Today in eye-roll inducing news: Notorious homophobe Donald Trump will host fellow notorious homophobe Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the White House.
Bolsonaro tweeted a picture of men urinating on each other yet will come to the White House March 19.
According to a statement, the goals for the meeting will include “how to build a more prosperous, secure, and democratic Western Hemisphere” and to “discuss opportunities for defense cooperation, pro-growth trade policies, combating transnational crime, and restoring democracy in Venezuela.”
Bolsonaro’s rise in Brazil invited numerous comparisons to Trump, both for his hostile rhetoric and bigotry.
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The Brazilian politician has a long history of anti-queer comments, including saying he would murder his own child if he ever came out as gay, threatened violence against gay people showing public affection and comparing gay mento pedophiles.
No word on if the pair will discuss their shared fascination with golden showers.
Related: Brazil’s new president attacks LGBTQ rights on first day in office
CobraPowers
Why is Queerty talking about the president being into golden showers, when that egratious claim comes from a dossier that is now known to be fake, paid for by HRC and the DNC, and the spying was authorized by former president Obama? Don’t the people who run this website realize they are pushing FAKE NEWS? Now talk about an agenda…
gymmuscleboy
Agreed. And “Notorious homophobe Donald Trump”? Please. Talk about bias.
Heywood Jablowme
Over time, the Steele dossier has been increasingly proven to be true. It’s only the Fux heads at Fux News who pretend it’s fake.
truthseeker
@HeywoodJablowme
LOL what? What’s been proven true from it? Yeah, I know that the talking point is to say “its increasingly proven to be true” but what parts?
I even Googled to see if I was missing something and nearly every major news outlet says that its vastly uncorroborated, hence the reason the Clinton campaign never bothered to leak it to the press during the election
Apolodorus
Don’t feed the troll. Just laugh at the troll. Point to the troll and laugh at troll.
DCguy
Hey Queerty, how many times does an obvious troll account have to post before it is blocked.
Oh, and troll, please point out the sections of the “Dossier” that have been proven false….because, it’s interesting you couldn’t do that.
truthseeker
@DCguy
Ah, so you must want the comment section to only reflect the beliefs and opinions of DCguy and anyone not supporting your beliefs should be removed. Sounds like something they’d do in North Korea. Plus its funny that you’ve complained before about Fox News being an echo chamber but then now complain that Queerty’s comment section is not an echo chamber
As far as the dossier, you want me to prove a negative? That’s not how proof works. The fact that you cannot cite specifics shows that you can’t point out any material claims from it as true
CobraPowers
@DCGuy – Troll? Because I’m an LGBT person who happens to not be far-left? Simply because I’m respectfully voicing my opinion, which is different than mine you want to shut me down? You are a fascist. I thought you wanted “diversity”. I guess not diversity of opinions, huh?
By the way, Lisa Page testified yesterday Barry ordered the DOJ to protect HRC, and that the whole Russian collusion narrative was going to be used, under Barry’s instruction, as “insurance” against Trump being elected. Can you define REAL collusion? Can you define TREASON?
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
GYMMUSCLEBOY: Use any search engine, input “anti-Gay policies Trump administration”
WAKE THE FCUK UP!!
truthseeker
I Googled it and didn’t find anything. All of the articles cited stuff that has nothing to do with gays such as tax cuts and the government shutdown. There were misleading articles about transgender individuals but nothing anti-gay. Then there were slanted news headlines about “removing web pages” from the White House website which is standard practice of all new administrations
Then I found several articles about the Trump Administration attempting to end the criminalization of homosexuals in hostile foreign nations
Rock-N-RollHS
More accurate to call the Trump Administration anti-gay. (Admittedly a distinction without a difference as far as LGBT is concerned.) Trump believes in nothing but his own self-gain and aggrandizement. He’ll side with whatever and whomever provides either.
DCguy
@truthseeker
Awww, how adorable, ANOTHER troll account trying to believe that LGBT people have forgotten when Trump stated he would appoint judges to overturn those horrible gay rights laws.
