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Dallas Cowboys owner explains why Michael Sam was cut from the team
‘Michael was an outstanding look in practice in that he was very, active and worked, very, very hard’
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www.gaystarnews.com/article/dallas-cowboys-owner-explains-why-michael-sam-was-cut-team251014
Ellen Holds Auditions to See Who Can Fill Nick the Gardener's Shoes While He Films 'Magic Mike XXL' – VIDEO
With Ellen’s shirtless gardener Nick off filming Magic Mike XXL, the search is on to see who can best fill his hunky shoes and help the daytime funny lady trim her bushes.
Check out the top contenders so far, AFTER THE JUMP…
Kyler Geoffroy
Cuando una familia es incluyente con familiar LGBT
Video testimonial de Sandra que nos habla de qué ha sido para ella que su madre asista a Familias en la Diversidad Sexual en Guadalajara Jalisco y como ha influido en su vida esto. **En FADIS…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-UndJXMsg&feature=youtube_gdata
Queer Stories: I’m From Driftwood’s First Live Storytelling Event
I’m From Driftwood, which records true stories by LGBTQ people from all over the world, presented its first live event after developing stories with The Moth, a non-profit storytelling organization in New York City.Driftwood creator Nathan Manske presented the stories at Videology in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on October 19th. The archive aims to help LGBTQ people learn more about their community, straight, and cisgender people learn more about their neighbors and everyone learn more about themselves through the power of storytelling and story sharing. The organization has collected roughly 900 written and video stories from around the world. IFD has self-published a book, broadcast podcasts, completed a 50-State Story Collection Tour, and has been adapted for the stage. Eight storytellers came together to share stories of gender-queer animals, humiliating high school experiences, tales of cross-dressing in middle school, and embarrassing yet cherished memories from the early ’80s.
Photo Credit: Rafi Mittlefehldt
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Let Annie Lennox Put Some Soul in Your Saturday Step With 'Georgia on My Mind' – VIDEO
Annie Lennox stopped by The View yesterday to promote Nostalgia, her first non-holiday album in 7 years that features covers of classic 20th century hits – including “Georgia on My Mind” as made famous by Ray Charles.
Lennox also sat down with the ladies to share how she picked which songs to cover on the album and to clarify her “feminist-lite” Beyonce comments.
Check out the interview and her fantastic performance, AFTER THE JUMP…
Kyler Geoffroy
Roberta Kaplan, DOMA Attorney, Discusses Challenging Mississippi Gay Marriage Ban
Attorney Roberta Kaplan, who represented Edie Windsor in the landmark case, United States v. Windsor, which struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, filed suit this week in federal court in Jackson to overturn Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage on behalf of two lesbian couples: Rebecca “Becky” Bickett and Andrea Sanders of Harrison County; and Jocelynn “Jose” Pritchett and Carla Webb of Jackson, who married in Maine in 2013. Kaplan noted that Mississippi has the highest percentage of gay couples with children, and that was one of the reasons why she thought it was an important case to take.
”They said, ‘We need rights. We need to have our families protected the way other families are,’” she told me in an interview on SiriusXM Progress. “I agreed with them. I agreed it was the right time and we put a case together pretty quickly.”
The case has been fast-tracked by U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves, an appointee of President Obama, who scheduled a hearing for November 12. The LGBT rights group Campaign for Southern Equality is also a plaintiff, and the plaintiffs are also represented by Mississippi attorney Robert McDuff of McDuff & Byrd, based in Jackson.
“We asked the court to kind of, on a very expedited schedule, decide that our clients were right and give them the right to marry at the very beginning of the case,” Kaplan explained. “And I have to say, writing the brief — I’m a bit of legal geek, so writing briefs for me is fun, which, already, I admit, is somewhat strange — but writing this brief was one of the best experiences of my life. [That’s] because the entire case just quotes case after post-Windsor case, just making the argument over and over and over again for why we’re right. Normally in a brief you have to analogize to other situations as to why you’re right. Here, we didn’t have to analogize. We have 40-plus decisions already deciding exactly the same thing.”
Kaplan also weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s momentous decision nearly three weeks ago — what she called its “non-decision decision” — to let several circuit court decisions stand, bringing marriage equality to many more states but obviously not stepping in to rule on marriage equality for all 50 states as some had hoped and expected. She referred to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s statements of a few weeks before, in which Ginsburg said the court would likely wait until a circuit court ruled against gay marriage before it stepped in. The remarks seemed to reflect the take-it-slow approach Ginsburg has telegraphed on the issue in the past.
