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

Adkisson details deep disdain for groups, inability to find work

Knoxville News Sentinel 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 a support group for friends and family of homosexuals. More »

More about:  Tennessee • church • church shootings • homophobia • Knoxville

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

Furious Arkansas audience hurls beer

New York Daily News New York Daily News 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 the two men stripped to their tighty whiteys. The crowd "went nuts" when they then "started making out,” said a witness. More »

More about:  film • Arkansas • prank • wrestling • homophobia • professional wrestling • Sacha Baron Cohen

Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe

Network pays $485K, promises to tone
down language

Variety Variety 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 fine very seriously” and was working to clean up its language. More »

More about:  television • music • racism • censorship • MTV • homophobia • profanity

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

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

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) 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 has a gay subculture and we are part of this music.” His exposé uses code names to keep artists’ double-lives hidden—unless readers can read between the lines. More »

More about:  hip-hop • MTV • rap music • discrimination • memoir • homophobia • bigotry

Hollywood
Is Homophobic, Star Says

Other gay actors
afraid to come out, Cumming contends

BBC BBC 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 a deal and it’s made into controversy.” Cumming, who is openly gay, thinks Hollywood is an especially anti-gay place. "Definitely." More »

More about:  media • gay • homophobia

OPINION

Wright Sermons Weren't 'Black Equivalent of
a Klan Rally'

Parishioner decries focus on Obama pastor

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Mar 19, 08 8:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pastor is a good man, says a fellow churchgoer, and though his “going off on white America” kept T. Shawn Taylor—a black woman—from inviting white friends to worship, it didn’t stop her from marrying a white man. Taylor writes in the Chicago Tribune that whites may be “tired of walking on eggshells” around blacks, but don’t knock Wright too much. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • race • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • Ku Klux Klan • homophobia • misogyny

Hate Church Plans to Picket Ledger Funeral

Baptist extremists will bash late actor for 'Brokeback' role

Scoop Scoop Jan 24, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A homophobic Kansas church known for protesting at the funerals of dead soldiers has announced plans to picket Heath Ledger's funeral because he played a gay character in Brokeback Mountain , MSNBC reports. "He got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it's OK to be gay,” said a statement from the Westboro Baptist Church. More »

More about:  Heath Ledger • funeral • homophobia • Brokeback Mountain • Fred Phelps • hate groups • Westboro Baptist Church

Gay Groups Want Craig Probe Halted

Citing Vitter, activists see ‘homophobic’ double standard

The Hill The Hill Nov 13, 07 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent gay rights groups are calling on the Senate Ethics Committee to drop its sexual misconduct probe of Larry Craig, calling the panel’s focus on the senator’s case—combined with the lack of focus on David Vitter’s—“hypocrisy tinged by homophobia.” The two groups say Craig has been singled out because his behavior was homosexual, whereas Vitter’s alleged visits to prostitutes were heterosexual, the Hill reports. More »

More about:  California • gay rights • Larry Craig • homophobia • Barbara Boxer • Senate Ethics Committee • David Vitter

Nigerian Lesbians Take Forbidden Love on the Run

This Day (Nigeria) Apr 27, 07 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five Nigerian lesbians are running for their love after a weekend wedding put them in direct violation of the local Islamic law. Police have issued arrest warrants against Aunty Maiduguri and her four wives, charging them with violating the Sharia law that governs much of northern Nigeria. More »

More about:  Africa • gay marriage • marriage • gay rights • wedding • homosexuality • Nigeria • Sharia law • homophobia

Elton John: Gay Victims "Could Have Been Me"

Recently wed star discusses gay rights and persecution in British mag

New Statesman (UK) New Statesman (UK) Mar 23, 07 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pop icon Elton John attacks the bullying of gays around the world and discusses his recent marriage. Under his own byline in the British magazine The New Statesman , the 60-year-old musician says he was afraid crowds would jeer at him following his London marriage to partner David Furnish 15 months ago. More »

More about:  Great Britain • gay marriage • gay rights • discrimination • homophobia • Elton John

Coulter's Slur Slinging Aims Right for
GOP Base

Edwards attacks play right into insecurities

Salon Salon Mar 8, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Ann Coulter's gay-baiting of John Edwards won't cost her anything, writes Glenn Greenwald in today's Salon, because it appeals perfectly to her base: anxious, insecure American voters. "Her aim was not to suggest that Edwards is actually gay, but simply to feminize him like they do with all male Democratic or liberal political leaders," Greenwald says.  More »

More about:  Republican • John Edwards • religious right • homophobia • Ann Coulter

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