It’s Monday (again). A lot happened over the weekend. Here’s just some of what you might have missed…
KAREN-ED: Republican lawmaker calls 911 on Rep. Brian Sims for being rude to him over the phone during an argument about LGBTQ equality. [Pennsylvania Capital Star]
IDIOT: Gay Trump supporter arrested for defacing Black Lives Matter mural a second time. [LGBTQ Nation]
CLOSET DOOR BUSTDOWN: Colorado man comes out as gay… at age 90!
As Ken Felts, 90, worked on a memoir, old memories gave him the push he needed to reveal openly for the first time that he was gay.
Watch his inspiring story and see how his message is helping others find the strength to live their truth. pic.twitter.com/x8wddun46F
— 3rd Hour of TODAY (@3rdHourTODAY) August 7, 2020
PIG PLAY: Naked man photographed chasing after wild boar in public park after it stole his laptop. [The Independent]
ANCIENT GRUDGE: Middle-aged man recalls being bullied by Ellen when he was 11, says she called him “chunky.” [Daily Mail]
GAY FOR PAY: Straight actor Jared Leto confirms he will play Andy Worhol in upcoming biopic.
FAMILY FEUD: Kellyanne Conway‘s anti-Trump, pro-LGBTQ daughter says her mom had her arrested for mouthing off. [GailyGrind]
WORD POLICE: William Shatner spent his weekend ranting and raving about the word “cisgender” on Twitter. [LGBTQ Nation]
TURN UP THE RADIO: Kylie Minogue drops the music video for her latest single “Say Something” off her forthcoming album Disco.
Joe T
It’s Andy Warhol, not “Worhol.”
anybody from anywhere
“Straight Actor Jared Leto” …………….Sure, Jan
johnnymcmxxx
I’m not a fan of William Shatner but I too do not like to be labeled cisgender. I hate the word. Call me sissy but not cisgender.
jjose712
A lot of people don’t like cisgender and they are not going to use it no matter what.
You can’t force someone to define themself with your chosen words
graphicjack
We get words and labels put upon us all the time. Did we choose our birth name? Did we personally choose the word ‘gay’ to define our sexual orientation? Did we have a choice to call ourselves something other than left-handed or right-handed if that’s a descriptive word regarding our handedness? Cisgender is just a word, and what other word would you choose for yourself to describe yourself as non-trans? I don’t go around saying, “I’m cisgender” randomly, but I recognize that’s what I am. It’s a little awkward because the shortened ‘cis’ sounds a little too close to ‘sissy’ which is a word that can trigger some in our community, but I don’t lose any sleep if someone says I am cisgender, any more than someone calling me white, blue-eyed and left-handed. Maybe you need to look at why this bothers you so much… how frequently does anyone call you ‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ anyway? I practically never hear it, even from trans people I know.
ScottOnEarth
Great comment, graphicjack 🙂
LumpyPillows
More often than not the person saying cis gender is using it as a slight. The other point is that this has turned into a social engineering campaign led mostly by straight people to get attention. They will go back to being straight when they get older and leave us with the mess they created by undermining LGBT rights politically with their moronic pronouns.
Jack Meoff
Not sure that Leto ‘playing gay’ will be much of a stretch for him.
Leash
While I think repeatedly being mean to a child is …well, mean… coming for Ellen for something she – allegedly – did 40 years ago is just silly. Also he keeps saying that Ellen was in a position of power, but like you were the child of the person who Ellen worked for …why did you wait 41 years to tell your mom and world about it. Not trying to say anything here, other than: It’s silly.