Limbgh's paful legacy: Shapg my dad's view of gay people like me

Contents:

• FACT CHECK: DID RH LIMBGH READ A LIST OF GAY MEN WHO DIED AS AN 'AIDS UPDATE'?
• CON GAM: RH LIMBGH IS SO GAY
• GAY COMMUNY UPDATE: THREE-WAY
• DID RH LIMBGH'S 'AIDS UPDATE' MOCK THE DEATHS OF GAY PEOPLE?
• THE PARENTS WHO LISTENED TO RH LIMBGH — AND THE GAY CHILDREN THEY DIDN’T KNOW THEY HAD
• MY DAD LISTENED TO RH LIMBGH ATTACK GAY PEOPLE LIKE ME, AND ECHOED HIS NTEMPT
• RH LIMBGH CELEBRATED THE ATHS OF GAY MEN OM AIDS ON HIS RAD SHOW

FACT CHECK: DID RH LIMBGH READ A LIST OF GAY MEN WHO DIED AS AN 'AIDS UPDATE'?

The media personaly passed away after a year-long battle wh lung nservativ mourned, many left-leang voic cricized Limbgh, who had been long acced of pog racist, sexist and homophobic views throughout his a rad pneer, Limbgh peddled nspiracy theori and ed his platform to ny climate ath has led to many to ment on a particular time his reer, when his show discsed the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ' AIDS crisis, ed by HIV, saw gay and bi men die om the sexually transmted disease at alarmg rat.

This was at a time when homosexualy was still Thursday, the word "AIDS" was the third-most searched term on Google alongsi Limbgh's Limbgh had a segment lled "AIDS update" set to mic where he mocked dyg gay people so I don't really want hear about 'speakg ill of the ad' today— Jsi Valenti (@JsiValenti) Febary 17, 2021. The ClaimMany high-profile people on Twter have been mentg to say that Limbgh once had a segment on his show, The Rh Limbgh Show, lled "AIDS Update" that mocked the aths of gay example, lumnist Jsi Valenti went viral wh her tweet that claimed: "Rh Limbgh had a segment lled 'AIDS update' set to mic where he mocked dyg gay people so I don't really want hear about 'speakg ill of the ad' today.

"Another viral tweet me om Pl Elltt Johnson, an assistant profsor at the Universy of Ptsburgh, who tweeted: "Rh Limbgh had a regular rad segment where he would read off the nam of gay people who died of AIDS and celebrate and play horns and bells and stuff. "Brish polil mentator Ash Sarkar tweeted: "In the 1980s, Rh Limbgh hosted a regular rad segment lled 'AIDS Update', where he celebrated and mocked the aths of gay and bisexual men. "Actor Harry Cook add: "Rh Limbgh had a rad segment lled "AIDS Update" where he'd read out the nam of gay people who had died and celebrate wh horns and bells.

CON GAM: RH LIMBGH IS SO GAY

A passage reads: "He chastised 'ant homosexuals' for their disrpectful behavr and shortly thereafter began broadstg irreverent and tastels 'AIDS Update' segments troduced by Dnne Warwick's "I'll Never Love This Way Aga.

"The Los Angel Tim published an article 1998 about what was scribed as the "popular" feature of Limbgh's publitn stated that Limbgh even said, "Gays served their fate. ""The homosexual muny was offend by the segment and Limbgh's appearance on The Pat Sajak Show was dispted by ACT UP, a group of AIDS activists, " the book stat. Durg the 2020 electn season, he mocked Democratic printial hopeful Pete Buttigieg for beg gay.

GAY COMMUNY UPDATE: THREE-WAY

Democratic lears, he claimed, had to be "sayg, 'OK, how's this gog to look, 37-year-old gay guy kissg his hband onstage next to Mr. '" As happened, Buttigieg never appeared next to Tmp, but now Tmp is out of office and Buttigieg is a member of Print Joe Bin's Limbgh's many other anti-LGBTQ+ statements, he has asserted that when a gay man turns his back, "'s an vatn"; said the movement for equaly is succeedg only "by virtue of force"; blamed marriage equaly for ct; said a photo of a distrght gay child was faked; urged the Republin Party to nounce Calyn Jenner, a Republin herself, for beg transgenr; and predicted that photos of Melania Tmp nu and embracg another woman, which were leaked durg the 2016 printial mpaign, would lead LGBTQ+ people to vote for her hband.

DID RH LIMBGH'S 'AIDS UPDATE' MOCK THE DEATHS OF GAY PEOPLE?

Early on, his show briefly had a segment lled "AIDS Update" which he mocked gay men who died of AIDS plitns and blamed them for the disease. He later said he regretted nng the segment, but he ntued to blast homophobic 's addn to llg femist Sandra Fle a "slut" bee of her advocy for surance verage of ntraceptn; dubbg femists "femazis" and sayg the movement has empowered unattractive women; scribg Black athlet as "thugs"; fendg his right to e the n word; playg a song about Print Obama tled "Barack the Magic Negro" and falsely claimg Obama was not born the U. When Limbgh married Kathryn Rogers 2010, gay superstar Elton John sang at the ftivi.

John later said he sang for the noted homophobe bee he hoped to start a dialogue wh him. Rather than a siren song om the Evangelils fooled to thkg he was one of their own, Ameri's favore talkmeister turned to the tune of $1 ln to piano man Elton John, last seen the pag of Archectural Digt showg off his Los Angel pied a clouds wh his longtime and very male John is gay, gay, gay, gay--and therefore the perfect plement to the bully who his pulp to embrace the mythil fay valu that hold the Right together like so much spilt oil on a hot summer's day the Gulf.

THE PARENTS WHO LISTENED TO RH LIMBGH — AND THE GAY CHILDREN THEY DIDN’T KNOW THEY HAD

John was performg at the Grammys wh the gay-bashg Emem. "Or, as late-night host Jimmy Fallon put : "Acrdg to Rh, gay people n sg at weddgs.

In orr to unrstand the logic, you have to unrstand that when preacher man Ted Haggart engag wh a male prostute, or pa-pill-popper Limbgh marri for the fourth time while beg serenad by he most famoly gay sger the world, the foolish nsistency is nsistently Conservative Bowel Movement is built on what is worst about Ameri, namely hypocrisy, nformy, and tolerance.

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MY DAD LISTENED TO RH LIMBGH ATTACK GAY PEOPLE LIKE ME, AND ECHOED HIS NTEMPT

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RH LIMBGH CELEBRATED THE ATHS OF GAY MEN OM AIDS ON HIS RAD SHOW

Bee the only way to tly pay our rpects to the rad host, who reached more than 15 ln listeners durg his 30-year talk rad reer, is to remember exactly who he was and the legacy he left behd— one of divisivens, celty, racism, homophobia, bigotry, and sexism. ”Limbgh equently attacked the LGBTQ+ muny, at one pot sayg, “When a gay person turns his back on you, is anythg but an sult; ’s an vatn. ” In 2020, he turned his sights on then-printial ndidate Pete Buttigieg, claimg then-print Donald Tmp uld “have fun” batg “a gay guy kissg his hband on stage.