So Out Magazine kinda sorta stepped in it this week when they published a profile on Milo Yiannopoulos, the racist, Islamophobic, transphobic Donald Trump surrogate and alt-right activist who managed to get himself permanently banned from Twitter earlier this year for his bigotry. And, as expected, people aren’t happy about it.
Related: ABC Reporter Calls Gay Trump Supporter Milo Yiannopoulos A “13-Year-Old Idiot”
The profile, which was published online yesterday, included an editor’s note explaining the magazine’s decision to feature controversial Yiannopoulos:
It should not need saying that the views expressed by the subject of this piece in no way represent the opinions of this magazine, but in this era of social media tribalism, the mere act of covering a contentious person can be misinterpreted as an endorsement. If LGBTQ media takes its responsibilities seriously we can’t shy away from covering queer people who are at the center of this highly polarized election year, and we ask you to assess Milos Yiannopoulos, the focus of this profile, on his own words without mistaking them for ours.
Some claimed the editor’s note was added after the blowback started; however, it was always there. Still, that hasn’t stopped people from voicing their outrage with the publication.
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Noah Michaelson, the Editorial Director of Huffington Post Queer Voices and a friend of ours, posted a lengthy rant on Facebook yesterday, calling the piece “inexcusable and straight up gross”:
Then there are the folks on Twitter:
.@outmagazine's editor's note on their Milo piece is basically saying "don't @ us" but we're giving a voice to a hateful person pic.twitter.com/PkMJg7wKa5
— corey kindberg (@coreykindberg) September 21, 2016
"If LGBTQ media takes its responsibilities seriously." Fuck you @outmagazine. Your only responsibility is covering Nick Jonas' abs. pic.twitter.com/daUXZUjVsk
— Ira Madison III (@ira) September 21, 2016
No publication, but ESPECIALLY not a gay one, should be glamorizing Milo like this. Just shockingly bad judgment. pic.twitter.com/Vd75pnV17s
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) September 21, 2016
"Not an endorsement" @outmagazine, yet your author @Chadwick_Moore is all on Instagram with racists by the pound? pic.twitter.com/U98BVQhBZB
— Ira Madison III (@ira) September 21, 2016
This was NOT "the mere act of covering" Milo as news. This was an over-the-top, full photo shoot and spread, not about "responsibilities."
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) September 21, 2016
.@outmagazine added a missing-the-point editor’s note pic.twitter.com/8kTiMdvvhJ
— Mathew Rodriguez (@mathewrodriguez) September 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/brandonrambles/status/778642118872924160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
So respecting POC and trans folks is "social media tribalism" now?! Did Milo write the Editor's note? ?
— Raquel Willis (@RaquelWillis_) September 21, 2016
That editor's note is such a cop-out. From the jokey clown costume to the very decision to offer Milo a platform, editors made these choices
— Nasty Hombre (@gaybonez) September 21, 2016
As a result of the backlash, Out’s editor-at-large and author of the interview, Chadwick Moore, has flipped his Twitter profile to private. Meanwhile, Yiannopoulos issued the following response on his official Facebook page:
What do you think? Was Out wrong to profile this gay supervillain? Or are people overreacting? Share your thoughts in the comments section below…
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
“Noah Michaelson, the Editorial Director of Huffington Post Queer Voices and a friend of ours, ”
I almost stopped reading after that point.
He and the likes of Buzzfeed and the batshit-powered platform they provide to these professional outrage-junkiy cry-bullies are every bit responsible for the rise and rise of the Alt-right. You c_unts are the other enemies destroying the Left from within so we’re seriously weakened to fend of the Nazi scum.
Masc Pride
How is it any different from CNN covering/featuring Trump? Keep in mind that the media’s love/hate relationship with Trump and his controversial views started long before he announced he was running for president. OUT is part of the media. Yoppadopolis or whatever has made news. Controversial figures usually are news. The idea that people with controversial views shouldn’t be covered or that media sources that cover such individuals should be immediately shamed sounds like pure censorship.
brian_scott
I get so sick and tired of this Junk. He’s GAY. They are a GAY magazine. Not all GAY men have the same opinions. I’d rather have him then some heterosexual that pays lip service to GAY causes on the cover. You know like Queerty posting Clinton on Funny and Die that has NO relation to anything GAY.
