Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Christian rock star Trey Pearson comes out gay
The Christian rock star and member of the band Everyday Sunday attached a link to an article in 614 Columbus in which he announces to the world that he is gay.
‘Most of us reach at least one pivotal moment in our lives that better defines who we are,’ Pearson says. ‘These last several months have been the hardest—but also have ended up being the most freeing months—of my life. To make an extremely long story short, I have come to be able to admit to myself, and to my family, that I am gay.’
Pearson is married to a woman named Lauren and they have a young daughter and son together.
He explains that he grew up in a very conservative Christian home where he was taught that his sexual orientation was a matter of choice.
‘I had never before admitted to myself that I was gay, let alone to anyone else,’ he says.
‘I never wanted to be gay. I was scared of what God would think and what all of these people I loved would think about me; so it never was an option for me. I have been suppressing these attractions and feelings since adolescence. I’ve tried my whole life to be straight.’
He grew up ‘so scared’ that God would hate him. He had never kissed a woman passionately until his wedding night and just hoped ‘everything would come naturally.’
‘I had always romanticized the idea of falling in love with a woman; and having a family had always been my dream. In many ways, that dream has come true. But I have also come to realize a lot of time has passed in my life pushing away, blocking out and not dealing with real feelings going on inside of me. I have tried not to be gay for more than 20 years of my life.’
Pearson says when he and Lauren got married he had the full intention of spending the rest of his life with her.
But he eventually realized nothing was going to change who he is and he confided in his wife.
‘Lauren has been the most supportive, understanding, loving and gracious person I could ever ask for, as I have come to face this. And now I am trying to figure out how to co-parent while being her friend, and how to raise our children.
‘I know this is how God made me, and I am proud of who I am. I know there is nothing I can do to change it.’
Sense 8 Cast At Gay Pride Sao Paulo
The cast of the Netflix series Sense8
joined the party Saturday as Sao Paulo celebrated LGBT Pride.
Believed to be the largest Pride parade
in the world, thousands of Brazilians participated in Sao Paulo's
19th annual parade.
In several videos
uploaded to YouTube, director Lana Wachowski is seen on a float
directing the actors, strongly suggesting that the footage will be
used in the show's upcoming second season.
As Beyonce's Run the World (Girls)
blasts, Miguel Angel Silvestre, who plays Lito Rodriguez, a closeted
telenovela star, and Alfonso Herrera, who plays Lito's boyfriend on
the show, dance and make out shirtless. Soon other cast members,
including Max Riemelt (who plays Wolfgang Bogdanow), Brian J. Smith
(Will Gorski) and Tuppence Middleton (Riley Blue), join in the fun.
Before the dancing, Lito tells the
crowd that Hernando (Herrera) is the love of his life. The men kiss
and Lito dips his boyfriend.
In the show's first season, several of
these characters participated in an orgy of the senses while not
being in the same physical location.
“Oh man. Sao Paulo pride was
unforgettable. A shoutout to our fans and our amazing security
personnel,” Brian J. Smith tweeted.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap
In a self-filmed YouTube video, Brother Dean Saxton began hurling
condemnation at students at Apollo High School in Glendale, Arizona.
‘Attention Apollo high school, I am out here as a Christian to represent Jesus Christ to you guys today. I realize that there are a lot of students here who are confused,’ he shouted.
‘You need to get out of the gang of homosexuality,’ he continued.
Over a heated few minutes, the students listening to the preacher’s hate were getting increasingly angered.
‘Do you know how ignorant you sound?’ asked one student
Many students and teachers approached Saxton to ask him to move on.
‘They get everything they need from their parents and teachers, they don’t need you,’ said one teacher.
It all came to a standstill when a student at the school, Tabitha Brubaker took matters into her own hands and hit Saxton over the head with a baseball bat.
Brubaker was arrested and charged with felony assault and marijuana possession after the attack.
The notoriously anti-gay preacher has a history of confrontational messages, once brandishing a sign with the words ‘You deserve rape’.
Watch the full video below (the baseball incident happens around the 17 minute mark)
Lets put this in a slightly different perspective, he was an adult, she was a juvenile/child.
What he was doing could be easily argued as both a verbal and visual assault perpetuated against minors.
He was repeatedly asked to stop by other adults and refused to listen to reason.
The real crime here, was that he wasn't arrested for his assault on minors by police, but allowed to do so because he was invoking his religious freedom.
What about the children's rights to attend school without being accosted? The police failed in their duties to these children and even to this mentally ill man.
The US does have laws prohibiting incitement, and they clearly were disregarded in favor of this mans supposed right to mentally and spiritually rape children.
Here's the same asshat being called out and put in his place for being a self centered attention seeking whore that he is.
Please note how silent he gets when confronted with the truth.
‘Attention Apollo high school, I am out here as a Christian to represent Jesus Christ to you guys today. I realize that there are a lot of students here who are confused,’ he shouted.
‘You need to get out of the gang of homosexuality,’ he continued.
Over a heated few minutes, the students listening to the preacher’s hate were getting increasingly angered.
‘Do you know how ignorant you sound?’ asked one student
Many students and teachers approached Saxton to ask him to move on.
‘They get everything they need from their parents and teachers, they don’t need you,’ said one teacher.
It all came to a standstill when a student at the school, Tabitha Brubaker took matters into her own hands and hit Saxton over the head with a baseball bat.
Brubaker was arrested and charged with felony assault and marijuana possession after the attack.
The notoriously anti-gay preacher has a history of confrontational messages, once brandishing a sign with the words ‘You deserve rape’.
Watch the full video below (the baseball incident happens around the 17 minute mark)
Lets put this in a slightly different perspective, he was an adult, she was a juvenile/child.
What he was doing could be easily argued as both a verbal and visual assault perpetuated against minors.
He was repeatedly asked to stop by other adults and refused to listen to reason.
The real crime here, was that he wasn't arrested for his assault on minors by police, but allowed to do so because he was invoking his religious freedom.
What about the children's rights to attend school without being accosted? The police failed in their duties to these children and even to this mentally ill man.
The US does have laws prohibiting incitement, and they clearly were disregarded in favor of this mans supposed right to mentally and spiritually rape children.
Here's the same asshat being called out and put in his place for being a self centered attention seeking whore that he is.
Please note how silent he gets when confronted with the truth.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Chas Sings To Aaron
True confession time, I'm not much of a TV person, most commercial American TV shows leave me feeling completely indifferent.
I do however, have my guilt free watching pleasures that I have to watch each week, and they are:
Game of Thrones
Once Upon A Time
How To Get Away With Murder
Doctor Who and my one daily obsession, the British soap Emmerdale.
I got hooked, years ago, when an Irish friend of mine started talking about the show and it's young male lead Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy) who was struggling with coming out gay (on the show that is)
It took all of one episode to suck me right in and I've been hooked ever since.
This is a scene where his mom tries to cheer him up after a particularly depressing morning and exemplifies what I love about the show so much, it's wonderful cast of (often quirky) characters.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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