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QUIZ: What Is Your Kink IQ?
A new book, Kinky Gay Sex: A Game Plan, makes us wonder if we have gone a little vanilla. Take the quiz and see what your kink quotient is.
Christopher Harrity
www.advocate.com/health/love-and-sex/2015/01/30/quiz-what-your-kink-iq
Idaho Won't Add LGBT Protections to Nondiscrimination Law
The ‘Add the Words’ bill, which would have banned anti-LGBT discrimination, died in a party-line committee vote today.
Trudy Ring
www.advocate.com/politics/2015/01/29/idaho-wont-add-lgbt-protections-nondiscrimination-law
Twitter Troll Bryan Fischer Reportedly Canned, But Trolling To Carry On
Forced to choose between battling the radical homosexual agenda and supporting Israel, which some motivated evangelical Christians believe will be central to Judgment Day, one Christian group has made its choice clear: Surrender to the agenda.
A conservative, anti-LGBT group has fired its longtime spokesman and issue-analysis director Bryan Fischer after the group’s sponsoring of a Republican National Committee trip to Israel drew attention to his views — though it’s not as if his views weren’t widely known already.
Fischer, who regularly trolls Twitter with outlandishly bigoted comments, is unabashed. Rachel Maddow first reported on MSNBC Wednesday that the American Family Association’s dismissal of Fischer follows reports that the group would be footing the bill for about 60 members of the RNC to travel on a “spiritual” trip to Israel through its American Renewal Project subsidiary.
Fischer has suggested the Nazi Party was founded by gay people, that Adolf Hitler intentionally recruited gays to the party, that the First Amendment only applies to Christians, that homosexuality should be criminalized and that an underground railroad is needed to protect children from gay parents. He has also said that African American welfare recipients are “people who rut like rabbits.”
He will remain the host of his AFA-sponsored radio show. On Thursday, Fischer denied that he had been fired, saying on his radio show that he had given up his role as spokesman because the multiple positions were sowing confusion about the the organization’s official stances. He did not immediately respond to a direct message on Twitter requesting clarification.
Coverage by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and letters sent by the civil-rights group the Southern Poverty Law Center to the RNC may have invited Fischer’s firing by putting political pressure on the committee. In an article published Thursday, Haaretz noted that the SPLC designates the AFA as a hate group.
The SPLC sent a letter to RNC officials earlier this month asking it to not participate in the Israel trip because of the Fischer’s comments about Jews, LGBT people, Hispanics, African-Americans and women. On Wednesday, AFA’s general counsel responded to the SPLC and said the organization rejects Fischer’s views.
While the Christian activist who is running the trip, David Lane, told Haaretz he organized it out of evangelical love for Israel and that Israel’s “best friends” are American evangelicals, the group may find Israel’s record on LGBT issues rather intolerable.
Israel allows LGBT people to serve openly in the military, recognizes same-sex marriages performed outside the country and has outlawed employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. The country is so progressive minded toward the LGBT community, and so outspoken about it when under pressure from the international community, that critics of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza argue that the country uses LGBT rights as a public relations tool — otherwise known as “pinkwashing” — to obscure human rights issues relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Since marriage is an exclusively religious institution in Israel, however, and is dictated by anti-gay marriage, ultra-Orthodox rabbis, LGBT people are not yet able to marry within the country, and housing discrimination against gay couples, even in liberal Tel Aviv, appears to be common.
Anti-LGBT Bill Defeated in Virginia Subcommittee
A subcommittee in the Virginia House of Delegates vetoed a “conscience clause” bill earlier today that would have allowed discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
HRC.org
Rome, Italy City Council Votes to Establish Register for Civil Unions
Rome’s City Council approved the establishment of a register for civil unions on Thursday in a vote of 32-10 with one abstention, The Local reports:
The long-awaited move was welcomed by (Mayor Ignazio) Marino (pictured) as aligning the Italian capital with European countries that already recognize gay unions.
“Today the capital of Italy gives a signal that, in this city, love is equal for everyone,” the mayor said in an online statement.
A spokesman for city hall was not immediately available to clarify whether same-sex couples will be afford greater rights under the measure. The local-level decision stands at odds with national legislation, which provides no legal framework for gay unions.
The register will automatically include same-sex unions legalized abroad, WIR reports:
The legislation was backed by the Partito Democratico (PD) mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino and his centre-left coalition, the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) and Sinistra Ecologia Libertà (SEL) but was opposed by centre-right parties Nuovo Centrodestra (NCD), Forza Italia (FI) and Fratelli d’Italia (FdI).
Approvata la delibera delle #UnioniCivili di Roma Capitale. Roma finalmente delibera l’amore. Grazie a tutti! pic.twitter.com/W56uauxyre
— Giulia Tempesta (@GiuliaTempesta) January 28, 2015
Andy Towle
www.towleroad.com/2015/01/romes-city-council-votes-to-establish-register-for-civil-unions.html
Not Really Fired: Bryan Fischer Will Continue to Spew Hate
The American Family Association is trying to lower Fischer’s profile, but he still has an AFA-affiliated radio show to promote his homophobic bile.
