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Grindr User Rev. Matthew Makela Once Drove This Gay Teen To Near Suicide

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From: Queerty A mother and her gay son from Midland, Michigan have come forward with new information about how Reverend Matthew Makela behaved in his position as associate pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church before  the news about his Grindr profile broke . Jennifer Kish says Makela nearly drove her then 17-year-old son Tyler to suicide. “We had moved to Midland specifically to go to this church,” Jennifer told WNEM, but when Tyler was beginning to come to terms with his sexuality, Makela told him he’d be going to hell because he was gay. Makela’s fire and brimstone (not to mention entirely hypocritical) warning caused Tyler to suffer serious depression and suicidal thoughts, and he reportedly told Tyler that the “sin of being gay is no different than the sin of committing suicide.” “If he’s going to hell for being gay then he might as well commit suicide,” Jennifer said. “What I took away from that is that I needed to repent and hold onto the hope that God could change me,” Tyler re...

Anti-Trans Bigots Trolled By Fake Target Customer Service Accounts On Facebook

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And the haters were read for filth. From: NewNowNext  Irate customers are flocking to Target’s Facebook page to complain about the company’s decision to allow shoppers to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity, but they’re being met with hilarious responses from fake “Target Customer Service” accounts ready to put them in their place. Likely inspired by Mike Melgaard , who posed as a customer service rep on Facebook last year after Target’s announcement that they’d be switching to gender-neutral labels on their children’s products sparked similar outrage, more than one person decided to create a fake account to go in on those angry about the inclusive policy. The accounts, of course, are unofficial parodies, and Target’s PR team is unlikely to respond to these types of comments at all. But at least, for now, some of them are getting the responses they deserve. Check out some of the best below.

Antigay Pastor’s Adult Gay Film Past Is Uncovered To Nobody’s Surprise

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From: Queerty  Here are two images of Pastor Jose Santiago . The image to the left shows the pastor in his current state of existence. He’s got a microphone, and people supposedly listen to him. Which is great — it’s always nice to feel heard. Pastor Jose heads the House of Prayer Monte Santo in Puerto Rico, where we can only assume he shares his close personal relationship with the man upstairs. But take a look at his face. He looks a little upset. Peeved, even. Well it turns out before he had a relationship with the man upstairs, he had more than a few relationships with the boy next door. On camera. Which brings us to the photo below — the one that’s recently surfaced, shedding light on the anti gay pastor’s gay porn pastm where he used the name Gustavo Arrango .  Santiago, who is 33 years old and now married to a woman, told the local media: “In those days I was gay and participated in homosexual activities, but God touched me, God transformed me, God gave me a woman who loves me a...

Antigay Blogger Obsessed With 3 Things: Moms And Sons Having Sex, Gay People, And Himself

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From: Queerty Monica and her son, Caleb “He is the love of my life,” 36-year-old Monica Mares of New Mexico tells the Daily Mail about her 19-year-old son, Caleb Peterson . “Nothing can come between us. Not courts, or jail,nothing. I have to be with him.” Monica and her son are currently at the center of an incest scandal. The mother/son couple say they are “madly in love” and fighting with the court for their right to maintain a sexual relationship. “If they lock me up for love then they lock me up,” Monica, a mother of nine, says. “There is no way anybody could pull us apart!” A little backstory: Monica had Caleb when she was just 16 years old and quickly put him up for adoption. Last Christmas, the two met for the first time. Soon after, Caleb moved into with his mother’s trailer. That’s when she says she started developing “crazy” feelings for him. “I fell in love with him,” she explains. “At first I told him, ‘I’m sorry I don’t know how you are going to react to this. I’m your m...

After Gay Couple’s House Was Vandalized, Their Entire Neighborhood Put Up Pride Flags

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“It just happened so quickly—the whole neighborhood said, ‘Get me a flag. Get me a flag.'" From: NewNowNext  Massachusetts is considered one of the most gay-friendly states in the union, but when Lauri and Cari Ryding returned from vacation last week they discovered someone had stolen the Pride flag from their house in Natick and and pelted their home with eggs. The couple had hoisted the rainbow banner after the Pulse nightclub shooting, so seeing such hatred on their front door was heartbreaking. “It was our first experience in Natick of having any type of prejudice,” Cari told the Boston Globe . “We hadn’t experienced it all, and it kind of broke open our little cocoon.” But then something wonderful happened: One by one, their neighbors put up rainbow flags in front of their houses. “It just happened so quickly—the whole neighborhood said, ‘Get me a flag. Get me a flag. Get me a flag,’ ” explained neighbor Penni Rochwerger. “If we can stop whatever hate is out there, I thi...

