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FLORIDA – NO PRIDE: Wilton Manors To Impose Dress Code at PRIDE.

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A dress code? Really? A FUCKING DRESS CODE?

 South Florida Gay News (FINALLY) reports:

In the week since Wilton Manors’ city commission voted unanimously to amend the permit for the Stonewall Pride Parade & Street Festival, people on both sides of the issue on whether or not to comply with drag laws have lashed out.
The amendment ensures event producers follow all laws, including ones passed since the permit was issued in February. The practical effect is to comply with the new law that appears to classify all live drag entertainment, regardless of content, as adult entertainment, and prevent drag performances on outdoor stages that will be set up all along Wilton Drive for the June 17 party.
It appears people in drag will be allowed into the event and to participate in the parade. However, performing in the parade or on any exterior stage is likely to be prohibited due to being labeled adult entertainment. Producers of the event haven’t finalized standards for admission and participation, but have said there will be a “dress code” applying to all participants, vendors, attendees, and performers.

It started this way in Germany. And please don’t tell me I’m being dramatic.

Pick up a history book not published in Florida.

And besides. I have the receipts to prove it.

LA Dodgers REMOVE The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence  From PRIDE Night Honorees After Being Duped By Fake Catholic Group.

UPDATED: LA Dodgers REMOVE The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence  From PRIDE Night After Being Duped By Fake Catholic Group, The Sisters Respond.

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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have done charity work for the LGBT community for over 40 years. LA should know better.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have officially removed Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night honoree list after an anti-LGBT extremists groups raised concerns the event would facilitate anti-Catholic hate.

“This year, as part of a full night of programming, we invited a number of groups to join us. We are now aware that our inclusion of one group in particular — The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — in this year’s Pride Night has been the source of some controversy. Given the strong feelings of people who have been offended by the sisters’ inclusion in our evening, and in an effort not to distract from the great benefits that we’ve seen over the years of Pride Night, we are deciding to remove them from this year’s group of honorees,” it said.

CatholicVote.org complained to the Dodgers and urged them to rethink the decision in order not “to honor a blatantly perverted, sexual and disgusting anti-Catholic hate group.”

If the LA Dodgers had done their due diligence they would have realized that CatholicVote.org is an ultra-conservative, non-profit political anti-LGBT advocacy group.  While the organization acknowledges the authority of the Magisterium, it is not associated in any way with the Catholic Church.

On June 25, 2015, one day before same-sex marriage became legal everywhere in the United States, CatholicVote.org uploaded a video onto YouTube called “Not Alone”. The video features Catholic people who oppose same-sex marriage defending this belief, saying that people should not hate or dislike those who oppose same-sex marriage. And in 2022 the group urged parents to check out LGBT library books and not return them so that no children will be able to see them

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on the other have been around since 1980 and is a charity organization that has raised money for everything from helping Cuban refugees to the Breast Cancer Network, Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, and the Gay Games.  The Sisters are also involved in a wide range of community service activities. They have volunteered at homeless shelters, food banks, and other organizations that serve marginalized populations. They also participate in events and marches that support LGBTQ+ rights and other social justice causes.

A HUGE blunder by the Dodgers. Duped by an anti-LGBT hate group.

Hopefully, they will rectify this. QUICKLY.

UPDATE 5:05PM – We have tied to reach out to the LA Dodgers’ Media Department. No one in the organization is answering and the message box is full.

UPDATE: May, 19, 2023: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence respond:

Saudi Arabia Welcomes LGBT's Visitors And Their Money. WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER GO.

Saudi Arabia Welcomes LGBT’s Visitors And Their Money – WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER NEVER GO.

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Come out to Saudi Arabia, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…Then tomorrow we’ll bedhead you. !

Saudi Arabia is reaching out to a particularly lucrative segment of the market: LGBTQ visitors, as the country continues its campaign to draw tourists, international media reported.

According to the Saudi Tourism Authority’s (STA) website’s Q&A section, “Gay guests are welcome in the kingdom.”

The website said, “Everyone is welcome to visit Saudi Arabia and visitors are not asked to disclose such personal details,” is the website’s response to the question on its FAQ page: “Are LGBT visitors welcome to visit Saudi Arabia?”

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Here is the catch: “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people in Saudi Arabia face severe repression and legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal.”

Yes. Even for tourists.

The primary source of law in Saudi Arabia is the Islamic Sharia. This is derived from the Quran. The traditional interpretation of Sharia is that it prohibits homosexual acts (as zina or unlawful sexual intercourse) and, specifically, liwat or sodomy, though there is a difference of opinion on the punishment ranging from none at all (hanafi) to the death penalty

Here are just a few reasons NOT to visit Saudi Arabia:

*In 2000, the Saudi Government sentenced nine Saudi men to extensive prison terms with lashing for engaging in cross-dressing and homosexual relations. That same year the government executed three Yemeni male workers for homosexuality and child molestation.

*In 2001, Saudi teacher and playwright Muhammad Al-Suhaimi was charged with promoting homosexuality and after a trial was sentenced to prison.

