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NEWS ABOUT: homophobia

homophobia stories: 26 news summaries

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Allison Kilkenny

 Runway Is Homophobic 

Show whitewashed gay romance in favor of straight 'flirt-fest'

Oct 27, 09 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sixth season of Project Runway has given a lot of airtime to a developing romance between two telegenic and heterosexual blondes, Logan Neitzel and Carol Hannah. In lavishing attention on their dull flirt-fest, the show is showing an ugly homophobic streak: Last season, the producers completely whitewashed a deeply... More »

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reality TV • homophobia • homosexuality • Project Runway • contestants

Brit Cop Fights for Life
After Gay Hate Attack

Mob of Liverpool teens leaves rookie critically injured

Oct 27, 09 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rookie British police officer is fighting for his life in a Liverpool hospital after being attacked by a gang of teens for being gay. The 22-year-old man was set upon by a dozen attackers after leaving a gay bar with his partner and their friends. He suffered multiple skull... More »

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homophobia • hate crime • Liverpool • assault • Britain • police officer

Muslims, Gays Clash Over French Soccer Match

Muslim team banned after refusing to play Paris Foot Gay

Oct 21, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - An amateur soccer game sparked an ugly culture clash in France after a Muslim team refused to play a rival that welcomes openly gay players. On the eve of the match between Creteil Bebel and Paris Foot Gay, the Bebel president sent an email declining the match: "In light... More »

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homophobia • France • soccer • Muslim • homosexuality • gay

London Cops Hunt Girls
in Gay's Murder

Teens kicked, punched man after shouting abuse

Oct 15, 09 2:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are hunting two teenage girls and a young man after the murder of a gay man in central London. The victim, 62, suffered severe brain damage and died earlier this week after his life support machine was switched off. The trio punched and kicked the man to the ground... More »

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homophobia • London • murder • Britain • gay men

 Vicious Beating 
 of NY Gay 
 Caught 
 on Tape 

Jack Price remains in coma

Oct 14, 09 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The brutal hate-crime beating of a gay man on a deserted Queens street was captured on a neighborhood surveillance video. Jack Price, 49, tries repeatedly to escape his attackers who continue to punch and stomp him on the tape. "From beginning to end, it was absolutely horrible," Price's... More »

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homophobia • crime • hate crime • arrest • taped beating • videotaped beating • gay • Jack Price

GLOSSIES

 Gay Iraqis Fear for Their Lives 

Human Rights Watch attempts to save persecuted gays from murder

Oct 5, 09 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi society is overwhelmingly  homophobic, but that prejudice took a back seat to more pressing issues while war was raging. Now, as Shia militias find themselves with time on their hands, they appear to have turned to a perceived internal problem, “to make society clean from bad things.”... More »

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homophobia • homosexuality • refugee • Human Rights Watch • relocation • Iraqi militias • Iraq war • gay Iraqis • persecution

Jamaican Busted in Murder of UK Diplomat

Cops suspect slaying motivated by gay hatred

Oct 5, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 23-year-old Jamaican man has been arrested in the suspected gay-hate murder of a British diplomat. Consul John Terry, 62, was found last month bludgeoned and strangled in his long-time Montego Bay home with a handwritten note on his body containing a derogatory term for gays, reports the Telegraph. Police... More »

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homophobia • crime • murder • hate crime • Jamaica • diplomat • gay • anti-gay slur • John Terry

OPINION

 Common Psychology Myths 

Armchair therapists need to shut up

Aug 25, 09 9:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone likes to pretend they know things about psychology. Unfortunately, most of what you hear is total crap, a psychology student writes for Cracked. Some top offenders:
  • Let Your Anger Out, You’ll Feel Better: Actually, you’ll just want to be more angry. “Lashing out
... More »

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homophobia • psychology • misconception • anger management • Cracked

Rush to Barney Frank:
Oh Yeah? You Live on Uranus

Finds town hall protester 'fabulous and hilarious'

Aug 20, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is eating up the town hall protests. Covering the Barney Frank town hall last night, Rush said it was “fabulous and fantastic and hilarious” that a woman showed up with a poster of Obama as Adolf Hitler and asked why Frank supported a Nazi health care policy,... More »

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homophobia • Rush Limbaugh • protests • Barney Frank • town hall meeting • right wingers • homosexual • gay

(Newser) - Kanye West was one of the first rappers to say, “Yo, stop it” to homophobic hip-hop artists, and his stance on homosexuality “remains the highest-profile rebuke of gay-bashing that hip-hop has seen,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. So why did West use the anti-gay hip-hop phrase “... More »

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entertainment • homophobia • Kanye West • celebrity • homosexuality • hip-hop • rapper • rap music

