As everyone knows I love science and learning. I also really enjoy watching this YouTube channel. I should have posted this before. It is very informative and it is broken into segments you can use the timeline bar at the bottom to find the segments you most want to learn about. Hugs
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How a Texas woman almost died after being denied an abortion
Herschel Walker HUMILIATES himself unlike ever before in DISASTROUS appearance
Let’s talk about getting more conservative as you get older….
Radio host praises death penalty because gays are “the center of most of the evil” in the world
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/radio-host-praises-death-penalty-gays-center-evil-world/
Ever wonder why I get so upset over this political rhetoric? This is why, me and my family, and every other gay person and their families are in jeopardy. Hugs
Conservative radio host Jesse Kelly Photo: Screenshot, YouTube
Conservative radio host Jesse Kelly called America “awful” because the US Men’s soccer team is standing up for LGBTQ people.
Kelly’s rant came on the heels of the news that the U.S. men’s soccer team is expressing support for LGBTQ people by displaying a rainbow logo at its training facility in the anti-LGBTQ Qatar, where the World Cup is taking place, despite protests from LGBTQ activists and allies.
Homosexual acts are punishable by imprisonment and death in Qatar, where Islam is the state religion. Anti-LGBTQ harassment by officials also goes unchecked in the country.
On an episode of The Jesse Kelly Show, Kelly said he “will be actively rooting against Team USA” and will “pick another country that doesn’t embrace this degeneracy.”
Kelly’s tone was somber and morose, as if inclusion had broken his spirit, whereas bigotry had made him strong.
“I will cheer against America because that’s not who I am,” he declared, clearly feeling like a hero marching into battle.
He told the story of a veteran friend who texted him to say,”‘Screw this country. I wish I’d never served. This is not what I fought for, Jesse. This is not what we fought for. I’m ashamed I ever fought for this. This is a despicable country that deserves whatever it gets. “‘
Kelly then said he was “hearing this more and more and more and more and more” before claiming that American tax dollars are “going to other countries to fund transgender surgeries for children.”
“How much better am I supposed to try to make people feel when that’s the situation in America? What do you want me to say? I do not serve a nation of degeneracy. And I will not.”
He then discussed another veteran friend of his named Darrell Cooper, who he said called America “the center of most of the evil and degeneracy on the planet.”
Qatar is the first Middle Eastern country to host a World Cup event. The event, which kicks off on November 20, is expected to draw 1.2 million international visitors. Since Qatar was announced as a future World Cup host over a decade ago, activists have criticized FIFA, the international body governing professional soccer, for choosing an anti-LGBTQ country to host the event even though FIFA’s principles oppose such discrimination.
The country’s officials and World Cup CEO Nasser Al Khater have both said the country would guarantee the safety of LGBTQ visitors as well as fans who display rainbow flags at games. However, the government also said that police might confiscate rainbow flags from fans to prevent them from being attacked by angry locals who oppose LGBTQ rights.
The U.S. men’s team will reportedly not sport the rainbow colors while playing in the World Cup, but the logo will continue to adorn areas represented by the team.
“Our rainbow badge has an important and consistent role in the identity of U.S. Soccer,” U.S. Soccer spokesman Neil Buethe told Reuters.
“As part of our approach for any match or event, we include rainbow branding to support and embrace the LGBTQ community, as well as to promote a spirit of inclusiveness and welcoming to all fans across the globe.”
“As a result, locations that we will manage and operate at the FIFA World Cup, such as the team hotel, media areas and parties, will feature both traditional and rainbow U.S. Soccer branding.”
Pro basketball player Isaac Humphries just came out as gay and got his team’s reaction on tape
Wow. My good brother I met when I really needed a brother is like 6’6″ or maybe 6’8″ and he seems huge to me. His hands go completely around cups or glasses and do not fit in finger handles. The type of great wonderfully natured guy you could cuddle with disappearing into him. My brother has to duck going into most places and even my own home. I used the ring tone Big John.
