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‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases pro-Israel song, We Will Dance Again (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 85 points 1 month ago (5 children)

wow the transphobe is also pro genocide who'd have thought.

https://www.them.us/story/boy-george-keeps-saying-stupid-things-about-trans-people

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[–] The_Lurker@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Boy George is a transphobe? WTF? I always thought he WAS trans.

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[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 child)

It honestly sounds like he's super fucking jealous seeing people transition with social support, and having the complete wrong reaction to that feeling.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

It screams narcissistic personality disorder.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Are you thinking of Pete Burns from Dead or Alive?

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[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 month ago

I feel like the transphobia isnt the most crazy shit in that article

A biopic of the singer’s life written and directed by Sacha Gervasi is currently in development. George expressed to the Sunday Times that he is concerned how the film will portray his 2009 imprisonment for assaulting and kidnapping a sex worker, for which he was sentenced to 15 months in jail.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

Just read that article. That guy is a massive piece of shit. Terf Island strikes again.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

george michael and darren hayes (australian but lives in the uk) are real ones though.

and of course freddie <3

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

the androgynous glamrock twat is anti trans?

fascinating. fuck 'em, got no time for terfs

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[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Leave your pronoun's at the door!

I suppose it makes sense a person who struggles with basic grammar would have a hard time with pronouns.

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