But I love you for being real, and I respect you for being effective." During her speech, the adviser to the President defended the 45th POTUS as saying, "Dad, people attack you for being unconventional. This wasn't the first time Noel made disparaging remarks about Trump. Back in 2018, the comedian accused Trump of recreational drug use and inappropriate behavior toward young women while filming Miss Teen Universe.ĭuring his stand-up set, Noel recalled his time working with the former real-estate tycoon on beauty pageants in the 1990s. "He would line up the girls on the side of the stage, and he would inspect them.
Literally, he would stick his little freaking doll fingers in their mouth and look at their teeth," he said. He continued, "I'm not kidding, this is true, he would line them up like they were pieces of meat. He'd be like, 'You, you, and you, if you want to win I'm in the penthouse suite, come and see me.Flashback: Tina Turner Covers Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson on Debut Solo AlbumĪmong trans women, silicone injections are a well known way to achieve the ultimate body: curvy butt, thick thighs or larger breasts. But over the past five years, there have been a number of news reports exposing “pumping parties,” where groups of trans women pool their money to get injected with silicone, and the practice has now become more underground and more risky.Īnd much of that has to do with what’s being put in the mixture, which many times is unknown by those who receive the injections. In one Florida woman’s case, tire sealant and cement were both injected into her face. It makes health experts reticent to even call the mixture “silicone,” at all. “When people come in and say silicone, they don’t really know what they mean because it could be anything,” says Asa Radix, senior director of research and education for Callen-Lorde in New York City, an LGBTQ-focused health center, adding that some of his patients even had quick cement or peanut butter injected in them. “You’re desperate to change your body, people will go through great lengths.
Though the trend has appeared to decline recently - at least among trans women in New York, according to Radix - as quality care for trans-identifying people continues to grow, it’s now become more visible among the body modifying subculture of gainers. The community lives online, mostly, with Tumblr blogs dedicated to idolizing bigger guts and monstrous testicles. But the community isn’t only based around fetish - the gainer community is well known to encourage body positivity, which is sorely needed among LGBTQ communities.Ĭompared to straight men, gay men are more prone to focus heavily on their weight and appearance. Gay men are also more prone to eating disorders and other body dysmorphia conditions that result in poor self image.īut until the gainer community became more popular with the introduction of a niche hook up app dedicated to them, “Grommr,” larger gay men had few places to find satisfaction or admirers of their bigger appearance.