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Which Is More “Unnatural” — Homosexuality Or Homophobia?
We’ve asked online comedian, voice actor and chest hair model Sam Kalidi to create a new meme each week for Queerty readers. This week he investigates the ongoing homophobia in less-evolved parts of the world. Sam looks forward to all your hate mail. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and at your local glory hole.
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Friday Morning News Feed: Jihadi John, Mitt Romney, Google Car, Flesh + Fantasy
SYRIAN STRIKE: The U.S. launched a drone strike Thursday aimed at taking out ‘Jihadi John’, the man seen in the ISIS beheading videos. “Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the strike took place around the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Islamic State’s de facto capital. ..In a statement in front of 10 Downing Street on Friday morning, British Prime Minister David Cameron said it was not certain that Emwazi had been killed in an operation that the prime minister described as ‘a combined effort’ between U.S. and U.K. security forces. ‘If this strike was successful, and we still await confirmation of that, it will be a strike at the heart of ISIL,’ Cameron said, using an acronym for the Islamic State.”
2016 ELECTION: Some in GOP so worried that nominee will be Trump or Carson they have another idea: “According to other Republicans, some in the party establishment are so desperate to change the dynamic that they are talking anew about drafting Romney — despite his insistence that he will not run again. Friends have mapped out a strategy for a late entry to pick up delegates and vie for the nomination in a convention fight, according to the Republicans who were briefed on the talks, though Romney has shown no indication of reviving his interest.”
TICKETS: Google’s self-driving car was pulled over in Mountain View, California for driving too slowly. Photog: “We talked to the driver, apparently MVPD doesn’t get NEVs and pulled them over to ask why they were all going so slow.” Google FAQ: “The cars drive conservatively. For example, they pause 1.5 seconds after the light turns green at an intersection because many accidents happen during this time.”
SPACE: Unknown space junk set to collide with Earth today: “The object is believed to be a discarded rocket body and will likely enter Earth’s atmosphere from above the Indian Ocean around 11:49 local time or 1:19 a.m. E.T., according to the European Space Agency. In preparation for the object’s entry, there is a no-fly zone order and no fishing will be allowed in the “Southern sea area” on Nov. 13, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense said in a statement earlier this week.”
FILM: Oh look, Ben Carson is a fan of Kirk Cameron’s holiday masterpiece.
Ben Carson, film critic. pic.twitter.com/7iiwG8fjpm
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) November 10, 2015
MAJOR BETRAYAL: Tom Cruise pissed over Leah Remini’s Scientology tell-all: ‘Leah is what the church calls a Suppressive Person, so she’s evil in his mind,’ the source said. ‘He wipes the memory of any SP out of his mind.’
SURROGACY: There are only four Northern White Rhinos left in existence, but scientists have a plan to rebuild the species. Good luck!
IMMIGRATION: President Obama denounced Donald Trump’s deportation plan: “The notion that we’re going to deport 11, 12 million people from this country — first of all, I have no idea where Mr. Trump thinks the money’s going to come from,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News. “It would cost us hundreds of billions of dollars to execute that.”
ADVERTISING: This holiday ad for British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has gone viral and will give you the Christmas feels: “Sainsbury’s will be selling the book in stores for £3 and a Mog soft toy will be available for £10, with all profits from both items going to Save the Children’s work to improve child literacy in the UK.”
KYLIE MINOGUE: Speaking of Christmas, Kylie just dropped her Kylie Christmas album today, along with this video:
FRIDAY FLESH: 22-year-old fashion model Hugo Mayhew:
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World’s top rugby referee Nigel Owens: I considered chemical castration
Nowadays, Nigel Owens is generally regarded as the top referee in the world of rugby. The Welshman had the honor of officiating over the recent Rugby World Cup Final in London, becoming the first openly gay man to do so.
He came out in 2007 and has talked in the past about the weight that was lifted from his shoulders when he decided to be open about his sexuality.
However, he wasn’t always so at ease. In an interview with CNN he has said that he went as far as considering undergoing chemical castration – hormone treatment to quell his sexual desires – in an effort to not be gay.
‘I didn’t want to be gay,’ he said in the interview. ‘I actually went to the doctor at one stage to see if I could be chemically castrated in any way, if it would get rid of me being gay.
‘Looking back at that it was a horrific thing that one would have to do but that’s what I was going through at the time.
‘It was only when my Mum came to see me in hospital when I tried to take my own life and she told me: “If you try to do anything like this again then you take me and Dad with you because we don’t want to live our lives without you.”
