Daily Archives: October 9, 2014
PHOTOS: Wedding Bells (Finally) Ring in Nevada
PHOTOS: Wedding Bells (Finally) Ring in Nevada
After days of legal wrangling, same-sex couples began marrying Thursday evening in Nevada.
Sunnivie Brydum
www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2014/10/09/photos-wedding-bells-finally-ring-nevada
Andy Cohen, Robbie Rogers And Barbra Streisand Star In Throwback Thursday Celebrity Edition
Andy Cohen, Robbie Rogers And Barbra Streisand Star In Throwback Thursday Celebrity Edition
We regular folks aren’t the only ones digging through old boxes of snapshots or combing through old floppy discs to find photos to post online in celebration of Throwback Thursday, celebrities are doing it, too. Here are a few of our favorites today.
Andy Cohen
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Throw THIS back! Me and my girl Jeanne Messing rocking it out at a dance in 1983. Looks like I went with a maroon sweater….
Mario Lopez
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#TBT hangin out with Clooney back in ’96… Was super cool then & is still a nice, cool guy. View on Instagram
Barbra Streisand
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Barbra w/ John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Ringo Starr. John was a romantic. He said one of his and Yoko’s favorite movies was The Way We Were !! #tbt View on Instagram
Divine (or whoever is running Divine’s official Instagram account)
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Divine dressed as Elizabeth Taylor for a school Halloween party with his date Diana Evans #divine #elizabethtaylor
Robbie Rogers
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Lay off me I’m starving. View on Instagram
Elvira (with Lady Bunny and Lypsinka)
#TBT Having a gay ol’ time in 1991 with @imladybunny @Lypsinka and Dan Mathews #throwbackthursday pic.twitter.com/z56hDm5A6v
— Elvira (@TheRealElvira) October 9, 2014
Joe Jonas
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#TBT I’m now a vintage wine. View on Instagram
Tom Brady (in 1994)
Jeremy Kinser
LGBT Wellness Roundup Oct 14 2014
LGBT Wellness Roundup Oct 14 2014
Catch all the links to these stories and more on www.huffingtonpost.com/news/lgbt-wellness/. Brought to you be LGBT HealthLink, a project of lgbtcenters.org. Special thanks to our researcher…
Two Of My Fav Ladies Came Thru A Few Weeks Ago At Our Last Holiday Party @ OZio. We're At It Again This Holiday Sun & We're Doin It BIG For The Libras! Join Us: Sunday Oct 12th 4pm-10pm THE L WORD DAY PARTY Ladies.Libras.Love.Lust.Liquor Columbus Holiday
Mark Gilbert Talks Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2014 (AUDIO)
Mark Gilbert Talks Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2014 (AUDIO)
This week I talked with Mark Gilbert, Interim Executive Director and Board Chair of the Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which takes place in association with the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and is one of the most highly regarded LGBT film festivals in the nation. The sixth annual Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival has expanded to seven days, taking place Friday, Oct. 10, through Sunday, Oct. 12, and Thursday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 19. FLGLFF 2014 will be presenting 50 diverse, award-winning feature films and shorts, along with special events and parties throughout the city. Its mission is to enrich, entertain and educate the public through the presentation of international and culturally diverse films that offer meaningful perspectives on the historic and contemporary gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.
I talked with Gilbert about this year’s festival and his spin on LGBT issues. When asked what he would like to see happen for LGBT equality in the next few years, he stated:
I would like to see the movement continue at the pace that it is. I mean, my dream, my vision — I used to do editorials and talk about what I hope would be one day, and we’re already seeing it. I’m a grandfather of two, and my boys don’t know any different — and when I say that, of course I mean as a grandfather of two adorable, loving children — and they’ll never know the difference, that gay was ever anything to wonder about. They’ll only know that Papa’s gay and their grandfather and they love him. My dream is 50 years from today — and even to take that to the next level, where, when they hear talk about marriage, gay marriage, marriage equality, if you will, they’re only going to know that there’s my two mommies, my two daddies, or Joey has two mommies or two daddies or two grandmas. Whatever it is, they’re going to feel the same love for them. It’s not going to be something special or different. It will just be part of our everyday lives that everyone will accept everyone for who they are, and it will be a world of just equality.
LISTEN:
Presented by HBO, Merrill Lynch and the Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB/Broward Office of Film, Music & Entertainment, the sixth annual Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival promises to be a wealth of films ranging from hilarious takes on relationships to compelling dramas and documentaries touching upon some of the more compelling issues in the LGBT community. There are also fabulous parties and events presented by Florida’s LGBT nonprofits.
For more information, please visit flglff.com.
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Adult Films Stars Asked Regular People To Touch Them And This Happened
Adult Films Stars Asked Regular People To Touch Them And This Happened
Imagine being in the same room as your favorite adult film stars and being invited to touch them. How would you respond? Would you be shy or bold enough to grope them? Maybe you’d kiss them on the lips or, ahem, lick their feet? In a promotional video/sociological experiment made to tout the Barcelona Erotic Show that took place last week, several folks took advantage of this unusual opportunity and all sorts of reactions took place.
Watch the touching video below.
Jeremy Kinser
Wingnut Mat Staver Says A Third Political Party Is Needed to Stop Gay Marriage, Like With Slavery: AUDIO
Wingnut Mat Staver Says A Third Political Party Is Needed to Stop Gay Marriage, Like With Slavery: AUDIO
Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver, the wingnut who previously said gay marriage was a direct attack on God, is so mad at the Republican Party’s tepid response to the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision on Monday that he thinks a third political party will be necessary to lead the fight against LGBT equality.
Right Wing Watch reports:
Staver told Greg Corombos of Radio America yesterday that a third party will be needed to take a strong stance against the legalization of same-sex marriage, just as the Republican Party emerged in the 1850s to oppose slavery as the Whigs were foundering due to divisions on the issue.
When Corombos asked why Republicans have delivered a muted response to the marriage decision, Staver didn’t hold back: “They’re cowards, and if Republicans don’t stand up for this, the party will become a non-issue and there will be a third party that will ultimately take its place. That’s what happened with the issue of slavery and there’s no party that’s immune from this situation.”
Staver went on to complain about the missed opportunity to enshrine discrimination into the Constitution with the Federal Marriage Amendment following the 2004 elections, as well as his belief that it’s “absolute stupidity” to think that the fight over marriage equality is over.
“That would be like saying with regards to Dred Scot, when the Supreme Court said, ‘Sorry Dred Scott, you’re black and blacks are inferior human beings, you don’t have rights of a citizen, therefore the debates over.’ That would be ridiculous then, it’s ridiculous now.”
Listen to the insanity, AFTER THE JUMP…
Earlier today, we reported that Mike Huckabee was also threatening to leave the Republican Party over its non-response to this week’s news.
Kyler Geoffroy
New LGBT Minor at LSU
New LGBT Minor at LSU
Louisiana State University introduced a new LGBT minor under the School of Social Work this semester. So far, students are enjoying the unique courses.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hRQ69x6Ls4&feature=youtube_gdata
Indiana's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Officially Lifted
Indiana's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Officially Lifted
After an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, most county clerks have begun issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Daniel Reynolds
www.advocate.com/politics/2014/10/09/indianas-same-sex-marriage-ban-officially-lifted