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Parents want to get a gay elementary school principal fired, saying he will molest children
“Protect our children,” one picket sign read. “Do not wait until there are victims.”
The unnamed principal’s relationship with his partner was reportedly outed via Facebook on April 2020.
One protestor claimed the principal admitted to having sex with his partner in front of parents, that the principal called it a “mistake” and offered to resign in July, but hasn’t done so. The protestor also claimed that 300 parents signed a petition demanding the principal be dismissed; some are reportedly worried the principal will install secret cameras in the children’s bathrooms.
The “evidence” against the teachers included suggestions that they “used magical powers to seduce the children and render the crime scenes invisible,” reports The New York Times.
Parents want to get a gay elementary school principal fired, saying he will molest children
‘Below Deck’: Eddie Lucas Says What Happened To Hannah Ferrier Was a ‘Massive Failure’ and ‘Really Tragic’ (Exclusive)
Although bosun Eddie Lucas from Below Deck has commented on how he would have handled Hannah Ferrier‘s unregistered valium find, he has yet to comment specifically about Ferrier being fired as a result.
“I think what happened to Hannah was really, really tragic,” Lucas said during a private virtual Your Encore event. “You know, Hannah had been a staple of this show for so long. But [firing her] was a massive failure. And ever since then, they were like, yeah, I will never do that again.”
Below Deck Med Season 5 was the highest-rated season in the Below Deck franchise with an average of 2.6 million viewers per episode, according to Bravo PR. The season featured more twists and turns than a rollercoaster, including some that occurred off-camera.
And while viewers definitely tuned in, many were outraged when Ferrier was fired. They also expressed anger when chef Hindrigo “Kiko” Lorran was fired. Fans quickly turned against bosun Malia White, who turned Ferrier in for having the medication. But also Captain Sandy Yawn for the way she fired Ferrier.
‘Below Deck’: Eddie Lucas Says What Happened To Hannah Ferrier Was a ‘Massive Failure’ and ‘Really Tragic’ (Exclusive)
LOUISIANA LIBRARY PULLS LGBTQ BOOKS FROM CHILDREN’S SECTION
Despite its collection development policy clearly stating that the library does not serve the role as parents, a number of parental complaints to the Lincoln Parish Library in Ruston, Louisiana, has led to LGBTQ+ books being pulled from the children’s section of the library.
The books are now only available via parental request.
In November, the library director Vivian McCain, as well as the library’s Board of Directors, began receiving a number of complaints about “LGBTQ items” in their children’s section. The letters had nearly-identical language, and they sought to have the books removed from the children’s shelves and displays.
LOUISIANA LIBRARY PULLS LGBTQ BOOKS FROM CHILDREN’S SECTION
Andrew Christian Uses Model of Color to Advertise 'Slave' Harness
The underwear company offers both a harness and an underwear brief emblazoned with the word "slave" and uses a POC to model them.
UPDATE: Jeff White, the cofounder of Andrew Christian, told The Advocate that the images of the model will "immediately" be replaced in response to the complaint. White's full statement:
As you accurately noted in your article our "Master" and "Slave" harnesses and underwear only reference the "Master" and "Slave" terminology of the BDSM culture and has nothing to do with anything else. We sincerely apologize if anyone finds the image of the model offensive and we will replace it immediately.
Andrew Christian Uses Model of Color to Advertise 'Slave' Harness
'American Housewife' Actress Carly Hughes Exits Over "Toxic Environment"
"I was no longer able to work in the toxic environment that was created on American Housewife. I made the decision to leave to protect myself from that type of discrimination," Hughes said in a statement. "As a black woman in entertainment, I feel the responsibility to stand up for what I deserve, what we all deserve — to be treated equally. I wish the show well, and I am excited for a new chapter and to be able to pursue the opportunities ahead."
'American Housewife' Actress Carly Hughes Exits Over
Luke Evans Seemingly Splits from Rafa Olarra as Actor Unfollows Art Director on Instagram
Luke Evans and Rafa Olarra have appeared to call it quits.
The actor, 41, recently unfollowed the art director on Instagram and deleted all photos of Olarra from his account. Olarra, however, still has a photo of Evans on his Instagram account from September.