OPINION

 Brüno Is Toxic to Gays 


Jul 9, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brüno should have been good for the gays, shining a bright light on homophobia and inoculating the world against it. Instead, “Brüno is a gay minstrel, in the most literal sense of the word,” writes David Rakoff for Salon. Just as vaudevillians in blackface were... More »

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homophobia • homosexuality • Sacha Baron Cohen • Bruno • gay

Film Outs Pols, Draws Fire From All Sides

Documentary that targets Crist has even gay groups worried

May 8, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Outrage isn’t a conventional summer blockbuster, but its central aim will surely prove explosive: outing prominent politicians who have opposed gay causes. “It’s the responsibility of journalists and filmmakers to report on hypocrisy wherever they see it,” director Kirby Dick told the San Francisco Chronicle. His... More »

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entertainment • homophobia • GOP • Charlie Crist • Ed Koch • homosexual • Republicans • politicians • Kirby Dick

 Hacker Cops 
 to Amazon 
 Gay Flap 

Skeptics still unsure whether he did it

Apr 13, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A notorious hacker has taken credit for the snafu that bumped gay titles from Amazon’s bestseller lists and rankings, Gawker reports. “Weev” claims he tricked users into flagging the content as inappropriate without their knowledge. “I guess my game is up,” he confessed in a how-to... More »

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homophobia • hacker • Craigslist • prank • Amazon • gays

 Carrey Gambles on 
 Gay Jailbird Role 

Ventures outside comedy, like I Love You Phillip Morris, haven't been big at box office

Jan 21, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Jim Carrey is getting rave reviews for his new film, I Love You Phillip Morris, but the story of a cop-turned-con man who repeatedly breaks out of jail to be with his former cellmate is a gamble for the actor, Reuters reports. “I don’t think it’s a... More »

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homophobia • prison • escape • Sundance Film Festival • Ewan McGregor • Jim Carrey • gays • con man • I Love You Phillip Morris

 Critics Rip Pope's 
 'Homophobic' Speech 

Pontiff's call for defense of gender roles seen as stoking homophobia

Dec 24, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Gay and Christian groups have slammed Pope Benedict XVI's remarks that defending the “natural order” of man and woman is as important as protecting the rainforests, the Times of London reports. British Catholic leaders have countered that the pontiff didn’t explicitly mention homosexuality in his annual Christmas speech,... More »

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gender • Pope Benedict XVI • homophobia • Catholic Church • homosexuality • Catholicism • gender roles • clergy • gays

Letter: Tenn. Gunman Hated 'Liberals,' 'Gays'

Adkisson details deep disdain for groups, inability to find work

Jul 28, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A letter found in the vehicle of a gunman who killed two people at a Tennessee church yesterday indicated a deep hatred of liberals and gays, and frustration over unemployment, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The liberal Unitarian church claims involvement with social causes dating to the 1950s, and hosts... More »

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suicide • homophobia • church • Tennessee • church shootings • Knoxville • Unitarian

'Wrestlers' Strip and Smooch in Borat's Latest Film Prank

Furious Arkansas audience hurls beer

Jul 9, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The poster promised “hot chicks, cold beer, and hardcore fights"—but 1,600 Arkansas good 'ol boy wrestling fans instead fell victim to a sexy prank by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen. Playing “Straight Dave,” Cohen pulled an in-the-know audience member into the fighting ring and... More »

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homophobia • film • Arkansas • wrestling • professional wrestling • prank • Sacha Baron Cohen

Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe

Network pays $485K, promises to tone
down language

Jun 6, 08 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UK media watchdog has fined MTV Europe $484,500 for having a potty mouth, Variety reports. The network repeatedly uses “highly offensive language and material” in its videos and shows, often before 9pm, the family-viewing cutoff point. An MTV rep said the firm “takes this sanction and... More »

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television • music • homophobia • MTV • censorship • racism • profanity

Rap Anti-Gay? Try Oh-So-Gay, Claims Exposé

Former MTV exec reveals rap's gay scene in new memoir

May 11, 08 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many rappers tout anti-gay attitude, but some are secretly gay too—or so claims a former MTV exec in his upcoming memoir. “The book is not about outing people,” said Terrence Dean, author of Hiding in Hip Hop. “I wrote it so that people realize the industry... More »

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homophobia • MTV • discrimination • memoir • hip-hop • bigotry • rap music

Hollywood
Is Homophobic, Star Says

Other gay actors
afraid to come out, Cumming contends

May 2, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood is filled with closeted gay actors—and off-balance media coverage and Hollywood homophobia are keeping them there, says actor Alan Cumming. “I don't think the people that go see films care that much,” the X-Men 2 star told the BBC. “The media make it more of... More »

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media • homophobia • Alan Cumming • gays

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