Trump Nominates Climate Change Denier, Transphobe to Head EPA
His choice, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, has joined in lawsuits against the agency — and against the federal government’s guidance on treatment of transgender students.
www.advocate.com/politics/2016/12/07/trump-nominates-climate-change-denier-transphobe-head-epa
Pope Reiterates Catholic Church's Ban on Gay Priests
The affirmation of the ban comes in a new Vatican document — even though it’s widely acknowledged that there are many gay priests in the church.
www.advocate.com/religion/2016/12/07/pope-reiterates-catholic-churchs-ban-gay-priests
Scott Pruitt, Princemas, Linda McMahon, Zac Efron, Tiffany Trump, Royal Family: HOT LINKS
ANTI-TRANS. In addition to being a staunch critic of the EPA, Trump’s pick for head of the EPA (Oklahoma AG Scott Pruitt) is also transphobic. In a letter to AG Loretta Lynch, responding to guidance on transgender students: “Your determination thus elevates the status of transgender students over those who would define their sex based on biology and who would seek to have their definition honored in the most private of places. Indeed, those latter students and their families cannot even seek reassurance that a transgender student’s self-definition is not premised on whim or caprice…”
THE PERFECT GIFT. For everyone on your list: The Warwick Rowers calendar. Well, mostly everyone.
WHAT, LIKE IT’S HARD? Is Tiffany Trump trying to get into Harvard Law?
TIS THE SEASON. A very merry Princemas to us all.
OBAMACARE. Did Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan accidentally reveal his real plan on ‘repealing and replacing’ the Affordable Care Act?
PAY TO PLAY. Trump nominates former WWE CEO and Trump Foundation donor Linda McMahon to be head of Small Business Administration: “McMahon, who ran for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut but failed, twice, is the top outside donor (along with her husband) to the Trump Foundation, giving the controversial family charity $5 million between 2007 and 2009 – more than Trump himself gave.”
HARD BODIES. Zac Efron goes shirtless in first trailer for Baywatch movie.
UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS. The Royal Family sleigh.
IN FACT YOU MIGHT SAY HE WAS VERY RIGHT WING. Alex Jones isn’t saying Glenn Beck is gay. He’s not.
Alex Jones just now on Glenn Beck: “I’m not saying he’s gay but he’s super feminine.”
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) December 7, 2016
OHIO. Legislature approves bill banning abortion after a month and a half: “The bill was tacked on at the last minute to another bill addressing child abuse. It was approved in the Republican-dominated state House and Senate, and will now move on to Republican and anti-abortion Gov. John Kasich’s desk. He will sign or veto it within the next 10 days.”
HUMP DAY HOTNESS. Fitz Henley.
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LGBTQ Stars and Allies Share the Spotlight in “Hairspray Live!”
Tonight, the widely anticipated Hairspray Live! will air on NBC. The star-studded cast features LGBTQ and allied actors, including several longtime HRC supporters.
Hairspray is an American musical based on the 1988 film Hairspray. The film was written and directed by LGBTQ icon John Waters, who has appeared at several HRC events. The musical, as well as film, is a touching coming of age story that celebrates diversity, family, inclusion and acceptance.
Here’s a sneak peek at the cast:
Trump's Homeland Security Pick Fears Women in Combat Will 'Lower Standards'
Marine Gen. John Kelly has decades of battle experience — and strong views about women in combat and the Guantanamo Bay military prison.
Is There A Shady Secret Message On TIME’s Donald Trump Cover?
By now, you’ve seen the front cover of TIME‘s new issue; pored over Tweets from 19-year-olds who are furious Trump has been named “Person of the Year,” and skimmed Facebook posts from 29-year-olds reminding everyone Adolf Hitler shared the title back in 1933, and it’s not a “tremendous honor,” as Donald Trump seems to think it is.
Related: Kelly Osbourne Urges The Gay Community To “Give Donald Trump A Chance”
But did you happen to notice that there might be a shady secret message printed on the cover? As GQ points out, Trump’s head appears strategically placed under the “M” so that it looks like he’s Satan, The Horned One, Our Infernal Father of Pestilence:
— Siddhant Adlakha (@SidizenKane) December 7, 2016
Is everybody reading too much into this, or is TIME’s art department trying their hand at being sly? Hard to say, but if we were Satan’s, we’d be really pissed right now.
Trump Picks Anti-Gay Iowa Governor Terry Branstad for Ambassador to China
Donald Trump has named Iowa’s anti-gay governor, Terry Branstad, as his ambassador to China.
Branstad has extensive ties to China and a personal friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping that dates back decades. If his nomination goes through, the move could help reassure China’s leadership that Trump understands the importance of healthy relations with Beijing. […]
Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller told reporters later Wednesday that Branstad has accepted the president-elect’s offer.
“Governor Branstad obviously is Iowa’s longest-serving governor, someone who has considerable public policy experience but also someone who has a lot of experience and great grasp of trade issues, agriculture issues, has a tremendous understanding of China and Chinese people [and] is someone who very much impressed the president-elect,” Miller said. “It’s very clear that Governor Branstad is someone who will represent our country well on the world stage, and we couldn’t be prouder of this selection.”
Branstad, who remains a devout believer in so-called “traditional marriage”, was famously on the record in favor of banning same-sex marriage in The Hawkeye State after the state Supreme Court made it legal for same-sex couples to marry in 2009.