TheRexVoxian
I’m laughing so hard that people are actually saying this is “a show of terrible journalism”. This IS journalism, dolts. You cover all types of people from different backgrounds, the only requirement should probably be that you must be LGBT+, but then again, anything that doesn’t cater to these idiots’ SJW mindset is wrong. Out Magazine doesn’t need to apologize to the Thought Police.
Kieran
OUT magazine is a disgrace! They should only interview gays who have been given the OFFICIAL stamp of approval by the Gay Thought Police Association.
MMMBacon
thank god for Milo …..these extremist brainwashed lefties can suck it….lol
jdboston617
@MMMBacon: Lefties? LMAO. And I thought McCarthy and Nixon were dead.
What, dare I ask, does Milo offer the world that you thank god for him?
Mo Bro
Well well well, the far-left Queerty once again publicly and proudly proclaims its contempt for the first amendment by cheerleading the silencing of voices they don’t agree with.
Ironic how it’s Trump they constantly compare to Hitler while ignoring their own journalistic fascism.
Snapper59
You do realize in the “alt right” world that Milo is a huge part of:
Jews are hooked nosed swindlers, and
Blacks are gorillas. See, Harambe the killer gorilla is just their little dog whistle for n*ggers are apes. It’s why when Trump said Obama was born in the US, Breitbart used a huge picture of their beloved Harambe. Tee hee.
But yeah Milo, he’s just “alternative”. Uh huh.
Snapper59
And BTW, Milo went to LSU for a speech and showed up in full drag which would have made RuPaul and Michelle V hurl at. And his fan audience unsurprisingly wasn’t digging it since they are all Trump mouth breathers. His jump the shark moment. You should have stayed in a suit Miss Milo, a gown and high heels was probably just a bit too obvious even for the “they took ‘er jobs!” moronic Trump crowd.
Xzamilloh
Sorry, Queerty, but it’s nonsense like this that empowers intentional trolls like Milo, because the response is so in line with the rhetoric he spews and a trend among the regressive left that I as a liberal find alarming: attempting to no-platform anyone that doesn’t agree. The sad thing is, five years ago, I was laughing at the paranoid right wingers talking about how intolerant the left was, not knowing the fringe was slowly making its way to mainstream. And Mr. Noah “Call me ‘queer'” Michelson? Bitch, please… who gives a fuck what he thinks?
The regressive left’s vision of diversity appears to be people of all different races, faiths and genders ALL agreeing on the same thing.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Xzamilloh: You care about people having different opinions than yours? Queen you boycott other members of this site when they do disagree with you, you call them “regressives” as you have done above.
It’s quite odd that you are calling the left “intolerant” while its you who is ready to boycott others so readily.
Xzamilloh
@Hussain-TheCanadian: Correction: I call YOU a regressive… and you are based on your piss poor defending of an archaic ideology like Islam that would have you shunned, imprisoned or killed in the majority of countries where it is the rule of law. But since you won’t leave me alone, I have to take a break from ignoring you and address your total lie. Ignoring someone isn’t boycotting them… it’s ignoring them. Last time I checked, anyone I don’t agree with or like is still free to post on whatever article they see fit. Boycotting would indicate that I care enough to silence someone’s opinion… you’re not important to me.
And FYI, I care a LOT about different opinions… echo chambers are boring and regressive and when people aren’t challenged on the flaws in their ideas, they think these are good ideas that can be spread to others, and then they aren’t ready for someone to take a torch to those ideas and burn them to the ground. So, if you’re done with this straw man, allow me to go back to ignoring — not “boycotting — you
Xzamilloh
By the way, I couldn’t be more opposed to the majority of things said by the right leaning commenters like Alistair and Kieran and Masc Pride, but in this case, they are absolutely right. Believe it or not, you can actually find common ground with people you don’t like or see eye to eye with on a lot of things. Dave Rubin’s someone many of us on the left should try to look at for tips on this.