He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-fiveKinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hipAnd everybody knew ya didn’t give no lip to big John
I cannot imagine a guy even taller than that. 6’11” how does he even fit in a car, or a normal table seat. Imagine him at your table for dinner, his knees would hit the bottom of the table and to eat he would have to bend down very far to eat every bit or lift the plate. How uncomfortable. But think of everything else in your home. Imagine if everything in your home was at the level of an elementary student, of say a 5th grader. I have gone into bathrooms at theme parks and seen all these urinals at like half height, like if I was to use them my crotch would be at the top or over the fixture. So if you think how it is to stand at your counter or sit on your toilet, now expand yourself to 6’6″ or 6’11”. My god how do you sit on a normal toilet and not have your knees in your chin. Ok I will stop now and get to the article. I watched the video and remember this is a macho man sport and it made my eyes leak. Hugs
Australian basketball pro and former NBA player Isaac Humphries has come out as gay, becoming the only openly gay player currently in a top-tier men’s basketball league.
Humphries, who is 24-years-old and stands at 6’11”, had previously told himself that when he joined a new team, he would publicly come out. So when signed on to play for Melbourne United in the 2022-23 season, he bravely kept his word, and then some.
In a video shared on social media that instantly went viral, the starting center not only revealed he’s gay to his teammates, he also spoke from the heart about his past struggles and offered a hopeful message to closeted athletes. He also penned an emotional op-ed on CNN.
His new team’s reaction was also filmed, and it’s truly inspiring to see them embrace him so fully:
“A few years ago, I fell into a very dark place, a very lonely place,” Humphries said to his United teammates, coaches, and executives.
“I couldn’t be who I am, and I attempted to take my life. The main reason behind me becoming so low and being in that point is because I was very much struggling with my sexuality and coming to terms with the fact that I’m gay.
“I hated it about myself. I was disgusted at myself. I thought that I could not be that person within our environment, within a basketball environment. It wasn’t until I was in a community that’s full of pride and happiness and joy; it was a big wake up call for me.
“But then came the big question mark of how do I be a basketball player, and how do I join a new team when I’ve finally come to terms with this about myself and I don’t wanna hide who I am anymore. I decided that, if I’m gonna join a team, that I’m gonna come out publicly, and just make sure people know that you can live. And you don’t have to hide, just because you’re an athlete.”
Humphries is just the second male basketball player to come out as gay while playing in a top-tier league, after former NBA player Jason Collins came out while playing for the Washington Wizards in 2013.
“We, as athletes, as professional athletes, have a responsibility to set examples for people,” Humphries said.
“The truth is there are so many people in other worlds that are struggling every single day and don’t know how to get up, don’t know how to exist. I know how that feels, and I want to represent those people.
“That’s my goal behind this: make sure people know you can be whatever you want, no matter who you are or what you do. You can be big Ice and be gay, and you can still be a great basketball player and be gay. You can do whatever you want. It has nothing to do with your sexuality, or who you are, or who you’re meant to be, or who you’re expected to be. I just want to be myself. I discovered this is my purpose in life, and I’m gonna give it my best go.”
“Our whole organization is just so proud of Isaac,” United’s CEO, Nick Truelson, added.
Here’s some more from this instant icon’s Instagram:
And since we already know how his awesome team reacted, here’s what fans on Twitter are saying:
TX Bill Could Effectively Ban All Shows Featuring Drag – JMG
This is an end run to enforcing anti-trans ideology. Think on it, first banning cross dressing in a business as sex, then doing it for any place in public. How is that different from the Taliban forcing women to wear a set type of clothing. Will the Texas moral police then arrest women who are wearing pants. This shit has to stop. How is this not against the much cried about “freedom”? Also since when is cross dressing a sex act? Really if I wear a skirt / dress I am now having sex and so it should be done only in private? What will they try to classify as sex next? I was going to add a list of actors that performed in drag on TV or in movies but after googling it the lists got so long it would take the entire post. It is endless from serious performers, to comedians, including famous stars from the past to big stars of today. Google it yourself. As this post says what about Broadway shows? This is about pushing a religious moral standard from 2,500 years ago where the prohibitions against wearing the other sex clothing was implemented due to women being basically property at the time. The culture has changed endless time since then. Think on it, we don’t wear the same clothing they did then do we? We wear mixed fabrics now don’t we, even the fundie religious do. But these hyper right wing conservatives want to return to a time when they were more comfortable because everyone was just like them or so they thought. Hugs.
