Arts & Entertainment
Gay YouTuber becomes mayor of Hell, Michigan, bans straight people from town
the comedian was impeached just a few hours later
Gay YouTube comedian Elijah Daniel embarked on a short political career when he became mayor of Hell, Michigan and then was impeached a few hours later for banning straight people from the town.
Daniel, 23, kicked off his aspirations with a simple tweet musing how far he could make it in politics.
im gonna become a politician just to see how far i could make it like i could probably get as far as governor
— former mayor elijah (@elijahdaniel) August 25, 2017
He told The Huffington Post he discovered that Hell, Michigan would swear someone in as mayor for just $100. Daniel took the opportunity and found himself the mayor of the small town.
As of today, August 30th, 2017 I am the legal mayor of Hell, Michigan. This is real. I am the mayor of Hell. pic.twitter.com/J7fuaLnFKV
— former mayor elijah (@elijahdaniel) August 30, 2017
Daniel’s first order of business was to ban straight people from the town. He told The Huffington Post a certain political figure’s ban was his inspiration.
“My ban is a copy-and-paste of Trump’s Muslim ban, but with heterosexuals instead,” Daniel says.
“Growing up, I was always told that homosexuals would go to Hell,” Daniel’s proclamation reads. “Now the heterosexuals are trying to take that from us too.”
“I am establishing new vetting measures to keep radical heterosexuals out of our town,” Daniel continued. “We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our town the very heterosexual threats we are fighting against. The straights coming into our town procreating, having more straight children to take our rightfully gay jobs. We only want to admit those into our town who will support our town and love deeply our people. I currently feel as if it would just be safer to ban all heterosexuality until we can access the situation further and build a strategy to resolve our problem.”
Daniel was willing to allow heterosexuals currently residing in Hell to stay for a price. Straight people would have to pay $84,000 as a “reproductive precautionary deposit, which will be returned after one year of abstinence from any heterosexual activities.”
He also offered a “heterosexual reparative therapy program” for straight people to “denounce their heterosexuality” and “become gay like the rest of the town.”
Any heterosexuals who didn’t participate in the program would be required to meet in the town center at 5:30 a.m. every day to be publicly “straight-shamed” wearing a scarlet “H” and cargo shorts.
Daniel’s mayoral office run was short-lived. Following his mayoral proclamation, Daniel was impeached.
Although I enjoyed my time as mayor, I’ve been informed that I’ve been impeached as mayor of Hell. This will not effect my presidential run.
— former mayor elijah (@elijahdaniel) August 30, 2017
He had no hard feelings about his removal from office and encouraged Trump to try it.
Being impeached was fun @realDonaldTrump, you should try it.
— former mayor elijah (@elijahdaniel) August 30, 2017
Now, Daniel has a travel destination in mind for the president.
“It’s a great place to visit,” Daniel told The Huffington Post. “Donald Trump should go to Hell anytime.”
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Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
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(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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