Gay Jesus Movie Back on Netflix With New Brazilian High Court Ruling

“One cannot suppose that a humorous satire has the ability to weaken the values of the Christian faith,” the president of Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled.

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Her boyfriend refuses to properly wash himself because “touching anything between his legs is gay”

A woman says doesn’t know what to do about her boyfriend who won’t wash himself “down there” because he thinks touching his own genitalia makes him gay, so she’s seeking help from Reddit.

According to the woman, her 24-year-old boyfriend simply refuses to properly wash his nether regions.

“He explained that he doesn’t touch himself there, ever, because it’s gay,” she writes in the disturbing post.

“Therefore, he can’t clean the area specifically and just lets it get wet in the shower, that’s it. Other than this his hygiene is fine. I only became aware of the issue when we started getting more intimate.”

We don’t even want to imagine what it was like for her to make such a horrifying discovery.

The woman continues, “He thinks washing his penis would be gay. What the hell. In fact he thinks any touching of anything between his legs is gay. This was completely ridiculous and I started asking him what about masturbating? What about wiping after he poops?”

Her boyfriend responded by telling her that he doesn’t wipe and instead uses a bidet. As for masturbating, he quit doing that years ago when it started making him feel “weird.”

“He says ‘any contact a guy has with the male ass or pubic areas is in a gay realm.’ I said that makes absolutely no sense when it’s your own body. It’s not GAY to tend to your OWN self, gay involves OTHER people!”

And now, the responses…

“Honestly, he’s probably gay or was possibly molested,” one person writes. “It’s extremely abnormal behavior.”

“Do your vag a favor and don’t sleep with him til he washes cause that is a bacterial infection waiting to happen,” another warns.

“Maybe take him to a Dr and have a hygiene intervention with him,” a third person suggests.

One person urges the woman to get out while she can: “I feel like the fact that he doesn’t wash or touch his own genital area (as genuinely disturbing as that is) is unfortunately only the tip of the iceberg with this whole thing.”

Another thinks her boyfriend is just being stubborn: “It’s beyond ridiculous, and into the realm of obviously lying. I think it’s far more likely he is he type that can either never lose an argument or never admit to lying and this simply spiraled out of even his control.”

And then there’s this person, who asks a very valid question: “How does he pee without touching his dick? I’m imagining a huge mess.”

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Marianne Williamson Drops Out of Presidential Race, Says ‘Love Will Prevail’

Author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson announced Friday she is ending her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Williamson’s departure leaves 13 candidates in the race, but only six have qualified for next Tuesday’s debate in Iowa.

“I stayed in the race to take advantage of every possible opportunity to share our message,” Williamson wrote to supporters. “With caucuses and primaries now about to begin, however, we will not be able to garner enough votes in the election to elevate our conversation any more than it is now. The primaries might be tightly contested among the top contenders, and I don’t want to get in the way of a progressive candidate winning any of them.”

She concluded: “Finally, these are not times to despair; they are simply times to rise up. Things are changing swiftly and dramatically in this country, and I have faith that something is awakening among us. A politics of conscience is still yet possible. And yes….love will prevail.”

CNN reports: After launching her campaign in January 2019, Williamson told CNN she was running to bring a “moral and spiritual awakening” for America. … Williamson’s most notable policy proposal was likely her call for at least $100 billion — but potentially as much as $500 billion — in reparations for the descendants of slaves. … In a debate in June, she said her first act as president would be to call New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and say, “Girlfriend, you are so on.” … She got attention in the following month’s debate, too, when she said President Donald Trump had harnessed a “dark psychic force of collectivized hatred.”

More from NBC News: The non-traditional candidate built her campaign around themes of love and “big truth.” Her campaign slogan encouraged voters to “join the evolution,” a play on the political “revolution” some of the other candidates promised to ignite. Williamson made slavery reparations, child welfare and a proposed “Department of Peace” pillars of her platform. … The candidate drew criticism for her skeptical questioning of vaccine mandates, and for comments about depression and mental illness. Williamson’s main splash in the mainstream came through viral moments during the first two Democratic debates, earning her online support and inspiring a bevy of memes and making her one of the most Googled candidates after early debates, according to the search giant.

Watch a few highlights of Williamson from the debates below:

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Senator who proposed making the word “homosexuality” illegal says she’s being misinterpreted

24 hours after causing a national uproar, that antigay Arizona lawmaker who wants to outlaw the word “homosexuality” is backing down, but she wants everyone to know that they’ve “misinterpreted” her intentions.

Earlier this week, State Senator Sylvia Allen, a Republican from the town of Snowflake, proposed a bill that would scrub the word “homosexuality” from all teaching materials used by schools.

