While Madonna falling on stage and Jake Gyllenhaal’s ice bath took over everyone’s social media feeds this week, the political power players were busy doing all sorts of things while nobody was looking. Here’s just a few of the stories that you really need to know about it…
SHE REALLY DON’T CARE: Melania “BeBest” Trump was so busy doing nothing as First Lady that staff found the most insane use for her White House office. [Read all about it on Queerty]
FLIP FLOPYOU DON’T STOP: Spineless Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who used artificial insemination to have her son, walked back support for Alabama’s anti-IVF ruling. [Read all about it on LGBTQ Nation]
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SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD: Alt-right MAGA loon Jack Posobiec joyfully professed his desire to overthrow the United States while speaking to Trump’s cult members at the deplorable convention known as the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Jack Posobiec at CPAC: “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.”
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT: Gay-hating GOP Senator Lindsey Graham‘s unscrupulous antics have somehow managed to unite Democrats & Republicans with their shared loathing of him. [Read all about it on Queerty]
GOOPED & GAGGED: A tattoo artist trolled some sad MAGA cult member by making their Donald Trump leg ink actually look likeRuPaul’s Drag Race judge Ross Mathews.
FAILED LEGACY: “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” trolls Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis – who may have faded from the collective conscious but is back tormenting residents of Florida – by offering free banned books to residents of the state. [Read all about it on LGBTQ Nation]
PAY ATTENTION PLEASE: Just like abortion, Republicans are now circling the wagons to undo marriage equality & Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is leading the herd. [Read all about it on Queerty]
FOUR MORE YEARS: While Trump continues to blow kisses at Putin and rallies his cult members to abandon Ukraine, President Joe Biden showed support for democracy and freedom by meeting with slain Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow and daughter, before announcing more than 500 sanctions against Russia. Election Day is November 5th.
It’s good to have a decent human being as president. Also one who loves freedom and admires courage. https://t.co/asZdDivjxv
The gay-hating governor rejected this week expanding postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months.
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Firstly, you are confusing orientation and gender. Also, I like the Q because it stands for “Queer” which frankly is a very good “umbrella” term that encompasses all of what you call alphabet soup before it. We should support gender minorities (trans, intersex, non-binary) and also the asexuals because anyone who is L, G, or B should understand the hurt that comes from PATHOLOGIZING any sexual orientation or any gender. Life has always been a bit messy and seldom do any of us fit one of the few bins folk wanna stuff us in. The queer community being comprised of so many “misfits” – it is often difficult to find common ground and solidarity. But certainly we are united by not wanting to be treated as worthless.
whitenoiz, I’m not “queer” I’m gay. I am not confused. There are two genders, male and female. There are 4 sexualities, straight, gay, lesbian, or bisexual. That means you’re gay or lesbian, you like the same sex, and if you’re bi, you like both. There are trans people, absolutely. Those who have gender dysphoria feel like they are in the wrong body, if they are a man, they feel like they should be a woman or vice versa, however the person doesn’t cease being a biological man or woman. If a person really has gender dysphoria I would use the pronouns they want (he or she). I will not be tricked into using anything like “they” “zed” “zee” etc.
“Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.”
Is Posobiec allowed to promote those views in the US? Isn’t organizing under such a plan flat-out treason? I don’t understand how people are allowed to hold such views and yet still enjoy the rights of US citizenship…
No, the queer part dilutes our position. It means everything and nothing – it allows the freaks into the tent. It brings some very crazy and off-putting, fringe ideas design to attack social-political norms into conflict with our more basic and fundamental rights.
The gender war is a war we will not win because it is fundamentally wrong. The unilateral redefining of gender by leftist in their war with the patriarchy is not our battle. It is also an obsolete battle. They confuse social norms based on gender with gender. They confuse individual style and emotion with gender. To be honest, most of these fringe people are very off-putting, loud and mean. I don’t agree with them, and I do not want to be associated with them.
The losers are us LGB people, but the biggest losers are the real trans people – of which most of the people saying they are trans these days are full of shit. Equating confused non-binary declaring people with real sexuality and gender is a mistake and it too hurts trans people. I support trans people, and have supported LGBT, but the T inclusion had brought too much extremism, that most real trans people do not even agree with.
