subways, Joe Biden, Rufus Gifford, Scott Frantz, Sam Smith, Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Tiger King,’ Greg Berlanti: HOT LINKS

MAGA May Day Rallies, NYC Subways, Joe Biden, Rufus Gifford, Scott Frantz, Sam Smith, Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Tiger King,’ Greg Berlanti: HOT LINKS

COVIDIOTS: Pro-Trump group plans to hold MAGA May Day rallies across country amid pandemic shutdowns

GRISLY: Dozens of bodies found in U-Haul trucks outside NYC funeral home

Bodies treated like garbage at a funeral home on Utica Ave and Ave M. Apx 100 bodies left in U Haul unrefrigerated trucks for weeks. The stench was terrible according to witnesses who spoke to me. Some claim they called 911 so many times but were ignored. Internal affairs Inv. pic.twitter.com/ofAzguVPzP

— nycphotog STAY SAFE (@nycphotog) April 30, 2020

GOV. CUOMO: New York to Hire Thousands of Contact Tracers, Reduce Subway Service to Clean Trains

NY Gov. Cuomo says contact tracing on “an overwhelming scale” is very difficult:

“Yesterday, we tested 4,681 people who were positive. How do you … trace back all the people they have been in contact with over the past 14 days and contact those people?” t.co/ufXieAxvCx pic.twitter.com/IHrg62FYlG

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 30, 2020

DELEGATE DEAL: Biden campaign reaches deal to allow Bernie Sanders to retain hundreds of delegates

SILVER FOX: Biden taps gay former U.S. ambassador Rufus Gifford as deputy campaign manager

WINGNUT OF THE DAY: North Carolina pastor Gene Gouge

Burke County- a local pastor is speaking out tonight about Covid-19. He says Governor Cooper should allow the state and churches to reopen immediately. Tonight at 5:45 on channel 9 why the pastor believes we’ve been taking the wrong approach to beat the virus. pic.twitter.com/6APodBBy1x

— Dave Faherty (@FahertyWSOC9) April 29, 2020

UNSIGNED: Openly Gay Former K-State Football Star Had Hoped To Make NFL History This Year, But The Coronavirus Got In The Way

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PUERTO RICO: Wave of trans murders sparks fear of ‘hunting season’

TIGER KING: Saff hopes being misgendered will raise awareness of pronouns

HOMOCON: Phyllis Schlafly’s Gay Son John Still Supports His Mom’s Conservative Views

‘I’M LITERALLY CRYING’: Beyonce & Megan Thee Stallion remix ‘Savage’ for charity & it’s amazing

TEASER: Sam Smith Says Their New Album Will ‘Explore Their Queerness’

SOCIALLY DISTANCED: SF gay couple weds amid virus lockdown

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A #wedding during the #socialdistancing Just a few friends and all the needed measures. Thank you all for coming 🇻🇪🇪🇸 Una boda durante esta #pandemia con distanciamiento social pero mucho amor. 🥰AMOR EN TIEMPOS DE CORONAVIRUS, la novela no autorizada de Gabriel García Márquez 😂 • • • • • #wedding #gaywedding #love #loveislove #gaycouple #gaylove #man #cute #boys #matrimonio #bodagay #matrimoniogay

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NEW NORMAL: What will Pride mean this year?

GIVING BACK: Greg Berlanti Commits $1M to Aid TV Crews, Production Staff, Organizations With COVID-19 Relief

THURSDAY THIRST: Rob Red

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