Libs of TikTok savors victory after Fetterman pulls support for LGBT center over monthly fetish parties

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Lawmakers routinely cram various earmarks into spending bills to have their allied causes and pet initiatives showered in taxpayer money. Democratic Sens. John Fetterman and Bob Casey are no different.

The Pennsylvania senators supported an earmark for the William Way LGBT Community Center in Philadelphia. Specifically, they sought to flush the non-straight activist center with $1 million so it could "renovate and expand the existing LGBT Community Center into an inclusive, fully accessible, and welcoming space for all individuals to gather, learn, and find life-giving support."

The duo ultimately had to backtrack on their request Tuesday after Libs of TikTok revealed in a viral post that the recipient was a facility that hosts monthly fetish parties.

Dungeons and Democrats

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Wednesday on a $97 billion housing and transportation government funding bill, which is supposedly aimed at strengthening air and rail safety, boosting resources to reduce homelessness, and sustaining key infrastructure.

The day before the vote, Libs of TikTok noted in an X post that the bill "includes $1M of your tax dollars to go towards renovating an LGBTQ Center in Pa which boasts rooms to try BDSM and s*x f*etishes and hosts BDSM and s*x k*nk parties. There's even a k*nk party happening there this weekend!"

The account, run by Chaya Raichik, further highlighted that Casey and Fetterman were the senators who requested the earmark.

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Philadelphia Weekly noted in a 2023 report entitled, "Rope bondage, electro-stimulation, dungeons. A taste of what's behind the doors of Philly sex parties," that the William Way center was home to a monthly BDSM event called the Aviary where attendees "may show up wearing street clothes, high-end fetish wear or 'almost nothing at all.'"

A January 2023 event listing described the Aviary at the William Way center as "Philadelphia's friendliest and longest running kink and fetish party. Come find your next unexpected kink!"

The Aviary's next debauchery is scheduled for March 9 at the center.

According to an archived version of the event's now blacked-out website, the Aviary's "rules of play" include the following:

  • "The Dungeon Monitors' (DM) word is final";
  • "You must get permission from a DM to play with fire or puncture the skin";
  • "Bodily fluids (blood, saliva, etc.) may not leave the body. If they do, they must be cleaned immediately";
  • "Genitals and anuses must remain covered in non-play areas."

House Republicans pushed last year to slash federal funding to the William Way Community Center for reasons beyond the center's fetish parties.

Republican Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke noted the center had hosted a rally against the group Moms for Liberty, with an appearance by "Mr. Philly drag king himself" and giveaways for so-called "banned" books, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer.

"An appropriation also should be appropriate," stressed Rep. Zinke.

Fetterman gets spanked

Both Casey and Fetterman penned March 5 letters to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Ranking Member Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) withdrawing their support for the William Way Renovation and Expansion Project.

The Hill reported that the Senate removed the project the same day.

The William Way LGBT Community Center noted that it was "disappointed to learn that support for federal Congressionally Directed Spending to renovate and expand our historic headquarters on 1315 Street in Philadelphia was withdrawn as a result of lies and distortions about our Center shared by political extremists."

Despite the many archived photographs on the Aviary website, the center further stated, "These extremists falsely stated that sexual behavior is allowed in rental programs of the Center, which is inaccurate and against our Center's code of conduct."

Casey told The Hill he withdrew his support because of "new information."

Fetterman intimated social media posts played a role in prompting the withdrawal but told Business Insider that he was not part of the decision to rescind support for the earmark.

"I wasn't part of that letter. I know that seems strange, but I wasn't a part of that," said the senator.

Facing criticism on the left for backing down, Fetterman said in statement on X Wednesday, "At the 11th hour my staff was made aware that funding for William Way, which was in the bill because I championed it, would not pass in the FY24 appropriations process." He continued, "The choice was either to pull it or watch it get stripped out, attacked by Republicans and ultimately killed."

"I am going to fight for William Way to secure their funding in the FY25 appropriations process," added Fetterman. "I'm new here, but I wasn't aware that Democratic values and priorities are dictated by Libs of TikTok."

Libs of TikTok mocked Fetterman's statement, writing, "'I'm new here, but I wasn't aware that Democratic values and priorities are dictated by Libs of TikTok.' Fetterman is losing his mind cuz we exposed him for wanting to use your tax dollars to fund BDSM s*x k*ink F*tish parties!"

