One of the re beliefs of the movement for LGBT equaly has always been that anti-gay bullyg, pecially of young people, mt end.
Contents:
- ‘GAY THOUGHT POLICE’ LIKE SOVIET-ERA BULLI
- THE GAY THOUGHT POLICE AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY
- PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
‘GAY THOUGHT POLICE’ LIKE SOVIET-ERA BULLI
It's seemgly unacceptable to hold views that differ om the gay Thought Police, wr Michael Lus, expecially if 's an opn on two gay bsmen who hosted a U.S. Senator. * gay thought police *
In 2015, his ncept of Thought Police remas alive and well, cludg, seems, the gay muny. An article by Jay Michaelson The Daily Beast implied I had attend a dner for Texas Senator Ted Cz, hosted by gay hotel owners Ian Reisner and Mati Weirpass at their New York Cy apartment.
But 's too late for the two; they've already been found guilty and sentenced by the Gay Court. I spent the first 23 years of my life Rsia, and I remember all too well what was like to be bullied by both the totalarian ernment, and by the cel homophobic teenagers who ganged up on me. What did they do to mer beg nounced by the gay muny?
After s of ntributg to gay , should the muny now monize and stroy the two bee they dared to speak wh a polician who holds some views that many of nsir repugnant, but who also might make sense on other issu? Gay uple Mch and Cam were asked to boytt a favore rtrant by iends who acced them of not standg up for polil issu. " Ted Cz is agast marriage equaly, but he went to have dner and a discsn wh two gay bsmen.
THE GAY THOUGHT POLICE AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
I'm a gay Jew who survived the Communists. I was at a party a few days ago attend by a number of proment gay New Yorkers. One gut mentned that he had not blocked Reisner and Weirpass on Facebook, which rulted a group of other guts shoutg at him for failg to do ultimate irony here is that the gay muny, which so pris self on diversy, has hypocrilly attacked anyone not fully le wh certa prenceived notns.
One of the re beliefs of the movement for LGBT equaly has always been that anti-gay bullyg, pecially of young people, mt end. And yet, recent days, thoands of onle ments and threats om LGBT people have been directed agast two young gay men who exprsed their opns about the current printial race.
At a Donald Tmp rally Ccnati on October 13, Wall Street Journal vio reporter and senr producer Jason Belli terviewed a gay uple who are both supporters of the GOP ndidate.
COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY
Although Belli ially did not name them, a gay activist later “outed” the duo as 31-year-old Dewey Lahart and his 22-year-old fiance, Cody Moore. A’t nobody sayg nuth’ about ” and “I have a lot of gay iends who support Tmp.
In a followup report, the uple told Belli they “have received ath threats om gay people warng them not to leave their hoe or go to any gay clubs.
PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
On the other hand, although I’m a gay man wh liberal views on social issu such as marriage equaly, I’m stnchly nservative on other subjects, rangg om enomics to foreign policy. One cric of the gay Oh uple wrote “How do they rectify their support for Tmp wh his statements that he would nomate judg to the Supreme Court who would overturn marriage equaly? ” It all remds me of my first 23 years the Soviet Unn, where I was often bullied by cel homophobic teenagers and teachers.
(One suggtn was that someone should “take away their gay rd. And ’s not only dividual members of the LGBT muny who are nyg gays their right to an opposg opn. Jt last week, a leadg LGBT magaze published a lumn by someone who nclud that although PayPal founr Peter Thiel has sex wh other men, he should not be nsired gay, bee he’s a Republin who has endorsed Tmp.
” One onle ment me om a young gay man who scrib himself as “100% opposed to Tmp. The last thg we need are gay “Thought Police” keepg all lockstep.