Mixed race here, and bi. My mother is Eurasian, my father is Afro-Caribbean with a touch of Indian (South Asian).
Mixed race here, and bi. My mother is Eurasian, my father is Afro-Caribbean with a touch of Indian (South Asian).
Take my dreams, childish and weak at the seams
Please don't analyze, please just be there for me
More LGBT hatred spewing from Russian politicians
'End of Europe'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27404406
In his spare time, Communist MP Valery Rashkin likes climbing mountains. Back in the USSR he was a champion alpinist. Today, though, Mr Rashkin faces an uphill battle of a different kind: to liberate Russia from the Eurovision Song Contest. "I watched the results of last Saturday's Eurovision with deep pain," Valery tells me. "Giving first place to a bearded lady is a slight on humanity and suicide!"
The bearded lady in question is Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst. At the Eurovision final in Copenhagen, Conchita triumphed with 'Rise Like a Phoenix'. In the corridors of Russian power, though, she sank like a lead balloon. Russian officials have cited her as an example of Europe's moral decay. Minutes after the result was announced, nationalist MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky ranted to Russian TV viewers: "This is the end of Europe. It's rotted away. There are no more men and women. There is just 'It'!"
If Valery Rashkin has his way, this will be the end of Russia's participation in Eurovision. He has submitted an official request with the government to pull his country out of the contest and create an alternative competition called 'The Voice of Eurasia'. Mr Rashkin claims that "dozens" of Russian MPs back his initiative.
"I'm convinced that all sensible people, who love children and their motherland, will support this idea," he assures me. "The new contest will promote completely different values. Certainly not the values of transsexuals, lesbians and homosexuals."
One of the Duma's most devout anti-Eurovision deputies is Oleg Nilov. In parliament this week, Mr Nilov claimed that "dark forces" had prevented Russia's entry, the 17-year-old Tolmachevy twins, from winning. "They didn't like our girls because they had braids, not beards," he alleged, then promptly burst into song, with an impromptu performance of the Russian folk tune "Black Crow".
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Fans of Conchita Wurst sported beards to show their support, such as these women watching Eurovision in Vienna
Bold statement from a guy with a girl's name.Valery tells me. "Giving first place to a bearded lady is a slight on humanity and suicide!"
Welcome to the thread.
No. If they made a joke about it at the time, fine. But the time and effort they are going to for this "joke" says a lot about them, in my opinion; it says it's so hilarious "having a laugh" at it that it's worth putting that much effort in. Delete them as friends, they aren't worth it.
Much like some Russians on facebook, twitter (even Russian celebrities) who are shaving their beards in protest
HA! That made me laugh, though (because it's Russia) I'm sure it translates to something different (the way Alexey - which sounds girlish, translates to Alex)
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Do you really think Conchita Wurst didn't expect some laughs? Drag Queens are some tough bitches! LOL (said with love) They have thick skins and many kick ass--often literally! Don't assume they're fragile flowers just because they wear dresses!
Now, if the friends in question are clearly just bashing Wurst...then carry on...
Macho overcompensation at its most cringe-inducing. Ugh.Much like some Russians on facebook, twitter (even Russian celebrities) who are shaving their beards in protest
Kieran, you win today's Internet!
Oh, Conchita can take it; my thoughts were purely aimed at the guys who put that much time and devotion in "just having a little bit of fun." A joke told in the spur of the moment can be (and often is) harmless (even if maybe a little poorly times). But dressing up to take photos that are then uploaded is more effort than 'just a joke' (in my opinion).
Agreed. SMH
Which brings me onto a new question for the thread...
QUESTION: what are you three favourite films with LGBT themes or characters as a significant part of the story?
easy:
"Priscilla: Queen of the Desert"
My favorite film about accepting who you are, warts and all, and how "family" is who you choose to be a part of.
"Longtime Companion"
Still makes me cry every damn time I see it, and one of the few films I own on VHS that I still watch in that format.
The final scene?. . . damn. . absolute joy and profound sadness at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=PrrRtJXkJDw
and "Torch Song Trilogy"
Which I was a fan of from the off Broadway play, written and starring the incredibly talented Harvey Fierstein.
although honestly, any Amodovar film could be a close runner up
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"Evil people can do some non-evil things, and most of them do. That doesn't mean they aren't evil." -- JeffereyWKramer
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So hard! Mostly, because I can't figure out if Fake is a "film" or not, and what counts as "themes." Is the gender stuff in His Girl Friday theme-y? The casting of a woman in a male role, the Hawksian woman, all that? Does Cary Grant just make movies queer by being all Cary Grant all the time? (Also: Do I like Lost Boys that much? Do I love Pink Flamingos more than Hedwig or De-Lovely, or just differently? Do I love Therese and Isabelle or just the memory of it?) Why must I choooooooose!
Oh, yeah. Nobody's making me. You just asked an open question.
Right now: Imagine Me and You, Adolescence Apocalypse, and Wild Zero.
Patsy Walker on TV! Patsy Walker in new comics! Patsy Walker in your brain! And Jessica Jones is the new Nancy! (Oh, and read the Comics Cube.)
But I do have a gay uncle, cousin, and aunt