‘I was an only child. I sat up in bed that night and I cried. I thought to myself that I need to grow up here. That’s when I accepted who I was and that was the biggest challenge of my life over with.
Gareth Thomas became the first leading rugby player to come out in 2009. The fellow Welshman captained his national team and played for his country on 100 occasions. This year, two other rugby players in Britain – Keegan Hirst and Sam Stanley – also came out as gay.
Owens said that other people have yet to come out simply because they haven’t yet accepted themselves.
‘A lot of people are struggling with who they are. They can’t tell other people they’re gay because they’re fighting it themselves. That’s one of the reasons a lot of people are not out in sport yet.’
Earlier this month, Owens won an award for ‘Sports Person of the Decade’ from UK LGBT advocacy organization, Stonewall.
‘Times have changed a lot from that dark night when I was worrying about if I could carry on with my refereeing or being myself.
‘Everybody knows who I am as far as my sexuality is concerned and when everybody at the World Rugby Awards stands up and applauds me that says a lot.’
I really am shocked but truly humbled & honoured to have won the @stonewalluk sportsperson of the decade. #Proud pic.twitter.com/Vzkxzo9Crb
— Nigel Owens (@Nigelrefowens) November 5, 2015
H/T: CNN
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Young Man Seeks Advice For Obsession With Bigger Guys, Can’t Get Enough Belly
A young man recently wrote into advice columnist Pamela Stephenson Connolly at The Guardian seeking advice on a fetish that he fears will make others think he is a “disgusting freak.”
“I’m a gay man in my early 20s and, for as long as I can remember, my tastes have differed from the norm,” the letter begins. “I have a fetish for bigger guys and I’ve even wanted to gain weight myself to satisfy this.”
Related: Science Confirms The Bigger The Belly, The Better The Lover
The letter continues: “I realize the stigma around obesity and its health implications, and my struggle with this has led me to hide myself away. I fear that others will see me as a disgusting freak.”
Of course, chubby chasing is nothing new. Lots of guys are attracted to heavier men and with good reason. A 2014 study found that guys with bigger bellies lasted an average of 7.3 minutes longer in the sack. And let’s not forget last summer’s “dad bod” phenomenon.
“Don’t let the zeitgeist spoil your pleasure,” Connolly, a psychotherapist who specialized in sexual disorders, replies. “You are fortunate that you do not need a ‘ripped’ partner in order to become aroused.”
Related: Beer Bellies Are Now Officially Considered Sexy. You’re Welcome!
“Body-worship is extremely common,” she continues. “It occurs in many forms, with a great deal of cultural variation, and is usually the result of tastes and triggers that begin to form quite normally in childhood. Despite the current fashion for preferring well-toned men, there are plenty of fleshier men around who would love to know that you desired them.”
Connolly goes on to say that being attracted bigger guys does not make a person a “disgusting freak.”
“Each of us has a unique design for arousal and sexual connection,” she concludes, “and yours is far from ‘freakish.’ Please yourself, and be proud.”
Related: Muscle Man Explains Why “Fat Sex” Is The Best Sex And Chubby Chasing Is “As Good As It Gets”
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Caitlyn Jenner Confronted by Protesters: ‘You Are an Insult to Trans Women’ – WATCH
Caitlyn Jenner confronted protesters who were attacking her outside a keynote speech she gave at a luncheon for 1000 people at the Hilton Chicago on Thursday for Chicago House.
“You are an insult to trans people, you are an insult to women. You have no right to represent us,” the protesters shouted through a bullhorn outside the event (see bottom video).
Chicago House describes itself as “the Midwest’s oldest provider of housing for those impacted by HIV/AIDS and/or LGBTQ marginalization” and “home to the nation’s most comprehensive social service and support programs for transgender individuals, the TransLife Center.”
The Chicago House’s Speaker Series is an annual fundraising event. Jenner was asked to discuss her coming out experience as a transgender woman.
When Jenner emerged from the event she got an earful from protesters gathered at the entrance, unhappy that Jenner had been asked to represent the trans community. Jenner had a brief exchange with activist Monica James.
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“Make the services and make this movement and this plea for trans tolerance intentional and direct for the people who are facing the violence every day on the streets, the people who are being discriminated against on the basis of their gender and their race at the same time,” said Monica James, 43, of Englewood, who held a sign that read, “Liberation not miss-representation.”
“She can’t speak to those struggles,” James said. “It defaces the real truth behind transitioning.”
