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People Will Talk: The Post-Pride Edition


By Nancy Ford

“For years my fans have inspired me with their determination and creativity as they have created a safe and inclusive community. I felt the time had come for me to join them boldly, to bring that energy and power to bear on the huge challenges facing our whole society.â€

—Panic! At the Disco front man, Brendon Urie, discussing his pledge of $1 million to help set up Gender & Sexuality/Gay-Straight Alliance clubs in schools across the United States. Urie recently stated he identifies as pansexual. Via Independent.com.uk

“We’re here to apologize for the ways that we as Christians have harmed the LGBT community. I’m sorry for hiding behind religion when I was just scared. I’m sorry I’ve looked at you as a sex act instead of a child of God. I’m sorry I have looked down on you instead of honoring your humanity. I’m sorry I’ve rejected and hurt your family in the name of ‘family values.’ I’m sorry for not listening. I’m sorry for judging you. God loves you; so do we.â€

—Banners displayed by Church of Freedom in Christ Ministries in the Philippines. Church members stood on the Manila Pride parade’s sidelines as part of their “I’m Sorry†campaign. Via LGBTQNation.com

“People are not afraid. Shopkeepers are not afraid. However, the governorship is afraid, the police are afraid. They think that they can restrain freedom with the barricades they set up and the tear gas.â€

—An activist, responding to Turkish authorities banning Istanbul Pride for the fourth year, but a thousand LGBTQ people and their supporters still gathered on July 1 before police dispersed them and arrested 11. Via AFP.com (Agence France-Presse)

“Netflix offers wholesome shows like Clifford, the Big Red Dog and even VeggieTales. But do we really want our children to sit down to watch a fun new superhero cartoon series and instead have them lose their innocence to sexual wickedness? Netflix has taken the skill sets of those who create wholesome, educational content for children and has inserted the homosexual agenda into their content. The series is driven by a ‘politically correct’ transvestite agenda and it is chock-full of sexual innuendos that are completely inappropriate for young audiences. Emboldened by ‘gay pride,’ Netflix is releasing a show geared towards children where homosexuality and cross-dressing are the focal point.â€

—A petition launched by the Christian Film and Television Commission is demanding Netflix cancel plans for Super Drags, an upcoming drag queen superhero cartoon. The show revolves around a trio of harried department store clerks who transform into drag queens Lemon Chiffon, Cran’s Sapphire and Crimson Scarlet “ready to combat shade and rescue the world’s glitter from the evil villains.†Via IntoMore.com

“It’s truly devastating to hear that so many wouldn’t swipe right for or even kiss someone living with HIV who’s on effective treatment. We’ve known for three decades that HIV can’t be passed on through day-to-day contact and that includes kissing.â€

—Ian Green, the chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, a British charity that campaigns on and provides services relating to HIV and sexual health. Green was responding to a recent study that found that three out of ten lesbian, gay, or bisexual people will reject HIV positive people on dating apps, even though the people they’re rejecting are on effective treatments. An additional third indicated that they were “unsure†if they would or not. Via PinkNews.co.uk

“Now that June’s Pride Month is over and we’ve entered the muggy July heat, we are ready for a different celebration…. Wrath Month is a chance to remember that before our symbol was a rainbow, it was a hurled brick.… Ours is a love that has cost us everything. It has, in living memory, sent us into exterminations, into exorcisms, into daily indignities and compromises. We cannot hold jobs with certainty nor hands without fear; we cannot be sure when next the ax will fall with the stroke of a pen. Civility be damned, then, along with everything else about us. Let justice be done…. To our people: Let nothing stand which offends your dignity. To our allies: Help us, really help us, or get out of the way. To our enemies: This army of lovers will stamp out your bigotry.â€

—Anthony Oliveira, a pop culture critic. Via WashingtonPost.com

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