Papst bestätigt schwule Lobby im Vatikan
Im Februar hatte der Guardian über einen schwulen Geheimbund im Vatikan berichtet, und dass der Papst (unter anderem?) deshalb zurückgetreten sei. Damals schrieb ich noch, dass das wohl nie bestätigt werden würde. Nun: „SCHWULEN-LOBBY“ IM VATIKAN – Der Papst kotzt sich aus.
Papst Franziskus hat Missstände im Vatikan angeprangert und dabei auch die Existenz homosexueller Seilschaften eingeräumt. Zwar gebe es viele über jeden Zweifel erhabene Menschen in dem Kirchenstaat, aber es herrsche auch Korruption, zudem träfen die Berichte über eine „Schwulen-Lobby“ zu, sagte das Kirchenoberhaupt laut Teilnehmern bei einer Audienz für ein Gruppe von Spitzenvertretern lateinamerikanischer Orden am vergangenen Donnerstag.
Ich hab’ da noch keine zweite Quelle für, von der Guardian-Story damals abgesehen, aber ich hoffe schonmal sehr, dass das alles ans Tageslicht gezerrt wird und die katholische Kirche in Folge an ihrer über-heuchlerischen Homophobie implodiert.
[update]
BBC: Pope Francis ‘confirms Vatican gay lobby and corruption’
Washington Post: Pope confirms ‘gay lobby’ at work at Vatican, in remarks reported by priests and nuns
Lesbian loves Watermelon, won’t dress like it
Im Video oben erklärt Frau Hartbeat, warum sie sich nicht kleidet wie eine Wassermelone. Und in New York gehen nach einer Serie von Gewaltverbrechen an Homosexuellen Real Life Superheroes auf die Straße:
After the May 18 killing of gay Harlem resident Mark Carson, 33, and several beatings of gay men across the city, the group of self-styled heroes plans to hit the streets of Greenwich Village and the West Village dressed in tactical clothing and bulletproof vests, explained Staten Island-based crime-fighter Dark Guardian.
“Violence on its own is wrong, and it’s even worse when a specific group is being targeted,” said the martial-arts instructor, whose real name is Chris Pollak, 28. “We care about everyone, from every walk of life, and we want to keep everybody safe. Our focus now is the Village.”
Real-Life Superheroes Patrol New York to Fight Anti-Gay Crime (via Death and Taxes)
Australian Cat Ladies snatch Australian Christian Lobbys Domain-Name
Australische Feministen haben der Christlichen Lobby in Australien (ACL) die Domain geklaut und machen dort unter Australian Cat Ladies und machen damit Stimmung für die Gleichstellung gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehen. Nice one!
A trio of Melbourne feminists, calling themselves the Australian Cat Ladies, pounced on the domain name AustralianChristianLobby.org when the ACL, which only uses acl.org.au, failed to buy it. Their site, called Australian Cat Ladies, says it stands for marriage equality, the rights of couples to abortion, an end to discrimination, sex education and responsible cat ownership.
The link went viral on social media, earning the site about 260,000 views since its launch last night. A spokeswoman for the Australian Christian Lobby told Leader the group would continue to use its old website to communicate with members. Site co-founder Hilary Bowman-Smart said the founders’ intention was not to embarrass the ACL but “we would certainly not be upset if we did”.
“We’re really not fans of them,” she said.
Cross-Dressing Protest in Iran
Vergangene Woche führte man einen verurteilten Kriminellen in der iranischen Stadt Marivan in Frauenkleidern durch die Stadt, weshalb nun Feministen auf die Barrikaden gehen. Und dann schwappte der Protest ins Netz, wo sich jetzt iranische Männer in Frauenkleidern ablichten lassen. Toll!
On April 15, police paraded a convicted criminal through the northwestern city of Marivan dressed in traditional Kurdish women’s clothing. This has prompted protests in the streets, online, and even in Iran’s parliament.
The day after the incident, a local feminist organisation, the Marivan Women’s Community, organised a protest to denounce this punishment — which was handed down by a local court — as insulting to Kurdish women. About a hundred men and women attended.
