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Chelsea Handler criticized for ‘homophobic’ National Coming Out Day tweet
The joke hints that Sen. Lindsey Graham is closeted
Chelsea Handler (Photo courtesy Live Nation)
Chelsea Handler is facing backlash for a controversial tweet hinting that Senator Lindsey Graham is closeted. The tweet was posted on Thursday for National Coming Out Day.
“If you’re wondering why Republicans took a sick day today, it’s probably because it’s #NationalComingOutDay. Looking at you @LindseyGrahamSC,” Handler tweeted.
If you’re wondering why Republicans took a sick day today, it’s probably because it’s #NationalComingOutDay. Looking at you @LindseyGrahamSC
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) October 11, 2018
The tweet offended many people who didn’t see the humor in being gay or using National Coming Out Day as part of the joke.
Imagine using THIS day to insult and shame Lindsey Graham for being gay because you think he’s in the closet, instead of encouraging and supporting LGBTQ people who may be struggling today to accept who they are. This joke literally is the antithesis of what today is about. https://t.co/mAj8cm3BIc
— Phillip Henry (@MajorPhilebrity) October 11, 2018
are you there, homophobia? it’s me, chelsea. https://t.co/eGFNShpXEt
— Ira (@ira) October 11, 2018
Isn’t this homophobic? https://t.co/bY2i7NOiO4
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) October 12, 2018
To Chelsea Handler, Kathy Griffin and the myriad other comedians still dispensing retrograde ~humor~ with gays as the butt of the joke… pic.twitter.com/3OSfYV5TM4
— Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) October 11, 2018
Hey, this isn’t allyship. It reinforces a negative connotation about homosexuality and links bigotry to being in the closet which is unhelpful. This tweet is trash. And you know it.
— R. Eric Thomas (@oureric) October 11, 2018
Hi everyone! Sometimes twitter jokes work & sometimes they don’t, but maybe let’s all try to a little harder not to make jokes about straight people where them possibly being gay is the punchline! It makes young ppl think gay = bad. xo✌️❤️ pic.twitter.com/KkkTj2pn4Q
— Danny Pellegrino (@DannyPellegrino) October 11, 2018
Handler has not yet commented on the backlash.
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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
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By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
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(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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