Forget the upcoming 2016 presidential election, mass shootings, the suffering of Syrian refugees, nother impending government shutdown, or even the most recent flu outbreak. These are not the problems that plague members of the antigay right, who do not even bother to mention them. They have far bigger concerns, like the color of Starbucks paper cups or where the shop for Christmas presents if you refuse to support a company that respects its employees.
Here is a list of the completely unique first world problems currently affecting members of the antigay right this holiday season…
Godless red coffee cups
Christian extremists took issue with Starbucks’ plain red holiday cups this year, which they interpreted as an act of war on Christmas because the cups didn’t feature any snowflakes or reindeer. As a result, self-proclaimed antigay “social media evangelist” and professional Chaz Bono impersonator Joshua Feuerstein called for an international boycott of the coffee chain. Unfortunately for him, the boycott never took off. In fact, it’s hard to trace the boycott to a single person other than Feuerstein himself. Sorry, religious right, Americans care more about egg nog lattes than they do about Jesus H. Christ. Not really, but they ain’t having your boloney either.
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Gay street names
Residents in Pharr, TX, petitioned to change the name of their street, Gay Drive, to something less homosexual-sounding. “The word ‘gay’ used to be a word that the meaning was being jolly, being happy,” resident Mel Villarreal said. “Now they’ve added another meaning to it and they define themselves as gay people.” Well, that actually happened nearly a century ago, Mel. But whose counting? The street name must go!
Huge shortage of antigay companies
Mission America’s ever-charming Linda Harvey lamented over the dwindling number of antigay businesses in America.
“Well, it’s that time again — time to get out the Christmas list and start hitting the stores,” Harvey wrote in a blog post. “The problem is — what stores? For any Christian who wants to spend hard-earned dollars with family-friendly, Christian-affirming retailers, restaurants and service providers, the list is growing shorter all the time.”
She then called on readers to avoid the following stores: Macy’s, Target, Walmart and JC Penney. And to avoid products by Mattel, Levi-Strauss and General Mills. And to avoid online sites such as Amazon, Google and Facebook.
Too much Campbell’s soup
One Million Moms freaked out when Campbell’s Soup released a TV ad featuring two real-life gay dads. In a statement, the hate group accused the soup company of “glorifying unnatural marriage” and “sending the message that homosexual men are raising children, whom they wouldn’t have if a woman wasn’t involved, and they are OK with it.” Drama! We’re pretty sure it was just trying to sell soup.
The all-black cast of The Wiz Live!
Right-wing internet trolls took offense to the all-black cast of The Wiz Live!, which aired NBC Dec 5 on NBC.
“This is how I feel,” someone tweeted. “Remaking something with an all-black cast seems a tiny bit racist.”
“Minorities act like they’re the victims,” another person said, “but can you imagine if we made an all-white version of The Wiz?”
Actually, we don’t have to imagine. There is an all-white version. It’s called The Wizard of Oz and it stars Judy Garland.
Tylenol (Oh, and General Mills, too!)
In a recent vlog post, antigay Pastor James David Manning (a.k.a the Semen Latte Guy) called for a “national boycott against sodomy in America.”
“If you know of a business that is owned by sodomites, for instance Tylenol… we’re not going to buy Tylenol anymore!” screamed Manning, who once suggested Starbucks makes its lattes out of semen to attract gay customers and believes that gay people might be cannibals.
“There are many others,” he continued. “General Mills and many other organizations that will out themselves as being sodomite-friendly. We need to understand that we can boycott them!” Yes, you can, and good luck! (And by the way, pastor, sodomy seems quite popular among out straight brethren these days, too.)
American Girl dolls
In addition to the Campbell’s Soup drama, One Million Moms also flipped out at American Girl Magazine after it featured the story of an 11-year-0ld girl who, along with her brothers, was adopted by two dads. “The magazine… could have chosen another child to write about and remained neutral in the culture war,” the group said in a statement, apparently ignorant to the fact that if the magazine had ignored gay dads it would hardly have been remained neutral, it would have been siding with her! OMM then demanded a boycott of both the magazine and Mattel, the company that makes the dolls. Sales remain strong.
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Jerry P Davis
With what’s going on with that OTHER religion, you print this stupidity ? You must think it’s 1998 or something. Instead cover the latest Pink News report about how abusive Syrian refugees are to the gay ones in their number.
