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  • Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Video Suggests Gays Can Be Changed

    Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Video Suggests Gays Can Be Changed

    A video from the Jehovah’s Witnesses has suggested that gay people can be changed, by simply quoting bible verses and talking about the paradise that awaits them.

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    CREDIT: Jehovah-s-Witnesses photo.ua
    CREDIT: Jehovah-s-Witnesses photo.ua

    The Jehovah’s Witnesses have released a video entitled: Lesson 22: One Man, One Woman, in which a school child is told that gay people can be made to change if you preach bible verses to them, along with telling them about the paradise that awaits them if they stop being gay.

    In the video, which looks like it’s been produced as an educational tool for children, a parent tells her daughter that, “people have their own ideas about what is right and what is wrong, but what matters is what Jehovah feels”, after she shares that a fellow classmate drew a picture of her family, with two mums.

    The mother goes on to say that,

    “He wants us to be happiest and that’s why he invented marriage the way he did.”

    The video then goes on to liken homosexuality to taking a forbidden item on to a plane – but in order to gain access to the plane (or paradise) we all have to follow Jehovah’s standards.

    The mother then goes on to suggest that people can change – which is why Jehovah’s Witnesses ‘spread his message’.

    The video which has been made available to download for free on the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ website, was produced by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc.

  • The Sass Level Of This Kid Is Level 10

    The Sass Level Of This Kid Is Level 10

    This kid rocks. His sass level is well beyond his years and to top it all off his Mum might just be the coolest mum on the planet.

    This boy is literally dripping fashion and his Mum, Tangela Washington, is supporting his every move to becoming the next Anna Wintour.

    Tangela Washington posted the video to her Facebook page and it’s already been seen by over 3 million people.

    Our son, Sir, is 5 yrs old. He has been particular about what he wears and how it fits since he was 2 and a half. He began to show interest in designing clothes and then asking us to show him how to sew at 4. He is now creating and sewing (by hand) his own creations. He always models his designs “so I know how they’ll look” he says. We may have the next iconic fashion designer of all times on our hands! Take a look!

     

     

    Beyonce Level 10…

  • The Internet’s Hot Gay Dads Are Back Together And Are Expecting Baby Number 5!

    The Internet’s Hot Gay Dads Are Back Together And Are Expecting Baby Number 5!

    The Internet’s hot gay dads are back and expect child number 5!

    Kordale and Kaleb
    CREDIT: Kordale and Kaleb / Instagram

    After announcing the news that they were splitting last July, Kaleb and Kordale, the hot gay dads that took the Internet by storm with their candid morning routine picture, are back together and are expecting baby number 5!

    Their story became a huge overnight success and the family starred in their very own Nikon Ad Campaign.

    The Instagram fathers took to their official account to announce that they were expecting baby number 5.

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    “After a long time of trying and praying, we’re finally able to announce our pregnancy at 12 weeks!! (WE’RE PREGNANT!!),”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BEB9krNBmcE/?taken-by=kordalenkaleb

    The two, who parted ways last July never explained the reason behind their split, but the pair apparently sorted their differences at Christmas time, revealing,

    “Real love is hard to find. However when you do find it. Hold on to it. Love is not easy, fight for it like hell.”

    The baby is due in October and will join their four other kids and three dogs – sounds like a very busy household.

    Congrats guys!

  • FAMILY FASHION: Dad’s That Rock

    FAMILY FASHION: Dad’s That Rock

    If you’ve decided it’s time to start a family, or already have kids, then there’s a clothing range that’s been rocking the fashion industry for not only their designs but also their charity work.

    CREDIT: Rockin' Baby
    CREDIT: Rockin’ Baby

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  • New Fairytale Book Featuring Same-Sex Love Launched For LGBT Children

    New Fairytale Book Featuring Same-Sex Love Launched For LGBT Children

    A brand new picture book is being created after securing over $6500 in crowd funding.

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    A new LGBT children’s story is due to be launched after raising over $6500 in a kickstarter campaign.

    The book entitled Promised Land features a young prince and a farm boy who meet by chance and fall in love.

    The New Zealand based duo behind the book, Adam Reynolds & Chaz Harris, are hoping that they meet their target of $25,000 NZD in order to reach their publish date in October.

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    Co-author Reynolds said he wanted to tell the type of story he never had growing up, “As a child, everything I saw and heard supported a ‘traditional’ relationship between a man and a woman. Our hope is to provide a safe environment for children and parents to discuss the different relationships, and help foster acceptance from a young age.”

    “So much of what we see through the media and our parents when we are children forms our opinions and attitudes towards others and, more importantly, our attitudes towards ourselves. The conflict in our story does not arise from the sexuality of the main characters, it is merely about two young men who meet, fall in love and find their relationship caught up in the middle of a turf war,” explained co­writer Chaz Harris.

  • A Gay Man’s Christmas Survival Guide

    Christmas. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? For some it absolutely is and they embrace all of the tinselly joy, but for others it is a nightmare time of year that is full of stress and worry.

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  • 5 Steps To Finding Your LGBT Identity

    Being part of the LGBT family means that it is harder to find a role model to look up to: while there are more LGBT faces in the media then there where five to ten years ago 98% of what we see and hear about is straight people in straight relationships.