"Missing this devilish smile," Olarra captioned the post, which shows Evans smiling up at the camera.
Luke Evans Seemingly Splits from Rafa Olarra as Actor Unfollows Art Director on Instagram
Gif: last one to him is a rotten egg. 28-Oct-2020
Fewer Fistfights, Less Sex—TV Production Gets a Covid Makeover
Just before production resumed in August on the hit CBS police drama “S.W.A.T.,” co-creator and executive producer Shawn Ryan called an infectious-disease expert with one question.
“Are we crazy to be doing this?” Mr. Ryan asked Marissa Baker, a professor at the University of Washington.
Ms. Baker, who specializes in potential exposure to infectious diseases, reassured Mr. Ryan that if the show followed the coronavirus protocols she advocated to protect the cast and crew, it should be fine.
Easier said than done. As Hollywood resumes production in the midst of a pandemic, fear of Covid-19 is changing how television gets made. Producers are avoiding scenes with crowds, guest stars or intimacy between characters, wherever possible. Crew members have backups in case they get sick. Special cameras give the illusion that actors are near each other when they are far apart.
Fewer Fistfights, Less Sex—TV Production Gets a Covid Makeover
We've basically run the artistic gamut. Restore, colorize, magnify our past glories, celebrate them, cherish them, shape them and make them brand spanking new. To the winner, the spoils. The past will prove to the future shitters that mummy and daddy were right. (A robot may take my soul but I will never become one.) 13-Oct-2020
School worker claims ‘extremist’ rants against LGBT-inclusive education were ‘morally necessary’ to defend the Bible
Kristie Higgs, 44, had been employed at Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, for seven years, but was sacked for gross misconduct in 2018 over Facebook rants about LGBT+ inclusive education.
In one post, sharing a petition from anti-LGBT+ lobbying group CitizenGo, Higgs accused schools of “BRAINWASHING OUR CHILDREN” [sic] through inclusive relationships education, claiming: “[This] means, for example, that children will be taught that all relationships are equally valid and ‘normal’, so that same-sex marriage is exactly the same as traditional marriage, and that gender is a matter of choice, not biology, so that it’s up to them what sex they are.”
Higgs described inclusive education as a “vicious form of totalitarianism”, adding: “Please sign this petition, they have already started to brainwash our innocent wonderfully created children and it’s happening in our local primary school now.”
But this week, Higgs announced that she would be taking legal action against Farmor’s School, claiming that she was subjected to discrimination and harassment on the grounds of her religious beliefs.
School worker claims ‘extremist’ rants against LGBT-inclusive education were ‘morally necessary’ to defend the Bible
CUNY president phased out white male staffers for minority women: suit
An ex-security chief at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College claims that the school president has been systematically phasing out male white employees replacing them with minority women, new court papers show.
James Capozzi, an Italian-American, claims he was unjustly booted from his job as Director of Public Safety at the Manhattan Beach campus in 2019 — and that he was only the tip of the iceberg, according to a discrimination suit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court.
The 58-year-old from Queens earned a $143,805 salary at the school in 2019, according to See Through NY.
College president Claudia Schrader — who earned $232,704 in 2019, according to See Through NY — told Capozzi, through his supervisor, that she wanted to go in a “different direction” when she had him fired just shy of his fifth year on the job, the court papers from Tuesday claim.
And Capozzi would have been eligible for a bonus if he’d made it through the fifth year at the school, the suit says.
Schrader replaced Capozzi with a black lieutenant who he says was less qualified, less experienced and less educated than Capozzi — whose qualifications included a law degree and 30 years in law enforcement, the court documents claim.
CUNY president phased out white male staffers for minority women: suit
How Jewish Twitter users and celebrities took down a virtual anti-Semitic mob
When I saw “#JewishPrivilege” was trending on Twitter last week, I cringed. Whenever something on a Jewish topic trends, a swarm of anti-Semites surely abound. This time was no exception: White nationalists had created the hashtag to spread anti-Semitic conspiracies about Jews being “privileged” — that we control the media, the banks and the world.
Jews from the Middle East like myself will never be able to assimilate into the white majority.
Leftist voices soon joined in, perhaps because the hashtag had co-opted the term of “white privilege” that is used in the social justice movement. Seemingly progressive Twitter users soon piled on with false claims that Jews don’t face any discrimination, while also suggesting they are responsible for the discrimination and other ills many minorities face.
