X-Nico

unusual facts about homophobic



Similar

Americablog

In January 2007, during Super Bowl XLI, AMERICAblog joined TowleRoad.com in calling homophobic a Snickers candy ad that aired during the game.

Andrew Olexander

He was subsequently expelled from the parliamentary party and forced to sit as an independent after criticising the party's pre-selection decision, and accusing the party of being homophobic.

Bashment

Bashment, Play by British playwright, Rikki Beadle-Blair, exploring the controversy around dancehall reggae music and the consequences of homophobic lyrics.

Benvenuti al Nord

The climate established by the Lega Nord is tremendously racist, ignorant, xenophobic, homophobic and oppressive towards all other citizens of Italy that are outside of the north and to all those foreigners both the East of the world and that of Africa and the rest of Europe and America.

Colin Kazim-Richards

On 24 May 2013 it was announced that Sussex Police had charged Kazim-Richards under Section 5 of the Public Order Act over an alleged homophobic gesture to Brighton fans on 12 February 2013 while he was playing for Blackburn Rovers in a Championship match at his old club Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex Stadium.

In November 2013 Kazim-Richards was charged with one count under the Public Order Act for making homophobic gestures and remarks while playing for Blackburn Rovers against Brighton and Hove Albion.

Eric Berntson

Berntson also appeared on the 1991 tape that showed current Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski making homophobic slurs and current Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall mocking Roy Romanow in a Ukrainian accent which was revealed to the public on March 31, 2008.

Homosexuality in English football

In October 2006, England international Rio Ferdinand caused controversy by calling BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles a 'faggot' live on air, just days after team-mate Paul Scholes was also in trouble for an alleged homophobic remark about him being gay with a funny hair do.

James Kirchick

The Washington Post PostPartisan blogger Jonathan Capehart commended Kirchick for "taking his displeasure with Russia's homophobic laws to heroic new heights".

Midge Costanza

Costanza caused controversy when she invited fourteen National Gay Task Force leaders and gay rights activists to the White House at the height of Anita Bryant's homophobic "Save Our Children" campaign.

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

She supports having the French government force Twitter to filter out hate speech that is illegal under French law, such as speech that is homophobic.

Popworld

Notable events that occurred during their tenure include openly gay Amstell coming on to homophobic reggae star Beenie Man and Britney Spears walking out of an interview in tears.

Queer Nation

The Queer Nation chapters in Atlanta, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; Berea and Lexington, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee were active in protesting homophobic policies of the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain.

Ryan Stig

In October 2013, Stig became embroiled in controversy when he made homophobic public comments on Facebook and Twitter disparaging gay marriage.

Separatist feminism

Cultural critic Alice Echols describes the emergence of a lesbian separatist movement as a response to what she sees as homophobic sentiments expressed by feminist organizations like the National Organization for Women.

Steen Fenrich

The remains were identified as those of Steen Fenrich by his Social Security number, which had been written on the skull, along with racial and homophobic slurs.

Steven Carrington

Though Walter brings Steven to a brothel in a fatherly attempt to resolve his sexual confusion, he and Matthew are unfazed by Steven's supposed preference for men, and Matthew even defends him against the homophobic glares of other oil rig workers.

Susan Paynter

In one column, based on an interview with progressive Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, the chief revealed his past as a racist, homophobic and excessively forceful rookie cop.

The Front Runner

The difficult, drawn-out process of their coming out as a couple (and Harlan's as an individual) in the intensely homophobic world of amateur athletics takes up most of the book, throughout which the sport - and particularly Billy's determination to qualify for the 1976 Olympics in Montreal - plays as large a part as the characters' homosexuality.

The Kominas

The first Kominas' song ever released was "Rumi was a Homo (But Wahhaj Is a Fag)", by the website Muslim Wake Up! in response to then recent homophobic comments made by the Imam Siraj Wahhaj.


see also