Interesting how much more aggressive you trolls are getting the more trouble Trump looks to be in.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Truthseeker:
Go fcuk yourself you vile, noxious, abhorrent piece of garbage. What a pathetic loser you are to get off on trolling sites, how about trying to get a life??
truthseeker
@DCguy
I specifically remember Trump stating after he was elected that gay marriage and gay rights are the law of the land and that he would not tamper with it
Plus, how is writing a comment getting aggressive? HAHA. If you want to see someone getting aggressive and nasty, just read the comment by “PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS” (odd name considering that’s how he talks)
gymmuscleboy
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS Perhaps you would like to share a couple of examples of how Trump has HARMED the gay community because we are scratching our heads here.
LGBTNation (Queerty) produced an article called “92 times the Trump administration has attacked the LGBTQ community” and it was a joke. The FIRST THREE items involved the administration TALKING to anti-gay people, CONSIDERING legitimate concerns over “disparate impact” laws, and the government shutdown! That article was their best effort. See if you can do any better.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
GYMMUSCLEBOY:
I am going to make an exception here and feed a troll…
Virtually all of Trump’s Federal Judges are vetted and put forth by right wing think tanks. Here is a blurb about 37 YEAR OLD ANTI-GAY WOMAN JUST APPOINTED TO A LIFETIME TERM…
It noted Rushing’s internship at the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is designated as an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC says the ADF has supported the recriminalization of homosexuality in the United States, defended state-sanctioned sterilization of trans people abroad and linked homosexuality to pedophilia. In 2003, the group’s then-president, Alan Sears, who stepped down in 2017, wrote a book with another ADF colleague called “The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today,” according to the SPLC
gymmuscleboy
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS Trump has been president for over two years and the best example of harm is that he appointed a judge who did an internship at an an anti-LGBTQ organisation?! That is your strongest example of harm. Think about that. Here’s a different example: Mary M. Rowland, member of the Gay and Lesbian Bar Association, was nominated by Trump as a federal judge in 2018.
There is no substance to the claims that Trump is anti-gay.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
You GYMMUSCLEBOY:
Go the fcuk away, seriously!
What kind of loser spends his time trolling Gay sites???
Last time will feed you, your a pathetic, loser. Get a life, there are thousands of sites that cater to your kind. Go away!
gymmuscleboy
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS I’m open to being proven wrong. However, none of the many I have talked to on this site – nor Queerty itself – have legitimate examples where Trump has done harm to gay people. It is hard to accept or understand that when you’ve been fed an opposing narrative, I know. Surely you’re not surprised that the media has deceived you. There’s no point getting upset – It is, of course, good news that the president is not anti-gay.
CobraPowers
@DCGuy – What parallel twilight zone dimension are you from? Because in this one Trump said 1) Gay marriage was the law of the land 2) He announced last year a big push to fight and find a cure against AIDS 3) Announced his administration’s world agenda to end criminalization of homosexuality?
Or are you talking about trans people not being allowed in the military, just as people with different conditions such as flat foot, psoriasis, asthma, chronic depression, obesity, etc are not allowed in the military?
CobraPowers
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS – Most of us are simply stating our opinions in a respectful and factual manner, so far the only troll (screaming in all caps and throwing vile insults around) here is you.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Here are some of the major anti-LGBTQ actions that Trump took during his first year in office:
He tried to reinstate a ban on trans people joining and openly serving in the military. The Obama administration in 2016 announced plans to reverse the ban in 2017. But Trump, in a series of tweets last July, announced he would bring it back, arguing that trans-related health care is expensive. (Research from the RAND Corporation indicates that it would make up “a 0.04- to 0.13-percent increase in active-component health care expenditures.”) So far, Trump’s ban has been stymied by the courts — and trans people are now allowed to openly enlist and serve.
Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court to replace the consistently anti-LGBTQ Antonin Scalia. Although Gorsuch had a vague record on LGBTQ rights when he was nominated, civil rights advocates argued that, based on some of his past writings on marriage equality and religious issues, he could be a big opponent for LGBTQ equality. In just a few months on the bench, Gorsuch has proven advocates right; for one, he dissented against a Supreme Court ruling that requires states to list same-sex parents on birth certificates.
Nearly one-third of Trump’s judicial nominees have anti-LGBTQ records, according to Lambda Legal. These nominees, if accepted by the Senate, may rule on major LGBTQ issues over the next few years, from anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ workers to trans access to bathrooms.
