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[https://www.out.com/crime/2021/8/24/man-pleaded-guilty-beating-his-6-year-old-son-acting-gay A Man Pleaded Guilty to Beating His 6-Year-Old Son for 'Acting Gay']
[[File:Save Our Children.png|300px|center|link=Rebranding Homophobia]]
::“Being gay is wrong!” the unnamed landscape gardener, 28, allegedly yelled as he assaulted his son.“If they were adults, I would have killed them!” he reportedly screamed before hurling him to the floor.<br> (Donald Padgett, OUT Magizine, US, August 24, 2021) <!-- Added 8-25-21 -->
*[[Rebranding Homophobia]]
::The assault on sexual and gender minority children.<br> [[File:News icon.jpg]] Staff Writer, BoyWiki, March 7, 2022
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*[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/03/florida-dont-say-gay-bill-protest-lgbt/ Furious students protest Florida’s ‘life-threatening’ and cruel ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill]
::A group of approximately 100 people and students gathered outside the Pride Center in Wilton Manors, Florida, on Tuesday (1 February) to speak out against the anti-LGBT+ bill.<br> (Maggie Baska , Pink News, UK, February 3, 2022 ) <!-- Added 2-3-22-->
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/04/conservatives-declare-war-lgbtq-suicide-prevention-hotline-call-pedophilia/ Conservatives declare war on LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline & call it pedophilia]
::They'd rather have a dead child than a gay child.<br> ( Alex Bollinger, LGBTQ Nation, April 28, 2022 ) <!-- Added 4-28-22-->
 
*[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dont-say-gay-nearly-killed-me_n_6256e76ae4b0723f80141662 We Didn't Say 'Gay' At My High School. It Almost Cost Me My Life.]
::I spent months writing letters to God begging him to make me straight. When he didn't, I decided to take matters into my own hands.....I’ve been gay since the second I sauntered out of my mom at St. Luke’s Hospital in July 1978. Not just gay ― gay gay. The kind of gay that people would whisper about. The kind of gay that people would worry about. The kind of gay that I could do nothing about. And for the first four or five years of my life, the kind of gay that I didn’t ever think to think about because it was just who I was and I still didn’t know I needed to hate or hide it.<br> (Noah Michelson, Huffpost, April 15, 2022 ) <!-- Added 5-15-22-->
 
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/01/gop-mayor-holds-110k-funding-hostage-library-purges-homosexual-materials-shelves/ GOP mayor holds library funds hostage until “homosexual” books are taken off shelves]
::The mayor says homosexuality is against his religion. But the town's librarian is standing up to him. <br> (Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation, US, January 26, 2022 ) <!-- Added 1-2-22-->  


[[File:681px-Jack Dylan Grazer by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|100 px|thumb|picture by Gage Skidmore]]
[[File:Bullying.jpg|right|200px|link=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/01/students-agree-de-gay-gsa-enraged-parents-attacked-clubs-sponsor-predator/]]
*[https://www.out.com/celebs/2021/7/02/luca-shazam-star-jack-dylan-grazer-comes-out-bisexual Luca, Shazam Star Jack Dylan Grazer Comes Out As Bisexual]
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/01/students-agree-de-gay-gsa-enraged-parents-attacked-clubs-sponsor-predator/ Students agree to de-gay GSA after enraged parents attacked the club’s sponsor as a “predator]
::Jack Dylan Grazer just confirmed they are a part of the LGBTQ+ community! <br> (Raffy Ermac, Out.com, US, July 2, 2021)<!-- Added 7-4-21 -->
::Students at Lakeland Preparatory School in Tennessee have reportedly withdrawn their request to form a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club at their school after conservative parents rabidly attacked them and a supportive faculty member. The parents claimed that even the presence of a GSA – which is also sometimes called a Gender & Sexualities Alliance – at the school will “indoctrinate” their kids into being gay.<br> (Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, January 4, 2022 ) <!-- Added 1-5-22-->  


*[https://www.gaycitynews.com/former-gay-activists-alliance-president-david-thorstad-dies-79/ Former Gay Activists Alliance President David Thorstad Dies at 79]
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/enraged-parents-accused-teacher-predator-starts-gay-straight-alliance/ Enraged parents accuse teacher of being a “predator” after she starts Gay-Straight Alliance]
::[[David Thorstad]], who co-founded or ran some early LGBTQ groups following the Stonewall riots in 1969 that are seen as marking the start of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, died on August 1 from complications during heart surgery in a North Dakota hospital.<br> (Duncan Osborne, Gay City News, August 6, 2021)<!-- Added 8-18-21 -->
::One parent ranted about how the "inappropriate" Gay-Straight Alliance will be "trying to bait 10, 11 and 12 year old kids into their club meetings" with snacks. <br> (Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, December 17, 2021 ) <!-- Added 12-18-21-->


   
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/virginia-school-board-members-call-public-book-burning-gay-books/ Virginia school board members call for public book burning of gay books]
   
::The Spotsylvania County, Virginia School Board has called for the removal of books with “sexually explicit” content from school libraries with two board members even suggesting the banned books be burned, after a mother found LGBTQ content in the district’s library app.<br> ( Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation, US, November 11, 2021 ) <!-- Added 11-12-21-->
::::'''Follow Up'''
:::::[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/teachers-parents-rip-school-board-shreds-suggesting-public-book-burning/ Teachers & parents rip school board to shreds for suggesting a public book burning]
::::::Parents, students, teachers, and librarians were not happy after members of their school board called for book burnings of “bad, evil-related material” in school libraries, and they let them know in no uncertain terms.<br> ( Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, November 16, 2021 ) <!-- Added 11-16-21-->
 
