Arts & Entertainment
“Once Upon a Time” bashed by One Million Moms for lesbian kiss
the organization is outraged by show’s same-sex relationship
(Screenshot via YouTube)
“Once Upon a Time” finally introduced its first same-sex couple on the show this month, but One Million Moms is outraged by the storyline.
Ruby from “Little Red Riding Hood” and Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” became an official canon couple on the episode “Ruby Slippers,” which aired on ABC on April 17. The episode even included a kiss between the two women.
One Million Moms issued a statement accusing the show runners of creating “distorted and twisted” storylines for the popular fairy tales. The statement calls the inclusion of a lesbian couple “unnecessary” and dismisses the producers, who have stated they felt putting homosexuality in the show was important.
“Last year, when hinting the coming storyline, they said, ‘It (the LGBTQ relationship) is something we think is due and important to do on the show. This is the world we live in.’ The producers repeated the mantra ‘love is love’ and again admitted that their goal was to normalize and push gay relationships ‘as a part of everyday life,” the statement reads.
“Homosexuality continues to be over-represented in the media because producers want people, and especially kids, to think it’s normal and everyday life. In reality, that is their fairytale,” the statement continues.
Celebrity News
More than 1 million people attend Madonna concert in Rio
Free event took place on Copacabana Beach on Saturday
An estimated 1.6 million people on Saturday attended Madonna’s free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.
The concert, which was the last one as part of Madonna’s Celebration Tour, included a tribute to people lost to AIDS.
Bob the Drag Queen introduced Madonna before the concert began. Pabllo Vittar, a Brazilian drag queen and singer, and Anitta, a bisexual pop star who was born in Rio’s Honório Gurgel neighborhood, also joined Madonna on stage.
Congresswoman Erika Hilton, a Black travesti and former sex worker, and Rio Municipal Councilwoman Mônica Benício, the widow of Marielle Franco, a bisexual Rio Municipal Councilwoman who was assassinated in 2018, are among those who attended the concert.
“Madonna showed that we fight important fights for the human rights of Black (people), young (people), women and LGBTQIA+ people, and against all injustice, discrimination, and violence,” said Associaçao Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals), a Brazilian trans rights group known by the acronym ANTRA, on its X account. “What they call identitarianism’ is our subversion to the retrograde and conservative tackiness that plagues the country.”
The Associated Press reported the concert was Madonna’s biggest ever.
The DC Center for the LGBTQ Community, SMYAL and Rainbow Families sponsored Gay Day at the Zoo on Sunday at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The Smithsonian observed International Family Equality Day with special exhibits and an event space.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Gay Day at the Zoo for @WashBlade . Here at @NationalZooDC pic.twitter.com/LqgGNOOAiM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) May 5, 2024
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(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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