*In May 2005, the government arrested 92 men for homosexuality, who were given sentences ranging from fines to prison sentences of several months and lashings. Likewise, on 7 November 2005 Riyadh police raided what the Saudi press called a “beauty contest for gay men” at Al-Qatif. 

*In 2011–2012, the Saudi newspaper Okaz announced that the government had arrested over 260 people for the crime of homosexuality over a one-year period. According to the official report, the men were caught cross-dressing, wearing ladies’ makeup and trying to pick up other men.

And the list goes on and on to this very year.

Saudi Arabia has laws against discrimination on the basis of gender but not sexual orientation. Harassment or violence against LGBT people is not addressed in any bias-motivated or hate crime law. Advocacy for LGBT rights is illegal within the “kingdom.”

So as you see Saudi Arabia is not exactly the best of place for LGBT travelers to visit.

Like Florida.

Goldman Sachs Encourages Employees to Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns ‘Ze/Zir’

Goldman Sachs Encourages Employees to Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns ‘Ze/Zir’

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Must be getting close to Pride Month.

Goldman Sachs who has been greatly criticized, particularly in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, where it misled its investors and profited from the collapse of the mortgage market is being coitized one again. This time internally because of a pamphlet to employees that was drafted by the investment bank’s internal LGBT group and encourages staff to use recently developed gender-neutral pronouns, including “Ze” and “Zir.”

“Ze went to the store. I spoke with zir/zem. The apple was zirs/zes,” reads one example of the employee guide and also instructs employees to “replace gendered language with gender-inclusive language wherever possible (e.g. ‘hi all vs. ‘hi guys’).”

Goldman Sachs also offered eight “Tips for Being An Inclusive Ally” that include suggestions such as “Be Proactive, ” “No Assumptions,” and “Handling Mistakes.”

It’s unclear how Goldman enforces its pronoun guidelines and whether employees who refuse to abide by it are punished.  Back2Stonewall has reached out to the firm for clarification.

Oh and by the way. In June of 2020 Goldman Sachs settled and anti-LGBT discrimination case over a male employee who was fired after being told ‘he sounded too gay’

Happy Pride!

Fox News Host Jesse Watters Blames SVB Bank Collapse on LGBT PRIDE

Fox News Host Jesse Watters Blames SVB Bank Collapse on LGBT PRIDE

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At this point, Jesse Watters of FOX News should come with a laugh track.

“So this stupid bank in California didn’t see inflation coming. They’re about as smart as the Fed Chair. So when the Fed Chair finally raised rates, the bank got crushed. Well, why weren’t they paying attention? Silicon Valley Bank is a woke Biden bank. They were holding seminars on Lesbian Visibility Day and National Pride Month. Now, if you want to hold a pride month, that’s fine, but you’ve got to be able to chew gum at the same time and walk. So, keep an eye on the balance sheet, guys.”
Jesse Waaters – FOX NEWS

Yes.  Pride activities and not Peter Thiel spurring a run on the bank by withdrawing all his money started this mess. We’d love to see Thiel’s emails and texts, and lets hope that investigators do, as well.

UTAH Mormon Woman Calls LGBT Center To Complain About "Evil Gay" Neighbors.

UTAH Mormon Woman Calls LGBT Center To Complain About “Evil Gay” Neighbors.

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A Utah woman recently called her local LGBT community center asking them to do something to stop her “evil gay” neighbors from bothering her.

In her message, the woman, after stating her name (which I wish we had”, says, “I’m having problems with a gay person that I’ve known for a while, and he is bothering me and I would like to report him to you… And I know that you can help me so that he will not bother me any longer.”

Jackson Whitt, who works at the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City, posted a video

In a follow-up video, Whitt said the woman called the Pride Center a second time before he could call her back, and when he spoke to her, she told him the gay man in question has lived across the street from her for years and had “energy machines in his house that shoot electrical pulses” through his window into her window to harm her. “He’s evil. He’s wicked. He’s Satanic,” Whitt says, quoting the woman. “And he has been harassing her, but she can’t prove it.” The woman also claimed to have talked to Mormon leaders at her place of worship, who also failed to act.

After the voicemail ends, Whitt, laughing, exclaims: “She called us like we were gay animal control to come remove the bothersome homosexual from her neighborhood!”

At the last update the “bothersome” homosexuals are still on the loose and the old Mormon woman is still losing her caffeine/liquor-free mother fucking mind.

@jacksonwhitt In her defence, I’m usually havung problems with gay person too 🏳️‍🌈 #lgbt #lgbtq #queer #queercomedy #gaytiktok #gayboy #gaybear ♬ original sound – Jackson Carter

United Arab Emirates Bans Pixar's “Lightyear” Over Animated Gay Kiss

United Arab Emirates Bans Pixar’s “Lightyear” Over Animated Gay Kiss

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ABC News reports:

The United Arab Emirates has banned the upcoming Pixar animated film Lightyear from showing in cinemas amid reports that the film includes a kiss between two female characters. The Emirates, home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, announced through its Media Regulatory Office of the country’s Ministry of Youth and Culture that the film would not be opening in the country this Thursday. The film “is not licensed for public screening in all cinemas in the UAE, due to its violation of the country’s media content standards,” the office said in a tweet.