On Thursday, the movement spread online, via a Facebook page titled “Being a woman is not humiliating and should not be considered punishment.” By Friday, it had gained over 3,800 fans. Men living both inside Iran and abroad have posted photos of themselves dressed as women to express solidarity with the women of Marivan. A few women, too, have posted photos of themselves — this time, dressed as men.
France24: Outcry in Iran after police punish man by dressing him like a woman
Gay Star News: Men in Iran don women’s clothes to protest cross-dress punishment
NZ Parliament sings Māori Lovesong after voting for Marriage Equality
Youtube Direktlove, via Boing Boing
Toller Moment im Parlament von Neuseeland: Nach der Abstimmung für die Gleichstellung gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehe brechen zunächst die Besucherränge in den Love-Song „Pokarekare Ana“ aus, worauf die Abgeordneten mit einstimmen. Wunderbare Erinnerung daran, dass Politik vor allem immer noch von Menschen für Menschen gemacht wird. Aus dem neuseeländischen Parlament gab’s diese Woche noch einen Clip von einem Abgeordneten, der ein paar ziemlich lustige Antworten auf die „Burn In Hell“-Vorwürfe religiöser Fundies hatte.
Winona Ryder in High School
Winona was a little Punk! Und nachdem sie in der Schule als Lesbe gemobbt wurde, hat sie Jahre später ihre Rache gekriegt. Go, girl!
I was wearing an old Salvation Army shop boy’s suit. As I went to the bathroom I heard people saying, ‘Hey, faggot’. They slammed my head into a locker. I fell to the ground and they started to kick the shit out of me. I had to have stitches. The school kicked me out, not the bullies.
“Years later, I went to a coffee shop and I ran into one of the girls who’d kicked me, and she said, ‘Winona, Winona, can I have your autograph?’ And I said, ‘Do you remember me? Remember in seventh grade you beat up that kid?’ And she said, ‘Kind of’. And I said, ‘That was me. Go fuck yourself.’
TED-Talk about gay Duck Necrophilia
Kein Aprilscherz, passt aber wunderbar: Kees Moeliker erklärt auf der TED-Konferenz den Dead Duck Day, den sie seit dem ersten Todestag 1996 zum Gedenken einer Ente feiern, die das erste dokumentierte Opfer schwuler Enten-Nekrophilie wurde. Darüber hat Moeliker dann eine Arbeit geschrieben und den Ig-Nobelpreis gewonnen. Der Talk hat wirklich alles, von Frosch-Goldfisch-Facefuck bis Kröten-Nekrophilie in Missionarsstellung. Hilarious!
On 5 June 1995 an adult male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) collided with the glass façade of the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam and died. An other drake mallard ‘raped’ the corpse almost continuously for 75 minutes. Then the author disturbed the scene and secured the dead duck. Dissection showed that the rape-victim indeed was of the male sex. It is concluded that the mallards were engaged in an ‘Attempted Rape Flight’ that resulted in the first described case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard.
TED: How a dead duck changed the TED audience’s life
Kees Moeliker: The Duck
Freddie Mercury dressed Princess Diana in Drag at the Gay Bar:
Kein Aprilscherz: Freddie Mercury dressed Princess Diana in drag to sneak her into a gay bar: „Freddie Mercury dressed Princess Diana up as an “eccentrically dressed gay male model”, in order to sneak her into the Vauxhall Tavern, reports have revealed.“
Activists troll Westboro Baptist Church with a Gay Pride-Rainbow-House
Schwule Aktivisten haben ein Haus gegenüber der Westboro Baptist Church gekauft, in Regenbogenfarben angemalt und machen daraus ein Gay Rights Center. Großartige Trollerei! Letzte Woche deutete die ehemalige WBC-Anhängerin Lauren Drain erst an, dass Fred Phelbs, Oberhaupt von „Americas Most Hated Family“, selbst homosexuell sein dürfte oder erst durch ein schwules Erlebnis seine extremistisch-homophobes Weltbild entwickelte. Halte ich für einen Mann, der sein ganzes Leben mit „God hates Fags“-Postern durch die Gegend rennt natürlich für äußerst unwahrscheinlich.
“I’ve been accused in the past of being all over the place, and they’re probably right on some level,” Jackson told me last night by phone. “Right now we are standing up to bigotry and promoting equality.”