Matt Achine
Nice try, trying to equate outrage in the left with the unyielding garbage that conservatives spew. But y’all go there anyway. Out made a choice to be a magazine about a specific community, and it could shape that focus however they want to. Don’t tell me journalistic integrity means even giving this asshole a platform, as plenty of worthy, non-white subjects are routinely denied a cover story. This piece of shit gets a fluffy photo shoot when his rhetoric is a stain on the gay world. A story or interview with a stock image would have been sufficient, but when you look like him, Chris Crocker or any other LGBT loser of their kind, media is your best friend. The fact that they got a stylist involved in this tripe says it all. Maybe they can dig up Anita Bryant for an editorial fashion spread too.
Mo Bro
@Xzamilloh: Nailed it. The more I hear about the “tolerant” left’s demand that dissenting voices be silenced, the less faith I have in the left’s tolerance.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Xzamilloh: Listen, you can ignore whom ever you want, that’s your right, I just find it puzzling that you’re criticizing others for “stifling free speech” while carrying the banner of “diverse opinion”, while you routinely ignore others with no regard at all to “diverse opinions”, “freedom of expression”, and “freedom of association”.
Some Muslims would shun me, silence me, imprison or kill me, all true statements, not all Muslims, and certainly not “Islam” – You can call it an “ideology” all you want, you can use the speech of the disgusting right all you want, but don’t be a hypocrite about it by claiming to be a progressive, obviously you are not.
Ignore all you want honey, it just proves you enjoy wallowing in your own self created bubble, without wanting someone to challenge your opinions, prejudices, and lack of critical thinking – You think when I answer your empty rhetoric on Islam, im “harassing you” – very cute.
Snapper59
My god, you’re not talking a disagreement about room color. Milo doesn’t want gays married, to have children, and supports a fascist for prez and belongs to a white supremacist cult. Tch-haah, yahhh, I want that silenced. But bravo to you chest thumpers.
antgalva
@Masc Pride: completely agree with you
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Mo Bro: The left isn’t intolerant, we simply don’t want to give bigots, rac*ists, and fas*cists a platform – If you like them, you give them a platform.
Are you saying its ok if ISIS or Al-Qaida leaders are given a platform to inform us of their opinions?
Alistair Wiseman
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
“The left isn’t intolerant, we simply don’t want to give bigots, ra*cists, and fas*cists a platform….”
What a convenient and disingenuous comment to make to rationalize your own intolerance and bigotry.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Alistair Wiseman: You can’t be serious with that retort – you want me to be tolerant of intolerance and bigotry?
Are you tolerant of racism, bigotry and fascism?
Xzamilloh
Okay…. does anyone see where I referenced MUSLIMS? I specifically stated that the majority of countries where Islam is the rule of law have draconian laws that shun, imprison and kill LGBT people. But lo and behold, the person I’m ignoring had to resort to the R word tactic of “not all”… as if I am some mouth breathing neanderthal that after all of this time cannot distinguish between a religion and the people that follow it. This is why I loathe the R word left and the R word right… because the nuance is in the middle and both of these groups are just apologizing for Islam or wanting to blow it clear out of the water and off of the Earth.
I also love how the person I’m ignoring has the effing GALL to try and lump this Milo dude in with ISIS and Al Qaeda. Who has Milo killed, raped, oppressed, pillaged, called for the murder of? Apparently, I’m not a progressive… just like “true Muslims” don’t kill others, and whatever other No True Scotsman bullshit “that person” can pull out of his ass. I’m not black enough, not gay enough, not liberal enough, not anything enough because in order to be a liberal, I have to be unwaveringly loyal to group think
Mo Bro
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
Despite what the institutionalized left has drilled into your head, simply labeling someone a r@cist, fascist, or bigot does not make it a fact. Liberals love to throw these words around, even though securing borders is not r@cist, vetting immigrants isn’t bigoted, and I’m doubting you really even know what a fascist is.
Curtispsf
Have you not heard the wise old adage: “Do Not Feed The Trolls”? Milo Flapaloppados is one such troll. He should not be given a platform from which to spew his venom. Would OUT Magazine have given Adolph Hitler a cover story on his “Final Solution”? I think NOT. SHAME on you, OUT. We deserve better. /|\
Brian
Milo is the new Andy Warhol.
Did you see him singing the national anthem in drag yesterday? It was hilarious.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Xzamilloh: I’m not comparing that @sshat Milo to ISIS, im talking about degrees of bigotry and fascism in both of their speeches. Islam is my religion, I don’t have to “apologize” for it, its beliefs towards homosexuals have nothing to do with the dubious Hadeeths some Muslims use to oppress gay people.
