homophobia

Rapper Le1f Is Very Good and Very Gay

Rich Juzwiak · 07/23/12 12:35PM

New York rapper and banjee-pride purveyor Le1f is the talk of the Internet after last week's release of his "Wut" video. It's an outrageous clip, in which Le1f sits on the lap of a built, oiled-up dude wearing a Pikachu mask, among things. How is that for unabashed queerness?

Shut the Fuck Up Already, Kirk Cameron

Rich Juzwiak · 07/12/12 10:08AM

Bigot in pilgrim's clothing Kirk Cameron is flapping his gums about marriage again, this time for the hilariously named Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance, a branch of NOM, which is an organization devoted to defaming gay people and treating them like they are subhuman, impossible of experiencing love and basic civil rights.

NAACP Endorses Marriage Equality

Louis Peitzman · 05/19/12 04:05PM

When President Obama spoke out in favor of same-sex marriage, some worried what effect this would have among his black supporters — particularly in terms of the traditionally conservative black church. But a recent poll showed a significant increase in support for marriage equality within the black community: 54 percent in favor, up from 41 percent last year.

Chicken or the Gays: Make a Choice About Eating Chick-fil-A

cord jefferson · 04/19/12 02:45PM

If they gave a Pulitzer Prize for waffling, this piece from the Washington City Paper last week might have won it. In it, food editor Chris Shott spends several hundred words pondering whether a person who is not a homophobe can in good conscience eat at Chick-fil-A, the Atlanta-based fast-food chain and purveyor of those dumbass cow ads. Chick-fil-A's nonprofit arm, the WinShape Foundation, has for years donated millions to anti-gay Christian groups like Focus on the Family, which once warned Americans, "[T]he homosexual agenda is a beast."

The Virtues of Being Bullied

Rich Juzwiak · 04/02/12 02:15PM

Lee Hirsch's much-discussed film, Bully, is a great document of this moment in anti-bullying discourse. It reiterates what the compassionate know and the apathetic need to hear: bullying is bad and kids are killing themselves in response.