Boy George took to twitter today to mock bisexuality while also implying that George Michael’s recent death was a suicide.
The tweet appears to suggest that people claiming a bisexual identity are lying.
Only a few hours before his offensive outburst, the DJ and former pop star had tweeted that 2016 had taught him to ‘hold his tongue’.
You’ve got to love twitter. We use it for networking, maintaining friendships, sharing news and jokes and judging other people’s grammar. And, of course, we use it for blowing off steam, like today, when a cotterie of frazzled bi activists decided to tweet the most ridiculous, illogical and, unfortunately, ubiquitous things they hear every day.
We kicked off with a few of our own experiences…
#biactivistsaresickofhearing We raised some money for LGBT causes! No, we’re not giving it to any bi orgs.
— Biscuit (@Biscuitmag) 22 August 2016
#biactivistsaresickofhearing Our HR dept really wants someone to do bi inclusion training. Oh, no. We won’t pay you. — Biscuit (@Biscuitmag) 22 August 2016
… and boy did we hit a nerve. Here are 15 of the best responses.
#biactivistsaresickofhearing “Bisexuality reinforces the gender binary, so it’s inherently transphobic.”… Continue reading
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…
That’s right, I’m sexualy attracted to pans.
— J. Crocker (@MrJeremyCrocker) August 30, 2015
Ah, Twitter. You really make us think. Today, we’re grateful for the worldwide trending topic #INeedStraightPrideBecause for educating us about who is really being opressed.
With a tip of the hat for @STRAIGHTPERSON for starting the ball rolling, here’s a selection of our faves.
#INeedStraightPrideBecause one time i asked a girl for nudes and she said she was lesbian and i feel really discriminated
— faye (@hemmspinosa) June 11, 2015
#INeedStraightPrideBecause we are called HOMOsapians .why can’t we also be HETEROsapians ?😭😭😭😭😭😭 end discrimination against straight people😡 — kayley (@onlinesigh) June 10, 2015
#INeedStraightPrideBecause the sjws broke into my house and rubbed their gay hands all over my nice china
— carlo marx (@NHTCRAWLER) June 10, 2015
#ineedstraightpridebecause ever since macklemore cured homophobia i’ve been feeling very left out. there is no one to represent… Continue reading
Shock as Long-Time Self-Confessed Nazi is Discovered to be Nazi
Self described ‘Alt-reich queen’ Tila Tequila, who once starred in her own MTV faux-reality show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, where male and female competitors vied for a relationship with the
singerwriterinternet celebrity, has been pictured alongside white supremacists Richard B Spencer and Chuck Johnson with their right arms raised in a Nazi salute. Tequila, since suspended from Twitter under its new hate speech rules, uploaded the image to the social media platform along side the caption ‘seig heil’ (sic).The Asian-American star, who claimed in 2012 to be converting to Judaism, has a long history of Nazi sympathising,… Continue reading →