Daily Mail’s Casual Homophobia Is Not Going Unnoticed On Twitter

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From: Queerty Daily Mail , how is it possible that we live in a world where Gawker is getting shut down but you are allowed to continue existing? Some of the Olympics coverage coming out of the newspaper has been homophobic, though it’s your call whether to think of it as thinly-veiled or just out-and-out hostile. There was the time they admonished two hugging swimmers “steady on chaps” and compared it to the manly slaps of another team. But then, exasperatingly, they showed a heterosexual medal-winning couple kissing with the caption “GOLDEN KISS.” Okay, got it: two men hugging requires steadying, while a straight embrace is a thing of beauty. Dear Straight People. This is what we mean by casual homophobia. You might not see it, but we certainly do. pic.twitter.com/XRUPBN9Ga3 — IncrediblyRich (@IncrediblyRich) August 17, 2016 Daily Mail clears up the issue of 'acceptable' Olympic celebrations pic.twitter.com/4bIClQmSuK — Alastair Jamieson (@alastairjam) August 17, 2016 Twitte...

Christian Group Who Infiltrated Pride Dressed As “Gay Zombies” Being Sued For $104 Million

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Bill Whatcott and his followers handed out flyers proclaiming “the dangers of homosexual practices." From: NewNowNext  Christian activists who infiltrated Toronto Pride pretending to be “gay zombies” are being sued for more than $100 million. Toronto lawyer Douglas Elliott has filed a $104 million class-action suit against Bill Whatcott, a longtime opponent of LGBT equality, reproductive rights and other progressive causes. Elliott is asking a judge to prevent Whatcott from sneaking into any more Pride events and to order him to disclose his financial records so the source of his backing can be ascertained.  “He says he doesn’t have any money. So we want to find out who is paying for this. Who is writing the checks?” Elliott told the Star . “This is a unique way of dealing with hate speech. It hasn’t been done before, but I have not been very satisfied with what has been happening up until now.” Whatcott and his Christian cronies donned green bodysuits before joining the processio...

God Destroys Tony Perkins’ House

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From: Joe My God As we are repeatedly instructed, God uses hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and lethal diseases to punish people for sinning. This week the Lord Almighty aimed his Holy Wrath at Louisiana, where among the thousands of people made homeless by flooding is hate group leader Tony Perkins , who reports that he had to escape his destroyed home by canoe. Perkins is on vacation this month, but today he called into his own radio show to lament the “biblical proportion” disaster that will allegedly force his family to live in a camper for the six months it will take to rebuild his home. Today’s guest host for Perkins’ show is former Family Research Council vice president Ken Klukowski, who now works for Breitbart. Listen below as they spin this natural disaster as an opportunity for Christians to rejoice that God considers them “worthy of suffering for his sake.” And to “use this as an incredible, encouraging spiritual exercise to take you to the next level in your walk with ...

The 2016 Olympic Coverage Deserves The Gold In Casual Homophobia

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Gay people are still second-class citizens and it's painfully obvious. From: NewNowNext  The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio have been hailed as the most LGBT-friendly, boasting a record 49+ openly LGBT athletes and a host country that is, on the surface at least, tolerant and inclusive of its LGBT population. But the heightened visibility is a double-edged sword, as the media’s casual homophobia has also been on full display in a series of gaffes that delegitimized the seriously historic moments for the competing LGBT athletes, five of whom have already taken medals. Last Monday, Tom Daley’s fiance Dustin Lance Black was in the crowd as Tom took home his second Olympic bronze — a historic moment mainstream media ignored completely. Days later, NBC Sports announcer Chris Marlowe referred to Brazilian beach volleyball player Larissa Franca’s wife as her husband, right as the camera zoomed in to catch their embrace after Franca won a gold medal. The @NBCNews just called Larissa Franca...

