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Gay music teacher was blackmailed. Instead of helping him, his school forced him to resign.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/05/gay-music-teacher-blackmailed-instead-helping-school-forced-resign/

This is the world the right wing wants to turn the country back to. A time when LGBTQ+ could not only be blackmailed but lose everything just because they are gay. Yes this was a school connected to a church but they knew he was gay, yet when he was the victim of a crime they turned on him. This is what Alito wants, a world where Christain white cis males are undisputedly in charge, women are subservient to them doing whatever pleases men, blacks know their place and stay there, and the LGBTQ+ are not seen or heard because they are terrified someone will find out who they are. I hate it. Hugs

His school already knew that he was gay. They just didn’t want students to find out.

By Karis RogersonThursday, May 26, 2022

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A gay music teacher in Iowa was forced to resign from his high school after a blackmailer threatened him.

Matthew Gerhold began working at Valley Lutheran High School in Cedar Valley, Iowa last year. Although he told school officials that he was gay before he was hired, they later compelled him to resign or face termination after he was blackmailed.

Gerhold’s phone was hacked in January 2022 and the hacker blackmailed him by threatening to share private information about his sexuality publicly. Gerhold alerted the school about the hack and the blackmail, then resigned from his position at the high school after being told he would be fired following a school board meeting anyway, according to the Iowa Capital Dispatch.

Just after he reported the attempted blackmail, photos from his phone were posted to the school’s Facebook page. He was called to an administrator’s office and put on leave.

Gerhold had initially been told he could not disclose his sexuality or even date while employed by the school.

He said that he believes the school and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod view homosexuality as a problem and a choice, not an “involuntary attraction to one sex or another.”

“My sexual identity has absolutely nothing to do with my career in music and my love for music,” he said. “If the church as a whole doesn’t want to use me for whatever they are striving to achieve, then I shall go somewhere else that would love to have me to live out my vocation for others.”

After his resignation, he applied for and was granted unemployment benefits.

The school appealed that decision and a hearing was held on May 2 in front of Administrative Law Judge Blair Bennett, who ruled that Gerhold had a right to unemployment benefits as he had not violated in any way the conditions of his employment, nor had he been accused of workplace misconduct.

The “argument breaks down to [Gerhold] being told he would no longer have a job because of the actions of a third party, not controlled by [Gerhold], completely outside of work,” Bennett ruled.

Trans Woman Falsely Blamed By Right Wing Trolls for Uvalde Shooting Speaks Out

https://www.intomore.com/breaking/trans-woman-falsely-blamed-uvalde-shooting-speaks/

An alt-right conspiracy theory is baselessly positing that the Uvalde Elementary school mass murderer was a trans woman. One of the main targets of the conspiracy has now spoken out about the effect this has had on her life.

The conspiracy seems to have originated on 4Chan, where users shared photos of various trans women, claiming that these were images of the shooter. One screenshot of a 4Chan discord server suggested this was intentional, with some users apparently plotting to “psyop” people into believing the shooter was trans.

The conspiracy gained further traction when it was spread by high-profile right-wing figures. Arizona Representative Paul Gosar claimed the shooter was “a transsexual leftist illegal alien” in a now-deleted tweet, resulting in calls for his resignation. Candace Owens, in a tweet that has not been deleted at the time of this writing, also repeated the claim to her 3.1 million followers.

Alex Jones’s show Infowars also reportedly alleged the shooter was trans. Although they appear to have ceased spreading the claim, they still found a way to blame the shooting on the general dissolution of the traditional family.

In the wake of the conspiracy surrounding the Uvalde shooting, user Apprehensive_Ad_995 took to reddit to combat the misinformation. She shared a current photo of herself (very much alive whereas the real shooter is dead), saying, “It’s not me, I don’t even live in Texas.”

Apprehensive_Ad_995 has since identified herself as Sam, an artist, in a new interview with inews. Speaking on the sudden stress the conspiracy has caused her, Sam said, “I am being harassed and accused of murder with no evidence. And all I’ve done was live my life.”

At the same time, she acknowledged that her struggle pales in comparison to what the victims of the tragedy are going through. “I’m more worried about the victims and hope they get the support they deserve,” she said.

While the conspiracy is currently being downplayed, with some right-wing figures like Andy Ngo denouncing the misinformation, it is a symptom of something that has become all too common in the conservative movement. Sam acknowledged this, saying of figures like Gosar, “I’m ashamed that people like that are voted into office. People so concerned about their personal beliefs that they ignore the truth just to hurt innocent people.”

Man pleads guilty to setting LGBTQ+ bar on fire saying it’s ‘wrong we have queers in our society’

Man pleads guilty to setting LGBTQ+ bar on fire saying it’s ‘wrong we have queers in our society’

An arsonist who said it’s “wrong” that there are “a bunch of queers in our society” has admitted to setting fire to an LGBTQ+ venue in Washington, United States.

Kalvinn Garcia, 25, pleaded guilty on Thursday (26 May) to setting fire to Queer/Bar in Seattle on 24 February 2020, telling police that “I think it’s wrong that we have a bunch of queers in our society”.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) added that Garcia told a stranger he wanted to trap people inside the venue and injure them after he set it alight.

There were around 50 people in the bar at the time of the fire, but they were evacuated safely.

According to the DOJ: “The blaze scorched the brick exterior and forced the cancelation of events planned at the nightclub over subsequent days.

“The nightclub is across the alley from the Seattle Police East Precinct and the fire attracted immediate attention… Garcia tried to run from officers but was apprehended.”

Garcia now faces 10 years in prison and a $250,000 (around £198,000) fine for starting the fire.

“The defendant targeted the patrons inside Queer/Bar, a known safe space for the LGBTQI+ community,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in a DOJ press release.

“Hate crimes have no place in our society today and we stand ready to use our federal civil rights laws to hold perpetrators accountable.

“All people deserve to feel safe and secure living in their communities, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

US attorney for the Western District of Washington, Nick Brown, added: “Garcia endangered countless people who he did not know and who were simply trying to live their lives, solely because of his own hatred.

“We must stand up to this hate at every opportunity, to demonstrate to our community that acting on hate will not be tolerated.”

Just months ago, two people at an LGBTQ+ bar in New York were injured when a suspected arsonist doused the floor in gasoline and set it on fire.

John Lhota, 24, has been arrested and charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to Rash nightclub in Brooklyn on 3 April.

Jake Sillen, who co-owns Rash with Claire Bendiner, told Pink News: “There were a few people inside, but luckily it was early enough in the night that the party hadn’t started and there wasn’t a huge crowd.”