Murders of Two More Trans Women Reported
Both were in Louisiana, and they bring this year’s total to seven.
www.advocate.com/crime/2017/3/02/murders-two-more-trans-women-reported
Daily Archives: March 2, 2017
Why is the LGBTQ community at higher risk for smoking and its dangers?
Why is the LGBTQ community at higher risk for smoking and its dangers?
95세에 커밍아웃한 남자는 사랑스럽다(영상)
95세에 커밍아웃한 남자는 사랑스럽다(영상)
인기있는 유튜브 스타 ‘데이비 웨이비’가 최근 올린 동영상은 가슴이 벅차게 아름답다. 최근에야 게이로 커밍아…
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Corporations Show Support for Gavin Grimm in His Supreme Court Case
Corporations Show Support for Gavin Grimm in His Supreme Court Case
Fifty-three major companies rallied in support of the trans teen who is suing his school over the right to use the bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity.
www.advocate.com/transgender/2017/3/02/corporations-show-support-gavin-grimm-his-supreme-court-case
Australia Celebrates Coming Out, with Condiments : WATCH
Australia Celebrates Coming Out, with Condiments : WATCH
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Association publicized a clever metaphor for coming out in a new video entitled “The Big Deal–#EqualLove” to coincide with the city’s iconic LGBT-friendly celebration.
Written and directed by Armand de Saint-Salvy, the clip features a backyard birthday celebration for a father attended by his large family. With everyone greedily drenching their food with barbecue sauce, Dad notices his son, accompanied by an apparent boyfriend, is not doing likewise. When questioned, the young man slowly gets to his feet, takes a deep breath, and declares, “Dad, I’m a tomato sauce [ketchup] man. Always have been.”
His father is momentarily stunned, and leaves to collect himself. He returns shortly, to everyone’s relief, and embraces his son. “We’ve got a party to get started,” he then announces. The mock melodrama ends with a funny observation from Gran.
In an intriguing footnote, the lovers are wearing matching rings, in a country where marriage equality is still not legal and remains in limbo.
Says Saint-Salvy, “In the lead up to Mardi Gras, we thought there was a great opportunity to contribute to the chorus of voices calling for equality. We wanted to make a film that speaks to everyday Australians. A spot that would entertain them, but is laced with a clear social conscious subtext.”
We are left with the poignant message: “A simple difference shouldn’t be a big deal.”
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Ellen to Host New Game Show on NBC (Video)
Ellen to Host New Game Show on NBC (Video)
“Ellen’s Game of Games” will be very familiar to fans of her talk show.
www.advocate.com/people/2017/3/02/ellen-host-new-game-show-nbc-video
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WATCH: Tom Hardy bends his stunt double over and lets him have it
WATCH: Tom Hardy bends his stunt double over and lets him have it
The spoon prank is almost as good as that water bottle/coin prank, but unfortunately nobody ends up soaking wet at the end.
Still, we can imagine this situation was incredibly perplexing for Tom Hardy’s stunt double.
On the set of Tom’s FX show Taboo, the star used some downtime to show off his mighty strength.
Related: Two Hunky Brits Share A Kiss Before Doing The Dumbest Thing You Will Ever See
As you can see in the below video (and as is usually the case in life), the whole thing was rigged from the get-go. Rigged!
Watch below, then pick your most gullible friend and have at it:
New Disclosure: Michael Flynn Met Russian Ambassador at Trump Tower in December
New Disclosure: Michael Flynn Met Russian Ambassador at Trump Tower in December
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn attended a meeting with Trump son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner and Russian Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak at Trump Tower in December. Flynn’s attendance at the meeting was previously undisclosed, the NYT reports:
The New Yorker reported this week that Mr. Kushner had met with Mr. Kislyak at Trump Tower in December. Hope Hicks, a White House spokeswoman, confirmed on Thursday that Mr. Flynn was also at the meeting in response to questions from a New York Times reporter.
It is common and not improper for transition officials to meet with foreign officials. But all meetings between Trump associates and Russians are now significant as the F.B.I. investigates Russian interference in the American election and whether anyone close to Mr. Trump’s campaign was involved.
The meeting in December came at a crucial time, just as the Obama White House was preparing to sanction Russia and publicly make its case that Moscow had interfered with the 2016 election.
What is now becoming clear is that the incoming Trump administration was simultaneously striking a conciliatory pose toward Moscow in a series of meetings and phone calls involving Mr. Kislyak.
Additionally, there are new reports that two more two more members of the Trump campaign’s national security team spoke with Kislyak at the Republican National Convention in July, USA Today reports:
It’s unknown what the Trump campaign officials who spoke with the ambassador – J.D. Gordon and Carter Page – discussed with him. Those who took part in the events in Cleveland said it is not unusual for presidential campaign teams to interact with diplomats.
