The U.S. Milary Once Proposed a “Gay” Bomb

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• IN 1994, THE U.S. MILARY ACTUALLY CONSIRED BUILDG A “GAY BOMB”
• '30 ROCK'S GAY BOMB WAS A REAL THG
• IMHO "30 ROCK": THE "GAY BOMB" FALLOUT REVEALED!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 23, 2009/10:08 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 23, 2009 / 10:08 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IMHO \"30 ROCK\": THE \"GAY BOMB\" FALLOUT REVEALED!","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-01-23T15:08:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-01-23T15:08:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, MAYBE THAT HEADLE DON'T SERVE AN EXCLAMATN POT BEE THE REVEAL QUTN LASTED ABOUT 2.3 SENDS. BUT THE FACT THAT LAST NIGHT'S EPISO OF THE MOST CELEBRATED EDY ON TELEVISN MA A SLY REFERENCE TO LAST SEASON'S CLIFFHANGER "GAY BOMB" FALE WAS ENOUGH TO PUT A MEDCRE EPISO OVER THE TOP FOR THIS SIX SIGMA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, I HAVE BEEN TO THOSE EFFG "TEAM BUILDG" NFERENC ... ALTHOUGH OF URSE NOT HERE AT LOGO, WHERE "TEAM BUILDG" IS NATURALLY MORE ALONG THE L OF KARAOKE AT GAY BARS AND SYNCHRONIZED SNAPPG TRAG THE NFERENCE ROOM (WH CKTAILS!).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHEN LIZ AND JACK HEAD TO AN OFFSE TO WORK ON THEIR EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS, I WAS FLASHBACK CY. BUT BEFORE ALL THE LEGO CHALLENG AND BUZZWORD BINGO, LIZ TOOK A MOMENT TO ASK JACK EXACTLY WHAT DID HAPPEN DURG HIS MYSTER AND ILL-FATED STT THE BH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LED TO A BRIEF FLASHBACK TO JACK'S ACCINTALLY SETTG OFF THE "GAY BOMB" A PENTAGON NFERENCE ROOM, AFTER WHICH HE APPARENTLY RIPPED A DICK CHENEY LOOKALIKE'S CLOTH OFF AND ASKED HIM TO "PLEASE ... BE GENTLE".{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I LOVE THIS SHOW. I LOVE THAT EVEN WHEN 'S PLETELY RIDICULO (LIKE JENNA'S JANICE JOPL PLOT AND KENH'S "HILL WCH" SR WERE) STILL MANAG TO SNEAK A FEW MOMENTS LIKE THE ONE ABOVE TO TCH YOU OFF-GUARD (LIZ'S "ROBOT PENIS" WAS ANOTHER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S THE FULL EPISO, SE YOU MISSED AND YOUR BOSS IS G LATE. THE GAY BOMB GAG IS THE FIRST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGHTS? IS THE SHOW BACK FORM THIS SEASON, WH THE TEEN WCH REFERENC AND CREASED RELIANCE ON STUNT-STG? TOP THAT!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY BOMB
• IN 1994, THE U.S. MILARY ACTUALLY CONSIRED BUILDG A “GAY BOMB”
• THE U.S. MILARY ONCE PROPOSED A “GAY” BOMB

IN 1994, THE U.S. MILARY ACTUALLY CONSIRED BUILDG A “GAY BOMB”

From the dumbg-down of Liz Lemon to the endls stream of homophobic jok, the are the most qutnable thgs that happened on "30 Rock. Usg gay male characters as punchl.

Over and over aga, "30 Rock" treats gay male characters like jok. Take Jack's nemis, Devon Banks (Will Art), who is portrayed as a gay sexual predator. This trope has been ed to monize gay men media for s.

'30 ROCK'S GAY BOMB WAS A REAL THG

In addn to stock gay characters, there are also many jok ma at the expense of gay men. In one episo, Jack prents the ia of a "gay bomb" to the Pentagon, which would turn people gay when ed enclosed areas, th ensurg "gay panic.

" In another episo, Avery acc Jack of drkg "gay juice" when he gets emotnal. And then there's "Gay Sports Center, " which further stereotyp gay men and rc them to a punchle. "30 Rock" never fails to make gay men to tired jok, flat characters, and worn-out symbols.

" As GLAAD not, "Jok at the expense of the LGBTQ muny, which are often labeled rctively as 'gay jok, ' n be funny. Makg light of Tracy Man's homophobia. In June 2011, Tracy Man went on a vilent anti-gay rant at a Nashville show.