Raichik went on to cite the earmark withdrawal as an example of her "tremendous impact."

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WaPo writer advocates for children to be exposed to 'kink' at Pride parades, igniting a tidal wave of resistance: 'Sick, deviant, and evil'



The Washington Post published an article this week that advocated for children to be exposed to "kink." Lauren Rowello, a former sex worker, wrote an op-ed titled: "Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it."

The Meriam-Webster Dictionary defines "kink" as "unconventional sexual taste or behavior."

Healthline defines kink as any sexual practice "that bends away from the 'straight and narrow,'" and explained that there are five categories of kink, including BDSM ( bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism), fantasy and role-playing, fetishes, voyeurism or exhibitionism, and group sex.

The Daily Dot defines kink as:

There are a lot of different ways to define "kink" that range from extraordinarily broad to super specific. But put very simply, a kink is anything that falls under non-traditional sexual and intimate desires, practices, or fantasies. The word non-traditional will mean different things to different people based on cultural backgrounds, but in most contexts, the definition encompasses anything that falls outside or romantic, intercourse-based sex between two people. This can include things that range from light bondage like handcuffs, ropes, or tape, to practices like public humiliation, foot-worship, domination/submission, and group sex.

Rowello described herself as a "gendervague person who is married to a trans woman" and an "autistic person raising two neurodivergent kids."

In the article, Rowello attempted to rationalize that children should be exposed to kink at Pride parades, "When my own children caught glimpses of kink culture, they got to see that the queer community encompasses so many more nontraditional ways of being, living, and loving."

Rowello began the article reminiscing about attending a Pride parade in Philadelphia five years ago with her children and her trans wife, who "wasn't out at the time." While watching the LGBTQ parade, her elementary school-aged child witnessed a "bare-chested man in dark sunglasses whose black suspenders clipped into a leather thong," who was "spanked playfully by a partner with a flog."

"If we want our children to learn and grow from their experiences at Pride, we should hope that they'll encounter kink when they attend," Rowello wrote in the Washington Post.

"We don't talk to our children enough about pursuing sex to fulfill carnal needs that delight and captivate us in the moment," Rowello also contended. "Sharing the language of kink culture with young people provides them with valuable information about safe sex practice."

"If we're afraid to talk about kink with our children, we prioritize the status quo — sanitizing and censoring their access to information about appropriate and normal self-expression," the WaPo writer asserted. "Children who witness kink culture are reassured that alternative experiences of sexuality and expression are valid."

The article was lampooned swiftly with thousands of comments on Twitter; many critics argued that Rowello was promoting pedophilia and committing child abuse.

BlazeTV's "Relatable" host Allie Beth Stuckey wrote on Twitter, "So, now that showing little kids 'kink' at pride is apparently mainstream enough to be written about in WaPo, can someone on the left tell me at what point the slippery slope stops? What logical or moral obstacle stands in the way of progressives openly celebrating pedophilia?"

Former congressional candidate Barrington Martin II replied, "This woman wrote this trashy, sick, and abominable article for the @washingtonpost. Conspiracy theorists told you something dastardly was going on in our nation with pedophilia and now it is in our faces. If this isn't alarming I don't know what is."

Actor and attorney Eric Matheny wrote, "The road to socially accepted pedophilia is enabled by a society that is too afraid to call out perversion and deviance out of fear of being labeled a bigot."

Conservative political activist Chris Barron tweeted, "In a world of almost universal acceptance some are so desperate to be loathed that they write garbage like this."

Conservative commentator John Cardillo said, "She thinks this is cool, or controversial, or thought provoking, but it's not. It's sick, deviant, and evil."

One Twitter user pointed out, "The kink community is about ~consent~. Children cannot consent."

Another commenter tweeted, "Gross & arguably child abuse."

Even transexual pornographic film actor Buck Angel took issue with the article, "KINK is for adults not children FFS! We worked hard to get people to see PRIDE as a place of respect for us. Way to go , tearing down all the work of the elders."

Freelance journalist Drew Holden added, "Conservatives can take one of two paths: either treat this perspective as not just evil but societally impermissible, either presently illegal or in need of new laws to make it so, or take the libertarian, different strokes for different folks route. I fear we'll do the latter."