20240129 Is your local media covering up homphobia? SF Bay Area Reporter does report on Nextdoor censorship. Liberal Christians dump the LGBT.
My book is facing advertising censorship. Researching historically important bath house raid that has been ommitted from history.
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San Francisco Bay Area did a report on Nextdoor reviewer using the term “sodomite” and their discrimination against us.
I am going to have a full report later. We didn’t hear back from Nextdoor, but I hope that we can use the article to reach out to some activist groups there.
https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=national&id=331012
Is your local media covering up homophobia in local institutions?
I thought I would expose the real character of some of religious institutions and individuals who are portrayed positively in the Dallas Morning News, but which are actually really homophobic.
Turns out that I am having trouble keeping up and reporting on them all. I am actually accumulating a backlog. Part of it is that I am putting effort into investigating a 2010 bathhouse raid, but it is also due to the fact that the Dallas Morning News is giving a free pass to homophobes fairly frequently.
Further, some of these groups are not so upfront about it, so it takes time to dig into them. To report on one of them, I had to do some digging into another groups and report on them. In one case to report on the National School Chaplain Association (NSCA), I had to do a major investigation into the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). The ECFA won’t certify a group, and they certified the NSCA, unless they have a certain belief which includes homophobia.
I am finding that no one is publishing reports on some of these groups, so I have to do all the investigative work myself. I find that they are often somewhat stealthy about their homophobia, or at least not that upfront. I find that the Dallas Morning News is stealth promoting a homophobic group fairly often.
I think that it would have an impact if people formed a Gay Liberation Substack newsletter for their city and started investigating. I think that making it very visible that an organization is homophobic would do to make them less credible for any activity they might be engaged in.
Investigation update on the 2010 Bathhouse raid in Dallas.
It is taking up a lot of time. The City of Dallas is dragging its feet. It is one of the 30 world historical important raids on a Gay establishment. I have emailed the Advocate telling them about the investigation.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/2/02/30-infamous-police-raids-gay-bars-and-bathhouses
Yesterday, Monday, 1/29/2024 I got a big nothing reply from the LGBTQ+ liaison for the Dallas Police Department.
Christians Against Christian Nationalism practice life boat ethics and throw Gays overboard.
I did this investigation after the local paper published an article about the Christians Against Christian Nationalism. They decided to fight Christian Nationalism but avoid LGBT issues.
Update on my advertising campaign. I am fighting censorship of advertising my book.
Before discussing my campaign, I want to point out that you can download a PDF of the book free at this link.
https://issuu.com/edwardh.sebesta/docs/issue_pdf_paper_on_fighting_back_against_homophobi
Reddit refused the ad.
Later I got an email from a person from Reddit encouraging me to advertise, so I sent the person an email asking how I might advertising my book on Friday 1/26/2024 at 11:49 am. I haven’t heard back as of Tuesday moring 7:42 am.
Amazon
Amazon finally refused by advertisement for the Kindle which would have appeared within Kindle.
The Amazon explanation for the ads inside of Kindle is that people own their Kindle and they feel it is their personal space.
So I submitted an ad for the paperback on Amazon on 1/27/2024 on Saturday at 11:09 am. They say that it is 72 hours for approval. I think there might be a delay because it is a weekend when I submitted them. As of 7:43 am this morning, 1/30/2024, the campaign is are pending review. It is now over 72 hours. It will be over 96 hours by noon today.
I have ordered a total of 105 copies for distribution on my own.
Download the book for free.
https://edwardhsebesta.substack.com/p/download-pdf-of-book-for-free-i-am
Gay Art World website is not gaining much traction.
Nine groups have formed. Total members is perhaps 300 at the most. With all the complaining about art censorship, I would think we would have more artists getting involved and more members. If you haven’t joined please do.
I think it is important that he gets a phone app going.
Lil Nax X documentary out on HBO. Montero was translated into 22 languages.
Montero had a global impact. Now the existence of Lil Nas X is no longer a big deal. He has kept fighting for Gays all along the way.
HBO is doing a documentary on Lil Nas X. I don’t have the excitement about him, that I had when he came out with the song Montero, but I do wish him well.
Daniel Barkley
I have been seeing a lot of his art work on Twitter. I thought I would share some of the Youtube videos about him.
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