That’s fine. We will ban their movies.

Both of them.

Remember: Mohammed is a bossy bottom.

Back2Stonewall Calls on ALL NYC LGBTQ’s To BOYCOTT ALL Chelsea Pier Businesses Unless they CANCEL DeSantis on Sunday

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Chelsea Piers NYC has shown absolutely no respect and has basically spit in the face of the LGBQT community while they do everything in their power to REFUSE to CANCEL the Ron DeSantis visit on there on Sunday.

Chelsea Piers latest wheedle insult without actually doing anything: Chelsea Piers is going to eat the cost of event and funnel the small amount paid for the event to LGBT groups just prove they “love the queer community” without actually doing anything.

To this we say NO! CANCEL THE EVENT NOW!

And if don’t we are calling on ALL LGBTQ and Ally New Yorkers to a FULL BOYCOTT AGAINST ALL CHELSEA PIER BUSINESSES! And we hope other LGBTQ websites and groups will join us.

NOT 1 LGBTQ cent unless Chelsea Piers cancel DeSantis on Sunday.

And we are NOT kidding. You hurt us. We hurt you.

Pick a side.

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Bermuda High Court REVERSES Gay Marriage. Now Illegal.

Bermuda High Court REVERSES Gay Marriage. Now Illegal.

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Backstory: In 2017, the Supreme Court of Bermuda declared that same-sex couples had a legal right to marry in the territory after a couple filed suit against the Bermudian Government. However, a bill to ban same-sex marriage and establish domestic partnerships was passed by the Parliament in December 2017 and went into effect on 1 June 2018 though same-sex marriages performed before that day remained legally recognized.

Two legal challenges were filed opposing the domestic partnership law. On 6 June 2018, the Supreme Court struck down the parts of the domestic partnership law that banned same-sex marriages but stayed the ruling while the government appealed to the Court of Appeal. It upheld the right of same-sex couples to marry when it handed down its ruling on 23 November 2018. On 14 March 2022 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled against the Court of Appeal, banning same-sex marriage once again which ruled 4-1.

The only dissenting opinion came from Lord Sales, who wrote that the right to marry was implicit in the constitution and cannot be interpreted as limited to heterosexual couples. He argued that the Bermuda government’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriage “interferes with the ability of same-sex couples to act in accordance with their conscience and breaches the state’s duty of neutrality between different conscientious or religious beliefs.”

In 2019, before the beginning of the COVID pandemic Bermuda’s internal travel and tourism consumption amounted to 990 million U.S. dollars, and  cruises from the U.S. go to Bermuda, almost 200 port calls per year.

We should really do something to change that.

ATLANTIS EVENTS Gay Circuit Party Cruises Change Social Media Policy to Ban "Sexually Explicit Pics.

ATLANTIS EVENTS Holds Anniversary Cruise. Crams Over 5000 People On Board During COVID

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“Get onboard the biggest event of 2022 for Atlantis’ 30th Anniversary! 5500 guys. Superstar performers. Cutting edge productions. Legendary concerts. Mind-blowing parties. And you! All on the world’s largest and most spectacular ship. Sail from Miami on the new Oasis of the Seas with friends from around the world for a superstar-studded festival of endless fun and excitement unlike anything you’ve ever imagined.“

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At a time when many cruises have been cancelled because of the recent surge in the Omnicron variant of the Coronavirus! But that didn’t stop Atlantis Events from holding their 30th LGBT Anniversary cruise. (aka gay party sex boat) And while many cruise lines capping capacity at 50% to 70%. Atlantis and Royal Caribbean who owns the ship decided that wasn’t needed. I mean it’s not like the Gay and LBT community hasn’t been through a pandemic/plague before.

I cannot tell you how disgusted I am at the greed of both Atlantis and RC for packing the ship. There were 712,051 cases of Covid19 reported in the United States yesterday alone. And while the Omincron variant is less severe it is still dangerous to people who have underlying conditions and who are immune deficient. This is not rocket science. But obviously GREED means more than the health and welfare of a community that has already lived through the ravages of one pandemic.

And to make matters worse this cruise literally set sail the day after the expiration of the CDC mandates and as you can see from the pictures above none remained in effect.

Omnicron is 3x’s more communicable than any variant before and this time we cannot protect ourselves with rubbers.

ATLANTIS Events should be ashamed and shunned. And just so they know will be following any cases that develop over the next 2 weeks from the cruise and reporting on them

Lets just hope the next variant isn’t called Homocron.

Greedy fucking bastards.

*Full disclosure: I myself am an avid cruiser and actually cruised in late November. There were only 800 passengers. It was 25% full and there was not one case of coronavirus reported onboard..