DeVos Schooled by Protesters in First Visit to Public School (Video)
Teachers, union reps and parents turned away the billionaire in her first attempt to visit a Washington, D.C. public school Friday, but she eventually found a way around demonstrators.
www.advocate.com/politics/2017/2/10/devos-schooled-protesters-first-visit-public-school-video-0
LGBTQ-inclusive content takes center stage at Saturday's NAACP Image Awards
The 48th NAACP Image Awards air live on Saturday night, and the acclaimed independent film Moonlight is up for awards in several categories, while a number of LGBTQ-inclusive television shows are also nominated, including Transparent and Orange is the New Black.
The coming of age story of a black inner city Miami youth as told through three stages in his life, Moonlight is nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Independent Motion Picture. Its creator Barry Jenkins is in the runing two more times for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film). Additionally, two featured players are nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Mahershala Ali (Juan) and Trevante Rhodes as the older Chiron.
Celebrating outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts, as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors, the NAACP Image Awards honors content and individuals across media categories, from television and film to literature and news.
Loving, the story of the U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the ban on interracial marriages, becoming the foundational argument for winning marriage equality, is also nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Independent Motion Picture. Actress Ruth Negga (Mildred Loving) is nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, joined by Alano Miller (Raymond) in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category. The film also garndered director Jeff Nichols a nod for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture.
In addition to being nominated in the marquee category of Entertainer of the Year, Viola Davis is also up for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of bisexual lawyer and professor Annalise Keating on ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder.
Meanwhile, transgender classical pianist and songwriter Our Lady J is nominated in the Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series category for her work on Transparent.
Out director, showrunner and President of the Directors Guild of America, Paris Barclay is nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for the pilot episode of FOX’ Pitch. In the Comedy Series category, Marta Cunningham receives recognition with an Outstanding Directing nomination for the “Exciting and New” episode of Amazon’s Transparent.
Several LGBTQ-inclusive television favorites are also honored by the NAACP with nominations. Atlanta (FX) is up for Outstanding Comedy Series. Award-winning actress and trans advocate Laverne Cox is nominated as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sophia in Netflix’ Orange is the New Black. Joining Laverne is her co-star Uzo Aduba (Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren), with a nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series.
Nominated for Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special, is FX’s The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story , which featured out actress Sarah Paulson as prosecuting attorney Marcia Clark. Receiving a nom for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special, Audra McDonald is recognized for her tour de force performance as the openly bisexual jazz vocalist and song stylist of the 1930’s, Billie Holiday, in HBO’s Lady Day in Emerson’s Bar & Grill.
Tituss Burgess is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his breakout performance as Titus Andromedon on Netflix’ Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Finishing up his third season on the hit FOX series Empire, out actor Jussie Smollett is also recognized in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category.
In the Outstanding Drama Series category are FOX’s Empire and OWN’s Queen Sugar, and Kerry Washington is nominated in the Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. Washington was the recipient of GLAAD’s 2015 GLAAD Vanguard Award, which goes to an LGBTQ ally whose impact has been substantial and far-reaching.
Taking place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, this year’s NAACP Image Awards will air live on TV ONE on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 9 pm ET.
www.glaad.org/blog/lgbtq-inclusive-content-takes-center-stage-saturdays-naacp-image-awards
Fox Censor Almost Stopped 'The Simpsons' From Airing Gay Episode
The Emmy-winning classic “Homer’s Phobia” was once deemed “unacceptable” for television.
www.advocate.com/television/2017/2/10/fox-censor-almost-stopped-simpsons-airing-gay-episode
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Katie Couric Interviews First Openly Transgender Boy Scout
Katie Couric and Joe Maldonado discuss the journey from being kicked out of the Boy Scouts to ultimate acceptance.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2017/2/10/katie-couric-interviews-first-openly-transgender-boy-scout
Donald Trump and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Engage in Awkward, Neverending Handshake: WATCH
Check out the not-awkward-at-all 19-second handshake between Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the gritted teeth, and Abe’s eye roll at the end.
[Trump and Abe hold hands for 19 seconds]
Trump: “Strong hands.” [golf swing] pic.twitter.com/ytPGgwlI3W
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 10, 2017
Another perspective. Yep it was that awkward:
An honor to host Prime Minister @AbeShinzo in the United States. pic.twitter.com/f6TvfZ6sMj
— President Trump (@POTUS) February 10, 2017
Politico notes that the body language so far has been unusual:
The president greeted Abe like an old friend Friday morning, meeting him personally at the front door to the West Wing, where the two men hugged, shook hands, then hugged again. That interaction, too, seemed a bit off, with Trump appearing unprepared for the second hug.