While I’ve seen countless ignorant ideas spread on Twitter, #JewishPrivilege uniquely terrified me. Unlike the random pockets of online hate speech that I’m used to, this felt like an organized attack — as if everyone, from left to right, was in agreement that Jewish people are to be blamed for all that is wrong in the world.
NBC News
Nick Cannon announces he's taking time off from his radio show to 'commit to reflection and education' - but will keep his $70k-an-episode job at The Masked Singer amid pressure at Fox to fire the star over his anti-Semitic podcast
National Sexual Assault Hotline sees record demand during pandemic. Many reaching out are children.
Many of them call when they feel there is nowhere else to turn.
The girl whose brother was brought home by the pandemic and began to abuse her again. The victim separated from her favorite teacher after a coronavirus-related school closure. The child who urgently needed help calling 911.
As the coronavirus pandemic has engulfed the country, more children are reaching out to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network's National Sexual Assault Hotline, which said this week it's experiencing its highest demand for services in its 26-year history. In May and June, half of visitors to RAINN's online hotline, which sees some of the most urgent cases, were minors.
"Their safety net collapsed during this period," said RAINN president Scott Berkowitz. "Normally the first people to spot signs of abuse are adults outside the immediate family. Teachers and guidance counselors and the parents of friends. Once kids were cut off from that support group, we've seen in a lot of states that reports to child abuse authorities have declined."
USA Today
Simple Plan Bassist Quits Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations
St Andrews University is hit by wave of sexual assault claims: Fraternity 'suspends two members' after 'multiple' allegations
Mass. Gymnastics Coach Charged With Rape of Teen in Stow
Man Charged With Murdering 13-Year-Old Sexually Assaulted Her Corpse Before Burning Her Body, Police Say
Everyday words and phrases that have racist connotations
The words and phrases permeate nearly every aspect of our society.
"Master bedrooms" in our homes. "Blacklists" and "whitelists" in computing. The idiom "sold down the river" in our everyday speech.
Many are so entrenched that Americans don't think twice about using them. But some of these terms are directly rooted in the nation's history with chattel slavery. Others now evoke racist notions about Black people.
CNN
Indianapolis Catholic School threatened to expel a gay student for supporting LGBTQ rights
Indianapolis Archbishop Charles Thompson, who ordered the mass firing of any teachers at the diocese’s schools, also had no problem allowing school administrators to threaten a gay student with expulsion if he didn’t stop speaking out for social justice.
The archdiocese has admitted it instructed all schools under its umbrella to immediately enforce all employment contracts – effectively a blanket order to fire any LGBTQ staff members. Over 70 schools in central Indiana are under the archdiocese’s administration.
“To effectively bear witness to Christ, whether they teach religion or not, all ministers in their professional and private lives must convey and be supportive of Catholic Church teaching,” the archdiocese said in a statement sent last week.
LGBTQ Nation
Trump’s Latest Proposal Would Let Businesses Discriminate Based On LGBTQ Status, Race, Religion, And More
Guy dumps lover by leaving his sex toy in gym toilet
Photos shared on Twitter this weekend suggest a man ditched his lover, Justin, by leaving his cock ring and a note in a gym toilet.
‘Justin I’m sorry there’s some bad news waiting for you in the rooftop bathroom of Vida Fitness’ Twitter user Sean Keady wrote on 6 July.
He shared photos of a note and a package he found on top of a cubicle at his gym.
Gay Star News
WICCAN PROFESSOR AT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY TOLD SHE "MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE SO OVERT ABOUT BEING A WITCH"
A college professor in western New York is suing the Catholic university she woks for, claiming the school discriminated against her because she is a Wiccan.
In a suit filed last month, Pauline Hoffman, a journalism professor at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, New York, claims administrators at the 161-year-old Franciscan college pressured her to resign as dean of the communications school because they had a problem with her religion. Hoffman, 49, also alleged St. Bonaventure denied her a promotion to provost, the college's highest academic post.
She's seeking the reinstatement of her job, as well as lost wages, reimbursement of medical costs for therapy, and an unspecified amount in damages for pain and suffering.
Newsweek