Open Thread

This Is What Diversity Looks Like in Power

The proper DEI credentials render all other qualifications irrelevant. Q Manivannan is not only not British, he does not hold British citizenship or even permanent residency. Legally, he is not authorized for full-time work in the UK. Yet he has been elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament running on the Green Party ticket.

Modernity reports:

The candidate, Dr Q Manivannan (they/them), arrived in the UK a few years ago as a PhD student and was selected for the Green list in Edinburgh and the Lothians East. Scotland’s rules – relaxed under the [Scottish National Party] – explicitly allow non-citizens to stand for election and take office.

Presenting what moonbattery-addled Scotland chooses to be ruled by:

He has this much right:

“This is what diversity looks like in power.”

For more on what diversity looks like in power, consider another Q Manivannan quote:

“Goddamn White people.”

Q Manivannan ran on a platform of trans pride. In the video below, he explains that this means being “free of shame.” No wonder moonbats voted for him. He goes on to suggest Cultural Marxism in general is “transness” and to shout, “Free Palestine!”

Regarding his hero Mridul Wadhwa — via Sky News:

The chief executive of a sexual assault support service has stood down after a damning review found it failed to protect women-only spaces.

Mridul Wadhwa – a trans woman – resigned from Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) after a Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS) report found [he] “did not understand the limits on [his] role’s authority” and “failed to set professional standards of behaviour”.

Mr. Wadhwa of India was found to be abusive toward those deemed not fully compliant with transsexual ideology.

Combining open borders with transsexual militancy produces exotic characters. Giving them power is not likely to end well.

On a tip from Franco.

UK’s First Gay Surrogate Dad Arrested for Multiple Sex Crimes

The desanctification of holy matrimony has opened a gateway to hell. Pure evil is pouring through it.

Via LifeSiteNews:

A wealthy homosexual couple, one of whom is known as Britain’s “first gay surrogate dad,” had their Danbury home raided by police and have been charged with rape, sexual assault, and modern slavery trafficking for sexual exploitation.

The Crown Prosecution Service announced that Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, and Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32, both of Danbury, Essex, England, have had multiple charges lodged against them related to the sexual exploitation of young males.

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow has obtained eight children via surrogacy. He is a figure of great historicness:

The elder Drewitt-Barlow made headlines in 1999 when he and former “husband” Tony were recognized as the first homosexual couple in the UK to obtain children through a surrogate mother. They were also the first to have a child’s birth certificate read “Parent One” and “Parent Two” instead of “Mother” and “Father,” according to a 2021 report by The Sun.

Progressives demand we view this as progress. The liberal establishment has eagerly promoted Drewitt-Barlow and his lifestyle:

According to The Times, Serena Berry, speaking for the prosecution, said, “Barrie Drewitt-Barlow is in a relationship with Scott Drewitt-Barlow … they are what could be termed to be celebrities, who live multi-million (pound) lifestyles and have featured in many documentaries and reality TV shows.

Drewitt-Barlow has helped to usher in the family structure of our socially engineered woke future.

On tips from DCGere and abcanc.

Children Evacuated From Obscene Moonbat Play

Let’s check in on what kids are learning in Canadian schools these days. The Daily Mail reports:

A group of Canadian schoolchildren were forced to flee a theater performance about Indigenous rights after a drag queen began gyrating and ‘putting their boobs in kids faces.’

Campbell Collegiate students in Saskatchewan were pulled out midway through a performance at the Globe Theatre this week after the ‘production reached levels of maturity beyond expectations,’ according to teachers.

By “maturity,” they mean obscenity.

The complaints centered around the antics of drag queen Nick Miami Benz, who was performing in a rendition of Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer, a courtroom drama about an Indigenous person who fights for their ancestral land.

What could be more compliant with the ideology kids are fed in school?

[F]ootage of the play showed Benz, who uses they/them pronouns, flaunting [his] assets in fishnet tights, thigh-high boots and a see-through corset. …

In one scene, a judge was seen bending over and appearing to smell Benz’s behind, leading [him] to leap into the air and start jumping up and down in front of the crowd of young viewers.

The spectacle went so far over the top that even the teachers realized it was inappropriate for children and pulled the kids out.

The school said it felt the play’s focus on Indigenous rights ‘aligned with the curriculum’ it teaches …

In a letter sent to parents before the show, Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer was described as a ‘sharp, subversive fable’ about Indigenous culture in Canada, promoted as being ‘not afraid to ask who really owns the land.’

Self-hating “indigenous rights” moonbattery is as toxic as LGBT exhibitionism. Too bad the kids can’t be evacuated from their school.

On a tip from abcanc.

LGBT Antifa Activist Arrested for Child Sex Crimes

What kind of guy becomes known as a “queer-identified Antifa activist” and celebrates the assassination of Charlie Kirk? The kind who might find himself arrested for child sex crimes.

Via the Post Millennial:

Justin Robert Stroup, 37, of Plattsburgh, N.Y., was arrested on April 30 by the New York State Police following a joint investigation involving Plattsburgh City Police and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). He allegedly shared child sex abuse material.

His mentality is pure moonbat:

After Charlie Kirk was assassinated last September, Stroup wrote on Facebook: “Rest in P*SS you dirty f*cking fascist.”

