WNKPAG FFAF vs FFRF GLAAD LGBT ACLU.
Putting the Trash ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR where it belongs.

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'Jeopardy!' 'What Women Want' Category Is A Major Sexist Fail
Whoever writes the categories for “Jeopardy!” seems to have little idea what women actually want.

On Sept. 30, “Jeopardy!” featured a “What Women Want” category alongside “State Capital Nicknames” and “2014 Bestsellers.” Since the answers didn’t include equal pay, the right to affordable and safe abortion or anything else women actually want, the show left many wondering who signed off on this.

Mashable‘s Neha Prakash rounded up the clues included in the category. In just five questions “Jeopardy!” perpetuated almost every female stereotype in the book:

Answer: “What are Levi’s?”

Answer: “What’s a crossword puzzle?”

Answer: “What is a vacuum cleaner?”

Clue: “Before bed, a cup of this herbal tea from Celestial Seasonings. That’s the logo seen here.”
Answer: “What is Sleepy Time?”

Answer: “What is Pilates?”

At this point, it should be understood that women want a whole lot more than a working vacuum cleaner and jeans that make our butts look good.

Considering that one in five women will be raped in their lifetimes, women are still paid 77 cents to every man’s dollar and the fact that there has yet to be a female president in the U.S., ladies have much larger things to worry about than a hot cup of Sleepy Time tea.

As Jezebel’s Tracey Moore pointed out, the average age of a “Jeopardy!” viewer is 64 years old. So although a “What Women Want” category might not have seemed so out of place in the 1950s, it’s still sexist nonsense.

Many took to Twitter to voice their outrage and clarify what women really want:

.@Jeopardy? For a “smart” show, you just got srsly stupid RT @DJRumspringa: ARE YOU SERIOUS @Jeopardy?? pic.twitter.com/LEZcSw8K5A #SexismIsUgly

— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) September 29, 2014

#whatwomenwant: what are rights over their own reproductive health? what is the end to rape culture? what is an apology from @Jeopardy?

— katelyn (@woahohkatie) September 30, 2014

@Jeopardy for a show that aims at being smart you are incredibly stupid.For starters #whatwomenwant is equal pay and bodily autonomy #sexist

— Cathrine Linn (@cathrinelinn) September 30, 2014

#whatwomenwant equal rights, equal pay, the rights to make decisions about our bodies… Not vacuum cleaners and sleepy time tea @Jeopardy

— L Thornton-Cronin (@Lesley_TC) October 1, 2014

#whatwomenwant What is equal pay? What is the right to make my own health decisions? What is treated like a human? @Jeopardy @SophiaBush

— Andrea Davis (@MissAndreaDavis) September 30, 2014

Seriously @Jeopardy?How about end to rape culture, equal lay, access to reproductive healthcare, not patronizing stereotypes #whatwomenwant

— Kim (@thevegannp) October 1, 2014

To not be scared while walking alone, at night or otherwise. #whatwomenwant Thanks for demeaning us, @Jeopardy -a no longer loyal fan

— J. Katie Marks (@JKatieMarks) October 1, 2014

Paid sick leave, equal pay, affordable child care, respect #whatwomenwant t.co/rT9HLOVOgn cc: @marcela_elisa @H_HoppBruce @mashable

— Joanna Weiss (@JoannaWeiss) September 30, 2014

#whatwomenwant: equal pay, reproductive freedom, not to live in a rape culture… NOT jeans, tea, and a man who vacuums. #jeopardy.

— Eden Wales Freedman (@EdoGirl1231) September 30, 2014

#whatwomenwant – to feel safe walking down the street & not be told they were “asking for it”. Wow @Jeopardy just wow #disappointed

— Kristine (@Kris_in_MN) September 30, 2014

While some might brush off a “Jeopardy!” category as not worthy of outrage, Moore noted why the game show’s sexism is a real problem:

Stuff like this — how we reflexively think about gender when no one makes us think even a tiny bit harder — reveals our biases. It proves that many people don’t recognize that there ARE bigger issues for women than how they look, how tight their Pilates game is, or where the tea is, and that it even matters when you reduce them to such trivialities.

Women’s true wants and needs are not the stuff of quirky rom-com one-liners. Do better next time, “Jeopardy!”

Watch the clip below:

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Call It Out: American Anti-LGBT Organization Makes Moves in Slovakia

This week the American anti-LGBT group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed an amicus brief in a Slovakian court to bolster attempts to hold a referendum in that country to strengthen anti-LGBT laws.
HRC.org

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PHOTOS: Hunky Steampunk Men Will Shovel Your Coal And Then Some

Jules Verne had quite the vivid imagination, taking readers around the world, to the the bottom of the sea and to the center of the earth. His style of sci-fi was a major influencer on the steampunk aesthetic, but we’re conjuring that even a man of his superior vision couldn’t have predicted Evan Butterfield’s Gentlemen of Steampunk photo series.

Or perhaps we underestimate him.

Many of the photos are available in Evan’s Gentlemen of Steampunk book available in print or digital formats on Amazon, or check out Evan’s website.

These images are copyrighted by the photographer, and are displayed here with permission. All rights reserved; these photos may not be displayed, reproduced, printed, or re-used without the consent of the photographer.

