FAR-RIGHT PHOBIA - Targeting LGBTQ Community

IMHO:  It's ye old 'I might like it' syndrome.

"Why far-right groups are increasingly targeting the LGBTQ community" PBS NewsHour 6/14/2022

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SUMMARY:  There have been several recent incidents where far-right, white supremacist groups have targeted LGBTQ people, including last weekend at a pride event in Idaho and a during a drag story hour at a library in California.  J.M. Berger, a writer and researcher who focuses on extremist ideologies and has written four books on the topic, joins William Brangham to discuss.

THE MARRAGE QUESTION - Vatican Turns Away From LGBTQ

"Could the Vatican’s decree on same-sex unions turn people away from church?" PBS NewsHour 3/16/2021

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SUMMARY:  After Pope Francis initially signaled support for same-sex unions, the Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot support them, saying God “cannot bless sin.”  The latest decree has disappointed LGBTQ advocates and cast doubt on the church’s acceptance of gay people.  Rev. Bryan Massingale, a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University, joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.

BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR - Prumsodun Ok

"How Cambodia’s 1st all-male, gay dance company is preserving tradition" PBS NewsHour 9/5/2019

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SUMMARY:  In 2015, artist Prumsodun Ok formed Cambodia’s first all-male and gay-identified Khmer dance company -- in his living room.  Part of his mission was to support the revival of an art form all but destroyed by the reign of the Khmer Rouge.  Ok told his dancers they would need to be brave in order to give voice to a marginalized community.  He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on honoring tradition.