If you think the Right Wing you want to embrace in fighting Islam, will be different than the Right Wingers who wield power in some Muslim countries, you are sadly mistaken.
@Mo Bro: Are you telling me Milo is being condemned because he’s calling on vetting immigrants and demanding secured borders?
He BGB
These days if you’re pretty and a murderer you get press, lots of it. Reminds me of Dawn Davenport in Female Trouble by John Waters. It was made decades ago but Waters predicted in his own way that awful people will be famous and looked up to. I hate to sound like a traitor but it’s probably more common in the gay press (queerty, lol).
Xzamilloh
@Hussain-TheCanadian: This is what I’m talking about… the utter lack of irony in trying to argue for a “not all” position about Islam (an argument I didn’t make at all), but then trying to accuse me of embracing the right wing in fighting Islam, when I specifically just fucking said that the regressive left and the regressive right have the wrong approach to Islam… when I just fucking said that I don’t agree with the rhetoric of right leaning commenters on here but in this instance they are absolutely right… when I under no circumstances made it an argument about Muslims in general (although I can and back it up with stats) but the religion itself. the degrees of bigotry and fascism in both their speeches is like six degrees of separation.
This is why I ignore you…. because you’re dishonest. Because you can’t for the life of you fathom that SOMEONE on the left could dare agree with one talking point of the right (a sentiment that more on the left are beginning to have when it comes to Islam). Because when I repeatedly make my case, you have to resort to “You’re not a liberal” “You’re aligning yourself with the right” “If you don’t use the speech I want you to, you’re not welcome here”. There’s VERY good reason to be concerned about Islam currently, because even though Christianity has its violence, it is by far and wide more benign than Islam’s violence… because 78% of global terrorism is done by Islamic groups, with Boko Haram committing the most violence of any of them. Because for some reason, the fundamentalists in Islam are willing to murder others at a higher rate than any other religion.
[waits patiently for The Crusades]
[waits patiently for abortion bombings]
[waits patiently for “But Christians do so and so”]
This was long because I want you to really get why I ignore and I will continue to ignore you. Because you’re a regressive liar who lies for a religion that has done nothing for its LGBT followers and continues oppressing and killing your brothers and sisters. Whatever liberal you are is nothing like the liberal I am, so I am glad to not be one of yours. You should be ashamed of yourself. Have the last word.
Celtic
Milo is a bully who hides behind free speech to be a dick. He is like the kids in school who purposefully pushed other kids buttons just to get a rise out of them. He enjoys tormenting people and thinks he should be immune to any backlash from his bullying by saying free speech? Well you piece of shit you have a right to free speech but you don’t have a right to be put on tv, in magazines etc. You don’t have a right to not have people call you out for your bullying. You don’t have a right to have NO repercussions from your horrible nastiness. Out magazine does nothing but enable his bullying. Those who are upset at the backlash can go screw themselves. Supporting this bully and enabling him to be a piece of shit to other people doesn’t make you a “SJW” for free speech it makes you a toadie to the head bully. Grow the fuck up.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Xzamilloh: I don’t want to argue with you, you and I have talked about this already; I told you that all of those terrorist groups are Salafists, originating from the kingdom of darkness aka Saudi Arabia. You still say Islam is the problem, I disagree with that sentiment – you end up calling me a liar over it.
People in every society, in every country, under the banner of many religions and ideologies have found reason to kill and oppress us; none of them have done anything for us. I blame the people.
bookseller406
@Celtic: agreed. Thank you for articulating what I was feeling.
Alistair Wiseman
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
Here in America we have what is called free speech. Most liberals still believe in it – leftists not such much.
Since you only believe in free speech for those who you agree with, perhaps you shouldn’t complain when the Queerty leftist overlords censor your speech when you try to post a comment.
Alistair Wiseman
@Celtic:
“Milo is a bully who hides behind free speech to be a dick.”
How do you hide BEHIND free speech? Isn’t the idea of free speech is to reveal yourself and your beliefs freely, dick or not?