NBC News reports:
A filed Monday would classify any business that decides to host a drag show under the state’s statutory definition of “sexually oriented businesses.” The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Jared Patterson, defines a drag performer as anyone who “exhibits a gender identity that is different than the performer’s gender assigned at birth “by using “clothing, makeup, or other physical markers” and “sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs” in front of an audience.
The current definition of “sexually oriented businesses” includes any venue where two or more people perform nude and alcohol is served. Those businesses are bound by special limitations, including a misdemeanor charge on par with vehicle burglary for the business owner if anyone under age 18 is let in. Patrons must be charged entrance fees of at least $5 at such venues, according to Texas statutes.
Read the full article.
Russia today…any gay public display of any kind is banned! From holding hands to trans people to pride flags, gay businesses…everything! Gay people are now essentially invisible again in Russia.
SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad • an hour ago
Women wearing pants? Lock her up!
Karl Dubhe IV SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad • an hour ago
Eventually, yes. There used to be dress codes that had such penalties.
“exhibits a gender identity that is different than the performer’s gender assigned at birth “by using “clothing, makeup, or other physical markers”
This is legally vague not sure how it can be enforced. To take on the law I would start with a female gospel singer wearing pants
Jamieboy Highballs • an hour ago
and they let youth pastors keep on molesting.
K Elmquist Jamieboy Highballs • an hour ago
It’s a religious tradition.
SmartAlec Jamieboy Highballs • an hour ago
As long as they’re wearing men’s clothing and no makeup it’s ok.
They are scared to death of us, aren’t they?
Also scared of their base, who want us dead.
unsavedheathen Rex • an hour ago
I don’t think they’re scared of us. But they want our neighbors to be scared of us because it distracts them from the hand picking their pocket.
No, they just hate us
SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad • an hour ago
Bye bye!
Ganon SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad • an hour ago
Then they’ll slap the legislation with a religious freedom clause…
johnnybc • an hour ago • edited
Well, Milton Berle, Marlene Deitrich, Cabaret, Some Like it Hot… all arrestable offences.
2 days forward, 70 years back
I haven’t been to a drag show in 40 years. They are almost a rarity around here now that so many gay bars have closed. You have to search them out. But Abbott and his crew need a culture war to start since they have no way to improve the lives of Americans, and no way to stay in power other than by inciting division, fear and prejudice.
Time for churches to bring back mediaeval mystery plays.
TexasBoy • an hour ago • edited
So….no theater can show any movie like Victor/Victoria, Tootsie, Hairspray, or even the classic Some Like It Hot.
How about TV stations? Can they show White Christmas, or do they have to cut the Sisters song?
How about streaming sites like HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Disney plus?
And never mind some of the trans porn out there, is the State of Texas goiing to employ people to watch all the porn sites?
I bet someone will try to enforce earrings as “other physical markers”.
They can’t tell the difference between sex and gender, between sexual orientation and sexual behavior, because they don’t want to.
Karl Dubhe IV Tulle • an hour ago
All the world’s a stage, we are all merely players.
Call the police on everyone who isn’t totally gender conforming. That man has long hair, lock him up! That woman isn’t wearing makeup, lock her up! That child is/isn;’t playing with a doll, lock them up111111
What’s the next target, trans people walking down the street? This is sickening, these Christians are evil, pure evil!
10 years ago the federal courts would not allow this. But now…….?
What about old TV shows like Flip Wilson with his drag Character? Milton Berle had some. MASH and Cpl Klinger? Lots of them. Also Rudy.
Who’s next young men with long hair? It’s back in style.
Of course Republicans would legislate how people could dress or wear their hair.
What about all the TV talking heads who wear makeup…Cucker Carlson and Hannity and MARK LEVINE!!! YUCK!
I’m so glad to hear that Texas has solved all of its other problems so that it can concentrate on the things that matter.
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