As detailed in a previous post, the social and political climate in the United States is getting rather stormy when it comes to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. Hell, it’s even becoming hostile towards women’s health. It’s often difficult for me to read or talk about all of the anti-GLBT legislation and action that keeps popping up, because I can’t even fathom why so many people think it’s okay to a) treat GLBT people as second-class citizens, and b) try to shield the heterosexual population from the evils of homosexuality (won’t somebody please think about the children??!).
But, since these individuals have such faulty logic and are complete whackadoos, sometimes I can find it in myself to let go of my anger, and instead laugh at their crazy antics. Please, gentle readers, follow me in my journey to laugh at the whackadoos.
First, let’s talk about everybody’s favorite J. Crew ad. For those of you who have been living under a rock (i.e., for those of you who don’t troll the innienets all day), J. Crew published the following ad, featuring a designer having a loving moment with her son, who has freshly-painted pink toenails:

Do you feel gender-confused? I sure do!! And so does FoxNews.com Health columnist Dr. Keith Albrow, who said:
This is a dramatic example of the way that our culture is being encouraged to abandon all trappings of gender identity.
Not only is Beckett likely to change his favorite color as early as tomorrow, Jenna’s indulgence (or encouragement) could make life hard for the boy in the future. J.CREW, known for its tasteful and modest clothing, apparently does not mind exploiting Beckett behind the façade of liberal, transgendered identity politics. One has to wonder what young boys in pink nail polish has to do with selling women’s clothing.

It wasn't until the publication of this ad that the American public found out that gay male fashion designers exist.

This Senator is certainly gender-confused. His mother gave him a girl's name!
In defense of the bill, Stacey cited examples of past cases from other states, in which parents were up in arms about things like children’s books that feature gay families, story tales about two princes falling in love, information about same-sex relationships and health in sex ed classes, and perhaps the worst part, teachers discussing homophobia and bullying with their students. How these schools in question didn’t turn into homosexual kid factories is beyond me.
Our friends over at FCKH8 made an amazing video in response to this batshit loco legislation:
Haha! Those kids cussed!
I’d like to end this post with a few recent non-whackadoo videos that have really touched me. First, here’s a Representative who asks, “How many gay people must God create before we accept that he wants them around?”
And last, here is the Google Chrome commercial that brought me to tears:
Absolutely beautiful.

another brilliant blog post, sans the hurtful Celine Dion tangent. she’s just doin her own thang and we should respect that.
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For those of us that have little boys that are exposed to their sisters putting nail polish on their toes and fingers, we just laugh at the silliness of these articles. William (my 5-year old) spent the weekend with his older sister, grandmother, and two 6- and 9-yeard old female cousins. Grandma was painting the girls’ nails, and, William didn’t want to be left out. He wanted his toes painted too! So, grandma painted them. So what? When my son was in daycare, there were a lot of little girls. The girls liked to play with the dolls – dress them, feed them, etc. William did this too. He liked the trucks and cars, but he also realized that playing with the baby dolls could be fun. Make-believe is a fun thing. I am amazed that the woman that wrote the article about the J. Crew ad and little boys painting their toenails isn’t instead focusing her efforts on the creepy women that put their daughters into the baby beauty pageants. The make-up, hair, and nails that you see on toddler girls is far more offensive and disgusting than a little boy wanting to experiment with nail polish on his toes! The problem with the right wing and the fundamentalists in this country is that they are so warped when it comes to understanding what really makes a good person. Somehow, I don’t think that letting a little boy paint his toenails is going to warp him or society. However, teaching him to hate and judge other people will.
Great post, but I must confess – I have a weakness for dudes named Stacey from Tennessee