Arts & Entertainment
Chelsea Handler slammed for ‘anti-gay’ tweet about Lindsey Graham
the post implies the senator is closeted
Chelsea Handler (Photo courtesy Live Nation)
Chelsea Handler is facing backlash after posting a tweet which implies Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is a closeted gay man.
“Holy, fuck fuck. I just the video of trumps bipartisan “meeting” yesterday. Hey, @LindseyGrahamSC what kind of dick sucking video do they have on you for you 2 be acting like this? Wouldn’t coming out be more honorable?” Handler tweeted in reference to President Donald Trump’s bipartisan immigration meeting with lawmakers on Tuesday.
Holy, fuck fuck. I just the video of trumps bipartisan “meeting” yesterday. Hey, @LindseyGrahamSC what kind of dick sucking video do they have on you for you 2 be acting like this? Wouldn’t coming out be more honorable?
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) January 11, 2018
Graham, who is single, has been the target of gay rumors for years which he has denied.
“I know it’s really gonna upset a lot of gay men — I’m sure hundreds of ’em are gonna be jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge — but I ain’t available. I ain’t gay. Sorry,” Graham told the New York Times in 2010.
The tweet, which has received more than 20,000 likes, was considered by many to be “anti-gay” and offensive.
Just reported this explicitly anti-gay tweet. Odds on twitter doing something? Less than zero. If a conservative said this they would be suspended immediately. https://t.co/DqBodymPV8
— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 11, 2018
Apparently homophobic slurs are ok as long as they’re against a Republican https://t.co/JLHMChWswO pic.twitter.com/9l3ubnSl9I
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) January 11, 2018
I’m no @LindseyGrahamSC fan, but @ChelseaHandler is being straight up homophobic.
If a Republican said something like this, they’d be burning down the RNC… https://t.co/tGNM6brHgw
— Harlan Z. Hill (@Harlan) January 11, 2018
remember when chelsea handler was clever and funny? another comedian who’s been resistanced into nasty 3rd-grade name calling. homophobic too, which strikes me as rather unprogressive. https://t.co/E9WTfQynxs
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) January 11, 2018
Using homosexuality as a sick burn is so woke
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) January 11, 2018
Apparently homophobic slurs are ok as long as they’re against a Republican https://t.co/JLHMChWswO pic.twitter.com/9l3ubnSl9I
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) January 11, 2018
Handler has not yet responded to the criticism and the tweet has not been deleted.
Celebrity News
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.”
Denali (@denalifoxx) of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” performed at Pitchers DC on April 9 for the Thirst Trap Thursday drag show. Other performers included Cake Pop!, Brooke N Hymen, Stacy Monique-Max and Silver Ware Sidora.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Arts & Entertainment
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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