MediaTakeOut – Here’s a report sent in by one of MediaTakeOut.com’s faithful readers:
Its gay pride weekend in Atlanta right now and Lenox mall has unofficially been turned into a gay night club. There’s men with their g-strings out, girls kissing girls, men in high heels, drag queens… its just a complete zoo in there right now.
I shop in Lenox allot so I’m pretty friendly with most of the staff there and we will small talk when I’m in their store … anyway I went to pay my bill at the t-mobile store and the girl who always serves me was telling me how [NAME REDACTED] had just been walking around the mall all day long alone, not even buying sh*it … just walking around that m*thaf*cka on gay pride weekend like it was something to do!!!
If you were in lenox mall anytime this weekend you’d understand why hearing that would make you raise an eyebrow as to [NAME REDACTED] intentions. What straight man just walks around aimlessly for hours in a shopping mall full of queens? I don’t know any.
After that i shopped a little bit then went and got my hair done at the Macys salon in the mall… I was talking to the girl doing my hair about how crazy the mall was this weekend and that they need to keep that sh*t to themselves. She told me that the day before two transgender girls had came in to get their hair done and that one of the girls was an escort.
She had been booking clients over the phone while getting her hair done in the salon just letting her business hang out in the open for everyone to hear – My stylist told me she was telling her all about how she was f*cking [NAME REDACTED] on the regular and that he didn’t know she was transgender (although I’m told the girl looks like a straight up man in a wig) and that since he’d been f*cking her raw, she was scheming to tell him she was pregnant and that he would have to come up with some money to persuade her to have an abortion…. DAMN be careful [NAME REDACTED]!
We weren’t able to confirm all of this report (although we were able to confirm A LOT of it), so we’ll just put it as a blind item.
Here’s a hint: dude used to be a superstar in the NBA. Now he’s looking for a team that will take him. And he’s married.
Its gay pride weekend in Atlanta right now and Lenox mall has unofficially been turned into a gay night club. There’s men with their g-strings out, girls kissing girls, men in high heels, drag queens… its just a complete zoo in there right now.
I shop in Lenox allot so I’m pretty friendly with most of the staff there and we will small talk when I’m in their store … anyway � I went to pay my bill at the t-mobile store and the girl who always serves me was telling me how [NAME REDACTED] had just been walking around the mall all day long alone, not even buying sh*it … just walking around that m*thaf*cka on gay pride weekend like it was something to do!!!
If you were in lenox mall anytime this weekend you’d understand why hearing that would make you raise an eyebrow as to [NAME REDACTED] intentions. What straight man just walks around aimlessly for hours in a shopping mall full of queens? I don’t know any.
After that i shopped a little bit then went and got my hair done at the Macys salon in the mall… I was talking to the girl doing my hair about how crazy the mall was this weekend and that they need to keep that sh*t to themselves. She told me that the day before two transgender girls had came in to get their hair done and that one of the girls was an escort.
She had been booking clients over the phone while getting her hair done in the salon just letting her business hang out in the open for everyone to hear – My stylist told me she was telling her all about how she was f*cking [NAME REDACTED] on the regular and that he didn’t know she was transgender (although I’m told the girl looks like a straight up man in a wig) and that since he�d been f*cking her raw, she was scheming to tell him she was pregnant and that he would have to come up with some money to persuade her to have an abortion…. DAMN be careful [NAME REDACTED]!
We weren’t able to confirm all of this report (although we were able to confirm A LOT of it), so we’ll just put it as a blind item.
Here’s a hint � dude used to be a superstar in the NBA � now he�s looking for a team that will take him. And he�s married.
Well, the “used to be” part makes me think Scotty Pippen or Penny Hardaway, both gay. But both retired, and not married. I have no idea then. Allen Iverson perhaps, but he likes female hookers from what I have seen. Two or three at a time.
Asked my husband and he guessed Iverson as well.
The “dude used to be a superstar in the NBA. Now he’s looking for a team that will take him.” could only be Iverson. He can’t find a job that actually pays him enough to cover his huge debts. Including debts to the fine gentlemen that arrange for his female companionship. ANd gambling. That is why I find it hard to believe he was with trannies. I have seen him with strange women(real women) other than his wife at the casino, well, until he was banned.
Agreed. What a distgusting state of mind to be in.
lol, I have no idea but agree poster is stoopid
Why is it bigoted? I don’t flaunt my heterosexuality when am am out in public, why should homosexuals? And, if I complain about it, why am I labelled a homophobic bigot? I just may not like seeing anyone having sex, not just gays.
And I thought the conservatives were supposed to be intolerant of other viewpoints.
