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Daily Archives: November 2, 2017
Donald Trump’s Account Temporarily Deactivated by Twitter Employee
Donald Trump’s Account Temporarily Deactivated by Twitter Employee
Donald Trump’s Twitter account was temporarily deactivated for 11 minutes on Thursday night. Twitter says it was “due to a human error by a Twitter employee.”
Earlier today @realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee. The account was down for 11 minutes, and has since been restored. We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again.
— Twitter Government (@TwitterGov) November 3, 2017
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Trump Reacts After Disgruntled Twitter Employee Deactivates His Account
Former Grindr Employee Sues Company, Claims HR Boss Raped Him
Former Grindr Employee Sues Company, Claims HR Boss Raped Him
The popular hookup app is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who says he was drugged and raped by a human resources executive.
www.advocate.com/crime/2017/11/02/former-grindr-employee-sues-company-claims-hr-boss-raped-him
Grindr sued by ex-employee who claims HR supervisor drugged and raped him
Grindr sued by ex-employee who claims HR supervisor drugged and raped him
An investigation is underway.
Female Journalists Unite To Shine Light On Sexual Harassment In The Media
Female Journalists Unite To Shine Light On Sexual Harassment In The Media
Leading female journalists have created a group to tackle sexual harassment in the media industry.
The Second Source, an alternative professional network, launched on Thursday night with the aim of raising awareness of harassment and helping companies to stamp it out.
It has the support of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Green MP Caroline Lucas and the Lib Dems’ Jo Swinson.
It comes in the wake of allegations Times columnist Kate Maltby and radio presenter Julia Hartley Brewer faced sexual harassment from male MPs.
Evening Standard columnist Rosamund Urwin, who is among the 20 journalists behind Second Source, said she was inspired to take action after hearing how freelance reporter Emily Reynolds was targeted.
tomorrow, as it once happened to me and happened to Emily.”
Reynolds said: “When I published the post about my experiences of harassment, I was frightened it would leave me isolated and it risk.
“It was quite the opposite. I was inundated with messages of support and solidarity from other journalists, many of whom had had similar experiences to me as a young woman in insecure work.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/second-source-harassment_uk_59fba27de4b01b4740495b5a
HRC Delivers “Chefs for Equality” Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakes Case
HRC Delivers “Chefs for Equality” Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakes Case
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, announced two amicus briefs featuring the nation’s leading bakers, chefs and businesses who oppose discrimination against LGBTQ people — the central issue in the pending Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
The ‘Chefs for Equality’ brief includes bakers, chefs, restaurateurs and other culinary industry leaders from every state, plus Washington D.C. In addition to food professionals from all over the country, it is signed by some of the most prominent names in the culinary industry, including Elizabeth Falkner, Jose Andres, Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Berman of Georgetown Cupcake, Carla Hall, Padma Lakshmi, Christina Tosi, Anthony Bourdain, Tom Colicchio, Duff Goldman, Sam Kass and more.
An HRC-led amicus brief featuring 37 businesses has also been filed in this case, also arguing that businesses must be open to all.
“The culinary community has joined this brief to relay a very simple message: ‘we welcome all,’” said Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign. “If a business is open on main street, it must be open to everyone, regardless of who they are or whom they love. It is important for the nation and the Supreme Court to affirm the equal dignity of every single American.”
The ‘Chefs for Equality’ brief was authored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, an international law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.
“These companies are sending a powerful message to LGBTQ people and their families that America’s leading businesses believe in equality,” said HRC Deputy Director of Employee Engagement Beck Bailey. “Across the country, corporate leaders know that businesses should be open for all. A business owner’s personal beliefs should never be reason enough to discriminate against a customer because of who they are or who they love.”
The brief featuring major businesses was authored by Steptoe & Johnson LLP, an international law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.
The companies signing the brief are:
Affirm, Inc.; Airbnb, Inc.; Amalgamated Bank; Amazon.com, Inc.; American Airlines; Apple; Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc.; Choice Hotels, International; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Citigroup Inc.; Deutsche Bank; Glassdoor, Inc.; Intel Corporation; John Hancock; Levi Strauss & Co.; Linden Research, Inc.; Lyft Inc.; Marriott International, Inc.; MassMutual; Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams; MongoDB, Inc.; National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce; NIO U.S.; PayPal Holdings, Inc.; Pfizer Inc; Postmates Inc; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Prudential; Replacements, Ltd.; salesforce.com, inc.; SurveyMonkey; The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Uber Technologies, Inc.; WeddingWire, Inc.; Weebly, Inc.; Witeck Communications; and Yelp Inc.
