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Stephen Colbert ‘nasty’ for skewering Facebook over 56 gender choices: LGBT activist

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Stephen Colbert in New York City at Border's signing copies for his book I Am America (And So Can You!) The photographer dedicates this portrait of Stephen Colbert to Wikipedia editor Pete Forsyth of Portland, Oregon, who has improved Wikipedia in immeasurable ways. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) HOLLYWOOD, February 24, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Stephen Colbert's parody performances usually leave liberals laughing and conservatives feeling the sting. But a segment the comedian did on  Facebook's decision to introduce more than 50 “gender” options  has LGBT activists seeing red. “The whole thing makes my brain broke,” he told his Comedy Central audience before reading many of the dozens of options to significant laughter. He singled out the term trans-asterisk – written “Trans *" – a term intended to convey that the person identifies with  every gender status . “I believe that's when you're born an asterisk but deep inside you believe you're an am