However, the newly-revealed communications further contradict months of repeated denials by Trump officials that his campaign had contact with officials representing the Russian government.
The news of Flynn’s meeting comes amid calls for the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions for lying under oath about his contacts with the Russian ambassador. Sessions today promised to recuse himself from any inquiry into Russia’s contacts with the Trump campaign.
On Monday, Rachel Maddow reported on another connection between Trump’s cabinet and Russia: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross sits at the center of a shady Florida real estate deal between Trump and a Russian billionaire fertilizer magnate and several banks.
One day soon perhaps we’ll see how all these pieces fall together.
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New Disclosure: Michael Flynn Met Russian Ambassador at Trump Tower in December
South Dakota Legislature Sends Anti-LGBTQ “License to Discriminate” Bill to Governor’s Desk
South Dakota Legislature Sends Anti-LGBTQ “License to Discriminate” Bill to Governor’s Desk
Today, HRC joined the ACLU of South Dakota in urging South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard to veto Senate Bill (SB) 149 — discriminatory legislation targeting LGBTQ people and other minorities. SB 149 would enshrine taxpayer-funded discrimination into state law by allowing state-funded adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ youth in their care and to reject qualified prospective LGBTQ adoptive or foster parents based on the agency’s purported religious beliefs.
“We implore Governor Daugaard to veto this legislation. This proposal grants state-funded adoption agencies a license to discriminate, harming children in needs of families by rejecting a wide range qualified prospective parents including LGBTQ parents and by acting against the best interest of LGBTQ youth in the agency’s care,” said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. “Last year, when Governor Daugaard vetoed HB 1008, he stood on the right side of history and protected transgender children. He must do the same now. This legislation puts discrimination ahead of the best interests of more than a thousand children in South Dakota waiting for a loving home.”
“The governor’s veto of HB 1008 put South Dakota on the right side of history, but Senate Bill 149 is a harmful and discriminatory piece of legislation that sets South Dakota backward. This would allow state-funded child placement agencies, based on their religious beliefs, to discriminate against children and prospective parents. Loving, qualified families could be turned away simply because they are LGBT, of a different faith than the agency, or divorced. The hundreds of children who are awaiting forever families in our state deserve better than this. Their best interests should be our priority, not the religious beliefs of these agencies,” said ACLU of South Dakota Policy Director Elizabeth A. Skarin. “We hope that Governor Daugaard recognizes the harm that discriminatory laws like SB 149 cause our state and considers a veto. If SB 149 becomes law, we want to hear from you or any child or family you know that is harmed. We will be examining our legal options.”
Last year, Governor Daugaard vetoed HB 1008, legislation that attacked the rights of transgender children in public schools by attempting to force them to use restrooms and other facilities inconsistent with their gender identity. Daugaard said that meeting with transgender students in his state “put a human face” on the legislation’s potential effect, and helped him to see things “through their eyes.”
SB 149 would allow state-licensed and taxpayer-funded child-placement agencies to disregard the best interest of children, and turn away qualified South Dakotans seeking to care for a child in need — including LGBTQ couples, interfaith couples, single parents, married couples in which one prospective parent has previously been divorced, or other parents to whom the agency has a purported religious objection. There are an estimated 1,174 children in South Dakota’s foster care system. The measure would even allow agencies to refuse to place foster children with members of their own extended families — a practice often considered to be in the best interest of the child. A qualified, loving LGBTQ grandparent, for example, could be deemed unsuitable under the proposed law. It would also allow agencies to refuse to provide appropriate medical and mental health care to LGBTQ children if the agency has a purported moral or religious objection to providing those services. Shockingly, under SB 149, an agency couldn’t lose its license or contract as a result of subjecting a child to abusive practices like so-called conversion therapy if it claimed such “therapy” is compelled by religious belief.
Leading local pediatricians and legal experts, as well as the Adoption Exchange, the Child Welfare League of America, the National Association of Social Workers and Voices for Adoption sent letters to South Dakota legislators expressing their concern about SB 149.
Research consistently shows that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the foster care system, as many have been rejected by their families of origin because they are LGBTQ. These young people are already vulnerable to discrimination and mistreatment while in foster care, and SB 149 would only exacerbate the challenges they face.
The attack on fairness and equality in South Dakota is part of an onslaught of bills being pushed in 2017 by anti-equality activists around the country. HRC is currently tracking more than 70 anti-LGBTQ legislative proposals in 24 states. For more information, visit hrc.im/2017legislature.