Remember Lucian Wintrich?
He made everyone go “ugh, what” a few weeks ago with a photo project called “Twinks for Trump,” featuring scantily-clad guys wearing Donald Trump hats.
Related: Twinks4Trump Creator Asks: “How Do You Troll The Master Troll?”
Well, he’s once again in the news, though not for having done much of anything: NBC posted a new video interview with him, which finds him complaining about how hard it is for gay conservatives to voice their opinions.
Of course, it’s not difficult for conservatives to talk — they’re free to say whatever they want, just as everyone else is free to point out that they don’t make any sense. Certainly it’s bizarre that a queer person would support Republicans, the party that shrugged its shoulders as tens of thousands of gay people died during the worst of the HIV epidemic.
It’s also the party that fought to keep LGBTs from adopting, that tried to keep us out of the Army, that thinks employers should be allowed to fire us.
Related: More Bizarre GOP News: “Twinks For Trump” Scores Prominent Speaker, Milo Yinnapoulos’ Twitter Ban
And it’s the party that still, to this day, endorses ex-gay abuse and the withdrawal of marriage equality. Don’t forget, Mike Pence literally defended the right of foreign powers to round up and kill queer people. And Donald Trump has said repeatedly that he’s opposed to marriage equality — do you think he has any plans (as Hillary does) to uphold nondiscrimination protection, end conversion snake-oil, revise the service records of soldiers discharged under DADT, or increase investment in the Global Equality Fund?
So it’s a little hard to see the satire in the Twinks For Trump photos. (On the other hand, it’s a bit easier to get the joke of the Twinks 4 Trump twitter account, an unrelated project that was started by someone else.)
Related: Is One Hunk Enough To Start A #HunksForHillary Movement? Time Will Tell.
Lucian also reveals that he was fired from his day job after his project got media attention.
With any luck, he’ll be able to challenge that dismissal — thanks to laws that protect workers from discrimination.
Watch:
https://youtu.be/8c5CxHYna0c
Mack
Twinks for Trump are kids who never faced discrimination. Give them time, they’ll grow up.
ChrisK
@Mack: Ha. Still living with the parents and their support it’s all theoretical to them.
Kangol
Is one of Queety’s regular posters? Many on here who strongly agree with him, it seems.
Kangol
Is he one of Queety’s regular posters? Many on here who strongly agree with him, it seems.
James
All nut jobs.
ArtM
You are young and ignorant and not as popular as you think you are.
Grow up, get your trash off the internet, you are hurting young gay men and women with this crazy talk.
dwes09
One thing this video makes very clear is that one can be articulate and yet devoid of critical faculties. When people point out to him that Trump’s actual words and the platform of the republican party are dangerous to both lgbt civil rights as well as our personal safety and well being, he seems to consider that a personal attack, and not the logical exercise it actually is.
In somehow thinking presenting pictures of clueless or contrarian-for-its-own-sake young twinks (clueless in the sense of not understanding their own self interest) will “bridge the gap” between homosexual folks and anti-gay right wingers through humor, this young man shows he has no idea where their distaste for us comes from. What he is doing is in a very real sense what his parents would be doing (as visual artists) were they activists to defund the National Endowment for the Arts.
highestbidder
As a blue collar worker a lot of Trump’s ideas appeal to me. I would love to see greedy corporations such as General Electric punished for moving factories overseas and eviscerating entire communities, I would love to see vampire capitalists such as Mitt Romney punished for growing wealthy by destroying American lives. Feel free to snicker at us but there’s a serious problem here and it’s not going away when Trump is defeated. If I were a liberal elite I would be very concerned about what’s going to happen if a sane, articulate, charismatic person takes up Trump’s mantle after this election. Fortunately for America folks with those qualities are in short supply on the right but the left has got to start giving a crap about the carpenters and mechanics and truck drivers.
film2212
Christina Wilkie ?@christinawilkie · 4h4 hours ago
It breaks my heart to watch people believe that Trump is going to bring back their jobs. The jobs were lost to technology. Not coming back
film2212
Christina Wilkie ?@christinawilkie · 4h4 hours ago
It breaks my heart to watch people believe that Trump is going to bring back their jobs. The jobs were lost to technology. Not coming back
film2212
Attention whore
You were forgotten about a week ago but you’re still desperate for attention
Hermes
@highestbidder: Let me say right now that a lot of us on the Left DO care about you, they care about workers, both unionized and non-unionized. There needs to be a conversation. It is unfortunate that Trump’s methods would not work – a trade war at this point might trigger a global depression, but it wouldn’t stem the flow of jobs, although it might highlight the fact that the problem really isn’t jobs going overseas, although don’t get me wrong – some have. It’s technology taking living wage jobs that are not being replaced. Further it is a phenomena that will not stop, while the offshoring of cheap production will stop, entirely – and frankly, pretty soon.
There genuinely needs to be a conversation about how to preserve the middle class. It is not in the interests of the RIGHT WING elites to preserve it. Revolution will very shortly be impossible, so the only thing that stands between a complete dystopia that is unimaginable even now and a future of dignity, even if we cannot conceptualize it exactly is the political will and the Left.
That is, unfortunately a simple truth – so please – gay or straight, male or female – do not be quick to abandon the Left – the Right, no matter what its words, serves only the least compassionate of the elites.
Regards.
paul dorian lord fredine
well that video was certainly a well scripted pity party and a waste of 6 minutes. i actually thought he might have something to say that would make sense to me on why he supports trump and a party that certainly not in the foreseeable future support him. kid, your 15 minutes is up. but on the ‘bright side’ maybe there’ll be a spot for you on fox. i hear there may some openings soon.
Kieran
So much for “tolerance” from the “tolerant left”. This idea that being gay means you give up your right to think for yourself and that you MUST march in political lock step with Larry Kramer is scary and un-American bull sh1t. The whole idea of tolerance is that you don’t fear diversity. That includes political diversity.
robho3
Twinky for trump …. Jews for nazis???? Same thing
Dirtybird_Mary
Huh??!
ChrisK
@Kieran: No one has to tolerate intolerance and stupidity. Funny I don’t see much diversity at the trump ralleys.
GayEGO
Twinks for Trump must be masochists that want a good spanking! That is about all they will get from Trumpa Dumpa! :>)
GayEGO
@Kieran: Tolerance of general opinions is fine but that does not mean we must accept those who are both brain dead and gay.
GayEGO
@paul dorian lord fredine: And maybe he will meet a new Fox manager that will….ahem give him some special treatment! :>)
DCguy
His Twitter group has far less followers than the lowest followed least remembered Queens from Rupauls Drag Race. Nothing to see here.