Trudy Ring
www.advocate.com/politics/2015/01/29/not-really-fired-bryan-fischer-will-continue-spew-hate
Idaho Republicans Reject Gay Rights Measure
By Laura Zuckerman
Jan 29 (Reuters) – A bill granting job and housing protections for gay and transgender people in socially conservative Idaho was stalled by Republican lawmakers on Thursday after three days of emotionally charged hearings that drew more than 1,000 residents to the Capitol.
A Republican-led House of Representatives committee voted 13-4 along party lines to prevent legislation that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to Idaho’s nondiscrimination law from being voted on in the broader chamber.
In voicing opposition to the bill, unlikely to be taken up again this year, some Republican lawmakers referenced biblical passages while others contended the measure threatened to cement the division between gays and heterosexuals.
“If we pass the bill today as it is worded, it would create a barrier between you folks in favor of adding the words and the so-called straight community and it will be a giant step backwards, not forwards,” said Republican Representative Ken Andrus.
Gay rights advocates have sought for nine years to persuade the Republican-controlled legislature to take up the proposal, a so-called Add the Words campaign that culminated last year in the arrest of protesters blocking access to legislative chambers in the Capitol in Boise.
The Idaho Human Rights Act already bans discrimination in employment, housing and in places open to the public like retail stores on such attributes as race, sex, color and religion.
Representative John McCrostie, a Democrat, urged lawmakers on Thursday to vote in favor of the provision, saying that as a gay man he would likely be mistreated at certain restaurants in Idaho “if I walked in with my husband.”
More than 20 hours of emotional testimony delivered by gay and transgender people during hearings that began Monday included an account by a transgender teen who said she was called “it” by teachers and teased by classmates to the point she had contemplated suicide.
Republican lawmakers said they worried the measure would lead to lawsuits against those who refused services to gay and transgender people based on religious beliefs.
Ten Idaho cities have adopted nondiscrimination clauses similar to the one halted Thursday and a federal appeals court in October struck down a ban on gay matrimony in Idaho.
(Reporting by Laura Zuckerman in Salmon, Idaho; Editing by Eric M. Johnson and Eric Beech)
Kentucky Bill Targets Transgender Students
A new bill introduced in the Kentucky General Assembly would restrict bathroom use for transgender students.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/kentucky-bill-targets-transgender-students?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Pizza Condoms Are Officially A Thing
Just when we thought we’d seen it all, a new brand of pizza-inspired condoms have hit the market.
Russian designer Marina Malygina created a rubber for people who like sex and food equally. The condoms, which are called “Seriax,” come in a miniature-sized pizza box. Inside is a condom wrapped to look like a pepperoni pie.
Malygina says the idea came from an episode of Friends where Joey is asked the impossible question: If given one option, do you choose food or sex? The answer is obviously both.
Scroll down for other strange, cool, ridiculous, and absurd condoms…
Phosphorescent condoms
No more fumbling around in the shadows. Phosphorescent condoms glow in the dark and are appropriate in almost any situation.
Bacon condoms
For those who prefer a side of meat with their meat.
KISS “kondoms”
Because who wouldn’t want to be penetrated by the face of Gene Simmons?
Louis Vuitton condoms
These babies give whole new meaning to the term “label whore.”
“Fun Bumps” condoms
Typically when we think of bumps and genitalia, the word “fun” doesn’t exactly spring to mind. But, hey, to each his own, right?
Twilight condoms
For Vampire geeks and diehard Stephenie Meyer fans.
Condometric condoms
No more lying about how big you are on your Grindr profile. The “Condometric” comes with a ruler printed on the side to show precisely how well you measure up.
Gumby condoms
When childhood and adulthood collide.
Madonna condoms
These are obviously made exclusively for gay men.
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Graham Gremore
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Ford Contractor Files 'Religious Discrimination' Complaint After Being Fired for Anti-Gay Remarks
A Michigan man recently employed as a contractor for the Ford Motor Company has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying he was fired because of his religious beliefs.
The firing came after Thomas Banks received a newsletter from Ford which discussed the company’s LGBT-inclusive policies as well as GLOBE, a support group for LGBT employees of the car maker.
Banks’s response to the newsletter, which he left as a comment in the feedback section, got him fired for violating Ford’s anti-harassment policies.
Wrote Banks in the comment:
“For this Ford Motor should be thoroughly ashamed. Endorsing and promoting sodomy is of benefit to no one. This topic is disruptive to the workplace and is an assault on Christians and morality, as well as antithetical to our design and our survival. Immoral sexual conduct should not be a topic for an automotive manufacturer to endorse or promote. And yes-this is historic-but not in a good way. Never in the history of mankind has a culture survived that promotes sodomy. Heterosexual behavior creates life- homosexual behavior leads to death.”
Ford has responded with a statement:
“We have not yet seen the complaint, however, we believe this matter ultimately is between the individual and their agency employer. Ford’s anti-harassment policy was created to foster a respectful, inclusive work environment for all, and we expect employees and agency personnel to act in accordance with this policy.”
As has RGBSI, which employed Banks as a contractor to Ford:
“RGBSI is an equal opportunity employer that supports an inclusive work environment and respects the rights of all individuals. We have no comment as to the particular facts of this case since this is a pending legal matter.”
Watch WXYZ Detroit’s report on the firing, AFTER THE JUMP…
Andy Towle
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