Alistair Wiseman
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
“…I told you that all of those terrorist groups are Salafists, originating from the kingdom of darkness aka Saudi Arabia. You still say Islam is the problem, I disagree with that sentiment….”, said Queerty’s Unofficial Muslim Apologist.
That is like if there were violent Presbyterian Christians who are constantly quoting the Bible and blow themselves yelling, “Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior”.
According to your logic, “Well, they are not Christians, they are Presbyterians.”
Completely dishonest. Completely delusional. And another example of why I call you, “Queerty’s Unofficial Muslim Apologist”.
liam
Milo owns his sexuality much more than the self loathing Noah Michelson who destroyed HuffPo Gay Voices.
Xzamilloh
@Alistair Wiseman: Goddammit why do you have to be the most reasonable person on this thread????
Celtic
@Alistair Wiseman:
Free speech is to protect us from government censoring our speech. It doesn’t protect us from social consequences to our bullying. Just like Rush Limbaugh and other right wing bullies use free speech to spout their filth so to does Milo. Rush Limbaugh doesn’t have a right to a talk show and Milo doesn’t have a right to a magazine cover nor consequences from his bullying of others. He is a smug arrogant son of a bitch.
Daniel-Reader
All else aside, dressing him as John Gacy is really creepy.
justgeo
Okay guys I am older 67. I had to fight for the right to my rights. But this is the kind of fucking shit you have to put up when we are all supposed to be so diverse.
Free speech is one thing but betrayal of the fact that-Yes Dear -WE ARE A MINORITY-
there is still hate and shit going on so why are you using your wierd-ass point of view to get points? It is like identity can be exclusive of sexual behavior so what the hell does a guy who loves to fuck man-ass the option to call himself straight?
It all reads like homophobia and fear to me–Hiding and trying to hide the fact if you are a dude who prefers/enjoys/gets off on sex with guys you are GAY A FAGGOT.Face that first claim it find freedom for your brothers and sisters around
the world..
AND THEN some look for 15 seconds of fame in their perversity.
JUST SAYIN’
Alistair Wiseman
@Celtic:
The First Amendment guarantees ALL Americans the right to voice their opinion and educate others on the principles they believe in.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Alistair Wiseman: Here in Canada we use our free speech responsibly, we dont attack and insult the powerless, the disenfranchised and the poor; we defend and protect our minorities with our free speech.
We also have something called the “charter of human rights” that gaurantees that hate speech is never dignified by calling it “free speech”.
Kieran
@Alistair Wiseman: It is scary, and frankly depressing, that you have to take the time to explain a fundamental American principle to people with totalitarian mindsets apparently oblivious to the values the US was founded upon.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
@Mo Bro: @Xzamilloh: You guys should watch this.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hBOlskTim8I
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Alistair Wiseman: You obviously aren’t reading what im writing at all; you’re saying Presbyterians and Christians, which they are, but logically, its quite insane for someone to come along and say “look at Christianity, a religion that teaches murder”. Well no it doesn’t, Presbyterians, in your example, are hateful murderers and batshit crazy.
Salafis are Muslims, and their beliefs are insane, and to call their actions “islam” is equally such.
robho3
@Brian: no Brian he is NOT. He is a douche.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Two of my absolute favourite people on Queerty are having an unholy war 🙁
kehvan
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID… as soon as I read articles such as yours, I end up with just a little more hope.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@kehvan:
* <_< That scary feeling when you don't know if whether or not you've fallen prey to a master ironist *
Um..tentative thank you (please be real!!!please be real!!)
Brian
@justgeo: I think you’ve been sucked in by identity politics.
The fact is this: identifying as gay is a choice. That’s right – a choice. Gay identity politics is the product of the Left.
Male homosexual desire (MHD) is not the same as gay. MHD is not a choice. MHD is not about gay identity politics.
MHD is present in all men. It is not a minority. Choosing to identify as gay is a minority but MHD is a majority.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
^
Everyone rushes off to get a pen to write this down
inbama
Congratulations to Dan Savage for not signing the idiotic letter.
When supposedly gay writers agree that “We are all painfully aware that gay, white, cisgender male narratives have too-long dominated queer media,” it’s time for us to get the heck out of this alphabet soup and find our own home.
Chris
@inbama: What letter are you talking/writing about?