Many believe that Allen, who is a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage and anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBTQ people, was attempting to undo the 2019 repeal of the state’s “no promo homo” law, a decades-old law that forbid educators from “promoting homosexual lifestyles.”

Arizona School Superintendent Kathy Hoffman said she was “appalled” by Allen’s proposed bill, telling a local media outlet that it “appears to undo the progress we have made as a state” and “could put the state at risk of another lawsuit.”

But after Queerty and several other national media outlets covered the story, Allen decided to quit playing word police. In a statement issued this morning, she says that, on second thought, the word “homosexuality” can stay.

“Several news outlets have reported that my bill to provide parents more access and information on sexual education courses also prohibits the inclusion of homosexuality as part of any chosen curricula,” she says. “They are misinterpreting the language. That was absolutely not my intention.”

Except that the bill did attempt to prohibit the inclusion of homosexuality in teaching materials.

Allen continues, “I regret that it has diverted attention from the main goal of the bill, which is to assist parents with more access and transparency, so that they could make informed decisions about the health and welfare of their children.”

“I will post an amendment today that removes the provision that has raised concerns,” she says. “With this clarification, I aim to return the conversation on this bill back to my original intent–to provide meaningful opportunities for parents to engage and be contributory on this very important issue.”

This isn’t the first time Allen, who believes the earth is approximately 6,000 years old, has come under criticism for pushing harebrained agendas.

In 2015, she suggested there be a law forcing people to go to church to help facilitate America’s “moral rebirth.” And in July 2019, she warned white Republicans that if they don’t reproduce faster, “we’re going to look like South American countries very quickly.”

Related: This Arizona state senator wants to make the word “homosexuality” illegal

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BREAKING: Pelosi Moving to Send Impeachment to Senate Next Week

Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated Friday that the House will likely transmit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate next week.

“I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to her Democratic colleagues late Friday morning.

The House impeached Trump last month on charges that he abused power in dealings with Ukraine and obstructed efforts by Congress to investigate. But the trial cannot begin until the House transmits the articles of impeachment.

Pelosi has withheld the articles for weeks in an effort to pressure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to release rules for the trial.

More to come …

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Gender Identity Law Takes Effect in Chile

Update: January 10, 2020

On December 27, 2019, Chile’s Gender Identity Law — Ley de Identidad de Género, which provides legal protections for gender identity recognition, went into effect. In a message celebrating the landmark occasion, Alessia Injoque, the current and first transgender woman to serve as Executive President of Fundación Iguales, a leading LGBTQ organization in the country, stated that “the most important thing is that with this, the State recognizes that trans people exist.” With the law, transgender people over age 14 are able to update their names and gender identity on legal documents. HRC celebrates with advocates in Chile who have waited for more than six years since this vital bill was introduced, and another year since it was signed. 

This blog post originally appearred on November 28, 2018

HRC hailed the passage of a Gender Identity Law — or Ley de Identidad de Género in Chile — signed by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. The measure allows transgender people over the age of 14 to update their names on legal documents and guarantees their right to be officially addressed according to their true gender.

“This historic decision marks a milestone for LGBTQ rights in Chile and in South America,” said former HRC Global Director Ty Cobb. “We commend the efforts of all the LGBTQ advocates involved, including our Chilean partners at Fundación Iguales, who worked tirelessly for five years to achieve this victory. While this legislation removes roadblocks for many trans people, there is still important progress to be made — especially for transgender youth.”

“The rights that were excluded from transgender people in Chile are being acknowledged at last,” said Juan Enrique Pi Arriagada, former Executive President of Fundación Iguales. “After years of fighting to ensure their legal recognition, we celebrate this historic triumph that will change the lives of many of those who, for far too long, lacked protections and lived in the shadows. While we celebrate this historic landmark, we must keep working to continue the fight towards full equality.”

In another historic development in Latin America, Uruguay enacted a groundbreaking law last month expanding the country’s existing gender identity law to include transgender people under the age of 18 and providing important additional protections. These include a right to access gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy, reserving one percent of government jobs for transgender people, and establishing a pension fund to compensate transgender people who were persecuted during Uruguay’s military dictatorship.

While Chile’s new law is an important step forward, it does not apply to transgender people under the age of 14 and continues to unjustly limit their ability to update their identity documents to reflect their authentic selves.

HRC’s Global Workplace Equality Program continues to partner with Fundación Iguales and businesses to advance LGBT inclusion across Chilean workplaces through its Equidad CL program. The bill is another sign of progress in Chile, where the private sector is adopting  LGBT-inclusive policies and there is growing visibility of transgender Chileans’ stories.

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