‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ Is the Year’s Queerest Movie
Out actor Luke Evans plays Wonder Woman’s poly creator while out director Angela Robinson helms.
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/7/19/professor-marston-and-wonder-women-queerest-movie-year
Trump: I Wouldn’t Have Appointed Jeff Sessions If I Knew He Was Going to Recuse Himself from Russia Probe
Donald Trump gave an interview to the New York Times which revealed his thoughts on his suspicious second meeting with Vladimir Putin, special counsel Robert Mueller, James Comey, and Jeff Sessions.
“Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the president,” he added. “How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, ‘Thanks, Jeff, but I’m not going to take you.’ It’s extremely unfair — and that’s a mild word — to the president.”
Mr. Trump also faulted Mr. Sessions for his testimony during Senate confirmation hearings when Mr. Sessions said he had not met with any Russians even though he had met at least twice with Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak. “Jeff Sessions gave some bad answers,” the president said. “He gave some answers that were simple questions and should have been simple answers, but they weren’t.”
Trump also said that his second, private meeting with Putin was very brief and they discussed….adoption. He said that he believed former FBI Director James Comey held the Russia (golden showers) dossier over his head as leverage, and that he was open to firing special counsel Robert Mueller, particularly if his investigation veered from Russia into Trump’s business dealings.
In related news, three major figures in the Russia investigation — Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort — have been scheduled to testify before congressional intelligence committees next week.
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56 Photos of Leo Ursini and His Friends
www.advocate.com/photography/2017/7/19/56-photos-leo-ursini-and-his-friends
Daily Equality: Texas Special Session, Eyes on Chechnya, LGBT Data Inclusion Act, We Love J. Lo!
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Reading the Far Right: Don’t Call Us Haters
The extreme-right media, which we read so you don’t have to, object to the “hate group” label for certain organizations, even when it fits.
www.advocate.com/media/2017/7/19/reading-far-right-dont-call-us-haters
Greyson Chance, the YouTube Music Phenom Signed by Ellen at Age 12, Comes Out as Gay
Greyson Chance, whose career-launching performance of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” at a sixth-grade talent show has has had more than 59 million views since it was uploaded in 2010, has come out as gay on Instagram.
Shortly after the “Paparazzi” performance went viral, Chance was invited on Ellen DeGeneres’s show and subsequently became the first artist signed to her label, eleveneleven.
Wrote Chance, who’s now 19, on Instagram:
The decision to write this came after I received a message from a brave individual. Such message inspired me to shed light on an aspect of my private life which I have kept distant from my career in music.
I came to fully recognize that I was gay when I was sixteen. I decided not to publicize my sexuality largely due to a matter of privacy, as I was still trying to find comfort and confidence within my own skin. Further, I always found conversations regarding music, politics, art, books – and the greatness of Nas’ catalog – to be far more interesting than what type of guy I was into. This is still true today.
While this message is most definitely overdue, I encourage anyone who is navigating their sexuality to devote as much time as they need to the process of finding self-confidence, self-acceptance, and self-love. Hell, for me, it took years to write this message. Nevertheless, I figured now was the time to let a few more friends know that I am happy, I am here for you, and I am proud of who I am.
Cheers
-G
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Greyson Chance, the YouTube Music Phenom Signed by Ellen at Age 12, Comes Out as Gay
Britain Bans Gender Stereotyping in Advertising — Could That Fly in the U.S.?
How would Carl’s Jr. ever sell a burger if the company couldn’t use stereotypes of women?
www.advocate.com/business/2017/7/19/britain-bans-gender-stereotyping-advertising-could-fly-us
Should having an x-rated past make a person ineligible for a job?
Is it fair to disqualify someone simply because, once upon a time, they did sex work?
Matt Drudge, Taipei, Chechnya, Ellen DeGeneres, Halo Top, British Airways, Hummingbirds: HOT LINKS
CHECHNYA. White House claims it’s upset by remarks about gays from Chechnya leader: “U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters in Washington on Tuesday that the State Department found these remarks ‘very concerning and also upsetting.’ Nauert said Washington has raised the issue with Russian officials ‘at the highest levels.’” Do you believe her?
DRUDGE. On Trump’s poll numbers.
Heads Will Roll… pic.twitter.com/w0u6ENQFxm
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) July 19, 2017
TAIPEI. City government is first to give gay and lesbian employees marriage and paternity leave: “Earlier this year, the Constitutional Court ordered lawmakers to find a means of legalizing same-sex marriage within two years. The city’s action was made to ensure gay couples’ rights in the meantime, with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) also noting that related entitlements, such as marriage and paternity leave, were not yet offered by the private sector.”
TOP 10. Ellen DeGeneres is #2 highest-paid TV entertainer, according to Forbes.
MARIAH CAREY. A scripted drama based on her life is in development: “Written by Nina Colman (Mahogany), the drama is set in 1986 New York City and chronicles the rise of an ambitious bi-racial 16-year-old girl, an aspiring singer-songwriter who survived a difficult childhood to become the biggest selling female music artist of all time.”
BLOCKED. Madonna puts halt to memorabilia auction with court order.
HALO TOP. How the trendy ‘healthy’ ice cream grew: “The proliferation of Halo Top’s low-calorie, protein-packed pints, however, was no accident. Sure, the healthy promise of the product itself played a big part, but the brand’s ascent can be attributed to a well-orchestrated marketing strategy, focusing on word of mouth marketing, partnerships and social media, particularly Instagram.”
SORRY NOT SORRY. Demi Lovato drops music video featuring poolside shenanigans.
HACKED. Jared Padalecki doesn’t mind having a small penis.
SAFETY VIDEO OF THE DAY. British Airways.
SLO-MO OF THE DAY. Feeding hummingbird.
SLO-MO OF THE DAY PART 2. Microwaving an airbag.
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Culver Padilla.
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