THE BUZZ LOVING GAYS!
YOU KNOW, I LOVE MY GAYS. I JUST DON’T WANT TO MARRY ONE.
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hen it comes to EmmyAward winning, Kristin Chenoweth’s latest role it looks like art is imitating
The actress is a huge LGBTQI+ ally in real life, but on the set of AppleTV+’s newest musical comedy series, Schmigadoon!, in which she plays Mildred Layton, the homophobic wife of closeted preacher Reverend Howard Layton, hilariously played by Fred Armisen, she revealed in a recent interview that she has dated a gay man. The 53-year-old actress opened up about her love life, and a whole lot of other topics pertaining to her long-running career. “In Schmigadoon!, your character, Mildred Layton, is married to Fred Armisen’s closeted Reverend Layton. Did you ever find yourself accidentally dating a gay man?” Kristin was asked by LA Mag’s Andrew Goldman. “Only once,” she replied. But how did she end up finding out he was gay, you ask? The answer was simple: designer shoes. “He recognised my Louboutins,” she replied, revealing that the unidentified man’s eye for expensive red bottoms gave her the “insight” she needed about his sexuality. “When you’re dating a man and he knows the brand of your shoes, immediately break up with him and become best friends. You know, I love my gays. I just don’t want to marry one. That’s all.” Mag 46
ROBIN COMES OUT
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t’s finally happened ... DC comics has outed Robin. In the latest instalment of Batman: Urban Legends, comic book character Tim Drake accepts an invitation to go on a date with a man. After a street-side brawl in which Robin rescues Bernard Dowd, Robin visits his apartment ... “I’m really glad you got home okay,” stammers Drake, “I was relieved. And I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, about that night. And I - I don;t know what it mean’t to me. But I’d like to figure it out.” Bernard responds, “I was hoping you would. Tim Drake ... do yiu want to go on a date with me?” Yeah, I think I want that,” Robin replies ... ending the episode. Fans will have to wait till December to find out how the date goes, but kudos to DC for making his long speculated coming out a reality.
SOCIAL MEDIA - A VEHICLE FOR HATE
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hilst Twitter and Facebook have been hauled over the coals numerous times for allowing their platforms to be used to promote anti-LGBTQI sentiment, TikTok it seems is the latest to be added to the list. According to a recently released report by the U.K.-based think tank Institute for Strategic Dialogue, it’s a place where some users promote anti-LGBTQ+ hatred by praising oppressive regimes, celebrating the suicides of transgender people, and conflating LGBTQ+ identity with paedophilia, said the Advocate Magazine. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, examined 1,030 TikTok videos for various kinds of hatred, including white supremacy, Holocaust denial, terrorism, misogyny, and more, in addition to anti-LGBTQ+ activity. Whilst TikTok does monitor and take down such content, it does it inconsistently, the institute reported. The researchers’ sample, found 90 with antiLGBTQ+ content where some users “routinely celebrated the persecution of gay people in authoritarian or undemocratic regimes,” the report notes. “Transgender people were routinely singled out in particular for abuse, harassment and hate,” the document continued. There were claims that LGBTQ+ people make up 40 percent of convicted paedophiles — its “evidence” is a Facebook comment, featured in a screen shot. The institute recommends that TikTok broaden its definition of extremist and hateful ideologies; better enforce its existing policies against hate speech, including slurs; educate users on potential risks; and prioritise data access for users. If you see any make a point of reporting it! We need to get these platforms to stop the hate.
