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District of Columbia Health Committee Passes Anti-Conversion Therapy Bill
Today, the District of Columbia Counsel, Committee on Health held a markup session for B20-501, the bill to protect youth in the District from conversion therapy.
HRC.org
College That Slut Shamed Dustin Lance Black Paid Him $26,050 To Not Sue
The local community college that disinvited Tom Daley’s boyfriend from speaking at a commencement ceremony last year after discovering his sex tape online agreed to pay him $3,000 for the ordeal, as well as an additional $26,050 to not sue them.
Pasadena Community College eventually let DLB give their 2014 commencement speech when some great reporting by the school’s newspaper inspired the Oscar-winning screenwriter to publicly condemn the school for slut shaming him.
Details of the deal were never reported publicly until this week, when the LA Times discovered the settlement agreement in documents obtained through a Public Records Act request.
The school’s Academic Senate president Eduardo Cairo called the settlement money a “complete misuse of public funds,” adding the AC was “extremely disappointed to hear that has happened.”
DLB has refused to comment on the agreement and a spokesperson for the school told the Times “the issue with Mr. Black has been resolved, and the district has no further comment at this time.”
Add this $26,050 to the $100,000 judgement Black received against the person who originally posted his sex tape online back in 2008, and we’d call it a pretty profitable “mistake.”
Queerty Editor
North Carolina High School Cancels Play With Gay Scene for 'Sexually-Explicit Overtones'
Though in 2010, it became the most widely-produced play among American High Schools, “Almost, Maine” has been cancelled due to opposition at a North Carolina high school, Maiden High School. The play is made up of nine vignettes about love, and one of the vignettes is about a gay couple.
According to WSOC, “some parents and area churches complained” about the play. The school then decided “Almost, Maine” was too controversial, cancelling it. In a statement on the decision, the school’s Principal Rob Bliss (pictured) cited “sexually-explicit overtones and multiple sexual innuendos that are not aligned with our mission and educational objectives.”
According to a Maiden student, Conner Baker, who spoke with ThinkProgress, the students had already paid for rights to produce the play — a cool $300. The show had already auditioned and was in rehearsals.
Jake Folsom
LGBT – Homosexuality Vs. Pedophilia
Is there a difference between homosexuality and pedophilia?
Transcript: The Other Awkward Moment in Florida's Governor Debate
That weird delay to the start of the debate wasn’t the only uncomfortable moment.
Lucas Grindley
Court decision halts same-sex marriages as Alaska seeks higher court decision
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay halting same-sex marriage in Alaska Wednesday, a day after a lower court denied a similar request.
The two-page order granted a temporary stay in Sunday’s Hamby v. Parnell ruling until 11 a.m. Alaska time Friday, giving the state an opportunity to seek a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state said it would seek the higher court stay and enforce the stay at the 9th Circuit. Department of Law Spokeswoman Cori Mills said in an email “the state cannot issue any marriage licenses until the stay is lifted.”
Calling for Charlie Crist in Orlando
With less than three weeks until Election Day, things are getting real hot in the Sunshine State. Politically hot, that is.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/calling-for-charlie-crist-in-orlando?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Brad Pitt And Jimmy Fallon Communicate Through The Fine Art Of Breakdancing
Who needs words when you look like Brad Pitt? The sexy-as-ever actor pre-taped a segment with Jimmy Fallon for The Tonight Show to promote his new WWII epic Fury and displayed the ease with which two grown men can communicate through the lost art of breakdancing.
Watch the duo bust their moves below.
Jeremy Kinser
Federal Judge to Rule on Same-Sex Marriage in Wyoming by 5 pm Monday
U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl will issue a ruling on same-sex marriage by 5 pm Monday, the Casper Star-Tribune reports.
NCLR and Wyoming Equality filed suit last week demanding that the state comply with the 10th Circuit ruling handed out earlier this year following the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear its appeal.
A hearing on the suit was held today.
Plaintiffs in Wyoming marriage case speaking now pic.twitter.com/7EQ9tddalf
— Matthew (@mistabaka) October 16, 2014
Matt shep’s parents Dennis and Judy Shepard were among those watching. #gaymarriage #wyoming
— Laura Hancock (@laurahancock) October 16, 2014
Andy Towle
www.towleroad.com/2014/10/federal-judge-to-rule-on-same-sex-marriage-in-wyoming-by-5-pm-monday.html
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