    In our day to day life too: straight is usually the norm. If you come from a deeply religious family finding your true self is even more difficult.
    So it is still up to the individual to develop their own unique personae and see how to fit your sexuality in your life.
    Finding yourself can be difficult or easy: it depends on a persons own mental strength, how they are raised, their family situation and their support network.

    It can be a long journey that takes difficulty and courage, but most get there in the end.

    The most important thing is finding people who are supportive of you whether in physical form or on the internet. The difference a friendly person in a chat-room or an understanding e-mail can make must not be underestimated.

    The other important thing is inner strength: when faced with disapproval and homophobia from people around us.

    5 tips to build your mental and emotional strength and identity in the LGBT world:

    Affirmations:

    Build your self esteem by positive affirmations. Search books an the internet for positive quotes, poems and songs about gay life and repeat these to yourself as often as you feel necessary. Memorise them if needed.
    Tolerance:

    This one might seem odd: why would you tolerate those that do not tolerate you? Well, it just makes things easier. If you are forced to put up with people at work or intolerant neighbours there is merit in the old practise of “letting the idiot talk”. As long as someone is not harming you or have it in for you personally, let people spill their bile and ignore it. Often people are so fixed in their opinions that it is a waste of time to get upset about it or to try and change them. Smile, think of something else, pity the fool and then carry on with your day.
    Read and watch:

    Seek out videos, books and articles of other people that describe their journey and follow the advise that speaks to you. Even if you do not care for any of the advise given, it is good to take comfort in the fact that there are others like you out there that took the same journey and made it.

    Reach out:

    As said earlier it is important to get to know other LGBT people be it in person or online. You don’t need to go to clubs or bars immediately, that can be scary. Try to find an LGBT support group, a book-club or even a fitness club. People often think they immediately have to go to clubs and sometimes this scares them: Clubs are fun, but not the only place to meet with other LGBT members.

    Don’t expect too much:

    People often think that once they set out on the scene and come out to their friends and family everything will be different, a new life starts and it will be wonderful. Sadly no, these sparkling coming out movies are just that: movies. It takes time to find your way in the scene, to meet someone and build a life. Also you will have to come out more then once: you will have to come out to every new person that becomes part of your life and you will continue to get into situations where you face prejudice and homophobia. If you accept these possibilities and try to make the most of the good things in life everything else will come easily.

    by Dannii Cohen

    Dannii Cohen is a psychologist, counsellor and author specialised in LGBT issues.

  • Columbia Lifts Gay Couple Adoption Ban

    Columbian gay couples are now legally allowed to adopt children, thanks to a historic ruling in which adoption agencies are no longer allowed to discriminate on the basis of sexuality.

    A historic ruling in Columbia now means that same-sex couples are allowed to adopt children in a 6-2 vote.

    The constitutional court lifted the ban so adoption agencies are no longer allowed to discriminate against gay couples. Couples are now able to adopt children that are unrelated to them. Before the ban’s lift, same-sex couples could only adopt if the child or children was one of the couple’s own children.

    Same-sex unions were made legal in Columbia in 2013, however full same-sex marriage is still illegal.

    According to the BBC the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, Maria Victoria Calle Correa said that excluding gay couples,

    “limits children’s right to a family,

    “A person’s sexual orientation or gender are not in and of themselves indicative of a lack of moral, physical or mental suitability to adopt.”

  • IKEA Features Gay Couple Kissing In Christmas Advert

    A Christmas advert for IKEA features a kiss between two men in their latest advert.

    The advert which has been released by IKEA Germany features a gay male couple who come to Christmas dinner. In the advert the pair sneak a quick peck on the cheek.

    This not the first time IKEA has used gay couples in their advertising. It first introduced same-sex couples over two decades ago in 1994. The 1994 advert was released in the US and resulted in some stores receiving bomb threats.

    See what you think – do advertisers include gay couples enough in their adverts?

  • Homophobic Doctor Told Sue Perkins “You can’t have kids” Because She Is Lesbian

    Popular Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins, spoke about a horrific homophobic remark from a doctor about her ability to have children after learning she was gay.

    Sue Perkins, 45, was recounting how she was told that due to her having a brain tumour that she would be unable to have children and it would be “easier” for her because of her sexuality. The presenter is who currently presenting this series of GBBO has been living with the benign tumour for eight years.

    The growth of the tumour in her pituitary gland means that the presenter will be unable to give birth to a child. Upon being told about the tumour, her Consultant asked if she had a husband or boyfriend and after learning that Perkins was gay apparently said,

    “Oh, OK. Well, that makes it easier. You’re infertile. You can’t have kids.”

    Talking about her treatment in her memoir, Perkins replies:

    “Does not a lesbian have a fallopian tube? Am I not human, and [am] I not somebody who could be a lovely, wonderful mother?”

    Sue Perkins was outted by her former girlfriend Rhona Cameron in 2002 during a series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. In 2014 Perkins and TV presenter Anna Richardson announced that they were in a relationship.
    Perkins talks about the horrific moment in her memoir, Spectacles, published in the Sunday Times.
    Sue Perkins’ book is available to buy on Amazon

  • First Woman Born By IVF Delighted For Gay Couples Able To Use IVF To Start Familes

    Louise Brown, the first person in the world to be born through IVF techniques, has told how delighted she is that same sex couples are now able to complete their families through science. (more…)