Idaho governor wants to take his state's gay marriage battle to US Supreme Court
Butch Otter believes Idaho case is ‘best vehicle’ for same-sex marriage issue to be decided for the nation
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Daily Archives: December 17, 2014
Bill Nye Explains Evolution Using Emojis: VIDEO
Bill Nye Explains Evolution Using Emojis: VIDEO
Scientist Bill Nye uses emojis to explain the theory of evolution in a recent YouTube video. Right wingers will no doubt continue to deny evolution’s validity despite how easy Nye makes the subject to understand. Watch Nye break things down in a digestible, fun way for the rest of us AFTER THE JUMP…
Anthony Costello
www.towleroad.com/2014/12/bill-nye-explains-evolution-using-emojis-video.html
We Are Those LGBT Kids
We Are Those LGBT Kids
We are Those LGBT Kids (Insta: thiselgbtkids). We hope you like.
READ: 9-Year-Old Girl's Adorable Letter to Newly Out Gay Teacher
READ: 9-Year-Old Girl's Adorable Letter to Newly Out Gay Teacher
Clearly, this teacher has done something right when teaching his young students about acceptance.
Sunnivie Brydum
www.advocate.com/education/2014/12/17/read-9-year-old-girls-adorable-letter-newly-out-gay-teacher
HoliGay Shopping List
HoliGay Shopping List
Well, it’s that time of the year again, when you need to find just the right gifts for all your loved ones. And of course some of your family members are inevitably part of the LGBT community. One important factor to be aware of is that companies are increasingly becoming conscious of their corporate responsibility when it comes to being inclusive.
What I mean by that is that companies are clued in to the fact that we as consumers want to buy from businesses that support equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. A great resource that I would like to direct you to is the Human Rights Campaign’s Holiday Buyer’s Guide, which provides a comprehensive review of a great number of businesses concerning how LGBT-friendly they are.
According to the HRC’s website, here’s how they calculate their ratings:
Businesses are rated on a scale from 0 to 100, based on whether or not they have policies that support LGBT employees. These include anti-discrimination protections, domestic partner benefits, diversity training and transgender-inclusive benefits. We provide an estimated score to businesses that have not, after repeated attempts, responded to the survey. An estimated score is reflective of the information that HRC has been able to collect without help or input from a business.
Here are some of the scores that I want you to be aware of when you’re shopping around:
If you’re buying clothes (always a great go-to gift for a fashionable gay person), you probably go to some trendy retailers. Unfortunately, Express has a score of 0. Burberry only has a 15, and J. Crew only has a 30. It’s horrible that these brands we trust really don’t have our best interests at heart.
Some good alternatives would be Nordstrom, Macy’s, and Gap, all of which have scores of 100.
Other stores that have really poor ratings include Radio Shack, which has a 45, but that’s not that big of a deal, because who still shops at Radio Shack anyway? Kohl’s and Michaels both have only a 15. A good alternative for those two would have to be Target, because you can pretty much get anything there.
I encourage you to look at the full HRC Holiday Buyer’s Guide here. We as consumers definitely have the power to support businesses that promote inclusion and equality in the workplace. The more we engage in shopping with a conscience, the better our world will be. With that I’d like to wish you all happy holidays.
Martina Navratilova is 'surprised' no male tennis pros have come out publicly as gay
Martina Navratilova is 'surprised' no male tennis pros have come out publicly as gay
‘They’re so far in the closet I don’t even know who they are’
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NEWS: Ferguson, Shark Drone, Zac Efron, Mars
NEWS: Ferguson, Shark Drone, Zac Efron, Mars
Two women who met as Ferguson protesters say “I do.”
Demos from Madonna’s upcoming album leak. Madonna takes to Instagram, labeling the attack as “artistic rape” and “a form of terrorism.”
Actor Stephen Collins confesses to doing “something terribly wrong” that he “deeply regret[s]” forty years ago.
Look out, Los Angeles.
Cody Christian of Pretty Little Liars teases his shirtless torso.
The U.S. Navy has developed a drone built to resemble a shark.
Prominent Venezuelan advocate for gay rights, same-sex marriage murdered.
Zac Efron sports some new facial hair.
Production of Topher Payne’s dark comedy Angry Fags set to perform at Steppenwolf, Chicago seeks funding on Indie-Go-Go: “Angry Fags is a play about doing whatever it takes to win. It’s a battle-cry and a cautionary tale; it’s Oscar Wilde-meets-Tarantino! It’s about being in the trenches, about continuing to push forward and fight. Angry Fags does not want to wait while it gets better.”
Illinois’ Warren Township High School wants to oust school board member Liz Biondi because she won’t support the hiring of a gay superintendent.
Popular podcast Serial gets ready to wrap up.
Inmates who tried to escape Alcatraz Island in San Francisco could have survived their harrowing prison break.
Beetlejuice 2 is happening, says Tim Burton, and will include Winona Ryder.
Anna Kendrick talks sex toys on Letterman.
Amy Adams fan girls out over One Direction in new SNL promos.
NASA says presence of methane in Mars’ atmosphere may indicate current or former existence of life on the red planet.
Sean Mandell
Bate cabelo na Parada LGBT de São João Del Rey
Bate cabelo na Parada LGBT de São João Del Rey
WATCH: Report Finds Russian Police Ignore Anti-LGBT Violence
WATCH: Report Finds Russian Police Ignore Anti-LGBT Violence
Complete with a video exposing the unbearable violence and harassment LGBT Russians endure, an 85-page report reveals more than a year of suffering under a nationwide ban on so-called gay propaganda.
Thom Senzee
www.advocate.com/world/2014/12/17/watch-report-finds-russian-police-ignore-anti-lgbt-violence
Danny Garvin, Who Was A Stonewall Riots Demonstrator, Dead At 65
Danny Garvin, Who Was A Stonewall Riots Demonstrator, Dead At 65
Danny Garvin, who participated in the 1969 Stonewall Riots, died Dec. 9 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and liver cancer in New York. He was 65.
Niece Debi Carey confirmed the news to The Huffington Post in an email, noting that Garvin was surrounded “with all his family and close friends” at the time of his death.
“Danny was more like a brother to myself and my siblings,” Carey wrote. “He touched everyone in a special way and left a piece of him in everyone’s heart and soul.”
A lifelong New Yorker, Garvin was born on March 1, 1949. At age 20, he was one of a number of demonstrators involved in the six-day uprising at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969.
Author and historian David Carter described Garvin and Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt as “the two most knowledgeable sources” on the historic riots. Both Garvin and Lanigan-Schmidt were interviewed for Carter’s 2010 book, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution.
Carter, Garvin and Lanigan-Schmidt were also featured in the PBS American Experience documentary, “Stonewall Uprising,” by award-winning filmmakers Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. That documentary was based on Carter’s book.
“Danny’s gentle and sensitive nature brought a great deal of warmth and humanity to the history of this watershed event in the LGBT civil rights movement and also endeared him to his friends and family,” Carter said. “Of all the persons I met working on the book, he was the sweetest. I will always miss him and consider myself blessed and honored to have been his friend.”
Family and friends honored Garvin and his legacy at a memorial service on Dec. 12 and at his funeral the next morning on Dec. 13.
Garvin is survived by his sister, Annie Ahearn, two nieces, two nephews and three great-nephews.