…When Jenner left the hotel, she stopped to talk briefly with James while ignoring the people who crowded around her trying to take selfies. James said she was a community activist and could not find a job because of her gender and race.
“I would love to see you have a job,” Jenner told James. “I love you.”
Activists had organized the protest via Facebook, on a page now taken down, writing:
“Who, you may ask, did they select to speak on the issues facing trans people and especially trans women in our city? Caitlyn Jenner. Caitlyn Jenner, who lives in a mansion and has a net worth of millions of dollars, while the average trans person has a 41 percent chance of experienceing homelessness [sic] and a nearly 50 percent chance of living off less than $10k per year.
Caitlyn Jenner, who said in a segment on her hit new reality TV series I Am Cait, regarding people who rely on social services to get by: ‘You don’t want people to get totally dependent on it. That’s when they get into trouble. ‘Why should I work? You know, I’ve got a few bucks, I’ve got my room paid for.”
If you think Chicago House’s shameless pandering to the trans community for mediocre representation, embodied by a clueless rich white woman who thinks disenfranchised trans women of color should just pluck themselves up off the street and stop being so lazy, is an insult and a disgrace, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Meet us in the lobby Thursday to tell Chicago House, Caitlyn Jenner, and all her supporters that Caitlyn Jenner doesn’t represent trans people! Stand up and say: #IAintCait!”
Watch another report on the protest with more footage:
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Caitlyn Jenner Confronted by Protesters: ‘You Are an Insult to Trans Women’ – WATCH
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Helsinki Pride is here!
Helsinki Pride 2015 invites you to join the biggest culture and human rights event in Finland June 22-28. Helsinki Pride is a theme week of gender and sexual minorities and warmly welcomes everyone interested. The organizer of Helsinki Pride is HeSeta ry.
Pride week is a full of rainbow colored program; there are lectures on current topics, discussions, sunny picnics, workshops, art and culture and of course several awesome parties which continues until the late morning. There are events for all ages. Targeting participants of 13-25 years, the Youth Pride (Nuorten Pride) forms its own entity.
On Saturday June 27th Helsinki Pride culminates in Pride parade which starts from Senaatintori Square. Parade continues as a park party at Kaivopuisto and later as the Pride closing party. Make sure you don’t miss the colorful parade twisted with great atmosphere!
We welcome you to enjoy the versatile program, cheerful atmosphere and summery Helsinki!
The Rise of the Gay Bigot
Over the past few years, as we’ve seen such rapid, astonishing progress towards LGBT equality, I’ve also noticed a rise in respectability politics among gay men. I have to confess I frequently make the mistake of reading the comments section, falling down the rabbit hole of rage, vitriol, racism, transphobia, biphobia, slut-shaming, PrEP-shaming, fat-shaming, and misogyny exhibited towards anyone who doesn’t fit the “ideal” depiction of “our community,” even though the most beautiful thing about our community has always been that it embraces individuality. Lately I’ve been struggling to understand why gay men feel so entitled to tell others how to behave, when so many people are of the opinion that we are societal deviants, no matter how well-behaved we are. Why are so many of us adopting the very same kind of oppressive language that has been wielded against us by antigay extremists?
Recently, The Advocate published an essay I wrote about gay Internet commenters slut-shaming the characters on my LGBT Web series EastSiders for exploring a not-quite-monogamous relationship in the show’s second season. In just two days, the piece was shared over 15,000 times and evoked some very strong reactions, good and bad, that also included a great deal of slut-shaming — no surprise there. If Fox News has taught us anything, it’s that closed minds hate analyzing their own bias and prejudice; they’re much more comfortable in an echo chamber where no one challenges them. More than anything, I was struck by how conservative the article’s detractors were, hanging their arguments on the perception of a societal consensus of how people should behave in relationships. Basically, if you aren’t married with 2.5 kids and a dog, you’re damaging the cause.
It’s surprising how many gay men consider themselves arbiters of social norms and mores, as same-sex marriage has only held majority support in this country for a few years now. And that majority is still very slim; according to Pew Research Center polling, only 57 percent of the country supports marriage equality, and in the world at large, only 21 countries allow gay and lesbian couples to wed in all of their jurisdictions. Legal recognition for gay marriage is actually a very recent development in history, with the Netherlands making the first steps towards equal marriage in the year 2000. It is a particularly galling feat of hypocrisy for gay men, who have been on the outskirts of acceptable society for such a long time, to turn around and assert their role as gatekeepers so soon after achieving “respectability.” Whether we’re religious or secular, we all have our own codes of ethics and morality, but we’ve seen firsthand the havoc that judgment and condemnation can wreck upon individuals who are deemed “immoral.” If their actions aren’t hurting anyone, then what compels you to attack them? Do you think the people that consider you immoral are going to be convinced otherwise when they see you parroting their outrage?