Canadian homophobe so mad about gay Olympians that he gets totally incoherent

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'You don't see hetrosexuals having pride parades.' From: OutSports Canadian athletes marching in the Rio Opening Ceremony Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)  We get some pretty bizarre messages at Outsports , especially when they're homophobic, but this is one of the most bizarrely bizarre. We are not sure what set off this Canadian who messaged us, but it might have had something to do with Mark Tewksbury, a gold medal Olympic swimmer and now analyst for the Canadian Broadcasting Co. Tewksbury is openly gay and the writer references him, while mangling his last name. We can't see CBC coverage in the U.S., so we're not sure how much they have focused on gay Olympians. And we know Canadians have been way ahead of the world's curve on accepting LGBT people. So this seemed particularly odd. This series of unedited emails came from "Patton," and by the end it seemed like he was just banging on keys: As usual. You are pushing the faggots down ou...

Commentator Who Couldn’t Handle Gay Kisses ALSO Slams Tennis Player As ‘Not Macho’

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From: Queerty So far, the Olympics have mostly been super fun — but at times, they’ve exposed how much times have changed in the last few years, and how poorly sports reporters have kept up with them. You’ve probably seen some of the sexist and racist coverage that’s come out of the event — one medal-winner was only identified by her husband’s name, another was referred to only by her race in a headline. And now, a BBC commentator is being called out for a borderline-homophobic, machismo-dripping comment on a tennis match. British player Andy Murray cried when he won a victory over an Argentinian player last night. BBC commentator Paul Hand couldn’t bear the sight of it. “We’ve had macho tennis, but not a macho response, right?” he said. Oh, lord. Can you imagine being as delicate and hysterical as Paul Hand? If the sight of another man crying makes him nervous, he must truly be dealing with some troubling personal issues. His comments touched off a firestorm of complaints on Twitter,...

Petition Hopes to Revoke IOC Press Credentials from Nico Hines and The Daily Beast

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From: Towleroad A change.org petition is calling for reporter Nico Hines and The Daily Beast to have their press credentials for covering the Rio Olympics revoked following a report filed by Hines for the Beast in which Hines effectively outed gay Olympians from anti-gay countries The petition says that The Daily Beast is “not a legitimate news organization and does not deserve to be treated as such.” As of this posting, the petition has 7,673 signatures, needing 2,327 more to reach its goal. Petition creator Josh Price writes, “Nico Hines and The Daily Beast showed a severe lack of judgement when they decided it would be funny to gawk and laugh at gay people on dating apps. The result of their lack of concern for gay peoples [sic] lives put gay Olympians in very real and serious danger by outing them. The Daily Beast doubled down on their article and insisted they were not in the wrong. Eventually, The Daily Beast offered a non apology, until it was finally forced to offer a...

Is NBC Sports Homophobic?

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From: Queerty NBC Sports seems to have a problem treating gay athletes, and the gay parents of athletes, with the same respect and visibility it shows to their heterosexual counterparts. They failed to identify Tom Daley ‘s financé Dustin Lance Black when showing he and Daley’s mother in the crowd, dressed in matching “Team Daley” shirts. Black, an Academy Award winning screenwriter, is famous in his own right. Mentioning the family members and partners of athletes while showing them cheering in the stands is typically a reflex during Olympic coverage, which is always hungry for a good human interest story. “Could the network have resisted lingering over an Oscar-winner affianced to an Olympic medal-winner if the relationship didn’t involve two people of the same sex?” Slate asks, continuing, “…do you really think they wouldn’t point out a diver’s celebrity fiancée if it were Marion Cotillard, Brie Larson, or another Oscar-winner whose fame level was roughly commensurate with Black’s...

IOC must revoke Nico Hines, Daily Beast, Olympics credentials immediately

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From: OutSports Prior to last Friday's opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said this at a dinner. "Your presence is another demonstration of how the Olympic Games go beyond the sport," Bach said. "Your presence shows that the sport is in the middle of a diverse and modern society. Like the athletes, we have come together from different parts of the world to celebrate our diversity. Thank you for coming and for sharing with us this Olympic spirit of peace and solidarity." Peace and solidarity. Athletes from around the world come to compete on the world's stage knowing that they are in a safe environment, to celebrate their achievement, and not be shamed. Nico Hines of The Daily Beast , a reporter given credentials to cover the games and have access to the athlete's village, violated this safe environment for many athletes with a recent story, that has since been...

