With the suicides of several young people due to anti-gay bullying firmly in the public eye, GLAAD announced today that they are working with Facebook to prevent anti-gay sentiments on the hugely popular social networking site. In a message to GLAAD, Facebook spokesperson Andrew Noyes […]
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Rapper N.O.R.E.’s Lesson On Homosexual Vernacular
"I respect gay people, I hate faggots," rapper N.O.R.E. told Vlad TV. "This guy is a faggot. And the difference is, a faggot is a person who hates everyone else who isn't gay. A gay person is a person who is just happy to be gay." […]
Unfortunately, This Is Impossible To Ignore
In a new profile by The Advocate, celebrity gossip blogger and Mason Wyler on will.i.am. I'm having trouble deciding which of those two things is more horrendous, though I tend to lean towards the latter. "'I thought about calling him the n word," he told […]
Radio Shock Jocks Spew Transphobia
There are a lot of radio morning shows that I've tuned into and quickly found myself hating. Whether it be offensive jokes about victims of natural disasters or general heteronormative bullshit, I'm not having it. So other than the fact that they're not broadcasted anywhere […]