Gay men stripped
With more than 2.7 million followers on Facebook, Nhyira FM has shared some videos showing two men stripped down to their underwear, tied to a pillar and creature flogged in widespread with a caption saying, “alleged homosexual partners flogged mercilessly in public.”
In less than 24 hours, the two videos (here and here) have garnered more than 1.3 million views and generated lots of Facebook interactions including comments and shares.
A human rights organization, Rightify Ghana reacting to the Facebook send says it has the potential of promoting violence against LGBTQ persons in the country and is calling on GhanaFact to prove whether the video is being accurately represented.
Discussions around the LGBTQ community acquire become a lightning rod in Ghana following efforts to pass a bill in parliament that would criminalize homosexuality and make advocating for LGBTQ people a crime.
Fact-check
A Google Reverse Image Look for of a screenshot taken from one of the videos published by Nhyira FM showed the videos were taken in Ebenator Ekwe, Imo State – Nigeria and not in Ghana.
The videos surfaced online on November 9, 2021, and were published by a Facebook user, Mc Banana Mout
Father of son stripped, beaten at frat party for being male lover speaks out
WATCH ABOVE: The father of an 18-year-old North Dakota man who was allegedly stripped of his clothes and whipped at a fraternity party for being gay is speaking out about the incident. Nicole Johnson reports.
A father from Grand Forks, North Dakota is speaking out about the abuse his son experienced at a fraternity party last week.
Dan Gisvold said his son, Haakon Gisvold, 18, was allegedly stripped and beaten for entity gay.
According to his son, the incident happened on Aug. 30 at a Lambda Chi Alpha frat at the University of North Dakota. Haakon Gisvold was there for about an hour with a friend when someone called him out and asked him to leave because of what he was wearing.
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“I said ‘Look at these girls. They’re wearing brief clothes, too. I don’t glimpse what the big deal is,'” he said to The Paired Press.
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French mayor attacked, stripped, and tied to tree at gay cruising spot
The mayor of a small town in the Occitanie region of France has been hospitalized after he was stripped, robbed, and tied to a tree at a popular gay cruising spot.
The 67-year-old victim, who has not been named, was found by emergency responders in a motorcar park on Chemin de la Loge in the city of Toulouse — a location known as a gay meeting place. His attackers had stolen his car and clothes before fleeing the scene, La Dépêche reports.
According to police, the man — the mayor of a small village in the administrative division of Aveyron — was attacked around midnight on Friday, Sept. 10, after getting out of his car.
Two people kicked and punched him, police said, before stripping the mayor of his clothes. They took the man’s car keys and then tied him to a nearby tree.
The attackers stole the mayor’s vehicle and drove off, but subsequently abandoned it a short distance away and fled on foot, according to a witness.
The mayor suffered a broken nose and injuries to his head and arms. He was taken to Purpan Hospital and required surgery. He was still hospitalized as of Monday,
Stripped: The Story of Gay Comics
Thirteen cartoonists are profiled in this book on the history of same-sex attracted comics. It's a great sampling of the work of some of the most famous artists from various parts of the globe with extensive examples of their perform represented in this handsome presentation.
There are glimpses of the ground breaking art of Tom of Finland, the uncompromising erotica of The Hun to the more practical and simply pleasant renditions of the works of Mioki (including the cover art) and Tom Bouden's boys next door to the amusing and socially alert Howard Cruse.
Others include the wild exploits of Patrick Fillion's heavily endowed super heroes, Theo van den Boogaard's "Tin Tin" type drawings and Zack's beautifully sketched adventures of Bike Boy.
Many other artistic artists are represented here as skillfully and this novel provides an terrific introduction to some of the less familiar artists out there as well.
The only downside to this book is that you may already have some of this operate, especially from the list above, as they have appeared in many other Bruno Gmunder publications.