So while considering the Westboro Baptist Church, he began dinking around on Google Maps late one night. He pulled up the church, at 3701 SW 12th St. in Topeka, and took a virtual walk around the block. In the front yard of a house across the street, he noticed a For Sale sign.
“It hit me right away,” Jackson told me last night by phone. “Huh. That would be interesting to own a house across from the Westboro Baptist Church and turn it into something.’ And then, within five seconds: ‘And I’ll paint it the color of the pride flag.’ Perfect.”
Gawker: The House Across From Westboro Baptist Is Getting a Rainbow Pride Paint Job Right Now (via Metronaut)
NYMag: The House Across From the Westboro Baptist Church Is Now a Rainbow-Colored Gay-Pride Center
HuffPo: Westboro Equality House: Aaron Jackson Paints Rainbow Home Across From Anti-Gay Church
Animation-Short: Flamingo Pride
Youtube Direktpride, Danke Gregor!
Schöner Kurzfilm über einen frustrierten, unschwulen Flamingo in einer Identitätskrise. Am Wochenende hatte ich erst über das Sehsüchte-Filmfest gebloggt, wo ich 2010 in der Jury saß – Flamingo Pride lief damals ebenfalls in der Auswahl.
Gregor schreibt mir: „Frustriert darüber, dass er der einzige heterosexuelle Flamingo in einem schwulen Flamingo-Schwarm ist, verliebt sich der Filmheld in eine vorbeifliegende Störchin. Nachdem er es nicht schafft, sie von seinen ernsthaften Gefühlen zu überzeugen, isoliert er sich und erlebt eine Identitätskrise. Erst eine intensive Begegnung inspiriert ihn dazu, einen mutigen Schritt zu machen. “Flamingo Pride” wurde hergestellt von Talking Animals und der Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam-Babelsberg (HFF).“
Frustrated about being the only straight flamingo in a gay flock the hero falls in love with a lady stork that flies by. Unable to convince her of his serious intentions he isolates himself and goes through an identity crisis. An intensive encounter inspires him to do a bold move.
Disclosure: Der Kurzfilm läuft im YT-Channel von Shortcuts – eine Produktion von Endemol – und mein Buddy Nilz moderiert da eine Film-Show. Ist aber tatsächlich reiner Zufall.
Vatican hosts Europes biggest Gay Sauna
Wem gehört das Gebäude, in dem die größte schwule Sauna in Europa sitzt? Selbstverständlich: Dem Vatikan. Und zufälligerweise wohnen im selben Haus nicht nur Kurienkardinal Ivan Dias, sondern ganze 18 weitere Priester des Vatikans. Ich schätze mal, die Jungs können ein paar Sachen über den schwulen Geheimclub in der katholischen Kirche erzählen.
A day ahead of the papal conclave, faces at the scandal-struck Vatican were even redder than usual after it emerged that the Holy See had purchased a €23 million (£21 million) share of a Rome apartment block that houses Europe’s biggest gay sauna. […]
76-year-old “prince of the church” [Cardinal Ivan Dias, the head of the Congregation for Evangelisation of Peoples,] enjoys a 12-room apartment on the first-floor of the imposing palazzo, at 2 Via Carducci, just yards from the ground floor entrance to the steamy flesh pot. There are 18 other Vatican apartments in the block, many of which house priests. […]
The sauna’s website promotes one of its special “bear nights”, with a video in which a rotund, hairy man strips down before changing into a priest’s outfit. It says Bruno, “a hairy, overweight pastor of souls, is free to the music of his clergyman, remaining in a thong, because he wants to expose body and soul”.
As cardinals gather to elect Pope, Catholic officials break into a sweat over news that priests share €23m building with huge gay sauna (via Arbroath)
Bonustrack: Fantasypope.com: „FantasyPope is a prediction market that taps into the wisdom of the crowds to forecast who will be the next Pope. By ranking the top five candidates, FantasyPope will track in real time the movements and trends during the conclave.“
Secret Gay-Network in Vatican lead to Pope-Resignation?
Der Guardian berichtet unter Berufung auf die italienische Zeitung La Republica über ein geheimes Dossier über einen schwulen Geheimbund unter Katholiken, der erpresst wurde. Deshalb habe der Papst seinen Job hingeschmissen.