Daily Beast Defends Having Reporter Catfish Olympic Athletes On Grindr

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"A central part of The Daily Beast's mission is to fight for full equality and equal treatment for LGBT people around the world." From: NewNowNext  By now you’ve likely heard about Nico Hines , the heterosexual Daily Beast writer who decided to use Grindr to bait male athletes at the Summer Olympics in Rio. Shortly after the piece went live, the gay Internet exploded with criticism that what Hines did was, at the very least cruel, and possibly dangerous for closeted Olympians from oppressive countries.  After a storm of outrage from OutSports , Dan Savage, out Olympic swimmer Amini Fonua and thousands of regular folk, Daily Beast editor in chief John Avlon edited the article to remove some details about the athletes, and added a “Editor’s note” to explain what it was supposed to be about. “The concept for the piece was to see how dating and hook-up apps were being used in Rio by athletes,” wrote Avlon. “It just so happened that Nico had many more responses on Grindr th...

Gay Internet Goes Off On Daily Beast Reporter Who Outed Closeted Olympians

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"You fucking disgust me. Do you realize how many people's lives you just ruined without any good reason but clickbait journalism?" From: NewNowNext  If you were outraged by the D aily Beast article in which a straight reporter at the Rio Games baited gay athletes on Grindr, you weren’t alone. RE: Daily Beast -There's a form of homophobia that stems from the hetero male's jealousy/resentment of how easy it is for gays to get laid. — Scott Rising (@Rising) August 11, 2016 I hate when I get to the dude's house and it turns out he's a Daily Beast reporter — JuanPa (@jpbrammer) August 11, 2016 Gus Kenworthy wasn’t having it. So @NicoHines basically just outed a bunch of athletes in his quest to write a shitty @thedailybeast article where he admitted to entrapment — Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) August 11, 2016 Neither was Dan Savage. Dear @Olympics ,  Yank this guy's press credentials. https://t.co/4LlHZ75uzl — Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) August 11, 2016 ...

Daily Mail Celebrates Jack Laugher And Chris Mears’ Gold Medal By Questioning Their Sexuality

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The paper's #masculinitysofragile it can't handle this "unmanly" hug. From: NewNowNext  Noted LGBT allies Chris Mears and Jack Laugher scored an Olympic gold medal in the synchronized 3m springboard Wednesday night and celebrated with an emotional embrace. The moment was beautiful and uplifting for Team GB as well as viewers at home — everyone except for the Daily Mail , which published a homophobic article that questioned their sexualities (both are straight) and criticized their masculinity over the hug. A moment in time I'll never forget. @JackLaugher @adyhinchliffe @Leedsajax pic.twitter.com/A5tAHp5zJF — Chris Mears (@ChrisMears93) August 11, 2016 The headline read: “Steady on chaps! Britain’s victorious synchronised divers hug for joy after winning gold – while China’s bronze medalists settle for a manly pat on the back.” The article ran with a photo comparing Mears and Laugher’s embrace with that of two Chinese divers nearby, who opted for a less animate...

Straight Journalist Downloads Grindr, Baits Closeted Athletes In Rio

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The Daily Beast's Nico Hines is accused of baiting Olympians and potentially outing them. From: NewNowNext   The Daily Beast ’s Nico Hines is facing heavy criticism today after penning an article that threatened to out a number of closeted gay athletes competing in Rio. Noting reports of increased sexual activity and even sex parties in the Olympic village, Hines described downloading Grindr to lure gay Olympians under the promise of having sex, so that he could “report” on their Grindr usage. But the post “potentially identified closeted athletes—including at least one from a country where gay sex is a crime,” according to Pink News . Hines claims he “didn’t lie” to anyone he’d talked to, though he withheld the fact that he is straight and married with a child. Calling the piece a ” dangerous disaster” and “wildly unethical train wreck,” Slate ’s Mark Joseph Stern outlined the potentially violent repercussions of Hines’ actions. Wrote Stern: The offensive purpose of Hines’ arti...