Powerful real estate broker’s assistant claims he forced her to listen to his loud gay sex
The former assistant of a powerful gay New York real estate broker is suing her ex-boss for allegedly tormenting her whilst in his employ.
Daily Archives: May 10, 2017
Miserable creep accosts Arab family in Texas: “Donald Trump will stop you!”
Miserable creep accosts Arab family in Texas: “Donald Trump will stop you!”
“My country is the greatest country in the goddamn world EVER! “
Anderson Cooper Eyeroll, James Comey, Ricky Martin, Cooked Goose, Katy Perry, Virginia: HOT LINKS
Anderson Cooper Eyeroll, James Comey, Ricky Martin, Cooked Goose, Katy Perry, Virginia: HOT LINKS
ANDERSON COOPER EYE ROLL. The Silver Fox expresses his Kellyanne Conway thoughts exactly (10:44).
NYT. Comey fired over “investigation that could bring down a president”. “The obvious historical parallel to Mr. Trump’s action was the so-called Saturday Night Massacre in October 1973, when President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of the special prosecutor investigating Watergate, prompting the principled resignations of the attorney general and his deputy. But now, there is no special prosecutor in place to determine whether the public trust has been violated, and whether the presidency was effectively stolen by a hostile foreign power. For that reason, the country has reached an even more perilous moment.”
ATROCITIES. What the White House says Comey committed.
KATY PERRY. She’s on Calvin Harris’s new album.
WEST VIRGINIA. Supreme Court rules 3-2 that sexual orientation not covered under hate crimes law, dismisses case against former Marshall University football player Steward Butler. “In arguments before the Court last month, Cabell County Assistant Prosecutor Lauren Plymale said Cabell County Circuit Judge Paul Farrell was wrong when he dismissed the charges against Bulter citing state law does not include sexual orientation as a protective class under the hate crimes statute. Plymale argued the word sex meant sexual orientation.”
DA PLANE DA PLANE. Jamie Dornan joins biopic about Fantasy Island Tattoo actor Herve Villechaize.
CRIME SCENE. Ricky Martin finds the body of Gianni Versace in Versace: American Crime Story shoot.
VIRGINIA. Court to consider whether gay couples have right to challenge law allowing civil officers to refuse gay marriages: “The couples are asking the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to revive the lawsuit because they say the state is spending their tax dollars to accommodate magistrates’ religious views. The couples — two gay and one interracial — argue those expenditures give them the right to sue, despite a district court ruling to the contrary.”
NORTHERN IRELAND. High court to consider case of bakers who refused to bake cake with pro-gay marriage slogan: “The Supreme Court has listed a two-day hearing for legal arguments for October. A lower court ruled the refusal of family-run Ashers to make a cake iced with the slogan Support Gay Marriage in 2014 was discriminatory. The order was placed at its Belfast shop by gay rights activist Gareth Lee.”
COOKED GOOSE. Lightning strike brings down a Canada goose.
DATA ENTRY KING. This inventory taker at a convenience store is going viral for speeeeeeed. “He said he had been doing this for 30 years! People that came into store would stop in their tracks and watch this guy with their jaw dropped. At first I thought is this for real and it was!
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Hamada.
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Anderson Cooper Eyeroll, James Comey, Ricky Martin, Cooked Goose, Katy Perry, Virginia: HOT LINKS
White House Staffer: Unaware if Trump Knows About Chechnya
White House Staffer: Unaware if Trump Knows About Chechnya
A White House spokeswoman could not confirm if Trump is aware of the reports that gay and bisexual men are being detained and persecuted in Chechnya.
www.advocate.com/politics/2017/5/10/white-house-staffer-unaware-if-trump-knows-about-chechnya
Towards Light – Koovagam, India
Towards Light – Koovagam, India
Kartik Kumar S posted a photo:
Annual Transgender Koovagam Festival
It is said that Sri Krishna took the female form of Mohini to marry Aravan to fullfill the last wish of Aravan who was to be sacrificed before the Mahabharata war for victory of Pandavas.The thali(mangalsutra) is removed, mourning the death of Aravaan.Thousands of transgender, homosexuals and eunuchs participate in the festival to commerate the marriage of Iravan and his sacrifice.The small hamlet of Koovagam is present in the Vizhuppuram district of Tamil Nadu, making it virtually just another point on the map. However, once a year this tiny village turns into the biggest camp for transgenders from all over the country. They gather in flocks to take part in the rituals of a festival which lasts for 18 days, culminating on Chithira Pournami (April-May). A festival which has its traditions rooted in the very depths of the Mahabharatha war, Krishna’s cunningness and the noble nature of a very valiant young man.
Festival story :
kshetrapuranas.blogspot.in/2011/01/koothandavar-spectacle…
Koovagam | Tamilnadu | May ’17
After getting pied in the face, gay CEO vows to fight even HARDER for marriage equality
After getting pied in the face, gay CEO vows to fight even HARDER for marriage equality
“What happened…has reinvigorated me.”
New Music: Perfume Genius, Sylvan Esso, Slowdive, Erasure
New Music: Perfume Genius, Sylvan Esso, Slowdive, Erasure
This week in New Music: As Perfume Genius (above) Mike Hadreas exorcises some serious demons on No Shape, Sylvan Esso go all-out pop on What Now, shoegaze legends Shoegaze return with their first album for 22 years, and Erasure reminisce on the gay rights movement on “Still It’s Not Over.”