Sollte sich das als wahr herausstellen (tatsächlich wird das natürlich nie bestätigt werden), könnte das die katholische Kirche ähnlich erschüttern, wie die Tatsache, dass der Erde rund und nicht das Zentrum des Universums ist. Nach dem Schock durch das kopernikanische Weltbild wird die Kirche nun durch ein Post-Gender-Weltbild erschüttert, oder so ähnlich. Der Unterhaltungswert dieser Meldung kann überhaupt nicht genug unterstrichen werden. Hilarious! (Und ja, ich hätte das hier beinahe unter „Fun“ kategorisiert.)
A potentially explosive report has linked the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI to the discovery of a network of gay prelates in the Vatican, some of whom – the report said – were being blackmailed by outsiders. The pope’s spokesman declined to confirm or deny the report, which was carried by the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica. […]
According to La Repubblica, the dossier comprising “two volumes of almost 300 pages – bound in red” had been consigned to a safe in the papal apartments and would be delivered to the pope’s successor upon his election. The newspaper said the cardinals described a number of factions, including one whose members were “united by sexual orientation”.
In an apparent quotation from the report, La Repubblica said some Vatican officials had been subject to “external influence” from laymen with whom they had links of a “worldly nature”. The paper said this was a clear reference to blackmail.
Guardian: Papal resignation linked to inquiry into ‘Vatican gay officials’, says paper
Slate: Pope resignation linked to gay Vatican officials inquiry
Augsburger Allgemeine: Papst-Rücktritt wegen geheimem Schwulen-Netzwerk im Vatikan?
(Bild: Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Alois Ratzinger) at Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family via Shutterstock)
Transgender Timelapse
Youtube Direktgender, via Schlecky
YT-Userin iiGethii (das Originalvideo ist bei uns selbstverständlich gesperrt) hat sich 3 Jahre lang bei ihrer Frauwerdung fotografiert, die Dame hatte sich in der Zeit mehreren Facial Feminization Surgeries unterzogen. Well done!
Lana Wachowskis LGBT-Speech
Lana Wachowski (The Matrix, Bound, V for Vendetta) sprach auf einer Human Rights zum ersten mal seit forever. Die Dame (und ihr Bruder) geben seit dem Erfolg mit der Matrix keine Interviews und treten nicht öffentlich auf, jetzt haben sie das geändert und Lana erzählt auf der Gala über ihre Kindheit als Transgender, Mobbing, Identitätsprobleme und Akzeptanz durch die Gesellschaft.
Sie liefert mit der Rede einen der intelligentesten („The Pathology of a society that refuses to see acknowledge the spectrum of gender in the same blind way they refuse to see the spectrum of race and sexuality“) und bewegendsten („[My Mum] tells me to look at her but I don’t want to, because when I do I am unable to understand why she cannot see me“) Beiträge zum Thema seit „It gets better“… und einen der lustigsten („[My hairdresser's] seen the drunken pornographic pictures of our honeymoon in Mykonos“).
Ich empfehle, das komplette Ding anzusehen (Ab circa Minute 5) oder das Transkript zu lesen:
Invisibility is indivisible from visibility; for the transgender this is not simply a philosophical conundrum — it can be the difference between life and death.
A few short weeks ago after my coming out, the three of us, Tom, Andy and I were being interviewed, one of the reporters ventured away from the subject of the film towards my gender. Imagine that, a reporter. My brother quickly stepped in, “Look, just so we’re clear,” he says, “if somebody asks something or says something about my sister that I don’t like, understand that I will break a bottle over their head.” [applause] Few words express love clearer than these.
I am here because Mr. Henderson taught me that there are some things we do for ourselves, but there are some things we do for others. I am here because when I was young, I wanted very badly to be a writer, I wanted to be a filmmaker, but I couldn’t find anyone like me in the world and it felt like my dreams were foreclosed simply because my gender was less typical than others.
If I can be that person for someone else [pause, applause] then the sacrifice of my private civic life may have value.
Lana Wachowski Reveals Suicide Plan, Painful Past in Emotional Speech, Lana Wachowski’s HRC Visibility Award Acceptance Speech (Transcript) (via Boing Boing)
Homosexuality will make a Race of Super-Ducks
Man macht ja keine Witze über kleine Mädchen, aber man darf Witze über „Homeschooling“ machen, wenn dabei sowas wie das da oben rauskommt. Wenn Schwulsein eine Rasse von Super-Enten hervorbringt, dann werde ich mit sofortiger Wirklung ultraschwul. Superduckies FTW!
