NYTIMES (Dwight Garner) - Book Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon James
Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.
WASHINGTONPOST (Amy B Wang) - Rep. Ogles deletes homophobic tweet, blames staff amid rare GOP pushback
A post on Ogles’s official X account Tuesday stated: “Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month.”
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Christian Preacher Faces Investigation for Alleged Anti-Muslim Remarks.
An English evangelical Christian preacher in Essex, England, faces investigation for sermons critical of Islam, LGBT issues, and feminism.
An evangelical Christian preacher in Essex, England, faces investigation for sermons critical of Islam, LGBT issues, and feminism. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The National Secular Society has filed a complaint with the British Charity Commission against Stephen Clayden, pastor of the Bread of Life Community Church in Clacton, Essex, alleging that his sermons contain homophobic, misogynistic, and “Islamophobic” remarks. DETAIL: In sermons uploaded online, Mr. Clayden said Muslims were “outbreeding the white population,” compared Pride events to “Islamic jihad,” and condemned feminism as the “work of the devil.” He has defended his comments as Biblical teachings rather than expressions of hatred, insisting he loves…Open
NYTIMES (Debra Kamin) - Return to the Land, a Whites-Only Community, Is Sued for Discrimination
Return to the Land, a 160-acre development requiring members be white and heterosexual, is breaking fair housing and civil rights laws, according to a lawsuit.
HUFFPOST - MAGA Goes On Defense For NBA Star Released From Team After Anti-LGBTQ Religion Tirade
“God did not make a man to be with a man. God did not make a girl to be with a girl. God made a man for the purpose of procreation," Jaden Ivey said on Instagram.
NYTIMES (Tim Balk) - Gavin Newsom Suggests His Conservative Critics Are Gay in Online Insults Criticized as Homophobic
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides said that their online insults were meant to ridicule figures on the right. But some critics say they are homophobic.
HUFFPOST - MAGA Boxer Ryan Garcia Says He’s Done With Donald Trump For 1 Reason
The pugilist has hit the headlines before over racist slurs and homophobia.