The Quebec government Justice department has created a multimillion dollar media campaign to fight homophobia, and transphobia raise awareness.
Quebec is seen as one of the least homophobic areas in the world, with upto 90% of the population saying they reject homophobia, or have no problems with LGBT people .
There's a website that tracks homophobic languange on twitter.
I was actually a little surprised how often faggot has been used today, it's not something that people I hang out with say often (unlike 'so gay') but I'm not exactly a teen either.
I did watch the feed for a little while, and positively, not all the words are being used in a negative way, some are actually tweeting about the site!
If you want to check it out:
http://www.nohomophobes.com/#!/today/
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**This is one of three posts I pulled off my old blog**
An African priest Kapya Kaoma has written a report which explains the link between certain US Conservatives with the new anti-gay law in Uganda.
Globalizing the Culture Wars: U.S. Conservatives, African Churches, and Homophobia
As I understand it, the US Conservatives interest in Africa is not just about killing GLBT people.
It was suggested on another thread "Are Homosexuals Sinners Thread Removed" that removing examples of homophobia and hate speech, scripturally referenced or otherwise, is a lost opportunity for members to see just how hurtful and wrong some of those posts are.
Hello,
I've created a group for those of us who are gay and christian. This group is one that embraces the need for spirituality within the gay community. This is NOT a hate group or intended to be one that embraces hate! All respectful discussions are welcome!
To tell you about myself, I consider myself to be a Christian man. I grew up in a Roman Catholic home, and suffice it to say, you can take the boy out of the church but not the church out of the boy! I feel that my religion has failed me. To be honest, ostracised me. I am 32 years old, and I am in a relationship with a wonderful man whom I adore. We will be getting married in a United Church in our home town.
I believe that God is a loving, all accepting God. I believe that I was created in his image, and that is not necessarily a straight image. I believe that an all loving God would never condemn me to hell for something so simple as LOVE. That being said, I am not saying lust, I am saying love.
There are wonderful things about religion! Many good things come out of religion. The basic fundamentals of religion are to "love one another". No more, no less. To a lot of gay people, they feel that the church has failed them. They feel that they have been subject to hate and bigotry. Given the patriarchal nature of most religion and our world, it's no wonder that homosexuality is not embraced.
I can not tell you the number of times someone has dictated verses from the Bible... the Sodom and Gomorrah story, the countless verses about homesexuality being an abomination, etc. To which I reply, yes. They are there. Most being from the Old Testament. None of which have come directly from Jesus Himself! Christ said not one word about homosexuality. Furthermore, seeing as the Bible was written 300 years after Christ's Crucifiction, then translated from language to language. Then if I'm not mistaken, adopted by the Roman Empire as truth and fact. No wonder our world is a patriarchal society that doesn't embrace homosexuality, let alone women's right, etc.
Christ made it simple, "LOVE ONE ANOTHER"! If we'd just do that, wouldn't we be a better world? A world that would have less hate, and more acceptance? I think so, do you?
Hello,
I've created a group for those of us who are gay and christian. This group is one that embraces the need for spirituality within the gay community. This is NOT a hate group or intended to be one that embraces hate! All respectful discussions are welcome!
To tell you about myself, I consider myself to be a Christian man. I grew up in a Roman Catholic home, and suffice it to say, you can take the boy out of the church but not the church out of the boy! I feel that my religion has failed me. To be honest, ostracised me. I am 32 years old, and I am in a relationship with a wonderful man whom I adore. We will be getting married in a United Church in our home town.
I believe that God is a loving, all accepting God. I believe that I was created in his image, and that is not necessarily a straight image. I believe that an all loving God would never condemn me to hell for something so simple as LOVE. That being said, I am not saying lust, I am saying love.
There are wonderful things about religion! Many good things come out of religion. The basic fundamentals of religion are to "love one another". No more, no less. To a lot of gay people, they feel that the church has failed them. They feel that they have been subject to hate and bigotry. Given the patriarchal nature of most religion and our world, it's no wonder that homosexuality is not embraced.
I can not tell you the number of times someone has dictated verses from the Bible... the Sodom and Gomorrah story, the countless verses about homesexuality being an abomination, etc. To which I reply, yes. They are there. Most being from the Old Testament. None of which have come directly from Jesus Himself! Christ said not one word about homosexuality. Furthermore, seeing as the Bible was written 300 years after Christ's Crucifiction, then translated from language to language. Then if I'm not mistaken, adopted by the Roman Empire as truth and fact. No wonder our world is a patriarchal society that doesn't embrace homosexuality, let alone women's right, etc.
Christ made it simple, "LOVE ONE ANOTHER"! If we'd just do that, wouldn't we be a better world? A world that would have less hate, and more acceptance? I think so, do you?
I was reading an article written by a Prop 8 protester who described some of the counter-protester's signs.
One of the signs said "“GOD DOES NOT LOVE YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE.” Why would somebody be holding a sign that said that? Are they a Christian?
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/report-from-california-meeting-the-gay-marriage-opposition/2/
Now, so of you have no idea what world of warcraft is, let alone Barrens chat. World of Warcraft is a mmorpg (massive multiple-player on-line role-playing game), which has over 10million subscribers forking out approx @$12/month)
Barrens chat is known on many servers for a place for foolish chat. It has a reputation for Chuck Norris jokes, and inappropriate jokes.
Trade chat also can be taken over at times, by similair behaviour.
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