Survivalism must be a first world thing.

Wendy talked about Selena changing management. She fired her parents and hired some professionals to guide her. They probably thought those other kids were a bad influence on her image of a blossoming and talented young lady. Just my theory.

Being gay isn't a form of dissent. All they'd be doing is normalizing, in a legal sense, what occurs naturally.

Mazel tov.

Seriously, if it wasn't for Tom of Finland, no homo would even care this country even existed.

S E N T !

There's definitely a fatalism that exists in Islam (I'm saying this as a former Muslim) but before Al Shabab for example, suicide bombing in Somalia was almost unheard of. Oddly enough, the only stab for peace Somalia had was when the Union of Islamic Courts managed to capture most of the country's territory. What…

Why thank you, I like to think I'm decent and I can totally relate to not wanting to die because some asshole has a problem with who I am.

No, I was agreeing with you about it being a Toronto thing. The only Israelis I met ever was one homo I went to school and a few I had sex with in Montreal. Can't really speak to any cultural traits or anything.

Ya right! I'm shocked by the frequency I do hear it. And yes it is those right-wing counsellors who probably dislike Jewish people who are the first ones to make it. It has a lot of traction in the gay community as well, sadly. But then again, plenty of those homos are country bumpkins themselves.

Sure, Israel in relation to its neighbours is a heck of a lot better for homosexuals but the way that is often framed (at least here in Toronto when it comes to Queers against Israeli Apartheid) is that Israel has a proven track record on gay rights so why bother defending the Palestinian cause when they're Arabs and…

Well Israel has other, complicated scenarios it has to deal with. When you've essentially sown in a whole nation of people, having protections for gay people isn't as important.

Ice Cube...

Tom of Finland dabbles in racial exaggeration in his works as well. The large penised black man, the black criminal/punk, etc. He's very obsessed with domination and control, which isn't in turn far removed from an another icon in queer erotica, the Marquis de Sade.

I'd venture to say that the Finnish probably treat queer and marginalized people a heck of a lot better than say France, which does have gay marriage. Marriage isn't the be all and all of queer rights and freedom.

Oh my god, that show is the best! She brings it...EVERY...SINGLE...TIME! Nobody could be like Naomi.