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Scratch the surface of a Tory and you’ll often find a queer underneath.
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN (DESERT ISLAND DISCS R4 30-11-07)
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President George W. Bush and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may not agree on much, but tragically they may find common ground about the disposability of Hassan Parhizkar's life.
DOUG IRELAND ON THE CASE OF AN IRANIAN GAY WHO FACES DEPORTATION TO IRAN. HE WENT TO THE US IN 1990 AND HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS THERE. HE FOLLOWED IMMIGRATION PROTOCOL BUT WAS UNAWARE THAT HIS ‘ATTORNEY’ WAS (AND IS) A CONMAN. IN A COURT CASE OF WHICH HE WAS UNAWARE. HE WAS DEPORTED IN ABSENTIA. NOW HE LANGUISHES IN A US JAIL, AWAITING DEPORTATION AND PROBABLE EXECUTION. (ZNET 29-11-07)
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"Mr. Brokaw, you have "de-gayed" the entire decade. 'Voices of the Sixties'??? One does not hear even one single gay voice in your book. The silence is complete and deafening."
DR FRANK KAMENY ON TOM BROKAW’S BOOK BOOM! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today, WHICH IGNORES THE GAY RIGHTS CAMPAIGN. THERE WAS A HOMOSEXUAL PICKET OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1965, THE GAY IS GOOD CAMPAIGN IN 1968 AND THE STONEWALL RIOTS IN 1969 (PageOneQ 27-11-07)
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“Just because you’re castrated and have a fake set of boobs does not make you a woman.”
BLATANT TRANSPHOBIA. Tucker Carlson (quoted in FAIR Nov/Dec issue)
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“a family dealing with a truly bizarre problem.”
SUBTLE TRANSPHOBIA. PAULA ZAHN INTRODUCING THE TOPIC OF TRANS TEENAGERS (SAME)
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“only by compassion, and understanding, and enlightenment can we accept them.”
BARBARA WATERS INTRODUCES THE SUBJECT OF TRANS CHILDREN (SAME)
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"I once purposefully puked on some homophobic boys on a boat. Looking back, it might not have been the most hygienic or healthy approach, but I considered it a political tactic more than revenge per se, and it certainly was very, very effective!
"I'd still say the question - to puke, or not to puke - was up for debate, but it did give me a certain sense of relief, and I can't say I've ever regretted it."
BETH DITTO (GCN.ie 29-11-07)