Wed. Watercooler: God hates nerds; ‘Degrassi’ loves outcasts

Canadian trans teen on TV.  Canadian teen drama/guilty pleasure “Degrassi” will take on a whole new level of adolescent identity searching with this season’s newest character Adam—a transitioning FTM student. 

The newest Degrassi Community School student will be played by actress Jordan Todosey.  To fit the role, Todosey chopped off her long blond locks and darkened her hair.  To complete the look, she adopted a more boyish swagger. 

The Adam episodes are scheduled to air in Canada and America, with the help of advocacy groups to ensure accurate representation. 

Check out the trailer for this season!

Snaps to Canadian television for broadening America’s definition of teenagers.

God hates comic book nerds.  Tomorrow, San Diego Comic-Con International kicks off with four days of comic book craziness.  Lovers of comics from Wonder Woman to Anime will gather together and celebrate the history and diversity of these graphic stories. 

This year’s convention is going to be full of Batman look-alikes, sure—but also Westboro Baptist Church members?  The infamous Wesboro Baptist Church—the same group that protested Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour—has a vendetta against comic book lovers.  Members of the church will protest Comic-Con on the grounds of obsessive worshiping of false idols.  One member stated to gixmodo.com, “If these people would spend even some of the energy that they spend on these comic books, reading the Bible, well no high hopes here. They have turned comic book characters into idols, and worship them they do!”

Here are 10 comic book Gods that ranker.com thinks deserve to be worshiped. 

More gay marriage in South America.  Following in the footsteps of Argentina where a gay marriage bill passed in the country’s Senate last week, Paraguay and Uruguay are considering legalizing gay marriage as well. 

Uruguay seems the most likely to succeed—the country already has several laws in place that give gay couples rights to adoption and civil unions.  Paraguay proves to be a more difficult endeavor, as anti-gay movements are already mobilizing, according to On Top magazine. 

Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica

The domino effect seems to be gaining speed south of the border; maybe they’ll send some momentum our way.

Aussies against gay zombies.  Eccentric art film/pornographer Bruce LaBruce is touring the festival circuit with his newest film “L.A. Zombie,” which stars French porn star Francois Saget as an alien zombie who can bring the dead back to life through sexual intercourse. 

The film was set to play at the Melborn International Film festival in August until the Australian Film Classification Board refused to classify film.  

Gay zombie in L.A. Zombie

In response, LaBruce said, “Although apparently the Australian Classification Board has no problem passing all manner of mainstream torture porn movies which feature, amongst other things, the rape and dismemberment of women, it’s interesting that they have no stomach for a movie that reaffirms life.”

Apparently gay necrophilic zombie love is too much for some people.

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