Kim Davis Lawyer: Homophobes Persecuted Like ‘Jews in Nazi Germany’

The attorney who represents the homophobic Kentucky official claims anti-LGBTQ groups are the real ones experiencing persecution.

www.advocate.com/religion/2017/8/31/kim-davis-lawyer-homophobes-persecuted-jews-nazi-germany

Hundreds of Faith Leaders Condemn Homophobic Evangelical Manifesto

Numerous Christian leaders are rejecting the “Nashville Statement” in a statement of support for LGBTQ people.

www.advocate.com/religion/2017/8/31/hundreds-faith-leaders-condemn-homophobic-evangelical-manifesto

Is Cher appearing in the new season of “American Horror Story”? The evidence speaks for itself.
And the evidence appears to be saying, “Definitely, maybe.”

www.queerty.com/cher-appearing-new-season-american-horror-story-evidence-speaks-20170831?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Pride in Cambodia: LGBTQ Couples Inspire With Their Loving Stories

Post submitted by Srun Srorn, HRC Global Innovator and Founder of CamASEAN

CamASEAN Youth’s Future, a human rights organization that I founded, organized a Pride event last weekend with support from HRC’s Global Partnerships in Pride program.

The event, with the theme “Normal Life of LGBTI Couples,” was held in a Buddhist pagoda in Kandal province near the capital, Phnom Penh. It brought together 25 same-sex and transgender couples from every part of Cambodia who spoke about their lives together, some for as long as four decades. These couples, supported at the event by their parents and siblings, demonstrated that love has no label and that happy couples and families are not limited by sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

With our Facebook Live stream that reached more than 5,000 people, these families showed the world that love is love!

Three village chiefs, five commune council officials, police officers, Buddhist monks, media, United Nations officials and civil society activists also attended the event.

“Legal recognition of same-sex couples is urgently needed in Cambodia,” a village chief said. “(We must) do our best to ensure that same-sex couples can receive legal documents issued by local authorities.”

The monks, who most graciously hosted our event at their pagoda, reiterated that Buddhist principles do not permit discrimination against LGBTQ people.

In addition to this Pride event, CamASEAN continues to assist LGBTQ people and other minorities, with a particular focus on those living in poverty. We seek to empower the LGBTQ community through positive storytelling, exhibitions, providing skills training and small loans and engaging with the Ministry of Education to train teachers on LGBTQ issues.  

This event wouldn’t have been possible without HRC’s support. I was proud to be a HRC Global Innovator in D.C. earlier this year and look forward to more engagement with HRC’s global network as Cambodia’s LGBTQ movement continues to grow.

www.hrc.org/blog/pride-in-cambodia-lgbtq-couples-inspire-with-their-loving-stories?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Gay Couple Attacked, Bitten by Rabid Homophobic Gang After Kissing

The men were at a date in a bar when they were physically assaulted multiple times.

www.advocate.com/crime/2017/8/31/gay-couple-attacked-bitten-rabid-homophobic-gang-after-kissing

Max Emerson and boyfriend Andres Camilo strip down for wicked-hot underwear shoot
This skimpy underwear and swimwear leaves nothing up to your dirty imagination.

www.queerty.com/max-emerson-boyfriend-andres-camilo-strip-wicked-hot-underwear-shoot-20170831?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Harry Styles, St. Vincent, Martha Stewart, Trump Disapproval, Hurricane Harvey, Miley Cyrus, Sunbathing: HOT LINKS

FOX NEWS POLL. Disastrous ratings for Trump: “His job ratings are increasingly negative — and 56 percent feel Trump’s “tearing the country apart,” versus 33 percent who say he’s “drawing the country together.” About two-thirds of Republicans feel Trump is drawing the country together (68 percent), while 15 percent say tearing the country apart and 18 percent are unsure. Nearly all Democrats (93 percent) and over half of independents (59 percent) say Trump is tearing the country apart.”

BAKED. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg reenact the famous scene from Ghost.

FIRST HAND. Trump didn’t witness any of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation first hand. He lied again. “He met with a number of local officials who are eating, sleeping, breathing the Harvey disaster,” Sanders said. “He talked extensively with the governor, who certainly is right in the midst of every bit of this, as well as the mayors from several of the local towns that were hit hardest. And detailed briefing information throughout the day yesterday talking to a lot of the people on the ground — that certain is a firsthand account.”