I agree with you 100 %.
I agree, too. What decade is this, again?
LOL Patrick Ewing? LMAO
vince carter or richard jeffereson their are gay rumors about those two.
Larry Bird. Heh heh heh.
i agree with GUESSER. why must (most) gays feel the need to be “loud and proud”? i believe homosexuality is so common these days, that there’s no need for all that gay power. it’s 2009. we (most of society) has accepted gays. yes, there are still those ignorant ones, but small-minded people are greatly outnumbered. i love that the new generation of people are more open-minded and accepting than their grandmothers. so back to my point. some people, like myself, are accepting of people of all backgrounds, do not want to see you boasting your awesomeness.
Guesser – people were having sex in public? Or were they just celebrating who they are? It was gay pride weekend, naturally some people went all out. I’m sure on the 4th of July you are all decked out in your red, white and blue waving your flag and singing proud to be an american; this was really not any different other than the fact that you have an issue with gays. No need to protest the fact, it’s obvious. Homosexuality is slowly becoming more acceptable by the general public so they have every reason to celebrate and be loud and proud! You sound like an idiot! Just as ridiculous as when someone gets accused of bieng a racist for an off-color remark and then comes back with “I have a friend who is black”. You can’t hide hate, it eats away at you and is visible to everyone.
Besides, two girls making out is hot! At least this straight, white female thinks so!
Oh, and this has to be Iverson.
Most of society has accepted gays? Are you high?
If that were the truth, there would be no Prop 8 issue. If “most people” were fine with it, gays would have the basic civil rights that the rest of us have!! Do they?
Uh…. let’s seeeeee… no!
Until they have the same rights as everyone else, hell yes, they need to be out, proud and loud! Sitting on the sidelines quietly didn’t not get anyone their rights!
Should blacks have stayed on the back of the bus because “most people” accepted them? Should women have sat down and shut up because “most people” thought they had equal rights when they couldn’t vote?
You might be accepting, but you don’t have a freaking clue.
you gays and pro-gays: outside of west Hollywood (where I have been and know very well), sex in public is not acceptable or understandable. gay sex even less so. we object for moral and religious reasons.
stop acting like we are bigots. We could care less about your activities. just do not do it in public in front of my kids. or me.
hello GUESSER AND ONESIZEetcetc and Barry
im a straight man not from hollywood
but i respect the homosexuals and their festivals.
have been to one before and it wasnt my cuppa tea so i just left instead of whining like the morons you guys are.
my attitude is
as long as u dont do it IN MY FACE/ try to pick me up when ive alr said no
i leave u be
that is all
its their festival let them enjoy it
u can take your kids somewhr else cant u?
we dont feel the need to “flaunt” our sexuality (do we really not do that?)
because to us its “normal” we dont need to fight to be accepted.
(ps yr kids dont need examples like that, there are tons of skanks (straight and gay) on tv and the internet for them to see)
please do not take my comments the wrong way, i don’t mean to offend anybody, and i am not bashing.
it is indeed their festival, i don’t object to that.
what i object to is, public displays of affection. it doesn’t matter whether you are hetero or homo, i don’t want to see two people or more slobbering all over each other. if i wanted to see that, i’d go home and watch porn, in private, where it doesn’t bother anyone else.
all i’m saying is, be mindful of those around you.
it sounds dumb that i have to say this, but yes i do have gay friends. some who are discreet and cute and cool, and then i have friends who are just annoying and obnoxious in their behaviors. they’re fun to be around and i still love them but that’s all it is, annoying. let me give an example: perez hilton. i could care less about his personal life, but does he have to be so annoying about it? (and no i don’t read his site. his little brain just doesn’t do it for me)
it also sounds dumb that i have to say this, but yes i have been to gay clubs/drag shows/etc. it is indeed fun because everyone just lets loose and that’s what i love: a great big community with no judgement.
it’s one thing to be proud of who you are or where you come from, it’s another to just take it to the extreme. by this point it feels as though it’s being “shoved” into our faces.
i get it. i love all people. i believe in marriage for everyone, if that’s what you choose. i choose to be childfree and to be in a relationship where i don’t feel marriage is necessary. do i go running around celebrating the fact that i dislike kids? no. because i have respect for others and i know they think differently.
it all comes down to respect, for me, rather than your choice of sex, religion, beliefs, etc.
it’s good to know that i can express how i feel and be opinionated, only to get shot down and be called a moron for having my own views.
and i apologize to everyone for that longer post. i should have found some forum but i felt the need to explain. it really doesn’t matter if you agree with me or not. just be civil about it with no name calling.
