Barnes and Noble pulls “anti-gay” calendar amid online feud

Joe King’s calendar, I’m Not Gay, I’m Just a Sissy: 12 Months of Sexual Confusion, which was only available from the retailer online, includes jokes about AIDS and gay lifestyles.

One of King’s cartoons depicts Paul Revere riding on horseback and shouting “The sodomites are coming! The sodomites are coming!”. It is dedicated to the memory of the US revolutionary hero and to gay rights opponent Anita Bryant.

The cartoonist had responded angrily to complaints raised by gay blogger Andy Towle that the anti-gay calendar was being sold by Barnes & Noble and online retailer Amazon.  Read More