1EqualityUSA
Levi’s 501 button fly jeans, how dare they! What fools these mortals be.
Stan Schulz
“You must think it’s 1998 or something.” – Spot on.
Alexander R. Rodriguez
Queerty thinks it’s 1998 cause its run by aging gay millenials…
Alexander R. Rodriguez
2015: very serious problems affecting gays by Islam
grahambower
This is hilarious. Best post in ages.
Bob LaBlah
Am I the only one who noticed the white (and very talented) dancer in the Wiz? He was obviously put there to integrate the musical (which is ok too) but did know how to dance. Give the shit a break already. And even if it were an “all black cast” it was still broadcast of a white owned network. Once again, give the shit a break.
CWM85
How do you know right wing trolls were the ones complaining about the all back cast of the wiz? Did those people announce their party of choice? I agree with all but this poor example there but it seems you all are unwilling to tackle other anti gay group. Islam. Islamic radical extremist who kill gays in middle east and have killed at least one on California last one… time for an article highlighting the danger of muslim extremist on America who are against the glbt community and America at large.
Jerry P Davis
Go read the article. Amazingly, the Syrian refugee homophobes are still being allowed to stay in the Netherlands.
Erven Cote
It is truly difficult to not laugh at the content of this article. How can people be so ignorant and stupid?
Gavin Fitch
This article is everything. I loved it. The writer acknowledged in the title that he was taking a “first world” viewpoint. Too many people have lost their senses of humor. Now, with that said, the things he listed are important to me. Right wing, hardline Christians are attacking gays in America and that is something that affects me.
onthemark
The others are funny, but The Wiz complaints have no religious angle. As someone pointed out in the other comment thread about it, the complainers may be the type of college kids who get offended about everything and freak out about Halloween costumes, and were born after the ’70s so they’d never heard of The Wiz, and they thought it was some kind of minstrel show. The complainers may even be black millennials, for all we know!
Jerry P Davis
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/12/05/gay-refugees-rehoused-in-netherlands-after-threats/ Here’s the article. Better start facing facts that this will become THE biggest issue for us.
Avery Alvarez
Very good, Queerty!
Now you should do another article titled, “seven first world problems affecting America’s social justice warriors”
One of them can be slut-shaming, since it’s a made-up first world problem.
Captain Obvious
@Bob LaBlah: Actually black people don’t do anything to “integrate” or impress white people. If he was there it’s because he auditioned and knew other black performers. Black people have never turned white people away. White people regularly have whites only casting and that has never stopped.
There are even black movies with white actors who’ve played black lead roles in movies produced by black people.
If you see black only productions it’s typically because no other groups auditioned in the first place. If you audition for a black film/play and you’re talented you’re getting in no matter what color you are.
And I lol’d at the coffee cup thing. Christmas as celebrated in America is more Pagan than Christian. It’s a lot more akin to a Satanic ritual than honoring Jesus. The fact that a lot of Christmas characters are demons in European culture should’ve made that obvious. I’m fine with Satan-free coffee cups. At least in Europe they know what they heck they’re celebrating. In America most of us don’t even know the history of these symbols and start putting them up every year calling some demon down the chimney to stuff your children in a sack while you sleep. Not even sure how the country founded on burning and drowning witches became the one that celebrates so many pagan ceremonies.
billygoat
actually, all of my friends, my family and I do care a lot more about eggnog – and lattes, and pretty much anything else at Starbux than about Jesus H Christ.
Giancarlo85
@CWM85: And Christian conservatives shoot up people too, like at pro-choice clinics. Don’t ever see you complaining about that. Why don’t we highlight the danger of how many paramilitary groups exist in America? There are hundreds of men with guns who want to kill. There are hundreds of mass shootings that occur at the hands of right wing extremists.
Giancarlo85
@Gavin Fitch: But no… we shouldn’t worry about the endless death threats… the gun violence perpetuated by right wing extremists… and the hundreds of paramilitary groups in America… because according to some blabbering bimbos on here, Islamic extremist is worse.
Both want you dead. I think they just didn’t pick up on that one because their peanut brains are fixated on ISIL (republican created problem!).