After witnessing first hand the horror & devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey,my heart goes out even more so to the great people of Texas!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2017

CRYING NAZI. Christopher Cantwell thinks people are being mean to him. “I’m a goddamn human being.”

JAMES DAVID MANNING. Harlem Hate Pastor adds TV to controversial sign: ‘He said he didn’t ask for permission to install the TV because he thought the city wouldn’t allow it. “They’ve already condemned the [existing] sign for being in violation, so what am I supposed to do?” he told DNAinfo Wednesday.’

CLOSE CALL. Three mile wide asteroid to zoom past Earth on September 1.

OH, HOLLYWOOD. Lord of the Flies movie being remade…with girls.

AMSTERDAM. Three arrested for vicious anti-gay hate crime in June: “The three are suspected of attempted murder or attempted manslaughter. The police expect to arrest a fourth suspect in the near future, ANP reports.”

WE ONLY KILL BLACK PEOPLE. Cobb County police officer reassures white woman afraid to reach for her phone:

MILEY CYRUS. I’m donating half a million to Hurricane Relief.

TWO GHOSTS. Harry Styles shares intimate studio video. “The clip, which was filmed at the famed Abbey Road Studio in London, is part of Harry‘s Apple Music exclusive documentary film Harry Styles: Behind the Album.”

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. St. Vincent ” New York”.

SUNBATHING PERCH OF THE DAY. Atop a wind turbine.

THIRSTY THURSDAY. Maxs Souza.

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Welcoming Schools at Gender Odyssey Seattle

It was my pleasure and privilege to both attend and present at Gender Odyssey Seattle August 23-27 to bring Welcoming Schools materials and resources to more families and youth-serving professionals to create supportive learning environments for all students. My Welcoming Schools colleagues and I were delighted to participate in thought-provoking workshops and discussion groups on gender diversity while also introducing our national program for safe and inclusive schools.

The Gender Odyssey Conference, an international conference focused on the needs and interests of transgender and gender diverse people, their loved ones and professionals who serve them, is in its 16th year. Gender Odyssey offers two programs with a different target audience: the family program for families raising gender-diverse and/or transgender children and the professional program for those seeking to enhance their understanding of those they serve.

Aidan Key, the founder of the conference, leads the largest network of support groups in the nation for families raising transgender and gender-nonconforming children at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He also happens to be one of our newest Welcoming Schools Facilitators, having attended our National Facilitator Certification Training in June.

I presented a session entitled “Welcoming Schools: Talking to Elementary Students about Gender” during day one of the professional program. We explored developmentally appropriate ways to respond to questions about gender and looked at lesson plans and books that can help educators to create gender-inclusive classrooms. Welcoming Schools Certified Facilitator Tracy Flynn presented the same workshop during the family program. On day two, I joined Key and Asaf Orr, an attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights, for a robust question and answer session called “Gender Google for Schools.”

Every year I attend, Gender Odyssey is an invigorating time of learning and sharing, and the most powerful experience is always listening to transgender and non-binary youth speak their truths.  I attended an incredible youth panel and listened as dynamic youth shared their experiences, aspirations and ideas for change. As the young people shared their personal stories and vision for a culture that no longer embraces the gender binary, one member of the audience asked a panelist how they fight against stereotypical notions of gender and received a confident, one word response, “Feminism.”  The confidence and drive that the panelists displayed as they discussed their experiences with toxic masculinity in schools, their desires to be the changemakers that they already are, and gracefully offered suggestions for the adults in the room. only increased my drive to work with schools and districts to continually improve learning environments and outcomes for transgender and non-binary youth.

Gender Odyssey is an outstanding, informative conference, and I highly encourage interested educators, youth-serving professionals, and families to attend  in the future. We at Welcoming Schools certainly plan to be back.

HRC’s Welcoming Schools is the nation’s premier program dedicated to creating respectful and supportive elementary schools by embracing family diversity, creating LGBTQ- and gender-inclusive schools, preventing bias-based bullying, a supporting transgender and non-binary students.

www.hrc.org/blog/welcoming-schools-at-gender-odyssey-seattle?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed