Homophobic and Transphobic Quotes 85
L
"leading the students to believe that every person who identifies as a homosexual, bisexual or cross-dresser is a victim of ongoing, unrelenting harassment and hate.
"Students are taught that homosexuality is a worthy lifestyle, homosexuality has few or no risks, and individuals are born
homosexual and cannot change.
"Those who oppose such teaching are characterised as ignorant and hateful bigots."
The American Family Association, campaigning against GLSEN’s Day of Silence (PinkNews 10-03-08)
L
(maybe it was) “just one of those terrible, unfortunate incidents that there’s not much you can do about.”
The Superintendent of the LA school where gay (and possibly transgendered) student Lawrence King was shot dead by a classmate (Washington Blade 07-03-08)
L
"I am a devout Christian. I have been a member of the same church for 20 years. I pray to Jesus every night."
There’s a comfort! Barack Obama’s response to rumours that he is a Muslim (nj.com 06-03-08)
L
“Yes, there is little Will (Billy?) Shayne posing with his two moms, Elizabeth and Tiffany. You'd think that maybe, just maybe, the LDN would be able to find a photo of a traditional family, rather than a North East lesbian couple. Lesbian couples raising children represent far less than one percent of all families and yet that is what we are privileged to see as the "norm" in the East Texas "Family" section of our local paper?”
The delightful David Palmer in a letter to his local paper, the Lufkin Daily News (Lufkin Daily News 07-03-08)
L
In tonight's episode, Chet is lassoed to the bully Joel, who pulls him through a competition like he's a child's doll.
Later Joel compares Chet to "a wet rag or a ball of goo," adding, "I think if we went back to medeval times we'd kill him ourselves."
Because Chet, 48, is gay, some people will hear homophobia in that comment, and violent homophobia at that. But Chet has been lazy and unhelpful from the start. It's no surprise he gets picked last when tribes are reorganized tonight. And even he acknowledges, "I felt like I was in trouble from day one of this game."
US TV critic Rob Owen explains why Chet Welch has only himself to blame for being a victim on the aptly named reality show ‘Survivor’ (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 06-03-08)