Jason Kidd is a free agent and married.
The woman doing her escort scheduling in the hair salon is transgendered…not a transvestite. From what I understand that means she was once a man but has, or is being, surgically and/or hormonally changed into a woman. So apparently the BV male doesn’t know the woman he’s having sex with was once a man.
Tanner… all this that went down was at the MALL, not the festival itself, so while in their Pride Parade, or cookouts, or whatever constitutes a festival… I would say, OK, do what you gotta do.
But I do agree that while out in “public” (ie: MALL) EVERY man, woman, whoever should be respectful of others
I don’t wanna see straight ppl making out with each other on every bench of the mall and I don’t wanna see gay men/women do that either!
allen iverson
Allen Iverson. Currently a free agent. He was in Atlanta to meet with Management of Memphis Grizzlies. He was tweeting on Monday how he had a meeting with the team.
Allan Iverson, done.
Stephon Marbury
Georgia Tech Alum.
Currently unemployed.
And then there’s this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK845-ivNto
I think this whole post is bigoted tripe, and it has nothing to do with PDA.
Attitudes like the ones expressed here are why gay pride festivals are still very relevant.
As far as I read, no one in that post was having sex, let alone having sex in front of kids. That was a pretty big reach in my opinion.
On another note, gay pride parades usually occur in areas that sanction said events. If it had been wildly out of control I doubt the writer would have been able to take a seat at the makeup counter to get his/her hair done and gossip about celebrities strolling through the area. Honestly it sounded like a tame pride parade to me. That being said, what arose in the comments is a much larger issue. A person may have gay friends, be the sibling of a gay person, but that doesn’t mean they understand what it is like to be gay. Insert any other minority into this situation and see what you think about what the person said. Just saying…
You know, I’ve never seen gays having sex in public. I don’t know where all you all hang out but maybe you need to think about moving. The thing is, usually when people complain about gays being in their face what they are really talking about is holding hands and kissing. If you can’t even handle that level of affection in public I think it’s time to seek counseling. Heteros do that ALL the time and nobody thinks a thing of it. You’re perfectly entitled to have bigoted opinions but you don’t have the right to force your religious beliefs on the rest of us.
Media Take Out is filled with this kind of thinly veiled homophobia. Why anyone takes that site seriously with all the lies they print is beyond me.
Also, since when is walking around a mall a sign of homosexuality?
I had gays hit on me in college, on NJ beaches, South Beach in Miami. I have gone into public restrooms in NYC port authority, Macy’s and many at my college where dudes were screwing. Men used to come on to students at my school on party nights.
I am a “moron” bc this is my experience? really, methinks that thou dost protest too much.
and I am against hetero overt promiscuity. but I have never seen it in the open, even in many years in NYC.
Gays flaunt bc they want the world to see/acknowledge/accept/praise. It is ugly and disgusting.
Oh and ask black women in Atlanta what they think of this. I had business there. They are hillarious and right on; and many have STDs from these DownLow types.
Hmmmmm, I wonder why my post from yesterday was deleted? I wouldn’t think a rant about the relevance of views would be out of place on this post, and I thought I kept it pretty appropriate (was in support of the gay pride, just to say).
I’d also like to say to BG, lots of error messages going on when I’ve tried to post the last few days!
And it’s back. Weird.
What is the big deal if someone expresses a prejudice? We all have them and at least it shows some level of self awareness to be able to express it.
I don’t agree with homosexual sex and I don’t think I should be forced to accept it. I would never utter slurs or try to physical harm anyone who is homosexual, so what’s the big deal?
I don’t hate people who are homosexual and would treat them the same as anyone else, I just don’t agree with it… I’m sure being homosexual is not an easy thing to deal with, but we all have burdens in life. Should by cousin start a blind pride movement?
Barry, you sure know where to cruise…
Agreed. BG – I wish you wouldn’t have have given this bigoted person any space.
Barry – It isn’t “…dost protest,” its “doth protest” and it isn’t really relevant to this thread.
Further, your use of “see/acknowledge/accept/praise” explains exactly what this thread has begun to discuss. Those are four COMPLETELY different concepts and are not interchangeable. They explain exactly what it is that you don’t understand about the gay movement and a need for change.
Good catch on the first thing. The four different verbs should have been commas, not slashes.
I guess the fact that I had to quickly return to my position as a professional screen writer had something to do with it.
Can we please get off the soapboxes and guess the damn blind item?
Lol! Good point.
THANK YOU!!!
ummm to the posters up top tht feels this should be no big deal
HE IS MARRIED
its Al Iverson–he’ll do any hole.