There are two genders, everything else is fashion, attitude and, in some cases, mental illness.
I sure hope the democrats get they shit in order. The clear win is comparing and contrasting the nature of the two men. Biden is and has always been a kind and fair man. Trump has always been selfish and mean. Its and easy comparison that can be clearly communicated. Extra credit points if they can infer supporting Trump, regardless of what other nonsense they think he is good for, implies they are also selfish and mean. Without alienating them.
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abfab
Hello to Barron, Ivanka, Tiffany, Eric and Donald Jr.
Trump says he supports IVF and urges Alabama legislature to find “immediate solution”
Erin Doherty
AXIOS
dbmcvey
You believe that because it confirms your own bigoted notions.
ShaverC
dbmcvey, I believe it because I read it and she wrote it.
whitenoiz
Firstly, you are confusing orientation and gender. Also, I like the Q because it stands for “Queer” which frankly is a very good “umbrella” term that encompasses all of what you call alphabet soup before it. We should support gender minorities (trans, intersex, non-binary) and also the asexuals because anyone who is L, G, or B should understand the hurt that comes from PATHOLOGIZING any sexual orientation or any gender. Life has always been a bit messy and seldom do any of us fit one of the few bins folk wanna stuff us in. The queer community being comprised of so many “misfits” – it is often difficult to find common ground and solidarity. But certainly we are united by not wanting to be treated as worthless.
abfab
Thank you @ whitenoiz
abfab
The rascists, bigots and homophobes have the left the room. They all be down at CPAC. Ye ha and ya hoo!
LumpyPillows
Apparently, no one was a CPAC. I hope that is a good sign.
ShaverC
whitenoiz, I’m not “queer” I’m gay. I am not confused. There are two genders, male and female. There are 4 sexualities, straight, gay, lesbian, or bisexual. That means you’re gay or lesbian, you like the same sex, and if you’re bi, you like both. There are trans people, absolutely. Those who have gender dysphoria feel like they are in the wrong body, if they are a man, they feel like they should be a woman or vice versa, however the person doesn’t cease being a biological man or woman. If a person really has gender dysphoria I would use the pronouns they want (he or she). I will not be tricked into using anything like “they” “zed” “zee” etc.
bachy
“Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.”
Is Posobiec allowed to promote those views in the US? Isn’t organizing under such a plan flat-out treason? I don’t understand how people are allowed to hold such views and yet still enjoy the rights of US citizenship…
LumpyPillows
Sounds like open treason to me.
LumpyPillows
No, the queer part dilutes our position. It means everything and nothing – it allows the freaks into the tent. It brings some very crazy and off-putting, fringe ideas design to attack social-political norms into conflict with our more basic and fundamental rights.
The gender war is a war we will not win because it is fundamentally wrong. The unilateral redefining of gender by leftist in their war with the patriarchy is not our battle. It is also an obsolete battle. They confuse social norms based on gender with gender. They confuse individual style and emotion with gender. To be honest, most of these fringe people are very off-putting, loud and mean. I don’t agree with them, and I do not want to be associated with them.
The losers are us LGB people, but the biggest losers are the real trans people – of which most of the people saying they are trans these days are full of shit. Equating confused non-binary declaring people with real sexuality and gender is a mistake and it too hurts trans people. I support trans people, and have supported LGBT, but the T inclusion had brought too much extremism, that most real trans people do not even agree with.
There are two genders, everything else is fashion, attitude and, in some cases, mental illness.
LumpyPillows
I sure hope the democrats get they shit in order. The clear win is comparing and contrasting the nature of the two men. Biden is and has always been a kind and fair man. Trump has always been selfish and mean. Its and easy comparison that can be clearly communicated. Extra credit points if they can infer supporting Trump, regardless of what other nonsense they think he is good for, implies they are also selfish and mean. Without alienating them.
Ronbo
This! The problem is that “selfish and mean” are the style since Judge Judy captured the airwaves and abfab’s little heart and brain.