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is a case pending at the Supreme Court of the United States involving a baker who in 2012 refused to provide a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Last year, the Colorado Supreme Court upheld a ruling by the Colorado Court of Appeals that bakery owner Jack Phillips cannot cite religious beliefs or free speech in order to discriminate against same-sex couples. Amicus briefs in support of the same-sex couple and the the Colorado Civil Rights Commission must be filed at the Supreme Court of the United States today. Oral arguments will be heard by the Court on December 5.
Al Reynolds, Ex-Husband of Star Jones, Comes Out As Bisexual
Al Reynolds, Ex-Husband of Star Jones, Comes Out As Bisexual
After being tortured by the tabloids, Al Reynolds is embracing his identity.
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/11/02/al-reynolds-ex-husband-star-jones-comes-out-bisexual
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“He tried to rape me”: More shocking Kevin Spacey underage sexual assault accusations
“He tried to rape me”: More shocking Kevin Spacey underage sexual assault accusations
“I told him I didn’t want that, he went again to do it, I told him no, he went again and pushed harder and grabbed me and pushed harder.”
The Last Jedi, Kevin Spacey, Kellan Lutz, Clarence Thomas, Tim Cook, San Antonio, Harvey Milk: HOT LINKS
The Last Jedi, Kevin Spacey, Kellan Lutz, Clarence Thomas, Tim Cook, San Antonio, Harvey Milk: HOT LINKS
CLARENCE THOMAS. What’s our unum? “We always talk about E pluribus unum. What’s our unum now? We have the pluribus. What’s the unum? And I think it’s a great country. I think we, for whatever reasons, have made it our — some people have decided that the Constitution isn’t worth defending, that history isn’t worth defending, that the culture and principles aren’t worth defending. And, certainly, if you are in my position, they have to be worth defending. That’s what keeps you going. That’s what energizes you. I don’t know what it is that we have, we can say instinctively, we have as a country in common.”
NOT MAD AT ANYBODY. Trump projects air of calm over charges: “I’m not under investigation, as you know,” Mr. Trump said in a brief telephone call late Wednesday afternoon. Pointing to the indictment of his former campaign chief, Paul Manafort, the president said, “And even if you look at that, there’s not even a mention of Trump in there.”
NO NUDITY. Kellan Lutz just said something that made many people very unhappy.
KEVIN SPACEY. Seeking treatment after sexual abuse allegations.
PORTLAND. Grassroots coalition seeks to rename part of SW Stark St. after Harvey Milk: “These leaders believe renaming this street after Harvey Milk, a prominent LGBTQ rights activist and one of the first openly LGBTQ elected officials in American history, will help cement Portland as a fair-minded city that honors its LGBTQ citizens’ struggle for equality. The naming of Harvey Milk Street would recognize this part of Portland for its cultural and historical significance to the LGBTQ community.”
OLYMPICS. U.S. blocks removal of discrimination reference from UN Olympics resolution: “Egypt and Russia sought to remove a reference to Principle 6 — the Olympic Charter’s nondiscrimination clause — from the resolution because it specifically includes sexual orientation along with religion, gender and other factors.”
TIM COOK. Apple CEO talks about the dangers of social media: “I don’t believe the big issue are ads from foreign governments. I believe that’s like .1 percent of the issue,” Cook said in a recent interview with NBC Nightly News. “The bigger issue is that some of these tools are used to divide people, to manipulate people, to get fake news to people in broad numbers so as to influence their thinking. This to me is the No. 1 through 10 issue.”
WATCH: Apple CEO Tim Cook goes one-on-one with @LesterHoltNBC. t.co/T30BsPJYjr t.co/zrkTVMA7dM
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) November 1, 2017
MIAMI. Six firefighters fired after drawing noose, phallic images on black colleague’s photos. ‘The Herald reported Wednesday the six firefighters — William W. Bryson, Kevin Meizoso, David Rivera, Justin Rumbaugh, Harold Santana, and Alejandro Sese — together defaced the family photos belonging to a black lieutenant, taking the pictures of his wife, children and his mother out of their picture frames and drawing “graphic and obscene phallic renderings” on the images, before returning them to their frames.’
SAN ANTONIO. $5,000 reward offered for info on slaying of bouncer at gay bar. “Around 11 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2016, Fuentes was walking a woman to her car when a group of men in a black vehicle pulled up in front of the bar and opened fire on Fuentes. He was shot multiples times and died at the scene.”
SUNY. 21 students charged with hazing pledges using urine, vomit, and alcohol.
LOUISIANA. Court rules governor’s executive order protecting LGBT workers is not constitutional: “Gov. John Bel Edwards cannot protect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people working for state government from discrimination, harassment and firing, Louisiana’s First Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday (Nov. 1). The decision hands Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican who challenged the Democratic governor’s policy, another notable victory over the governor.”
NEW PROMO OF THE DAY. The Last Jedi.
MANNEQUIN PRANK OF THE DAY.
THIRSTY THURSDAY. Phillip Evelyn.
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