Bob LaBlah
@Captain Obvious: Ol’ Santa didn’t show up until right after the Civil War and even then the only reason was to get people to shop. The country went thru a very BIG change for the better that even the southern plantation owners knew (but never publicly admitted) was for the better.
Keep in mind also that those totally useless ass pilgrims would do just about ANYTHING to keep their flock (especially the women) in line. Their sanctimonious attitudes accompanied by hypocrisy is why they got their asses thrown out of England in the first place. They came here and practiced the same Puritanical shit until once again the populace tired of it and rebelled.
And don’t forget the only good thing that came from those damn Quakers was the oatmeal. I mean it. At least in my book/bowl.
Glücklich
@billygoat:
That’s Jesus FUCKING Christ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS5-uYLiKmw
Glücklich
Oh excuse me. It’s Jesus Hong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nz39_IAsfM
philipcfromnyc
@Avery Alvarez: I am sick to death of “slut shaming.” I am on PrEP with Truvada, and proudly purchased a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Truvada slut!” I will wear that T-shirt wherever I can get away with doing so, because I believe that a combination of Truvada and condoms is a lot safer than condoms alone. Yet some people seem to think that I have a 1970s mentality, and that I want to fuck or get fucked by every man that I see, merely because I have chosen this method of HIV prevention.
I will wear that T-shirt and be damned!
PHILIP CHANDLER
philipcfromnyc
@Gavin Fitch: THANK YOU! Right-wing, hard line “Christian” fanatics are attacking gay men and lesbians HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, and my concerns start at home, not in Syria, Russia, or any other nation. These right-wing crackpots are truly dangerous. For example, Mike Huckabee has stated that, if elected President (he won’t be), he will ignore Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015). This would be illegal and utterly unconstitutional, and I would willingly stand in line to file my own lawsuit against the bastard. The only way he could “ignore” Obergefell would be by issuing a series of Executive Orders and sending these to the different government departments — e.g., to the Social Security Administration (SSA), to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), etc. These “Executive Orders” would, of course, be struck down in US District Court, and these actions would be sustained by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and by the US Supreme Court. The US District Court would almost certainly order the agencies in question to follow the Supreme Court’s dispositive and binding holding in Obergefell, and the SSA (for example) would be ordered by the US District Court to pay out spousal survivor benefits to the same sex spouses of deceased spouses. Such instructions would be upheld by all three tiers of the federal judiciary, and the Office of the Presidency would probably be hit by a massive fine, not to mention contempt citations.
Huckabee would be an utter disaster for this nation. He does not seem to appreciate the fact that this nation was (and remains) founded on a clear separation of Church and State, and that the “evangelicals” do not possess the power to ignore or to distort US Supreme Court rulings.
What a pretty picture.
PHILIP CHANDLER
Jerry P Davis
Pretend what you want, Christian-obssessed harpies. There’s a new enemy in town, way worse than the last. And making up only….3 percent?…of the population they’ve already jumped way ahead in homophobia and terror in general. IMAGINE if that population was larger. How many Neighbors (Seattle) nightclub arson incidents do you want ? How many Boston Marathons? San Bernardinos? Paris. Mumbai.
Giancarlo85
@Jerry P Davis: I also remember Oklahoma City, the IRA, Yoweri Museveni, Slobodan Milosevic, George Fucking Dumbass Bush who invaded Iraq citing god and killing 800,000 people… I can remember a ton of different facts that are conveniently left behind.
And lovely that you use the death of people in attacks for your own demented political purposes. “How many” this, “how many” that.. did you leave your brain at home?
Christian fanatics want you dead and have committed acts of genocide and murder.
Giancarlo85
@Jerry P Davis: You delusional paranoid schizophrenic right wingers are all the fucking same. You say all the same crap. You created the mess in that region by supporting Bush’s policies. We really should have left Saddam alone.
Kaylee
@Giancarlo85: I think George Fucking Dumbass Bush is actually his full, legal name.
Billysees
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty again? It is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men…..Matthew 5:13
That’s a biblical description of the results of scornful, mean spirited public discourse and actions by conservative, fundamentalist Christians. It is constantly defining what kind of people they are.
Complaints from them about their treatment are not sincere. What they do and say is being rejected as loveless stuff.
Their ‘tasteless salt’ is their way of being a persecutor.
‘Throwing it away’ and ‘trampling on it’ is the best way to deal with it.