The Trump administration rescinded a nonbinding Obama-era guidance that told K-12 schools that receive federal funding that trans students are protected under federal civil rights law and, therefore, schools should respect trans students’ rights, including their right to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. The Trump administration took back the guidance altogether, arguing trans students aren’t protected under federal civil rights law.
Trump’s Justice Department also rescinded another Obama-era memo that said trans workers are protected under civil rights law. This has enabled the federal government, including its army of attorneys, to now argue in court that anti-trans discrimination isn’t illegal under federal law. The courts are ultimately independent of the Trump administration, but the federal government can play a big role in legal arguments by throwing its people and resources behind a case.
In a major Supreme Court case, Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the Trump administration argued in court in favor of Masterpiece Cakeshop, a bakery that’s claiming First Amendment rights to discriminate against same-sex couples. The case could have potentially enormous repercussions — opening a big loophole in anti-discrimination laws, particularly those that protect LGBTQ people, by letting business owners cite religious or moral justifications to discriminate.
Trump’s Justice Department argued that anti-gay discrimination is legal, filing a friend-of-the-court brief claiming that the federal Civil Rights Act doesn’t protect gay and bisexual workers. The lawsuit in this case was filed by Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor who says an employer, Altitude Express, fired him due to his sexual orientation. The Justice Department in effect argued that this was legal under federal law.
The Justice Department has similarly taken anti-LGBTQ steps in other cases across the country, including one about North Carolina’s anti-trans bathroom law and one about discrimination against trans people in health care. “We’ve gone from a position where LGBT people are protected to one where we’re not,” Esseks of the ACLU said.
The Trump administration sent out a “religious liberty” guidance to federal agencies, essentially asking them to respect “religious-liberty protections” in all of the federal government’s work. It’s unclear what kind of impact the guidance will have, but LGBTQ organizations worry that it will be used to justify discrimination against LGBTQ people within the federal government and its work.
The Department of Health and Human Services enacted a new regulation and created an agency, the Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom, that will purportedly work to ensure health care providers’ religious liberties aren’t violated. LGBTQ groups argue this agency will effectively give doctors, nurses, and other medical staff cover to discriminate against LGBTQ people, because providers will now get protection from the federal government if they cite religious or moral objections to refuse service to LGBTQ patients.
Without explanation, Trump fired all the members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. “It’s outstanding,” Isaacs said. “HIV isn’t only in the LGBTQ community, but it largely is.”
Trump failed to recognize LGBTQ Pride Month.
Go away trolls
gymmuscleboy
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS Congratulations for copying and pasting that entire 3 page comment from Vox all by yourself! Now, did you understand any of it? Here, let me help you:
1. Trump’s appointments “could be a big opponent to LGBT equality” and yet you haven’t specified any harm that has resulted over his 2+ year presidency.
2. What issue do you have with the religious liberty guidance? You say you don’t even know what impact it will have.
3. Trump dissolved the HIV council after the majority of them voluntarily resigned in protest against him on healthcare. Then he brought it back (see Carl Schmid).
4. Trans is not the same as gay.
5. Who cares if Ye Olde Bakery believes in traditional marriage? For every one, there are literally thousands elsewhere that will happily serve us. What about the first amendment?
6. Moppan’s interjection in the Zarda case is unfortunate, but anomalous with respect to Trump, and obviously has not resulted in any harm to gay people.
Now, here are some examples of actual harm towards gay people:
– ‘Gay propaganda’ law (Russia)
– Media and political censorship of LGBT material (China)
– Almost every leader in every muslim-majority country is openly and strongly anti-gay
The real, long-term enemy to our community is anti-western sentiment in a decreasingly western-centric world, something Trump stands strongly against, and for that we should all be grateful. He believes in the values that give our community space to exist – very few places in the world have those values or promote them as Trump has.
What are you scared of? Trump doesn’t tweet about gay pride? We would have spat in his face anyway, just like every time he does something good for us. He has not tweeted about countless other minorities yet they are not reacting like you – spoilt and entitled, blowing every little thing out of proportion, buying into negative spin you don’t even understand. None of your examples are harmful to gay people, yet here we are, watching you have a fit like a Beverly Hills teenager that didn’t get a Mercedes for her birthday!
… Complaining because Trump didn’t tweet about pride month? You are unbelievable!!