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Josh Thomas has a theory about his religious haters · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 1: Coming up, bisexual dating. We'll start, though, with gay Australian
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  Speaker 1: comedian Josh Thomas. He's among the most adorable people in
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  Speaker 1: the whole wide world and brought us the fantastic Please
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  Speaker 1: Like Me. But an online advert for one of his
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  Speaker 1: stand-up shows in Canada is bringing out the haters.
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  Speaker 4: All these religious homophobes are swarming this ad for my
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  Speaker 4: show tomorrow in Edmonton. And they're doing like death threats
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  Speaker 4: and things, which is very old school, actually. I haven't
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  Speaker 4: experienced that for a long time. It feels kind of quaint.
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  Speaker 1: Josh has a theory, though.
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  Speaker 2: That if they're being served an ad to my show,
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  Speaker 2: the algorithm thinks that they're gay. And that by commenting
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  Speaker 2: on the post, they're just letting everybody see that their
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  Speaker 2: digital footprint, all that tracking all these apps do. The
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  Speaker 2: verdict was gay.
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  Speaker 1: The show's since gone ahead without any bother. And Josh says,
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  Speaker 1: apart from the religious wrongings, Edmonton has been gorgeous, just
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  Speaker 1: like he is. Next, gay Russian TV presenter Sergei Sosadov
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  Speaker 1: has died at the age of 59. He became well-known
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  Speaker 1: in the 1990s as an acerbic music critic and was
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  Speaker 1: unique in the country for being open about his sexuality.
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  Speaker 1: Sosadov went on to be a judge on the Ukrainian
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  Speaker 1: version of TV talent show The X Factor, but ended
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  Speaker 1: up banned from Ukraine over his support for the Russian invasion.
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  Speaker 1: It's thought he fell down some stairs, causing swelling on
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  Speaker 1: the brain. And two-thirds of straight men in the UK
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  Speaker 1: say they'd date a bisexual woman, but only a third
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  Speaker 1: of straight women say they'd go out with a bisexual man.
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  Speaker 1: Some research by YouGov also finds about 16% of heteros
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  Speaker 1: of either sex reckon they're scared of bi partners more
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  Speaker 1: likely to cheat or they feel insecure about meeting their needs.
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  Speaker 1: Same can have split down gender lines for gay men
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  Speaker 1: and women on bisexual dating. Regardless, nearly 9 out of
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  Speaker 1: 10 Brits have a positive or neutral opinion of bi people.
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  Speaker 1: No time to tell you that. The church in Wales
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  Speaker 1: is stalling on a promise to allow same-sex marriage. Plans
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  Speaker 1: are being pushed back to give more time for theological reflection.
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  Speaker 1: And in South Africa, you've got Soweto Pride today and tomorrow.
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