[[File:Cap The New Nanny (2021).jpg|center|400px|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2uq_JXRiic]]
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/twixs-halloween-commercial-outraged-conservatives-howling-like-banshee/ Halloween special sponsored by Twix has outraged conservatives howling like a banshee]
::Twix’s sponsorship of a Halloween-themed episode of Hulu’s “Bite Size Halloween” series is spawning outrage online from conservatives who are scared of the spot’s inclusive message. The video has mistakenly been confused as a commercial but is only a short clip from the episode. <br> (Bil Browning, LGBTQ Nation, US, October 29, 2021) <!-- Added 10-31-21-->  
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::::[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2uq_JXRiic Twix - Bite Size Halloween: The New Nanny (2021)]
[[File:John-Lewis.jpg|250px|right|link=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/13/john-lewis-home-insurance-ad-stevie-nicks/]]
*[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/13/john-lewis-home-insurance-ad-stevie-nicks/ John Lewis is celebrating the joy of self-expression with a new home insurance ad that sees a happy young boy embrace his inner Steve Nicks.]
::“Let Life Happen” shows a boy dressed up in his mother’s clothes, jewellery and make-up as he gleefully dances round the house to the iconic Stevie Nicks hit “Edge of Seventeen”.<br> ( Emma Powys Maurice , Pink News, Uk, October 13, 2021) <!-- Added 10-15-21--> 
:::*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5od8Wuv_AAY Let life happen - John Lewis Home Insurance (YouTube)]'''
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[[File:Screen cap - Bobby's Big Problem.jpg|center|400px|link=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/patton-oswalt-born-perfect-conversion-therapy-psa-bobbys-big-problem-1235079978/]]
*[https://variety.com/2021/film/news/patton-oswalt-born-perfect-conversion-therapy-psa-bobbys-big-problem-1235079978/ Patton Oswalt Stars in Born Perfect’s Anti-Conversion Therapy PSA]
::LGBTQ rights organization Born Perfect has released a short film called “Bobby’s Big Problem” to educate the public about the dangers of conversion therapy.<br> (Selome Hailu, Variety, US, October 5, 2021) <!-- Added 10-5-21-->


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Revision as of 14:43, 23 June 2022

From the Gay Community

The assault on sexual and gender minority children.
Staff Writer, BoyWiki, March 7, 2022
A group of approximately 100 people and students gathered outside the Pride Center in Wilton Manors, Florida, on Tuesday (1 February) to speak out against the anti-LGBT+ bill.
(Maggie Baska , Pink News, UK, February 3, 2022 )
They'd rather have a dead child than a gay child.
( Alex Bollinger, LGBTQ Nation, April 28, 2022 )
I spent months writing letters to God begging him to make me straight. When he didn't, I decided to take matters into my own hands.....I’ve been gay since the second I sauntered out of my mom at St. Luke’s Hospital in July 1978. Not just gay ― gay gay. The kind of gay that people would whisper about. The kind of gay that people would worry about. The kind of gay that I could do nothing about. And for the first four or five years of my life, the kind of gay that I didn’t ever think to think about because it was just who I was and I still didn’t know I needed to hate or hide it.
(Noah Michelson, Huffpost, April 15, 2022 )
The mayor says homosexuality is against his religion. But the town's librarian is standing up to him.
(Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation, US, January 26, 2022 )
Students at Lakeland Preparatory School in Tennessee have reportedly withdrawn their request to form a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club at their school after conservative parents rabidly attacked them and a supportive faculty member. The parents claimed that even the presence of a GSA – which is also sometimes called a Gender & Sexualities Alliance – at the school will “indoctrinate” their kids into being gay.
(Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, January 4, 2022 )
One parent ranted about how the "inappropriate" Gay-Straight Alliance will be "trying to bait 10, 11 and 12 year old kids into their club meetings" with snacks.
(Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, December 17, 2021 )
The Spotsylvania County, Virginia School Board has called for the removal of books with “sexually explicit” content from school libraries with two board members even suggesting the banned books be burned, after a mother found LGBTQ content in the district’s library app.
( Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation, US, November 11, 2021 )
Follow Up
Teachers & parents rip school board to shreds for suggesting a public book burning
Parents, students, teachers, and librarians were not happy after members of their school board called for book burnings of “bad, evil-related material” in school libraries, and they let them know in no uncertain terms.
( Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, November 16, 2021 )
File:Cap The New Nanny (2021).jpg
Twix’s sponsorship of a Halloween-themed episode of Hulu’s “Bite Size Halloween” series is spawning outrage online from conservatives who are scared of the spot’s inclusive message. The video has mistakenly been confused as a commercial but is only a short clip from the episode.
(Bil Browning, LGBTQ Nation, US, October 29, 2021)
YouTube Video
Twix - Bite Size Halloween: The New Nanny (2021)
File:John-Lewis.jpg
“Let Life Happen” shows a boy dressed up in his mother’s clothes, jewellery and make-up as he gleefully dances round the house to the iconic Stevie Nicks hit “Edge of Seventeen”.
( Emma Powys Maurice , Pink News, Uk, October 13, 2021)
File:Screen cap - Bobby's Big Problem.jpg
LGBTQ rights organization Born Perfect has released a short film called “Bobby’s Big Problem” to educate the public about the dangers of conversion therapy.
(Selome Hailu, Variety, US, October 5, 2021)