I Didn't Say It ...

Whoopi Goldberg, on the film of The Felon fellating a microphone:

“I’m reluctant to do it, but I have to and that is this … it bothered me all day and I couldn’t figure it out until this morning. I don’t want to hear any more parents out there nervous about what their children are being taught or frightened by drag queens reading books to your kids. If what you saw him do did not disgust you enough to protect your kids, I don’t wanna hear from you anymore.”

If you can celebrate an old man who acts like that in public then STFU about drag queens.

Better still, just STFU about drag queens anyway.

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Deshawn Radden, Survivor runner up, coming out as gay:

“A running list of things I am… A child of God, Son, Brother, Friend, Doctor & a QUEER black man. I came out to my family and a few close friends a few years ago. The journey only began at that point, and it’s taken much growing, learning & unlearning and developing self-love to get here, especially as this part of my identity intersects with my faith. These last few seasons of my life have been transformative for me in that way. I had a fear of losing people because of who I was. However, my loved ones’ responses showed me that unconditional love is just that, unconditional. So now I take solace in knowing who is for me will always rock! And beyond anything, I’m grateful to show up in all spaces as my full self now. As of today, I look to do 2 things: 1. No longer live in duality, but in truth & oneness 2. Be an example that God loves each of us and can/will use anyone. To anyone who may struggle reconciling parts of your identity with your faith, this is my advice: Experience God, on your own, through genuine relationship and see what happens. Love!”

Welcome out, Deshawn, and please accept as our gift from HOMO HQ the Official Coming Out Toaster Oven™ and a copy of The Gay Agenda.

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Kris Mayes, Arizona Attorney General says she has “no intention” of dropping the criminal case against a group of Felon allies who sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Arizona:

“I have no intention of breaking that case up. I have no intention of dropping that case. A grand jury in the state of Arizona decided that these individuals who engaged in an attempt to overthrow our democracy in 2020 should be held accountable, so we won’t be cowed, we won’t be intimidated.”

Lock ‘em up.

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Jamie Lee Curtis, Oscar-winning actress and LGBTQ+ ally, mother of a transgender daughter, Ruby Guest, sending love and support to all who feel threatened after the election:

“So the results are in. Many will be celebrating, possibly even gloating over their victory. Many will be stunned and sad with the terrible feelings of the loss. That is the same result despite who wins because that's what America and democracy looks like. Has always looked like. So what does it mean? It means a sure return to a more restrictive, some fear draconian time. Many fear their rights will be impeded and denied. Many, minority groups and young people will be afraid. Gay and trans people will be more afraid. We know that many women will now find it difficult to get the reproductive healthcare that they need and deserve. For all those people there will be those who will help you. Me included. But what it really means is that we wake up and fight. Fight for women and our children and their futures and fight against tyranny, one day at a time. One fight at a time. One protest at a time. That’s what it means to be an American. That’s what it has always meant and will always mean regardless of the outcome. Be gentle with people today. Be gentle with yourself today. Feel your feelings today but most of all ... Be an American today.”

Curtis, mother of trans daughter Ruby Guest, is an outspoken LGBTQ+ ally; she received The Advocate’s Advocate of the Year Award in 2023 and is constantly standing up for us and speaking out for us.

Thank you, Jamie Lee.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress and singer, schooling “people of a certain age” about respecting preferred pronouns.

“Some of the things you used to do and say when you were young, they’re not going to work right now, OK? These children right about now, they want to be called by their name. They want to be respected with their pronouns. In my lifetime … I’ve been colored, Negro, Black, African American. I mean, there have been so many names to try to figure out what to call people (who are descendants) from the African continent in America and around the world that I understood it in many ways—how young people are saying, ‘Look, things are changing once again.’ And so what if they don't look like what you think they should look like? Just try and call people by their name, nobody likes being called out of their name.”

That Sheryl Lee Ralph; she’s a Dream, girl.

See what I did there?

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Andy Beshear, Kentucky’s Democrat governor, in an op-ed for The New York Times.

“As governor, I have vetoed numerous anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-choice bills, yet I still beat [The Felon’s] handpicked candidate last fall. That happened because even if some voters might have disagreed with the vetoes, they knew the next day I would be announcing new jobs, opening a new health clinic or finishing a new road that would cut 20 minutes off their commute. Transgender children deserve public officials’ efforts to demonstrate that they are valued members of our community through compassion, kindness, and empathy, even if not understanding. I vetoed anti-LGBTQ legislation last year because I believe all children are children of God and whether people agree with my decision, they know why I’m making it. They know where I am coming from.”

In March 2023, Beshear vetoed a bill which included a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors, restrictions on discussion of LGBTQ+ issues in schools, and a provision allowing outing of LGBTQ+ students. Unfortunately, the Kentucky GOP overrode his veto, so the bill became law. In 2022, he vetoed a bill barring transgender girls and women from competing with cisgender females in school sports; lawmakers overrode it too. 

This year, he signed an executive order to outlaw the use of conversion therapy, designed to turn LGBTQ+ people straight or cisgender, on minors after the Republican-dominated legislature failed to pass a bill to this effect.

Beshear remains a reliable LGBTQ+ ally and a rather attractive one at that.

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Dick Van Dyke, 98-year-old comedy icon, when asked about The Felon’s upcoming second term in the White House:

“Fortunately, I won’t be around to experience the [next] four years [but] fifty years ago—May 31st, 1964—I was on the podium with Dr. Martin Luther King, who was addressing some 60,000 people in the Colosseum in LA, and I was there to read a message written by Rod Serling. I got it out the other day and I think it means as much today—if not more—than it did then, so if you don’t mind, I’d like to read it:

Hatred is not the norm. Prejudice is not the norm. Suspicion, dislike, jealousy, scapegoating—none of those are the transcendent facets of the human personality. They are diseases. They are the cancers of the soul. They are the infectious and contagious viruses that have been breeding humanity for years. And because they have been and because they are, is it necessary that they shall be? I think not.”

Well said, sir, well said.

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