There is plenty of disgust for scornful, mean spirited, conservative, fundamentalist Christians who —
1. Make a god of their feelings.
2. Dignify them with the term faith.
3. And hold them up as a virtue and a superior means of discerning truth.
Jerry P Davis
GianCarlo, you’re a fool. Firstly, I’m not a right-Winger. Second, let’s move you to a Muslim-majority country if you think there’s any equation between the two cultures. You might hate Christians, which is fine, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us have to pretend Muslims aren’t even more dangerous (pretend to the point of endangering every gay male we know and our entire civilization). Get it ? We will NOT pretend along with your kind.
Giancarlo85
@Jerry P Davis: You idiotic right wing troll. Stop lying about where you stand and stop talking like you are Donald Trump. Insulting other countries ended with Bush. The only fool here is you. Stop pretending right wing conservatives do not want you dead. Many christian nations throughout Africa execute or jail gay people. Go to Kenya or Uganda to figure that one out real fast.
You are so damn ignorant. I don’t have time to entertain your idiocy any further. You subscribe directly to the delusional paranoia many republicans have already been saying. And don’t speak for others. The most you speak for are the people who are going to vote for Trump.
People like you don’t have a clue about how deadly your beliefs are. 800,000 dead Iraqis and a political vacuum that created ISIL. And you still think you are right. I just dont get how someone can be so naive!
Glücklich
@Billysees:
Beautifully stated. I especially like “make a god of their feelings.”
o.codone
Giancarla finally got a job and stopped posting monotonous, repetitive, boring troll responses on every article and every post. But, now he’s back. He must have a day off and instead of occupying his time the way everybody else does, you know, jerking it, boozing, video games, shopping for exactly the right sneakers, NO, Giancarla goes on Queerty and posts shit. And, he’s always right of course. And his name calling has never been more prolific. So, here’s a fact Giancarla girlfriend. The right wing shooters you refer to are actually almost all liberal democrats. Look it up.
CWM85
Giancarlo the taco burrito king is back… I was wondering if this troll was banned but apparently not. He or she is back to usual antics of attacking free speech and anyone who doesn’t share its view. So redundant, so yesterday. This site was more peaceful without ya. Go back under the stone you crawled out of.
Michael Lucewicz
The Christians on this thread that are focusing ONLY on Islam are ridiculous. The biggest threat to gays in AMERICA
Giancarlo85
@o.codone: 95% of all mass shootings and domestic terrorist attacks (McVeigh) are right wing extremists like yourself. Glad to see you are back with your ignorant stupid hysteria. And you have never worked a day in your life.
@CWM85: The hateful little bigoted xenophobe is back at it. Little guy cannot help but make insults exposing him as a bigot. Why don’t you go away? Funny you cry about freedom of speech, yet say I should go away! You are nothing more than a hateful xenophobic hypocrite who has no clue about anything.
Avery Alvarez
@philipcfromnyc: Wear your t-shirt loud and proud! Be self confident! You’re not an example of the person I’m talking about. The person I’m talking about isn’t self confident, depends on validation from others, and shrivels up and dies or gets hyper sensitive when people offer even slight criticism. The point – People can only “slut shame” you if you already feel ashamed of yourself and your behavior.
Juanjo
I love the “hate on Muslims” crowd for posting about their favorite obsession here. The article is about common issues here in the good old USA with the majority religion. In a country where roughly 90% of the population is Christian and where some Christian politicians and Christian preachers are calling for discrimination against gay folks if not outright extermination, these people are screaming about how a group of gay Syrian refugees is being treated by some straight Syrian refugees in the Netherlands [not that the poster would let even the gay Syrian refugees into this country}! I am more concerned about how Rubio and Crux want to reverse any and all rights for gay people and how some Christian people in this country believe they have a god given right to discriminate if not outright kill gay people. That is a lot more direct threat to me now.
It does not mean I do not care about how ISIS is tossing people off the rooks of buildings in Syrian for buggery. It does not mean I am not concerned about Iranians hanging gay people. It just means I have a very strong concern about the people who are preaching the hate in this country. Christian fanatics – the ones who inspire others to shoot up church meetings, assault gay people on the streets of Philadelphia or Dallas; who encourage county clerks to refuse to perform their duties; who claim that it is okay to execute gay people or blow up their businesses as has happened in Georgia and elsewhere; or any of the other heinous acts committed here in this country.
