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Caitlyn Jenner on Trans Girls in Women's Sports, Ryan Field Books

Caitlyn Jenner on Trans Girls in Women's Sports

I see this argument all over and I honestly don't know enough to really comment. But I always wonder about trans men in men's sports. We never hear much about that. It's always about trans girls in women's sports. And some of the most liberal people out there will turn on you if you even suggest there's nothing wrong with trans girls playing in women's sports. The arguments I have seen are vicious. 

This is what Jenner recently said. 

“That's why I op...

Gay Latvian Man Set on Fire Dies, Ryan Field Books

 Gay Latvian Man Set on Fire Dies

Here’s a follow up to the story about the homophobic attack on a gay man in Latvia.

Here’s the rest. Things like this happen all over the world.

The death of a gay Latvian man this week after his clothes were soaked with fuel and lit on fire has shocked the country, with campaigners calling it a homophobic attack and accusing police of inaction.

 

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Republican Candidate for VA Lieutenant Governor Denounces Another Anti-Gay Republican, Ryan Field Books

Republican Candidate for VA Lieutenant Governor Denounces Another Anti-Gay Republican

Now that we're seeing more and more Republicans accept LGBTQ people, I think we'll be seeing even more stories like this one begin to surface. The world has changed and public acceptance for gay people is at an all-time high. And I think this will continue. We're everywhere. With that said, I know for so many gay people this is such a black and white issue, and they were taught to believe that anyone who's Repub...

NYC Guy Punches 24 Year Old While Shouting Anti-Gay Remarks at Him, Openly Gay Pilot Leaves Navy After Harassment, Ryan Field Books

NYC Guy Punches 24 Year Old While Shouting Anti-Gay Remarks at Him

Here's proof that gay people can suffer homophobia and hate anywhere in the world, even in New York City. 

Police are looking for a man who punched a 24-year-old and hurled homophobic slurs at him at a New York City drug store over the weekend.

Here's the rest. There's also a video of the incident. This looks like gay hate to me. I just wish we would all start fighting back. Just club assholes like that with baseball bats. I would d...

Two Gay Men Set on Fire, Ryan Field Books

 Two Gay Men Set on Fire 

Here’s another horrible story on the global front. This is what they do to gay men and we never see the media cover it. It happened in Latvia this time. 

One of the victims, identified as Artis, told the local Tukums Independent News their homophobic neighbor set ablaze his roommate, identified as Normund, just outside their front door in the early morning hours of April

Here’s the rest. They mention how the state fire agency and local paper tried to cover it up. 85% of hi...

Gay Weatherman Fired For Political Post, Ryan Field Books

Gay Weatherman Fired for Political Post 

The details right now are sketchy with this one so I can’t comment. But one of the things I always notice about the weather people I follow on social media is that they never get political. No one wants to hear the weather people talking about politics. It doesn’t matter what kind of politics it is. We’re not interested. 

Sundgaard shared a post on his Facebook that called the protestors “white nationalist Nazi sympathizer gun fetishist miscreants.” A far-r...

Gay Weatherman Fire For Political Post, Ryan Field Books

Gay Weatherman Fired for Political Post 

The details right now are sketchy with this one so I can’t comment. But one of the things I always notice about the weather people I follow on social media is that they never get political. No one wants to hear the weather people talking about politics. It doesn’t matter what kind of politics it is. We’re not interested. 

Sundgaard shared a post on his Facebook that called the protestors “white nationalist Nazi sympathizer gun fetishist miscreants.” A far-r...

Gay and Bi Teens Coming Out More To Parents Now, William and Mary Names Building After Gay Historian, Ryan Field Books

 Gay and Bi Teens Coming Out More To Parents Now

I've been seeing a lot more of this happen myself lately. I think kids nowadays are more comfortable with being gay and bi now that there's less stigma and shame involved. And I just hope it continues. 

A new study shows that there is a record-breaking number of kids coming out to their parents. 

"This study is encouraging in that it shows that many teens, including those under 18 years old, are comfortable with their sexuality," said Moskowitz, an a...

Glenn Close On Playing Trans Characters, Ryan Field Books

Glenn Close On Playing Trans Characters

Let me begin this by saying that I have always despised blackface. I knew it was wrong when I was a kid, I've known it was wrong all my life, and no one had to tell me that it was wrong. I just knew. I come from a long line of people who wouldn't even think of doing blackface. My own mom and dad would have cringed at just the thought of blackface and so would my grandparents. And this way of thinking covers everyone with me, including what's been termed as ...

Were Gay People Truly All Offended By Andrew Yang's Recent Remarks? Ryan Field Books

Were Gay People Truly All Offended by Andrew Yang's Recent Remarks?

Maybe it's just me and maybe I look at these things differently, but I wasn't offended by Andrew Yang's remarks and I still actually like Andrew Yang. In fact, it takes a lot more to offend me than something like this. But from what I saw on Twitter the day all this went down, you would have thought Andrew Yang killed a kitten. 

To Harris Doran, a club member and filmmaker, Mr. Yang’s insistence on referring to members as “your co...