Caitlyn Jenner Goes to White House; Who’d She Meet With?
Jenner has said she’d like to discuss LGBT issues with Donald Trump, but no one’s saying if she got to see him.
www.advocate.com/politics/2017/4/30/caitlyn-jenner-goes-white-house-whod-she-meet
Must See LGBTQ TV: Don’t miss a special ‘Gaycation’ and the ‘Sense8’ season premiere!
Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights in LGBTQ on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
Ellen Page and Ian Daniels’s Gaycation, a documentary show about the LGBTQ community around the globe, is returning for a special episode “United We Stand.” This episode takes place closer to home, focusing on what the Trump presidency means to LGBTQ Americans, and how the community has banded together in this political climate. Join the Together movement to stand in solidarity with all marginalized communities. Gaycation: United We Stand: Sunday, 10pm on Viceland.
This week’s all new Supergirl is entirely centered on Alex and the two women in her life. Alex gets abducted by someone who knows Supergirl’s secret identity, and he threatens to kill Alex unless Supergirl releases a notorious criminal from prison. Kara and Maggie are forced to work together to find Alex before time runs out, but they each have their own ideas about what is the best way. They’ll have to find a compromise and work together if they want to find Alex. Supergirl: Monday, 8pm on The CW.
The second season of the GLAAD Media Award-winning science fiction show Sense8 drops on Netflix this Friday. In its second season, the show continues to follow the eight connected “sensates” as they learn to better leverage their connection to each other and fight back against the mysterious Whispers. The show, from the Wachowski sisters, includes several LGBTQ characters. One of the sensates is Nomi (Jamie Clayton), a hacker who happens to be trans, and another of the eight is Lito (Miguel Angel Silvestre), Their respective partners, Amanita and Hernando, also appear regularly. You can catch up now with the first season and the recent Christmas Special on Netflix. Sense8: Friday, on Netflix.
Sunday, April 30th: Call the Midwife (8pm, PBS); Gaycation: United We Stand (10pm, Viceland); Veep (10:30pm, HBO)
Monday: Supergirl (8pm, The CW); Young and Hungry (8pm, Freeform) Jane the Virgin (9pm, The CW)
Tuesday: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (8pm, FOX); Famous in Love (9pm, Freeform)
Wednesday: The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu); Survivor Game Changers (8pm, CBS); Arrow (8pm, The CW); Modern Family (9pm, ABC); Empire (9pm, FOX); Lopez (10:30pm, TV Land)
Thursday: Grey’s Anatomy (8pm, ABC); Superstore (8:30pm, NBC); Scandal (9pm, ABC); Riverdale (9pm, The CW)
Friday: Sense8 (Netflix); The Originals (8pm, The CW)
Saturday: Doctor Who (9pm, BBC America); Class (10:10pm, BBC America)
www.glaad.org/blog/must-see-lgbtq-tv-dont-miss-special-gaycation-and-sense8-season-premiere
HRC Foundation’s Fourth Annual Time to THRIVE Comes to a Close
On Sunday, HRC Foundation’s fourth annual Time to THRIVE Conference came to a close.
After final professional workshops in the morning, several youth from local Gay and Straight Alliances and other advocacy organizations joined the last day of the conference to attend the closing plenary and youth-focused workshops during the afternoon.
In its fourth year, the premier event addresses safety, inclusion and well-being for LGBTQ youth, and brings together youth-serving professionals to discuss best practices for working with and caring for LGBTQ youth and their families in schools, community centers, healthcare settings, and beyond. The annual event is held in partnership with the American Counseling Association and the National Education Association, with AT&T and Toyota as presenting sponsors.
During the closing plenary, conference attendees were treated to a surprise performance of “Ring of Keys” by Fun Home’s Alessandra Baldacchino. Fun Home is a musical adaption of a graphic novel of the same name that tells character Alison Bechdel’s story of coming to an understanding of her own sexuality while navigating her relationship with her gay father.
I had an incredible time today performing Ring Of Keys at the #TimeToTHRIVE @HRC event. Thank you for inviting me. It was so inspiring! �� pic.twitter.com/wtHjp1hSeF
— Alessandra (@alibaldacchino1) April 30, 2017
HRC Youth Ambassador, transgender youth activist and star of TLC’s I Am Jazz, Jazz Jennings was presented with the final Upstander Award of the weekend. HRC Parents for Transgender Equality Council members Debi Jackson and Jodie Patterson presented Jazz with the award.
Attendees also heard from featured speakers Dolores Huerta, civil rights hero and President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation; and Pam Iorio, President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. They were also introduced to the Class of 2017 HRC Youth Ambassadors as HRC’s Sarah McBride closed the program.
Honored to speak at the #TimeToTHRIVE @BBBSA in support of mentoring LGBTQ youth! pic.twitter.com/obTPdb17I9
— Pam Iorio (@PamIorio) April 30, 2017
To learn more, visit TimeToTHRIVE.org, and watch more videos on HRC’s YouTube channel. Miss any of the action? Read more about day one and day two of Time to THRIVE.
Time to THRIVE is the premier national convening of educators and youth-serving professionals to build awareness and cultural competency, learn current and emerging best practices and gather resources from leading experts and national organizations in the field. Time to THRIVE took place April 28-30, 2017 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C.
Having the ultimate #MamaBear moment with my new “kids”- the @HRC Youth Ambassadors! Love these amazing young leaders!! #TimeToThrive pic.twitter.com/n11hbtg9ki
— Vanessa Ford (@VanessaFordDC) April 30, 2017
Fun Home at the 4th Annual Time To THRIVE Conference
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FRAN AND LENI
Thursday 27 and Friday 28 July, 9pm, £10/£8.
King’s Arms Theatre, 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN.
1976. Fran & Leni meet in a North London comp.
Three years later they are The Rips. Girls with guitars, bored of playing nice.
Music, sex, fishnets, tits and spitting.
A two-girl escape from everything sugar and spice.
‘I was the punk. I was born punk. But she was my rock. The only one I ever had.’
Fran & Leni provoked laughter and tears at Latitude and Edinburgh with this full-throttle tale of escape and lifelong friendship.
Written by Award-winning writer Sadie Hasler. Directed by Sarah Mayhew. With original music by Fi & Dave Dulake of The Tuppenny Bunters and lyrics by Sadie Hasler. Fran & Leni is Old Trunk’s follow up to the critically acclaimed Pramkicker. Both plays are published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. New writing, LGBT.
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Tickets www.greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk
Brave documentary breaks down taboos surrounding male rape by giving voice to ‘The Voiceless’
“We have created a society that does not acknowledge sexual violence happens to men,” filmmaker Vanessa McNeal says, “that sends a message men are somehow immune from such violence.”
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Moovz Presents My New Skin
Watch and listen to these transgender women open up about the struggles they face with transitioning, how they found the courage inside to embrace who they are, and the costs that some of them paid in order to be happy with themselves.