CWM85
Giancarlo continues with his hateful, bigoted attacks. He’s about as cluess as Obama is ln foreign policy. Giancarlo is back and as ignorant, stupid and pointless as before. Was so hoping you were banned. That’ll be on my Christmas list… now go play in traffic you slimy shrek.
CWM85
Giancarlo your cash assistance came in so you were able to pay your phone bill to harass people again huh?
o.codone
Giancarla is working as holiday help at Walmart. There’s lots of shifts for him b/c a lot of fat people have to take gigantic shits while shopping, and he is there to flush and clean them up when they’re done. And he also gets the plunger out when they clog up the entire plumbing system in Tijuana. That is why we haven’t seen his greasy/hairy azz here for while. Let’s close the border and keep him away from the young men and boys in this country. There are lots of goats and sheep where he lives. hahhahahaaa.
Giancarlo85
@CWM85: Your feeble ridiculous attack on Obama simply exposes you as a libertarian right wing blowhard that has no clue about foreign policy. You are a mindless buffoon who recycles material you seen on Newsmax. You are a dangerous little bigot… Now suggesting I commit suicide… wow. What a fucking bigot. Do you realize suicide is a big problem in this community? It is not something you should be making insults with.
I dont take cash assistance, you lazy piece of work. You have no job and you are a right wing leech who lives with his parents.
Giancarlo85
@o.codone: The nasty trailer trash bigot is back at it. Nobody cares about what you have to say. You are useless.
CWM85
Giancarlo why the hell do you stat starting shit… you live off this. The arguing, back and forth. Frankly I think you are a mod or sleep with someone in queety because you are a fucking troll who attacks people and then when they fight back you claim you’re the big victim. You are useless trash. A pathetic loser, a miserable piece of garbage. I hope mods are reading so you’re be banned for good.
Giancarlo85
@CWM85: You’re the one that is starting shit. This is what you do. You did it even when I was posting far less. You are a nobody to me. You’ll never amount to anything and your attacks on Obama show how fucking stupid you are. You really need to get your mental state sorted out… you’re not in any shape to post on here, you wretched little kid. And you’re the one that needs to be banned permanently. You should never be allowed to post on here again.
Giancarlo85
And for someone who was screaming like a b*tch about freedom of speech, you sure want me banned quickly… you really have some nerve. Go get some help please… you aren’t the center of the universe.
CWM85
I’m glad your comments are flagged… I didn’t even need to. Tired of your bullying and vicious attacks whenever someone you don’t like post stuff. You are a pest and get off on fights and choas. You need really, seriously mental help. You need meds or something. It must be a painful, pitiful life you lead. I made a comment next thing I know I get attacked by you, named because you didn’t like my comments. What are you 10? I have a right to disagree with Obama or whoever policies moron. So if upset about that than nothing I can do. Deal with it
o.codone
Giancarla has NOTHING TO DO, HAS NO LIFE, all he does is post shit on Queerty. Despite his denials I think he is either in jaiL, or he is in a wheelchair, disabled, and has nothing to do, so he posts extremist political shit on here. Giancarla, go away, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THE SHIT YOU POST. Someone should start a campaign for Queerty editors to take this guy down if he don’t go away. Jeeze man, go out, call your mother, get a blow-buddy from grindr or scruff, walk the dog, masturbate, drink some booze, paint your jail cell, ANYTHING, just get a life that is not constantly posting negative shit on Queerty. There are so many things a young man should be doing with his time … and you’re doing THIS? NONSTOP POSTING ON QUEERTY? GET A FU CK ING LIFE. GET THE FU CK OFF OF HERE.
Billysees
@Glücklich:
” @Billysees:
Beautifully stated. I especially like “make a god of their feelings.” ”
Thanks for the compliment, but I didn’t originate that. I thought I copied from a Queerty article some time ago or maybe it was from an RNS article.
Yes, it is brilliantly stated isn’t it?
Here it is again in its entirety —
There is plenty of disgust for scornful, mean spirited, conservative, fundamentalist Christians who —
1. Make a god of their feelings.
2. Dignify them with the term faith.
3. And hold them up as a virtue and a superior means of discerning truth.
Realityis
@philipcfromnyc: who the f… cares… stupid shirt