Later, at their bilateral press conference, Trump elaborated on the greeting, saying, “I shook hands, but I grabbed him and hugged him because that’s the way we feel.”
Trump began the press conference by welcoming Abe to the “very famous White House” but focused his opening remarks largely on the defense and trade relationships between the U.S. and Japan. As he wrapped up, Trump said he and Abe have “developed a great friendship” and that the two have a “very, very good bond” and “very, very good chemistry.”
“I’ll let you know if it changes, but I don’t think it will,” the president said.
Abe, in his remarks, brought up Trump’s utter lack of political experience and then attributed his victory to the “the dynamism of democracy.”
At the end of the handshake, Trump pantomimed a golf swing and said “strong hands” which leads to the more pressing issue, their weekend golf date at Mar-a-Lago, which of course raises a boatload of ethical questions:
“The president, in going about his work, should be completely separate from his commercial interests,” Wonderlich told NBC News. “The concern here is that by hosting foreign leaders at his resort he is directly receiving money from a foreign government.”
And if Trump is putting Abe up for free “he is then donating money to a foreign government,” said Wonderlich, who is weighing whether to file a formal complaint with the Office of Government Ethics. “So there is clearly a conflict of interest.”
Jordan Libowitz of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington agreed.
“On the legal side, if the Japanese government is spending any money at Mar-A-Lago, the president is further violating the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution,” Libowitz, whose organization is already suing the Trump Administration for alleged ethical violations, said in a statement.
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Katy Perry's 'Chained to the Rhythm' Takes on Trump
The pop diva is set to perform the new single that attacks apathy and the Trump administration at the Grammy Awards this Sunday.
www.advocate.com/music/2017/2/10/katy-perrys-chained-rhythm-takes-trump
Woman overhears man calling his boyfriend “daddy,” wonders “Isn’t that creepy and maybe perverse?”
A woman overheard a gay men talking about his “daddy” at a party and didn’t understand what he meant, so she’s written a letter to gay advice columnist Hank Scott asking him to explain.
“I was at a party the other night and overheard two gay men in their early 30s talking about the boyfriend of one of them,” her letter begins. “One guy said to the other: ‘So how’s the relationship going with daddy?’ Apparently he was referring to the other guy’s boyfriend, who was at the party and appeared to be in his mid-50s!”
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Apparently the woman isn’t familiar with the concept of May-December relationships. But all she needs to do is look at our current President and First Lady to understand.
She continues, “Daddy? Isn’t that a creepy, and maybe perverse, way for someone to refer to his boyfriend? It conjures up images of incest and pedophilia.”
The woman goes on to say that her husband is five years younger than she is. “If he ever called me ‘mommy’ I’d put a diaper on him and kick him to the curb!” she insists.
In his response, Hank explains the whole the “daddy” thing in terms the woman might understand.
“The ‘daddy’ phenomenon isn’t that unusual, no matter one’s sexual orientation,” he writes. “After all, I’m sure you know that (rich) straight men sometimes end up in relationships with much younger women.”
He points to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner who, at age 76, married 26-year-old Crystal Harris as just one example of this.
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Hank continues: “In gay life, the so-called ‘daddy/son’ or ‘daddy/boi’ relationship really has no connection with incest or pedophilia. There are ‘bois’ or ‘sons’ in their 40s with ‘daddies’ in their 60s. ‘Daddies’ are those men attracted to younger guys who they want to mentor and support emotionally (and sometimes financially — a ‘sugar daddy’).”
“Of course there’s also the aspect of sexual attraction, at least for the older guys, who are more likely to be smitten by well-defined abs than wise wrinkles,” he adds. “There’s a significant minority of young gay guys who are seeking older partners, witness the popularity of websites such as Daddyhunt and its related telephone app, Mister.”
Hank concludes by saying that he himself is often referred to by younger gay men as “daddy.”
“I’ve found it’s important to set age limits,” he says. “My formula? Never date a guy younger than my age divided by two plus one year (example: If you’re 50, the cutoff is 26). I give extra credit (i.e. accept younger guys) for military service, a graduate degree or the ability to speak two or more foreign languages. And by the way, I’m single!”
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