He has publicly averred that “ALL COPS ARE F***ING BASTARDS” and that he wants anyone with “A RACIST OR HOMOPHOBIC BONE IN YOUR BODY” to “F***ING DIE.”

Barks Stroup:

Homophobia and racism make me f***ing sick.
Oh. And the Catholic church is pretty f***ing disgusting too.

Stroup has described himself as a “BLM Supporter” and a “Killer of Bigots.” He played guitar for a death metal band called Dead Solace.

In 2022, Dead Solace performed a charity concert in Burlington, Vt., co-organized by Planned Parenthood.

The wicked manage to find each other.

On a tip from abcanc.

Democrat City Councilkook Wants to Replace Old Glory With Pride Flag

When liberal utopia has been achieved, Old Glory will be replaced by a more suitable flag — like the Pride flag representing sin and perversion. In the meantime, a city councilkook in suburban Seattle doesn’t like it that 27 versions of the American flag are flown in a local park.

Fox News reports:

“To me, a pride flag is way more relatable than an American flag. I would not raise an American flag at my house because I wouldn’t. I wasn’t even born here. But I would raise a pride flag,” said Lynnwood council member Isabel Mata on Monday. “As the most diverse city in all of Snohomish County, I don’t think that I’m the only one.”

This offers insight into what “diversity” means for patriotism and national unity.

Mata, who identifies as a “queer, neurodivergent writer, advocate, and mindfulness meditation teacher” in her government biography, suggested replacing the flags with commemorative ones in an effort to be more inclusive—while downplaying the symbolism of the American flag.

Although public disgust forced Mata to walk back her remarks, her flag preference could get national traction among fellow Democrats:

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced legislation in February that would make a pride flag a congressionally authorized flag.

A nation under the rule of Chuck Schumer et al. would not deserve to fly Old Glory anyway. If Democrats prevail, Mata’s preference would be more appropriate.

On a tip from cZwonderpig.

Transexual Cheats His Own Sister Out of Winning Track Races

Women’s Soccer is not the only female sport to face farcification. In the Land of Fruits and Nuts, a guy posing as a girl has been cheating his own sister out of first place in track races.

Via Reduxx:

A trans-identified male freshman from an elite school in California won the Women’s Varsity 400-meter race at the Prep League Championship Finals last week, defeating a number of more experienced female athletes to the title, including his own sister.

To achieve transsexualism, a moonbat first must abandon even the last vestigial traces of shame.

Paul Haaga, also known as “Lina,” won the girls’ final with a time of 59.45 seconds. His older sister, Sienna, finished second with 60.03 seconds.

He beat his sister by less than a second. On the boys’ team, he would finish last.

Haaga also helped his team take gold in the Women’s Varsity 4 x 400 relay to clinch first place by just under a second, once again pushing his sister into second place.

Track is not the only sport this 14-year-old fellow has been ruining:

Along with competing in track, he was described as “one of the key singles players” for the school in girls tennis, and has also tried his hand at basketball, swimming, lacrosse, and water polo.

In addition to awards earned by others, Haaga enjoys the privileged status of a victim. He whimpered to The Guardian about the oppression that looms over him:

He claimed that any ban on trans-identified male athletes in female sports would make him “uncomfortable” and that it would result in him being “robbed” of the friends and opportunities he’s made in girl’s athletics.

Master Haaga says it is “really scary” that “somebody might disagree with [his] participation” on girls’ teams. No doubt the moonbats at The Guardian provided tissues for his tears.

His family background may offer insight into why the boy was persuaded to “transition” into a faux female at such a young age:

His grandfather, Paul Haaga Jr., was at one time the acting President and CEO of NPR, which often takes a strong pro-trans line in their coverage, and is also a former trustee of the Facebook Oversight Board.

Let’s hope someone is keeping track of which girls’ teams have boys on them, so that victories can be retroactively restored to those who have earned them after the ideological abomination that is transsexualism has been abolished.

On a tip from Chuck A.

Transsexualism + Women’s Soccer = Farce

The effect of transsexualism on women’s soccer is the same as on everything else: farcification.

From the obsequiously pro-transsexual Daily Mail:

A Minnesota women’s soccer club has signed its first transgender athlete in its history.

Isaac Ranson, a senior at California State University, Fullerton, is set to become the new goalkeeper for Minnesota Aurora, a pre-professional, community-owned women’s team.

“Isaac” is a woman. But she says she’s a man. This makes her historic for playing on a women’s team.

Good thing she isn’t really a man. That would be even more farcical. The sexes are not equal when it comes to playing soccer.

Via Breitbart:

The University of Washington Lady Huskies, a team that won a Big 10 tournament game and qualified for the Elite Eight last year, took on a team of teenage boys. Except, these weren’t even 18-year-old high school boys’ players; it was a U-14 team.

On April 30, the Lady Huskies faced a team called CROSSFIRE, composed of 14-year-olds.

The 14-year-old boys defeated the highly ranked women’s college team 2-1.

The loss brings back memories of the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) losing to a U-15 boys’ team 5-2 in 2017.

That same women’s team had won the World Cup 2 years previously.

In 2025, the Swiss Women’s National Team got blasted by a U-15 boys’ squad by a final score of 7-1.

If only they could get the adolescents on these boys’ teams to identify as girls.

On tips from Franco and MrRightWingDave.