Gay Baiting The LGBT Press

All too often the LGBT press, bloggers and elites help to give too much publicity and sometimes in error to Conservatives and Christian Fundamentalists.

Case in point over in the UK as reported by Martin Pendergast for The Guardian UK the gay baiting by fundamentalists who sent out press releases in regards to boycotting Tesco for its support of Pride London and World Pride.

As Pendergast writes in part, The gay media all too readily fall into the trap set for them by the likes of the Christian Institute, or Christian Concern for Our Nation, giving wider publicity – and hence credibility – to what are often non-stories.

Since fundamentalists mount homophobically inspired boycotts at the drop of a hat, so the LGBT media should respond smartly.

One which fell for the gay bait was Pink News when they ran an article on December 23, 2011 as an "exclusive" which reads in part, Supermarket giant Tesco does not plan to sponsor Pride London again after next year, PinkNews.co.uk can confirm, only days after the Christian Institute called for shoppers to boycott the retailer.

The company, which employs nearly half a million staff, told PinkNews.co.uk its preference is to “support projects with practical benefits rather than events”, and that this applies universally across its charitable giving.

For the record as Pendergast reports Tesco rejects the claims of the Christian Institute and will continue to support and/or sponsor LGBT events.

No doubt a copy/paste frenzy took place as often happens by many who take things at face value by one of the pink press or blogs/websites without actually doing any journalistic investigation. Unfortunately this is nothing new and will continue ad nauseum by those who claim to be reliable news sites and "citizen journalists" for LGBTs as they continue the rampant publicity for anti-LGBT groups or offer up false news reports.

Journalistic credibility is sorely missing in the world of LGBTs as long as no one has to answer for their misguided and sometimes misreporting without all the facts which should be known before running a story. Journalism 101 is put on the back burner while the correct terminology of ones sexual identity is much more paramount for writers of LGBT news. To error the latter creates such an uproar the ground shakes.

Michigan's HIV Sexual Terrorist

This is David Dean Smith who can be called nothing less than a sexual terrorist as he has been attempting to infect as many men and women with HIV as he can.

While the deliberate act of infecting a person(s) with HIV/AIDS is not new, the scope and range in the number of possible victims is staggering in Smith's case.

Smith was arrested this past Friday by Michigan authorities and he claims the number of his victims may be in the thousands.

The Kent County Health Department in Michigan is encouraging anyone who believes they may have been infected by Smith to come forward. Anyone concerned that they may have been infected can call the Kent County Health Department Personal Health Services Clinic at 616.632.7171. Calls and HIV testing are confidential.

Full story from MSNBC via Huffington Post is HERE.

Chilly Day In LGBT Blogosphere

Well let the cat fight begin as Pam Spaulding over at Pam's House Blend has taken a pot shot at the blog/website LezGetReal over the mixed up tale earlier this year when it was "discovered" the aforementioned was run by ... hold on to your pantyhose boys and girls ... a man.

Things really get riled up in the comment section of the posting over who actually runs LezGetReal. As usual and par for the course of the so-called citizen journalist world and the cut/paste frenzy which permeates a great many of the LGBT elite blogs like so much cow manure, it is hard to determine what is or isn't the truth when it comes to LezGetReal. But then does anyone really care who is behind it if it is putting out quality content ? Frankly I believe it does a great service for the L's of the community and because it does so, sometimes without kow-towing to the blogger elites, some jealousy has been introduced by those who think only their blog or website is the place to be.

One thing Spaulding wrote in her piece of which this writer finds of great hypocritical amusement is this line, What I don’t understand is the need to blog as something/someone you are not when there is no need for secrecy or anonymity. As to why it tickles my funny bone can be found in this post by Nelson Garcia over at NG Blog.

Hypocrisy it does have an odor ... stale coffee beans.

Huffington Post Closet Queen

Sometime back The Huffington Post added a section with LGBT news and commentary but with little fanfare. In fact to be honest thanks to these dying brain cells of mine while in the "silver years of life" and three times under anesthesia this year I couldn't tell you what I was reading online which sent me over to Gay Voices on Huff's website.

When I first went there a month or so ago I thought well this will make another good source for LGBT news (commentary is a dime a dozen in this age of LGBT blogs and websites) provided they post new and fresh articles rather than just rehashes from LGBT news sites such as The Washington Blade or The Advocate just to name two of several available online or in a printed format version.

So it is this commentary isn't about the content of Gay Voices but with The Huffington Post itself and the promotion, actually the lack there of, when it comes to the Gay Voices section of the website.

You see boys and girls if you go to the front page of Huff Post you will see in the website's banner the sections for Black Voices and Latino Voices are listed along with other sections of news, commentary and other things available at Huff Post.

However Gay Voices is not listed in the banner. So what's up with that he asks. Could it be Huff Post has added de gay section to win the hearts of GLAAD and HRC and others who will be overjoyed that an online institution such as Huff Post is scattering pink crumbs to de gay but doesn't promote it in the banner as not to offend homophobic readers of the website ?

True when you scroll down the front page you may find a posting or two within the Gay Voices section, however if you truly wish to promote a section within a website such as Huff Post, it should be in the banner along with other "a click away" sections. To do less is a slap in the face to the LGBT community and a hard slap at that.

Merry Christmas Arianna, you and Huff Post have been outed so to say.