I recently stumbled across a Change.org campaign petitioning the Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, Lambda Legal, and media outlets such as The Advocate to “Drop the T” and distance themselves from the transgender population. Although the petition hasn’t been able to drum up much support, it’s sadly in keeping with many negative comments I’ve read towards trans activists in other articles. There’s an audible “I got mine” mentality in these exchanges that repulses me. Yes, I’ve seen exclusionary language from trans activists as well, and comments that seem homophobic or misogynistic, but it’s all symptomatic of the same problem.
Why should your opinion of what is the “correct” way to express gender, gender identity, sexuality, or religion become a mandate for others? If what we are saying is that along with equal rights we want the right to judge and persecute others for not conforming with our ideas, then count me out. I left Mississippi at 16 to escape a society that I felt valued “respectability” over my humanity, and I hate to see LGBT people shackling themselves to the same kind of hatred we have overcome. Similarly, gay white men proudly stating their dating “preferences,” such as “no blacks” and “no Asians,” suggests a profoundly closed-minded view of humanity. To lump all people of a race into a single homogenous “unattractive” category is the definition of racism, and it’s something to work through in therapy, not tout on your dating profile.
Yes, the pendulum sometimes swings too far in the other direction; liberals can be bigots too. I was as offended by Stonewall as the next guy, but I am almost grateful for the conversation that it’s started about representation. Whether you want to watch it or not, I hope we can all agree that it should not be censored or banned from college campuses, as the Colorado College LGBTQIA+ campus group recently attempted to do. Of course people have a right to be offended and to boycott the film if they choose, but stating that the film’s existence is a “threat to our identity and safety” is verging on South Park. I believe we can be sensitive and understanding of the experience of others without pushing political correctness so far that it becomes tyrannical and obscene. There is an obvious middle road we can take here.
If we accept a rigid society where the majority’s experience trumps all others, then we must accept that our experience will never be valued equally as a group that will always be outnumbered. But if we espouse a philosophy of open-mindedness and compassion toward one another, then we have a shot at creating a society where all experiences are valued. In short, we are never going to cleanly fit ourselves into society’s standards if we play into society’s bigotry; we need to work together toward creating a more inclusive, loving society, where we accept and celebrate our differences.
We still carry the fighting spirit of an oppressed group, because we are still subjected to rampant hate and discrimination. When nearly half the country doesn’t consider us a part of “respectable” society, the battle is far from over. But we need to be careful not to turn our passion and vehemence against one another; together we will all rise up, but divided we will all fall right back down to where we started.
KIT WILLIAMSON is an actor, filmmaker, and activist. He best known for playing the role of Ed Gifford on Mad Men and creating the LGBT series EastSiders. Its second season is now available on DVD. Watch the trailer below.
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50 Cent gives his 2 cents after ex ignites gay rumors – read his latest response here
50 Cent has said he is ‘confused’ by his ex Vivica A. Fox’s comments about his sexuality.
He told New York Daily News: ‘We haven’t been together for years. No idea why she’s still thinking about me and talking about me all the time.’
The I’ll Whip Ya Head Boy singer also addressed Vivica’s previous comments that he was the love her life.
He said: ‘When I heard that I was like, woah, wait a minute. I was pretty surprised, but I didn’t say anything. I had one love of my life, my grandma. Not Vivica. That’s it.’
His comments follow Vivica’s appearance on Watch What Happens Live, where she was asked by host Andy Cohen about her ex’s recent homophobic comments, when he claimed Empire season two ratings were down because of too much ‘gay stuff’.
Vivica (who stars in the show) responded: ‘You know, the pot calling the kettle black is all I’m saying,’ before backtracking and saying ‘he just seems like he’s got something that’s not quite clear.’
50 has also called out his ex in a series of expletive-ridden Instagram posts this week, even calling her a ‘crazy bitch’.
In the below post, he claims: ‘just realized I dated this old piece a shit 11 years ago, so I’m finished with this.’
There is a method to my madness. Lol #EFFENVODKA #FRIGO #SMSAUDIO I just realized I dated this old piece a shit 11 years ago, so I’m finished with this.
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