IMHO "30 ROCK": THE "GAY BOMB" FALLOUT REVEALED!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 23, 2009/10:08 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 23, 2009 / 10:08 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IMHO \"30 ROCK\": THE \"GAY BOMB\" FALLOUT REVEALED!","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-01-23T15:08:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-01-23T15:08:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, MAYBE THAT HEADLE DON'T SERVE AN EXCLAMATN POT BEE THE REVEAL QUTN LASTED ABOUT 2.3 SENDS. BUT THE FACT THAT LAST NIGHT'S EPISO OF THE MOST CELEBRATED EDY ON TELEVISN MA A SLY REFERENCE TO LAST SEASON'S CLIFFHANGER "GAY BOMB" FALE WAS ENOUGH TO PUT A MEDCRE EPISO OVER THE TOP FOR THIS SIX SIGMA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, I HAVE BEEN TO THOSE EFFG "TEAM BUILDG" NFERENC ... ALTHOUGH OF URSE NOT HERE AT LOGO, WHERE "TEAM BUILDG" IS NATURALLY MORE ALONG THE L OF KARAOKE AT GAY BARS AND SYNCHRONIZED SNAPPG TRAG THE NFERENCE ROOM (WH CKTAILS!).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHEN LIZ AND JACK HEAD TO AN OFFSE TO WORK ON THEIR EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS, I WAS FLASHBACK CY. BUT BEFORE ALL THE LEGO CHALLENG AND BUZZWORD BINGO, LIZ TOOK A MOMENT TO ASK JACK EXACTLY WHAT DID HAPPEN DURG HIS MYSTER AND ILL-FATED STT THE BH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LED TO A BRIEF FLASHBACK TO JACK'S ACCINTALLY SETTG OFF THE "GAY BOMB" A PENTAGON NFERENCE ROOM, AFTER WHICH HE APPARENTLY RIPPED A DICK CHENEY LOOKALIKE'S CLOTH OFF AND ASKED HIM TO "PLEASE ... BE GENTLE".{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I LOVE THIS SHOW. I LOVE THAT EVEN WHEN 'S PLETELY RIDICULO (LIKE JENNA'S JANICE JOPL PLOT AND KENH'S "HILL WCH" SR WERE) STILL MANAG TO SNEAK A FEW MOMENTS LIKE THE ONE ABOVE TO TCH YOU OFF-GUARD (LIZ'S "ROBOT PENIS" WAS ANOTHER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S THE FULL EPISO, SE YOU MISSED AND YOUR BOSS IS G LATE. THE GAY BOMB GAG IS THE FIRST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGHTS? IS THE SHOW BACK FORM THIS SEASON, WH THE TEEN WCH REFERENC AND CREASED RELIANCE ON STUNT-STG? TOP THAT!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Acrdg to first-hand acunts (via The Hollywood Reporter), Man exprsed a belief that kids bee gay through media fluence, and that beg gay is a choice. He also said that if his son were gay, he would "pull out a knife and stab" him.

" Tracy is told by Liz that he mt apologize for homophobic remarks he ma on stage. The ia of a gay bomb me om a sire to bilate and distract their opponents but not necsarily kill them.

Wikimedia CommonsThe gay bomb was a theoretil cloud of gas that would turn enemy soldiers gay. The ncept of a “gay bomb” sounds like somethg out of a bad science fictn movie.

GAY BOMB

5 ln ventn: the gay bomb.

The gay bomb would be a cloud of gas that would be discharged over enemy mps “that ntaed a chemil that would e enemy soldiers to bee gay, and to have their uns break down bee all their soldiers beme irristibly attractive to one another. Basilly, the pheromon the gas would turn the soldiers gay. The scientists ntued to suggt addns to the gay bomb, cludg aphrodisiacs, and other scents.

Thankfully, the gay bomb was only ever theoretil and never put to motn. Like the gay bomb, the creative chemil ias also never me to un. Dpe the drawbacks, for their work such an novative field, the rearchers who nceptualized the gay bomb were award the Ig Nobel Prize, a parody award which celebrat unual scientific achievements that “first make people lgh, and then make them thk.

IN 1994, THE U.S. MILARY ACTUALLY CONSIRED BUILDG A “GAY BOMB”

The gay bomb certaly fs the bill for that one. After readg about the theoretil gay bomb, check out the super real Bat Bomb. (catn need) So wh a new admistratn place, I cid to revis one of the goofit gags at the expense of Uncle Sam, and to , like so many others, urty of 30 Rock: It's the "Gay Bomb" clip.

Aga, 's a good b, highlightg the ary-dtrial plex's need to spend ivololy on nvoluted solutns while also pokg fun at the level of unease so many ernment officials have wh homosexualy. The "Gay Bomb" was a totally real newspaper clippg that Matthew Brorick was readg om is pretty much spot-on. The ia was to doe enemy batants en masse wh female pheromon the hop that would e a blogil reactn among the troops and basilly, as Brorick put , make them "totally gay-bon" for each other.

The project, unsurprisgly, never received the required fundg and the "gay bomb" never got off the ground. I gus what's credible to me about this isn't so much that there's someone stupid enough to thk a "gay bomb" would somehow be an effective ary strategy.

THE U.S. MILARY ONCE PROPOSED A “GAY” BOMB

(Although, if someone uld expla to me how a gay bomb would be better for war than say, I don't know, a regular bomb, I'd be much obliged. Did whoever missn this really thk no one gay ever fought the ary before?