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Decamping from Seattle to New York having been on the sharp end of some serious homophobic bullying in high school probably seemed like a good idea for Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas but what followed was a spiral into drug addiction.
From that came some MySpace clips a decade ago that lead to a contract and three tortured albums up to 2014’s Too Bright.
The follow-up No Shape still sees Hadreas in tortured, confessional mode but the impression is that he is starting to move on. From “I wear my body like a rotten peach” in 2014 to “I want to break free” in 2017 is an impressive progression.
Musically, Hadreas has a knack for ingenious glitchy pop with a voice echoing Anohni, Jonsi and the harrowing squalls of Martin Grech.
On the closing song “Alan,” Hadreas sings to his partner: “Did you notice, we sleep through the night?”
Equally light of touch and hard to bear, No Shape is one of the albums of the year so far.
Sylvan Esso – What Now
Calling your second album What Now is brave but Sylvan Esso don’t do the expected, comprised as they are of folk singer Amelia Meath and electro-tinkerer Nick Sanborn.
You could think of Sylvan Esso as a project rather than a band and if the experiment was the debut album, What Now is the verified result.
Meath said the pair gave themselves “full permission to just make bangers” and for the most part they have succeeded with electropop tracks like “The Glow” and “Just Dancing.”
On quieter moments like “Die Young” the pair strip bare their songwriting chops.
Generally blippy, always interesting, What Now is a fantastic follow-up.
Slowdive – Slowdive
Slowdive’s self-titled album is their first in 22 years and the band basically shove the indie kids aside with a lesson on how to make breathtaking shoegaze.
While the career trajectory for Slowdive is similar to that of My Bloody Valentine – early success, disbanded, myth-creation, reform – everything is similar up to the point of the new music. While MBV’s 2013 return album was decent enough Slowdive – while not exactly doing anything different – shows how it should be done.
What makes the album stand out is the songwriting of course but also the simplicity of making good songs with love, something MBV perhaps was missing.
Slowdive disbanded at least partially due to pressure from the music press to do better than their career-defining 1994 second album Soulvaki. The return album is a band making new music because they want to, not because they have to.
Indie rock lead single “Star Roving” is probably the least representative of the album as a whole. “Sugar for the Pill” is the real deal so listen below and check out the album on Spotify.
Erasure – “Still It’s Not Over”
Prior to release of studio album number 17, Erasure have released new track “Still It’s Not Over.”
While the first single from World Be Gone was an upbeat effort, “Still It’s Not Over” is a beautiful track about Andy Bell and Vince Clarke’s participation in the gay rights movement.
Fittingly, it’s a timeless piece that could have come from a Yazoo album.
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VIDEO: White House “not aware” if President Trump knows about LGBTQ attacks in Chechnya
VIDEO: White House “not aware” if President Trump knows about LGBTQ attacks in Chechnya
NEW YORK – More than two weeks after GLAAD called on President Trump to condemn the horrific attacks on LGBTQ men in Chechnya, the White House could not confirm if the president had been briefed on the attacks and the reported concentration camps created by the Chechen government.
The White House’s statement is the latest in what is a clear negligence to a humanitarian crisis happening in Russia-controlled Chechnya where more than 100 LGBTQ men are said to have been detained because of their perceived sexual orientation, with four men allegedly being killed. GLAAD asked President Trump to use the power of the presidency and denounce this anti-LGBTQ violence happening in Chechnya.
“It is shocking that the White House can’t even confirm if President Trump is ‘aware’ of the anti-LGBTQ violence in Chechnya. It seems President Trump is only aware of news that includes his own name,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. “If President Trump doesn’t join Ambassador Haley and other world leaders in condemning this humanitarian crisis, it is only further evidence that his Administration is working to force LGBTQ people around the globe back into the closet.”
Watch the full video response by clicking here.
Chris Johnson (The Washington Blade): “The statement today on the President’s meeting with foreign minister Lavrov did not include anything on the reported incidents of violence in Chechnya against people in the LGBTQ community. Is the reason why that was not included in the readout because the President is not informed on the issue?
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “I’m sorry, could you speak up a little bit.”
Johnson: “Is the reason why it wasn’t included in the readout is because President is not informed about reports of anti-gay violence in Chechnya?”
Sanders: “Ah–uh, look, I mean a lot of times there are parts of the conversation that aren’t specifically included in a readout. Umm, but, I’m not aware, I have not had that conversation. So I do not know, I was not part of that meeting. So I cannot speak to every detail and I would have to refer you to the readout on the specifics of what I know was discussed.”
Johnson: “Has the President been briefed on this issue, generally? Has the President been briefed on this issue, generally?”
Sanders: “That is something I would have to get back to you on. I am not one hundred present sure.”
Politicians and human rights activists across the globe, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, have all condemned the horrific violence in Chechnya. Yet still, President Trump remains silent.
Since the news broke about the anti-LGBTQ attacks and reported concentration camps, GLAAD has led the charge in calling on the Trump Administration to recognize this humanitarian crisis. Last month, GLAAD called on Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to recognize the attacks and use the United States’ presence in the United Nations to condemn the attacks. After a week-long online campaign where thousands of LGBTQ supporters joined GLAAD’s voice, Nikki Haley denounced the violence in Chechnya.
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99 Photos of the 2017 White Party
99 Photos of the 2017 White Party
www.advocate.com/photography/2017/5/10/99-photos-2017-white-party