As a much older gay man, I thank the gay press for reporting stuff that I don’t know much about. And since I had no idea who this clown is, I’ve learned something in reading the article. I’ve learned a few things about how to deal with people like him during my life so I’m not as upset as so many other commentators seem to be.
And to the people whose response was anger: If you weren’t angry already, you’ve not been paying attention to what’s been going on around you these past few years.
Stilinski26
UMM no I just looked at the comments on the magazine website where the article was featured and majority of them are supporting Milo
DCguy
Awww, look all the self hating fools are out defending the guy who told his Twitter followers to attack an actress because she is black.
Nice to see all 3 remaining members I’d Log Cabin show up for the party.
justin_wadsworth
Islamaphobic lol there is no such thing; a fear is Islam isn’t irrational. Gays defending Islam is like Jews defending Hitler.
justin_wadsworth
@justin_wadsworth: *of
Mo Bro
@Baba Booey Fafa Fooey: And yet, somehow, for some reason, many commenters on this site (and others) seem to believe there exists only one or two gay men who aren’t dyed-in-the-wool liberals. I suppose that is the height of arrogance, believing everyone should think the same way. Oh well, stupid is as stupid does.
operaqueen
He’s gay. Mention him. Talk about his opinions. But putting him on the cover and having a multi picture layout sure looks like you’re endorsing him. Out is using some dangerous and unthinking editors. Shame on you. This is not the kind of gay publication I want to support.
Ogre Magi
He looks like a wimpy version of Pennywise
Alistair Wiseman
@DCguy:
Try as I might, I cannot find the tweets where Milo “told his Twitter followers to attack an actress because she is black.”
Can you please supply me with those actual quotes? I see where he wrote a negative review of “Ghostbusters” (along with just about every movie reviewer) and I see where some of his followers tweeted some nasty inappropriate comments, but I can’t find where Milo “told his Twitter followers to attack an actress because she is black.”
If you could forward those actual quotes to me I would really appreciate it. Thank you
gmale
@justin_wadsworth: I wish to ask the writer of this article as well, Graham Gremore , what does he mean by the term “Islamophobic”
Islam teaches that homosexuals should be put to death in violent ways. Would Mr. Germore, consider expression of dislike or even revulsion of such a view and people who hold such a viepoint, “Islam-Phobic”?
Also if he allows for Islamophobia, is there such a thing as Christophobia ie fear of Christians? For eg, if homophobia exists, we agree that bi-phobia and transphobia exists as well. If he doesn’t consider other religions as worthy of Phobia can he explain why he considers Islam alone as worth of a Phobia , at the exclusion of consideration for other religions?
Mo Bro
@Alistair Wiseman:
@gmale:
You guys will be waiting until the next ice age if you genuinely expect an answer to your respective questions. Liberalism is based on feelings and emotion, not facts and logic.
MMMBacon
@jdboston617: hes against radical feminist that hate men hes speaks truth against Islam that wants to kill gays and oppress women hes not afraid to tell it like it is and calls out people on this unhealthy fat body positive movement and hes a gay man that likes Trump who want to make america safer again instead of Hillary who is funded by Islamic countries and want to bring millions of people of mentality same as Omar Mateen …those are some of things i like about him
MMMBacon
@justin_wadsworth: best comment on here
Alistair Wiseman
@Mo Bro:
“Liberalism is based on feelings and emotion, not facts and logic.”
Bingo! We have a winner.
Hank
who will be the next cover? The Pulse’s terrorist?
Hussain-TheCanadian
@gmale: Please post one verse in the Qur’an that says “homosexuals should be put to death in violent ways” – i would appreciate that very much.
inbama
@Chris:
The letter is on the blog ThinkProgress and is signed ny just about every gay contributor to LGBTQ blogs like Advocate, LGBTQNation, etc.
Yes, it was an excellent article.
I suspect we are similarly aged. I believe this conglomeration of letters no longer serves gay interests well. We have watched lesbians denied the right of free association, gay actors being attacked for playing a trans character, and our own gay police being banned from Pride parades.
A gay movement simply needs about sexual orientation and securing and safeguarding the freedoms to be anything you want. There needs to be a new organization with that as its purpose.
