Small Town On Edge After Persistent “Glory Hole Driller” Strikes Again

Residents in the city of Vero Beach, FL (pop. 15,749) are on edge after a persistent “Glory Hole Driller” has begun striking their public restrooms at random.

Police are on the hunt for the person responsible for drilling several glory holes in various public restrooms around the quiet Florida town. The most one was discovered last week by municipal employee Brad Dewson.

Related: Glory Hole In College Library Bathroom Sparks Furor On University Campus

Dewson contacted authorities last Friday at around 9:30 a.m. after discovering yet another glory hole had been installed inside the men’s restroom at Treasure Shores Beach in Vero Beach.

Dewson told the responding officer that someone had drilled a “circular hole drilled into the divider wall separating the urinals from the toilets.” He was frustrated because he had already patched up a similar hole in that same bathroom once before.

“Based on the location of where the hole was drilled,” the officer noted in his report, “it is commonly used for male subjects to place their genitalia through it and have oral sex performed on them.”

Unfortunately, police say they do not have a suspect or any leads in the case. As a result, it has been listed as “inactive.” The bathroom, however, is another story.

Related: Ex-Cop Pretended To Be A Woman To Lure 60 Straight Men To His Glory Hole, Did Other Even Creepier Stuff

h/t: The Smoking Gun

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Linda Harvey: Satanic LGBT Youth are Embracing ‘Dehumanizing Sexual Practices’

Spooky, satan-obsessed muck-spreader Linda Harvey has said that gay youth are possessed by hellish “dehumanizing sexual practises.”

Writing in her weekly column for extreme rag WorldNetDaily, Mission America mouthpiece Harvey said that the gay community is “a Halloween haunted house…as spooky and godless as the real Halloween” that “conjures up the godless spirit of Halloween every day to molest the souls of vulnerable kids.”

RELATED: Linda Harvey Claims That Conversion Therapy Ban Will Increase Cases Of HIV Among Youth

Bizarrely referring to gay rights activists as “truth-free,” she made personal attacks on a number of transgender youth:

“A 12- year- old lacrosse player declared himself to be ‘gay’ back in August, and ESPN broadcast this to the whole world. There goes any chance for this boy to grow up in privacy and be allowed the freedom to change his mind. No, that would be homophobic. Better to trap him with this false label for the good of the movement.”

“Similarly, ‘Gavin’ Grimm, a wannabe boy in Gloucester County, Virginia, has launched a battle over her demand to invade the privacy of boys in their school restroom. A federal judge ruled this summer that Title IX sex discrimination federal law does not apply, unlike the ACLU and the Obama administration maintain. Title IX is based on biological, not imaginary gender. So this girl has now sued for a new judge, presumably one less in touch with reality.”

She concluded that “demonic spirits are hard at work in the souls of many confused, defenseless children, seducing them to embrace nightmares of mutilated identity and dehumanizing sexual practices.”

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Photographers Share Images That Remind Them Humanity Is Going To Be Alright

Photography has the ability to change the world — and our perception of it. 

At times it can feel like the only thing being documented these days is negative news. But photos that capture small moments of compassion have the power to show humankind at its best — and these are the images we at HuffPost Good News think we all need to be exposed to more. 

To help spread more of this type of imagery, we collaborated with the photographer community at EyeEm, seeking photos that left them feeling hopeful about their fellow humans.

The photo submissions below show a breezy moment among workers in Myanmar, a mother and daughter sharing a hearty laugh after a long separation, a passionate wedding performer giving it his all and much more. 

Check out the powerful photos below that allow us to see the world through a human lens. 

Check out the photos below:

The photographers’ responses have been edited for length and clarity.

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Open Question: Does anyone know any Lgbt friendly gameboy/nds/android games?

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Apple Supports Houston Equal Rights Ordinance

Apple Inc. adds its support for the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which is on the ballot this Tuesday.
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These Rescued Circus Lions are Recovering Nicely From a Lifetime of Abuse: PHOTOS

They were born in captivity and have no idea about the big cat sanctuary that’s in store for them in South Africa.
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By Simeon Tegel

LIMA, Peru — In a cramped, makeshift compound on the dusty outskirts of Lima, 24 rescued circus lions are enjoying more freedom than they have ever known.