Branstad was also accused in 2012 of discriminating against a state commissioner because he is gay. Former Iowa Workers Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey sued Branstad in 2012, alleging that his sexuality motivated Branstad to ask him to resign and cut his pay after he refused.
Watch a report on Branstad’s appointment, along with comments from Branstad on why he supports a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
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Trump Says Obama Helped Him Choose His Cabinet Full Of Homophobes
A shift has taken over President-elect Trump in the weeks since his astonishing election upset, predictable and irksome all at once. Remember that illegitimate Kenyan-born terrorist sympathizer Trump warned for years was wrecking havoc from the White House? Well these days Trump seems to be a big fan of President Obama. And that’s understandable as both sides work towards a peaceful transition of power, a cornerstone of our democracy.
But that congeniality can only go so far, and for his part, Obama has been tight-lipped, saying he’s rooting for Trump’s success because “We all want what’s best for this country.” What else can he say, really?
Trump, on the other hand, is playing up his relationship with the outgoing president to the point of insult, which if he were a character in Street Fighter, would be a signature offensive move. Most recently, Trump hsd spoken about consulting with the president on his impending appointments, suggesting Obama helped guide them.
Related: The 10 Worst Homophobes Among President Elect Trump’s Appointees
Speaking to NBC’s Today, Trump said, “I have asked [President Obama] what he would think of this one and that one. I would say that, yes, I take his recommendations very seriously, and there are some people that I will be appointing, and in one case have appointed, where he thought very highly of that person, yes.”
He declined to mention which of his public appointments have come at the supposed blessing of Obama, but scanning the list of them, it’s hard to see where the President’s influence might be felt.
Obama’s administration was the most diverse in history — women and minorities held the majority of top positions for the first time ever. It fought for LGBTQ rights, for women, for minorities, for families.
Related: Trump’s Pick For National Security Adviser Outed Her Brother While He Died Of AIDS
Trump doubled down in an interview with Time, after being named the magazine’s “Person of the Year” (for reference, Hitler was person of the year in the same publication 78 years ago).
Speaking of the president, Trump said, “We talked about some of the potential appointments that I would make. I wanted to get his opinion. And he gave me some opinions on some people that were very interesting to me, and that meant something to me. I believe in asking people. We have different views but he loves our country. And he wants what’s good for our country. So I did talk to him about certain people that I’m thinking about. Got his ideas.”
Related: Another One Of Trump’s Cabinet Candidates Has Made Horrific Comments About LGBTQs
Trump may try and take credit for Obama’s progress on healthcare, or jobs, or the economy — but if he’s hoping to pin the despicable cast of characters he’s lined up in the wings to assume the most powerful positions in the land on the outgoing president, he needs a new game plan.
Trump’s “drain the swamp” appointments have been proven time and time again to be the exact opposite, and that’s to say nothing of the fact that many of his incoming ilk have some serious antigay skeletons in their closets. Sorry Donald, this one’s on you.
After the two met in the White House for a 90-minute post-election meeting, Trump explained, “I’ve now gotten to know President Obama. I really like him. We have — I think, I can say at least for myself, I can’t speak for him, but we have a really good chemistry together.”
Related: Oh Look, Another Antigay Skeleton In Trump AG Pick Jeff Sessions’ Closet
Obama presidential historian and journalist David Remnick put it a bit differently in The New Yorker:
The official line at the White House was that the hour-and-a-half meeting with Trump went well and that Trump was solicitous. Later, when I asked Obama how things had really gone, he smiled thinly and said, “I think I can’t characterize it without . . . ” Then he stopped himself and said that he would tell me, “at some point over a beer—off the record.”
He, like us, isn’t expecting that beer any time soon. But it doesn’t take a mind reader to detect some signature-Trump bull crap in this whole “Obama thinks I’m fantastic and helped me pick my antigay cabinet” narrative.
Paranormal Organization Claims Gay Men are Possessed by Female Ghosts
According to a paranormal organization 85% of all gay men aren’t really gay, they’re just possessed by female ghosts that cause them to have attractions towards men.
The Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SRF), which has 12,000 followers on Twitter, claims, “The main reason behind the gay orientation of some men is that they are possessed by female ghosts. It is the female ghost in them that is attracted to other men.”
As you might imagine, they believe that lesbians are possessed by male ghost.
“The ghost’s consciousness overpowers the person’s normal behaviour to produce the homosexual attraction,” the group writes on their website. They cite “Spiritual research” as proving that “the cause for homosexual preferences lie predominantly in the spiritual realm.”
According to the SRF, only 5% of gay people are gay due to “hormonal changes.” Ten percent are considered gay because they had “an experience with a person of the same sex as a teenager or young adult that was pleasurable and therefore wanting to experience it again.” However, the vast majority of gay people, 85%, exhibit same-sex attraction because of ghosts, they say.
SRF also says that gay pride parades are evidence of the “decline” of humankind:
Organizing such Parades in the name of human rights and freedom does not indicate that society is progressing. In fact, this evidences its decline. The human race needs to know what is right and what is wrong. Just as we teach children not to play in dirty water or eat mud, we need to educate society what is correct from a spiritual perspective. By failing to do so, we run the risk of a further decline in Righteousness and consequently people in society will become more unhappy.
The good news, SRF says, is that “Homosexuality can be overcome by regular spiritual practice.” SRF offers “some simple steps” to rid you of your homosexuality.
What might those steps be? Thankfully, SRF spells them out.
Check them out, below.
[h/t PinkNews; top photo via Flickr]
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