Alistair Wiseman
@Hank:
“who will be on the next cover? The Pulse’s terrorist?”
What an ignorant and morally bankrupt comment to make. Milo has repeatedly talked about the dangers of radicalized Islamic terrorism, unlike our President and Hillary Clinton who can’t even say those words.
As Hillary Clinton stated: “Let’s be clear: Islam is not our adversary. Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism.”
It is safe to say that moral clarity is not Hillary Clinton’s strong suit.
Mo Bro
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
“Islam goes beyond merely disapproving of homosexuality. Sharia teaches that homosexuality is a vile form of fornication, punishable by death.”
Hey, thanks for your contribution to our downfall via the Muslims you love so deeply. With Sharia we’ll be extinct within 20 years. You go, liberal gurrrrl!
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Mo Bro: Hooker I asked for ONE verse; if you believe the religion to encourage its adherence to murder gay people, i’m sure you can find one verse in its main holy book saying such.
Your post above is an example of propaganda, nice try……NEXT!!!
RadChad
He’s a necessary provocateur, I feel like. No matter what he’s saying, he’s bringing awareness to the new intellectual censorship.
Drew Espinosa
Everyone should be given a platform to speak, that is one of the underlying principles of free speech.
Do any of you regressives recall that adage of the enlightenment? “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
I stand by that classical liberal outlook, and not the regressive bullshit of “censor everything that doesn’t conform to my worldview.”
I agree with everything stated by @Masc Pride, @Kieran, @Mo Bro, @Xzamilloh, and @Alistair Wiseman. They provide sanity to this place, and thank goodness for that!
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/homosexuality.aspx
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
@Mo Bro:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yYARGFKbM
Alistair Wiseman
@Drew Espinosa:
Thank you, Drew Espinosa, for your kind words. We freedom lovers are not always embraced by the ones who think they are so enlightened.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Baba Booey Fafa Fooey: Well now i know where you get your “information” from baba, the garbage heep of absurdity.
Tell me, did you even read those verses, their context, and frame of reference? Also where is the “encouraging its adherents to kill gays” part?
Xzamilloh
@Baba Booey Fafa Fooey: Dude, don’t waste your time. That game is quite familiar to me… you’re not going to get the verses to kill gays from the Quran because they are not in there…. they are in the Hadith. There’s the deception. Of course, the verses in the Quran that condemn homosexuality are grounds alone to realize that maybe it ain’t a religion for gays and lesbians. But, then, there’s. “context” and “nuance”, two buzzwords for “making shit up to suit my cognitive dissonance”
Xzamilloh
@Baba Booey Fafa Fooey: And I saw the video. Wow… there are no words for the level of stupid with that gay man.
Kim K Kute Kuchie
although he’s so despicable , [1] he OUTSMART the useless ugly gays. you people still talk about this bitch
[2] HE’S CUTE. no one would give a shit if he were this BITCHY & LOOKED like ZACK SIRE (of the porn blogs) OR TOWLE or QUEERTY “writer”
[3] he makes a good point about FEMMES DON’T REPRESENT GAY MEN at all
inbama
@Kim K Kute Kuchie:
Actually, Quentin Crisp made being a bitchy old queen a career, and I don’t think anyone ever accused him of being remotely attractive.
Unlike Milo, however, he was actually funny. His politics, however, were certainly anti-gay by today’s standards. Like Milo, he was in love with the oppression that made him “special.”
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
@Xzamilloh: I won’t.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
@Xzamilloh: He and his ilk would be defending Germany back in the 1930s.
Alistair Wiseman
@Xzamilloh:
@Baba Booey Fafa Fooey:
And this is why I call Hussain-TheCanadian, “Queerty’s Unofficial Muslim Apologist”.
Hank
@Alistair Wiseman: u do not live in the real world.
Hank
@Alistair Wiseman: Was george w bush the responsible for the creation of ISIS, when he sent invading Iraq and left for Obama having to deal with all the poor service made from his predecessor.
Hank
@Alistair Wiseman: the same armament industry that finances the republican party is selling weapons to the ISIS.
Hank
@Alistair Wiseman: you are the most ignorant and morally bankrupt commenter here.
Ogre Magi
@Hussain-TheCanadian: I would think that what the koran says is less important than what muslims think it says