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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO PURCHASE FILM: www.nationalfilmnetwork.com Go to ONLINE STORE and "search" for DIXIE QUEEN. ***************** The life of a Southern drag queen isn't all wine and roses. Just ask Tara Nicole, the daring darling of Dixie Queen. In Tara's home town of Wilmington, North Carolina, stereotypes of Southern hospitality and redneck homophobia collide . This is a portrait of a small-town farm boy who grew up to become one of North Carolina's biggest--in every sense of the word--drag queens. Through fabulous drag performances and interviews with family, friends, and fellow Southern drag queens like the Lady Bunny, Dixie Queen captures the poignancy and perils of gay life and culture in the South. The film also features a visit to the family farm where Tara's father, a stoic, 74-year-old tobacco farmer, says simply, "I don't think she can help it, do you?" WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR Miles Christian Daniels
Author: End Homophobia: A CS Perspective These are stories and insights by gay and lesbian Christian Scientists given to the Peace and Conflict class at Principia College and read by others in the community.
Author: Christians & Homophobia The term "homophobia" certainly isn't perfect and is often misused for political purposes, yet there are cases where it does fit. When it comes to violence and real bigotry against gays, I have no problem calling a spade a spade and religious beliefs are not an excuse to avoid the truth of the matter. This video was put together out of frustration with so-called Christians who claim to love gays while continuing to spout nothing but pure hatred against us. It might seem like a general indictment but isn't intended as such. I know that not all Christians are like this, I am just weary of those who are filled with such hatred which seems to go against what their faith is all about. Believing something is a sin is one thing, treating others with malice and hatred in the name of God is something entirely different. All the people shown in this video were driven to suicide or were murdered because they were gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Is this what the "love of Christ" is supposed to be about? Somehow I don't think so... UPDATE: I've noticed some comments here from individuals wishing to ignore the message of the video and just giving their view that homosexuality in general or homosexual relations in particular are sinful. Neither was the focus of my video and I do not intend to allow them a forum here. Create your own video and spread your message all you like. If you'd like to work that in to comments about what the message of the video actually was, depending upon how you do it, that's fine and as you can see there are some here like that already. Yet a simple "God created Adam & Eve, not Adam & Steve" or what-have-you isn't germaine to the video and frankly sounds like you're excusing bigotry and violence against GLBT people. Remember that even our enemies Christ commanded us to love and treat with dignity, not just those of like mind. Some people have apparently misunderstood the point of this video. To clear up any confusion: 1) this was an amateur video and should be viewed as such; 2) it wasn't aimed at all Christians; 3) those who believe homosexual relations are sinful were not necessarily included as well (those who condemn the orientation itself is a different matter); 4) The point of the video was not that Christians are bad (which would be self-loathing of me) nor that each are personally responsible for the suicides/murders of the people in the video. There is responsibility for those who directly commit the act, those who personally did nothing to prevent it and those who allowed their hatred to contribute to a climate in which such acts are done. As requested by some, here is the breakdown of the people in the video, you can Google the names for more: Suicide: Billy Clayton, Billy Jack Gaither, Robbie Kirkland, Joey Lipitz, & Bruce David Michaels. Murdered: Scott Bernard Amedure, Steen Keith Fenwich, Laquanda Johnson, Fred C. Martinez, Jr., Phoebe Myrie, Allen R. Schindler, Jr., Matthew Shepard, Arthur Carl Warren, Barry Winchell, & Candice Williams.
Author: A Life Of Unlearning - Book Launch 2007 Chris Yinger CHRIS YINGER -- recent graduate from a leading Pentecostal Bible College. Chris, along with several students, produced a class project DVD entitled "HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH" posing two questions; Has the Pentecostal Church's response to the Gay and lesbian Community been appropriate? and Does the Pentecostal Church need to re-think its position on homosexuality?
Author: I Love Lesbians! Homosexuality and the Christian church.
Author: F**K WALMART!!! Walmart decided to stop contributing to GLBT organizations because some stupidass right-winged christian organization decided to bully them with a boycott. So, Walmart can f**k off. Glad there's not too many of them out here. HAPPY PRIDE everyone!
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