“This is a fight, and as I said in one of my songs ‘there is no end to the war between me and faggot’ and it’s clear.
- Buju Banton, October 2009
“I guarantee that any gay dancehall fan who heard “Boom Bye Bye” in a club, but didn’t understand the lyrics, would love it, because that beat is jammin.”
- Hamilton Nolan, explaining in a Gawker post why Banton should get a Grammy despite the zealous use of his celebrity to advocate for the murder of homosexuals, December 2009
In 2004, militias and unknown groups started to go after the gays … but the peak was six months ago,” said Qaisar, who uses a pseudonym for fear of reprisal. “It has become wide scale war against gays in Iraq.” Iraqi officials acknowledged that the nation’s culture stigmatizes homosexuality, but said the government does not condone such attacks. Authorities are unable to provide homosexuals with special protection, said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.
— CNN
Ten young Iranian men, including eight teenagers, are currently awaiting execution for sodomy, and two more are being re-tried on the same capital charge. And, in an exclusive interview with Gay City News, an Iranian student gay rights activist confirmed for the first time the existence of queer organizing on multiple university campuses throughout Iran.
— More gay bravery where it is needed the most
Already, Speaker Edward Sekandi has spoken out to say Uganda should do whatever is necessary “to stop” homosexual relationships in Uganda. If passed in its current shape, the law would drive Ugandan homosexuals —- there are no reliable figures on their numbers, and most gays appear in public wearing masks —- further underground. “Even with the existing law, things have never been this serious. I don’t know if things will ever be normal for us. Tell me, what will happen to us?”
— A deeply poignant profile of Val Kalende from Uganda, possibly the bravest lesbian alive (for now)
never acid again.
Meat Beat. →
Well-crafted journalistic stories like this one are all the more reason why the Times should act with every ounce of its existence to not let its reputation be sullied by junkets and burger whores.
Agreed. Fascinating portrait of one of the many facets of this city.
In 1993 Gabriel Orozco’s career took off with multiple exhibitions. Among them was one that Marian Goodman arranged at the Venice Biennale, where he showed “Empty Shoebox,” an open cardboard box left on the floor to be kicked about. “It shocked everybody.”
This makes me want to kick somebody, not something. I hate stupid art.
Two great tastes that sound great together. Gaga and Lennox should collaborate.
One night I was sitting with friends at a table in a crowded Key West bar. At a nearby table, there was a mildly drunk woman with a very drunk husband. Presently, the woman approached me and asked me to sign a paper napkin. All this seemed to anger her husband; he staggered over to the table, and after unzipping his trousers and hauling out his equipment, said: “Since you’re autographing things, why don’t you autograph this?” The tables surrounding us had grown silent, so a great many people heard my reply, which was: “I don’t know if I can autograph it, but perhaps I can initial it.
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Truman Capote (via natface) (via wooliebear)
Sublime.
The Ultra-Culture Journal: Issue One →
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Reblog for Genesis P-Orridge.
I did not know this:
In June 1998, GP-O won a $1.5 million lawsuit against producer Rick Rubin and his American Recordings label for injuries he sustained while trying to escape a fire at Rubin’s home in April 1995.[1] According to P-Orridge’s attorney, David D. Stein, P-Orridge was staying at Rubin’s home as a guest of Love and Rockets when the fire broke out. P-Orridge tried to escape the house by crawling through a second-story window and fell onto concrete stairs. P-Orridge suffered a broken wrist, broken ribs and a pulmonary embolism, as well as a shattered left elbow that will prevent him from playing guitar or keyboards, according to Stein. The jury found that the liability for the fire rested with Rubin and American Recordings and awarded P-Orridge $1,572,000 for his injuries.