But soon their lives are about to get even better. As GlobalPost reported in September, the animals will be headed in November to a big cat sanctuary in South Africa, along with another nine rescued in Colombia.

For animals born in captivity that have spent their entire lives in tiny cages — occasionally allowed out to create a spectacle for circus-goers, fed inadequate diets and often receiving no veterinary care — that will seem like heaven.

“The lions don’t know that their lives are going to change forever — from years of suffering in circuses, they will live in natural enclosures under the African sun. This is like a person applying for a visa for the trip of a lifetime,” said Jan Creamer, president of Animal Defenders International, the British nonprofit that organized the rescue and airlift.

But for now, the lions are getting ready for what is thought to be the largest-ever airlift of big cats. That means getting dental surgery to mend broken teeth and infected abscesses, extra portions of red meat to help them get back to a healthy weight and build muscle tone, and also slowly getting to know each other to allow them to form prides in South Africa.

The lions get to play with toys, including traffic cones. That’s more stimulation than most have had in their entire lives.

The cones last a day. The lions also love soccer balls, but those only last a matter of minutes, or even seconds, before the big cats burst them.

For some, one soccer ball is not enough.

Balls made out of rope are sturdier and last a few days.

Most of the lions have never had any veterinary care until now. This male needs dental surgery:

And this male, named Joseph, is almost blind from preventable cataracts:

The lions spend most of their time in cages as they await the airlift. But for the first time in their lives, all get an hour or two every day in this larger pen:

Some are also undergoing surgery for broken teeth and abscesses.

The lions are also being micro-chipped, to allow them to be tracked at their new home in South Africa.

This male has no idea of the new life of freedom that starts in November.

This article first appeared on GlobalPost. All photos courtesy Animal Defenders International.

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VIDEO: Nightmare's Heather Langenkamp Is the Final Girl of Our Dreams

Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street introduced the world to Freddy Krueger, a burned bogeyman who created nightmares that carried over into waking life. However, this wholly original slice of fantasy terror also introduced moviegoers to Nancy Thompson, a resourceful “final girl” who inspired a generation of horror fans.

Played by Heather Langenkamp, Nancy was the furthest thing from a bimbo-fied scream queen cliché. She fought back with bravery, intelligence, and determination, while taking the fight to her attacker, rather than shrieking in terror as passive prey. Langenkamp would reprise Nancy twice — in Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and the meta New Nightmare.

Three decades after the original Nightmare, the character not only maintains a place of honor in the horror hall of fame, she’s celebrated as a gay icon of the genre.

Langenkamp recently sat down with The Advocate’s entertainment editor, Jase Peeples, to discuss why Nancy inspired a legion of LGBT horror fans, why more people should be dressing as Freddy’s nemesis on Halloween, and the horror of gender inequality. 

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Gay Man Was Harassed At Work For Being A ‘Cocksucker,’ Court Says It Won’t Do A Thing About It

The Missouri appeals court acknowledged the discrimination happened; it just couldn’t do anything about it. Nor can most states.

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Is ‘Masc 4 Masc’ Homophobic?

Online comedian, voice actor and chest hair model Sam Kalidi creates a new meme each week for Queerty readers. This week he considers member of the gay community who are obsessed with obvious signs of masculinity. Sam looks forward to all your hate mail. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and at your local glory hole.

Jeremy Kinser

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Ireland’s Marriage Bill Signed Into Law

Gay couples in Ireland will soon be able to marry, as the marriage bill has been signed in to law:

The Presidential Commission – which is made up of the Chief Justice, the Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil and the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad – on Thursday signed the Marriage Bill 2015 in the absence of President Michael D Higgins, who is on an official visit to the US.

Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) must now issue a commencement order which will allow same-sex couples to start getting married.

Fitzgerald has said that marriages will start by mid-November.

The Irish Times adds:

In May, the amendment was approved by more than 1.2 million people, or 62 per cent of voters, with a 60.5 per cent turnout. Roscommon-South Leitrim was the only constituency to reject the amendment.

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