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at the University of Texas at Dallas are asking for a professor to be held accountable after he called for a “cure for homosexuality.”Timothy Farage, 71, a computer science professor at the university, came under a barrage of criticism for a tweet that many LGBTQ people have blasted as “homophobic.”The tweet, posted last week, linked to a Daily Mail tabloid article highlighting the fact that the overwhelming majority of monkeypox infections have occurred in gay men.“Can we at least try to find a cure for homosexuality, especially among men?” Farage tweeted. “Homosexual men have anal sex, which can lead to a variety of diseases.”Almost immediately after the tweet was posted, LGBTQ student organizations at UT-Dallas called out Farage for being homophobic and accused him of posing a danger to the LGBTQ campus community.“Being LGBTQ+ is not a ‘medical disorder,’ and LGBTQ+ students do not need to be ‘cured,” read a statement from UT-Dallas’ Rainbow Coalition, which is composed of six campus organizations.
“Not holding a professor accountable for such statements is unacceptable. Merely disavowing Farage’s actions actively makes our campus less safe.”Farage attempted to defend his comments in an email to The Mercury, the university’s student-run paper, in response to request for comment.“First, it should be noted that this tweet was in response to an article about monkeypox, a disease that is mostly confined to men who have sex with men,” Farage wrote.
“This is true for some other diseases as well. So, I was being compassionate by asking if a cure for homosexuality could be found.
I don’t know if it can, but I’d like to see research about it. I have had four homosexual friends (3 men and 1 woman) who wished they were
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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Australia’s only out gay head of state, has an important message for public health authorities dealing with the monkeypox outbreak. Barr said that it was important to get the message out that this was not some “niche disease” that only impacted gay men. Barr was speaking to the media following Thursday’s National Cabinet meeting where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, state premiers and territory chief ministers met to coordinate the national response to COVID-19, foot and mouth disease and monkeypox. Barr said that some of the commentary around monkeypox was “concerning”. “This monkeypox is not a gay man’s disease. Monkeypox is transmitted by close, personal contact.
Christina Ricci was nine years old, she did not know the meaning of homosexuality. Enter Winona Ryder, who then got Johnny Depp -- whom she was dating at the time — on the horn to explain it in the «simplest terms.»During an interview on SiriusXM's show, the star revealed that, while shooting the 1990 dramedy with Cher and Ryder, there was an incident where the term «homophobic» came up. Ricci was only nine at the time, but she had the presence of mind to ask Ryder about the term.«There was something going on on-set and someone was not being nice to someone else,» Ricci explained.
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Zack Sharf The death of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark/Iron Man in “Avengers: Endgame” remains one of the most definitive moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It turns out Jon Favreau, who kicked off the MCU with “Iron Man” and also directed “Iron Man 2,” tried his best not to let filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo kill off the fan favorite superhero.“Part of the pressure [not to kill Tony Stark] came from Jon Favreau, who called us up after he read the script… and said to us, ‘Are you really going to kill Iron Man?'” Anthony Russo recently told Vanity Fair.Joe Russo added, “He did. Yeah.
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Wilson Chapman editorLena Dunham’s medieval kids comedy film “Catherine Called Birdy” is set to make its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival this September.Based on the 1994 children’s novel by Karen Cushman, “Catherine Called Birdy” is set in England during the year 1290, and focuses on Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey), the youngest child of Lord Rollo (Andrew Scott) and Lady Aislinn (Billie Piper). When Catherine’s parents attempt to fix their financial woes by marrying her off to a wealthy man, she counteracts by scaring off her potentials suitors, resulting in tension between the spirited and independent young woman and her traditional parents.The cast also includes Lesley Sharp, Sophie Okonedo, Joe Alwyn, Isis Hainsworth, Dean-Charles Chapman and Paul Kaye, with Dunham appearing in a supporting role.
convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress, the longtime Donald Trump ally welcomed Alex Jones to his “War Room” podcast — where he called the notorious conspiracy theorist “a man of action” and a great political “thinker.”The pair piled on the (mostly incomprehensible) praise for each other pretty high, to put it mildly.“As much and as important as that leadership is, the true thing that you’ve done, which is stunning, if you look at the evidence of doubt of the facts, you are one of the great thinkers of this,” Bannon told Jones. “That is very rare. You’ve got to go back almost to the revolutionary generation and see that.”CNN anchor Jake Tapper was quick to point out that Jones was sued for defamation by the families of victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting after calling the tragedy a “giant hoax.”“The person Bannon is praising, Alex Jones, spread the malicious lie that the Sandy Hook killings were a hoax,” Tapper wrote.
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Russell Wilson is speaking out in support of women's sports. The 33-year-old NFL player stepped out for the 2022 ESPY Awards on Wednesday and used his time on the red carpet to praise female athletes. «I think women's sports is amazing,» the quarterback told ESPN during their pre-show coverage of the event.Russell, who attended the event with his wife, Ciara, praised their 5-year-old daughter Sienna as being «a premier athlete already.» The couple also shares a 1-year-old son, Win, and Ciara is additionally mom to Future, 8, from a previous relationship.Russell then turned his focus to his sister, Anna Wilson, a star basketball player at Stanford University.«Anna, it was always fun watching her ball and go after it.
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or here.During a segment discussing President Joe Biden’s policies, or rather his interpretation of Biden’s policies, Carlson complained, falsely, that Biden is too tolerant of illegal immigration. He then that to accuse Democrats of seeking to win electoral victories with them — which is impossible, because people who aren’t citizens aren’t allowed to vote, so whether or not they’re here, they can’t affect election victories — especially since there is no problem of widespread election fraud.