“Along with [the late Justice] Thurgood Marshall, Justice Ginsburg was one of the greatest strategic litigators of our country’s history,” Kaplan said.“When [Justice Ginsburg] says, ‘You know, you guys should take your victories, and let it happen,’ you know, call me crazy. But I listen very carefully to Justice Ginsburg, and I tend to take her advice.”
Crowds demand equality at pride march in Taiwan
Tens of thousands of people turned out at Taiwan’s LGBTI pride march today to push for same-sex marriage to be legalized
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www.gaystarnews.com/article/crowds-demand-equality-pride-march-taiwan251014
Dress You Up: 10 Amazingly Gay Halloween Costume Ideas
It’s that spooky time of year again… Halloween! Otherwise known as a “huge celebration in the LGBT world, especially for the gender-confused folks” of “Satanic origins.” (At least according Linda Harvey, that is.)
We love getting back to our Satanic roots by dressing up and engaging in all sorts of tomfoolery and debauchery while we celebrate what is truly the greatest — and gayest — holiday of them all. Of course, picking the perfect costume is always the hardest part.
Here are 10 amazingly gay costume ideas to consider this All Hallows Eve. Happy Halloweenie!
Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars
Or should we say Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars as David Bowie? All you’d need is a powder blue suit with matching blue eye shadow, some fierce red lipstick, and the world’s tiniest woman.
Twisty the Clown
While we’re on the subject of American Horror Story, Twisty the Clown is another great costume idea worth considering. Or, if you’re aiming for something slightly less terrifying, you could always go as one of Dusti Cunningham’s hot gay clowns instead.
Maggie Gallagher
Get one of these wigs and one of these fat suits and — ta-dah! — you’re Maggie Gallagher.
Kale
The leafy green vegetable caused a media frenzy in April when it was outed for being gay by none other than Madonna. What nicer way to welcome the proud superfood into the family than by dressing up as it for Halloween?
A Fart Demon
Pastor Bert Farias thoroughly embarrassed himself earlier this year when he claimed that gay people were possessed by “fart demons” so stinky they had the power to drive pigs to suicide. What exactly does a fart demon look like, you ask? Who the hell knows? The sky’s the limit on this one.
Conchita Wurst…
…otherwise known as “The Bearded Drag Queen of Austria” or, sometimes, “Kim Kardashian’s Less Trashy, Better-Looking Twin.” Seriously, Miss Wurst has no shortage of glamorous sparkly costumes that you could draw ideas from. And the fact that she’s bearded means you won’t have to shave, which is nice.
The Ghost of Fred Phelps
Then again, that might be too terrifying.
That girl from the Sia music video
Find yourself a blonde bob wig and a flesh-toned leotard and you’re good to go. Easiest costume ever.
Cher
When in doubt, go as Cher. It’s always a safe bet. The dance diva has provided inspiration for literally thousands of drag queens, costume party goers, and Halloween revelers over the decades. Need some specific outfit ideas? We’ve got it covered.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
All rise!
What better way to honor the first Supreme Court Justice in history to officiate a same-sex wedding than by slipping into a black judge’s robe, some turquoise clip-on earrings, and a pair of wire-rimmed glasses and being Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for the night? Now that’s something to raise a gavel to.
Court is adjourned!
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Federal Judge Fast-tracks Challenge to South Carolina's Gay Marriage Ban, Could Rule By Nov. 3
A summary judgement challenge to South Carolina’s gay marriage ban filed by Lambda Legal on behalf of two Charleston women could be decided early next month after a federal judge denied South Carolina’s request for extra time to file responses, The Post and Courier reports:
During a conversation in court Friday with attorneys on both sides, Gergel denied a verbal request from a state Attorney General lawyer to extend by three days a Nov. 3 deadline to file responses to the couple’s injunction request.
“The plaintiff in this case has asserted irreparable injury” due to being denied a marriage license, Gergel said.
“They are entitled to an expeditious review,” he added.
Beth Littrell, Senior Attorney in Lambda Legal’s Southern Regional Office based in Atlanta, said:
There is no reason why South Carolinians should be denied the freedom to marry one more day. The Fourth Circuit’s decision is binding on South Carolina and Governor Haley and Attorney General Wilson should not be allowed to continue to ignore the rule of law. There really is only one legal and logical result–we’re urging the court to allow same-sex couples in South Carolina to marry without any further delay.
A separate lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage was filed earlier this week.
South Carolina remains the only state under the Fourth Circuit’s jurisdiction to not have marriage equality.
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