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Why are America's largest newspapers stigmatizing queer people? (www.advocate.com)

submitted 4 days ago by squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Opinion: Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal recently ran opinion pieces essentially preaching "gay is respectable, queer is the problem." It's not helpful, writes Josh Ackley.

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[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

what's the queer equivalent of Uncle Tom?

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Log Cabin Republicans

[–] PostsFromWikipedia@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is an organization of LGBT members of the Republican Party and straight allies who work to increase inclusion within the party, and to voice Republican values among the LGBT community.^[2]^ LCR has over 30 chapters from about half of the states and the District of Columbia.

Quick facts Abbreviation, Formation ...

LCR began in 1977 during opposition to an anti-gay ballot initiative in California, defeated in 1978. The organization has endorsed or withheld endorsement of Republican presidential candidates based on perceived agreement on varying issues regarding equality and inclusion.

Log Cabin Republicans filed a federal lawsuit against the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) government policy, which went to trial in 2010. The presiding judge ruled in favor of LCR in September, finding the policy unconstitutional, though the decision was vacated a year later after DADT was repealed in December 2010.

LCR has no official position regarding abortion, believes in a strong national defense, and supports national equality for transgender people, with some "guardrails". In the 2020s, several state chapters took positions against transgender rights, which brought criticism from broader advocacy and rights groups. Other critics say LCR is too centrist regarding party principles. More recent criticism involves LCR's continued support for President Trump after his administrations' actions against certain rights for transgender people.

[–] wingnut@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Thank you!