@raphjd said in Karen in FL files criminal charges because school library didn't censor a LGBTQ book.: Why do you have to defend putting a graphically detailed teen porn book in an elementary school? There are plenty of non-porn books you can defend. I believe I explicitly agreed with you that the book in question shouldn't have been in an elementary school library. I also pointed out to you, and I will point out AGAIN, that the original post involved the book in a HIGH SCHOOL library. If you cannot constrain your discussion to the topic as posted, then I believe you need to temporarily ban yourself from the forum. I'm pretty sure that making posts unrelated to the OP is a violation of the rules for the Gay News forum. Reference elementary schools again and it will only be proof that you cannot defend on the issue regarding high schools. I will mark it down as you admitting loss and I will move on to other activities.

@lololulu19 said in More Oscars fallout from that slap: @buonaroti ...even supposedly civilized black people can't control their emotions. How many times have black people's icons let them down? Will Smith, OJ Simpson, Tiger Woods, Barack Obama, Michael Jackson, Prince. The most infantile minds could draw a similar, meaningless list for any ethnic group -- oh, and for gay men, as well. Enough with your sad and unpleasant racial messaging.

@lololulu19 said in Risk of AIDS in sex with women vs men: I was having a discussion with someone about the rationale for engaging in gay sex. I pointed out that with gay sex, you are not risking having an unplanned, unwanted baby, or trip to an abortion clinic. The person I was chatting with responded with "Well, with gay sex you are risking AIDS". At first, I thought to myself that he had a point.. but then.. I realized.. his point was nonsense. You get AIDS by having sex with women too. In fact, it seems the way many if not most people got AIDS was not from sex, but by sharing dirty needles. My question is.. Is sex with women any less of a risk of AIDS than sex with men? And.. let's not forget that women are like incubators for a plethora of STDs. Not sure what that comment above (about teachers) was about, but it's incorrect to believe that the incidence of HIV infection when having sex with an untreated HIV+ partner is that much greater in men than with women. The "abundance" of HIV in the gay community in "white" countries (large parts of Europe, North America, & Australia) does not extend itself to other parts of the world: AIDS is mostly heterosexual in Africa, as well as most of Asia and Latin America. This is in large part because the "gay" communities in those cultures are less "out" and so are considerably less "promiscuous"... That said, transmission from an infected woman to an uninfected man, or from an infected bottom man to an uninfected top is considerably less likely (tho far from "hard")... The idea that "straight" people get HIV primarily from IV drug use is a homophobic trope designed to further demonize those infected with HIV... and it is factually incorrect.

@bi4smooth I saw this and comments by her family saying she may have been robbed. So sad

You misunderstood my grounds for appeal. I have no illusions that the Fed judiciary (still plump with Trump nominees) will fail to continue the activist intervention that led to the creation of Gay Rights under Federal Court mandate long before any actual laws were passed (much as I agreed with the politics of those rulings, they were "judicial overreach" IMHO). No, the basis of the appeals in this case will be the vagueness of the law. There is a principle under US Law that says, for example, you can't write a law that says "Don't do bad thing, or you'll go to jail." and "let the courts figure it out" - which is basically what the real "guts" of this new law attempts to do... No, laws have to be specific!

nice and hot

[https://www.newsweek.com/i-didnt-understand-jussie-smollettuntil-i-compared-him-trump-opinion-1686831](link url) As correctly pointed out by the commentator in the link above, all you need to do is keep repeating your lie with the support of a vocal minority and the acquiescence of everyone else on your side of the political divide. Keep doing that and you won't really suffer any punishment in Cancel Culture. Smollett maintaining his innocence despite overwhelming evidence and investigation is no different than Trump maintaining he won the election despite overwhelming evidence and investigation.

@geobear40 Not that I agree with the Russian failure to recognize (or legalize) same-sex unions, but they do have a point they are not members of the EU, and are not subject to their courts! The European Court of Human Rights and the EU are two very different organisations, even when they have the word European in it. In the US many different American organisations have the word American in it without they are believed to be only one organisation.

no, I live 200 kilometers from São Paulo

@raphjd Lol, nope ... he wasnt... I live in Hungary and I know that his policy is based on dividing the nation in aim to stay elected... His policy is based on fear like Hitlers policy was during the II WW, so yeah... politicans like him can fuck themselves with their populistic view... People r dying because our health care is ruined, students r leaving the country because they have no future here...

@zeitgeist Good for her! She really had a rough go post drag race

@lololulu19 Yeah, lots of people have been on the notes. Of course, the Queen is always on the notes as well. [image: 1624591378823-new-50-note-alan-turing-banknote-celebrates-his-achievements-and-the-values-he-simbolises-resized.jpg]

that's sad

@andergarcia Just as China intended. Funny how this pandemic only benefits China, anti-LGBTQ, ends trade war, undoubtedly costed Trump the election, hitting India the hardest out of everyone, and prevented Trump from further building an alliance with North Korea.

@di3di3di3 Right -- I can't imagine it. I was noting that in dangerous countries and cultures, LGBT and advocates should choose their battles wisely -- in order to fight another day.

Who isn't lonely these days?

@manrmen-0 bien dit