Homosexuality will lead to race of super-ducks, claims homeschooler in local newspaper (via Hacker News)
[update] Großartig: Die annotierte Version auf Scienceblogs.com:
Homosexuality, including same sex marriage, is not an enlightened idea [But tolerance and acceptance of diversity are]. The Romans practiced homosexuality [Every culture has had homosexual individuals; they differ only in the degree of suppression. The Romans actually regarded homosexuals as effete and inferior, and used accusations of gayness as expressions of contempt, just like modern middle schoolers]. Surely, after 2000 years, our level of intelligence should have evolved somewhat, so that we can truly pride ourselves of being cleverer than our forebears [Two millennia is actually a short span of time for biological evolution. Also, have you ever heard of the Dark Ages? Progress is not inevitable].
If homosexuality spreads, it can cause human evolution to come to a standstill [Nope. Homosexuals reproduce. Homosexuality refers to behavior and social preferences, not to biological limitations. Also, many heterosexuals choose to not reproduce as well, and it does not stop evolution in its tracks — in complex social organisms like ours, there are many ways to contribute to the species that don't involve breeding directly]. It could threaten the human position on the evolutionary ladder [There is no evolutionary "ladder". You have some serious misconceptions about biology, young lady!], and say, ducks, could take over the world [Evolution is not about taking over the world. There is no pinnacle. Every species has a different niche, not a different spot in a hierarchy of dominance]. Ducks always nest in pairs [This is called the naturalistic fallacy. You cannot draw conclusions from how one species behaves and declare that it justifies one specific kind of behavior in another species. I could point to gorillas, and announce that we should live in polygamous harems; I could point to bonobos and say that public homosexual acts ought to be accepted as a matter of course, and that we ought to have casual sex as often as we say hello. If you'd like, I could give you a long list of very kinky sexual behaviors practiced by various species on the planet; shall we decide that because ducks rape, so should we, lest we fall behind evolutionarily?] and if we allow same-sex marriage, then the ducks will have evolved further than we have [Ducks are just as "evolved" as we are, and we're not more evolved than any other species on the planet. Evolution is about branching trees, not climbing ladders]. We will be in danger of all being equal, with ducks more equal than us [That makes no sense].
We should learn from history and not be stuck with copying ancient behavior [Are you, by any chance, a follower of Jesus or Mohammed? Because you know, those faiths are all about imposing ancient rules for behavior on modern society]. The government has no right to bring us back to the stone age [But the Middle Ages are OK, I suppose?]. I don’t want my children to have to compete with ducks [Wait. I'm trying to puzzle this out. Because you think ducks are all heterosexual, and your children will all be heterosexual (brace yourself, you might get a few surprises in 10 or 20 years there), and a policy of tolerance will turn every other human being homosexual, you're afraid your kids will be competing for mates with ducks? Or is it that duck heterosexuality is the only criterion that makes them acceptable for positions of power, so years from now, your children will find themselves in a workplace dominated by duck bosses, who have overcome the handicap of lack of manipulatory appendages and very small brains to be in charge of everything? I don't get it]. I want them to evolve further than I have [But you don't believe in evolution!]. Any self-respecting human would aim for that, too. [Are you aware that the Abrahamic faiths all preach that humanity is in a state of ineluctable decay since the Fall and that human sin corrupts us? I don't think any self-respecting human should be a Christian or a Jew or Muslim, for the same reason]
None of this really bears any weight for be, because I do not believe in evolution [You don't understand it, either]. However, the powers that be believe in evolution, and have made many decisions based on it. They should be consistent: if you believe in evolution, then you can’t be in favour of homosexuality [If you accept evolution, then you recognize that there are diverse successful sexual strategies in the world, and you also have a deeper appreciation of the complexity of biology, so no, you should be much more accepting of reality], or the ducks will get you in the end [You can live your life in fear of ducks, or you can love your fellow human beings and encourage more love in the world. Your choice].
Jasmin H, aged 14 [You have time to grow up!]
Homeschooled [Obviously], Scargill