Dan Tracer

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Drone Offers Birds-Eye View Of Umbrella Revolution In Hong Kong: VIDEO

Sean Mandell

www.towleroad.com/2014/10/drone-offers-birds-eye-view-of-umbrella-revolution-in-hong-kong-video.html

LGBT Rights in the Americas — Five College Digital Humanities Kick-Off Event
A lightning talk by Kelcy Shepherd (Director of Digital Programs, Forst Library, Amherst College) and Gretchen Gano (Social Science Librarian, Frost Library, Amherst College), PIs of the LGBT…

Keeping Your Eye on the Prize: Maryland Today Legally Embraces Its Transgender Residents
Today, October 1, the Maryland transgender anti-discrimination law goes into effect, making this state the 18th in the country, along with Puerto Rico and D.C., to offer similar protections. And in two weeks, I will be honored with induction in the Montgomery County Human Rights Hall of Fame, for my work on this law and the three county anti-discrimination laws. Therein lies a story on the joys and sorrows of civil rights advocacy.

This award is not just an appreciation of my efforts over the past decade, but a recognition that the trans community is worthy of full inclusion and equal opportunity. When I first began lobbying for the county and state anti-discrimination bills, in association with a number of gay and straight colleagues, we did so in a far different culture than exists today. My associates put their professional careers and reputations on the line, were attacked and targeted with hate mail and death threats, and in some cases paid a terrible political price. When I joined the staff of the Montgomery County Council in 2006, there were those in county government who wanted my job offer rescinded. After I got to work they and others tried to have me fired. And when that failed efforts were made to have me removed with trumped-up ethics charges, involving a nighttime third-rate burglary of my computer and other violations of my constitutional rights.

My most important contribution to the cause? My tenacity, and my unwillingness to be beaten down. I didn’t take it personally, and my boss, Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg, who vigorously sponsored the county bill, protected me from the some of the worst of the personal attacks. Suffice it to say that some people and organizations who proudly proclaim themselves as social progressives were anything but.

Nationally, the trans community had gone along with gay advocacy campaigns earlier in the decade when homophobia was still pretty intense. We were all just sexual minorities to the reactionaries, and most antidiscrimination bills included gender identity. But by the beginning of the second Bush administration those reactionaries were mobilizing in my county because of its proximity to D.C. The 2007 public debate over trans inclusion in the federal Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA), and the introduction of the county bill during my first year as a Council staffer, led to a situation where we could no longer fly under the radar.

The county bill was passed unanimously and quickly signed by our County Executive, Ike Leggett, but the backlash began almost immediately, with talk of predators stalking the county bathrooms and email assaults on the Councilmembers and staffers. My children were targeted, and we called in the FBI. The worse it got, the more often our elected officials spoke out. The LGBT community mounted a response, and the referendum was killed in the state’s highest court by the skill of our ally, Jonathan Shurberg. At the end of the day, perseverance had paid off, politicians found their voice, and a willingness to stand on principle in spite of the perceived risk, and the county came around very quickly. Watching people evolve is, in some respects, even more satisfying than having them on your side from the start.

In spite of that big county win, the state bill stalled year after year, primarily because the gay community prioritized relationship recognition. I’ve said for years that was to be expected, and not a cause for anger or resentment, as we’re all motivated by self-interest. People should just own up to it, and not claim credit for work they either didn’t do, or did very casually and poorly. With the crisis inside Equality Maryland following the marriage equality failure of 2011, Gender Rights Maryland was created by Sharon Brackett to put the trans community in the driver’s seat.

That year, we in Maryland were under attack by community outsiders because the bill did not include public accommodations. People with no skin in the game viciously harassed our legislative sponsors, causing us terrible difficulty in maintaining our coalition allies and legislative supporters.

While we were still playing second fiddle to marriage, but continuing to educate the senators and delegates about the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation, we turned our attention back to the counties, and building on the 2007 success in Montgomery County extended the protections to Howard and Baltimore counties. We stared down a referendum in Baltimore County, teaching us that we would be much better off not mounting a “Decline to Sign” campaign, which had backfired in Montgomery and then statewide with the Dream Act. And in Annapolis we pushed forward with the inside political work, having long passed the time when grassroots action was needed. At that point such action had already become counterproductive, but the state’s reconstituted equality group decided it would pursue the same strategy anyway, in spite of the resistance of the party leadership and those whose votes we needed to finally get the bill out of committee.

We didn’t give up. We continued to cultivate the relationships we needed to get our votes. We ran the operation like a military campaign, not a support group. One lesson to be learned for future civil rights campaigns — the survival of any given organization, particularly when it has only one tool at its disposal, is not worth risking the prize. Advocates too often act in their own personal interest, and that of their associated organizations, rather than pursuing the mission demanded by the community.

Finally, when the gay agenda was completed in 2012, there was room for the trans community, and the result of years of relationship building occurred this year. Those relationships, developed by Darrell Carrington, Jon Shurberg, Marc McLaurin, Jamie Raskin and others, were built on shared life experiences, not just demands for equality. They were the result of dinners and deals and edification, sometimes from the least expected direction. One instance that stands out was a personal discussion I had with the mother of a trans boy in the presence of a delegate who had serious issues with the bill. Dozens of hours of philosophical debate with the delegate, though intellectually fascinating, had had little impact, but that one personal narrative made all the difference. Even the Senate President admitted to having been surprised by how much he learned watching Chaz Bono on The Letterman Show.

In spite of these accomplishments, there are those in the LGBT community who try to undermine us every opportunity they get. No matter — I just remember what Bobby Kennedy, in one of the greatest civil rights speeches of all time, said, speaking of political timidity: “Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change the world which yields most painfully to change.”

No matter how marginalized you are, or how worthless people make you feel, keep showing up, and bring value to your community. Keep your eye on the prize, and wondrous things may result.

www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-beyer/keeping-your-eye-on-the-p_1_b_5911008.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

Fairness for All Marylanders Act Goes Into Effect Today

Today the Fairness for All Marylanders Act, a law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit, goes into effect.
HRC.org

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Nick Jonas’ Jacked Torso Receives First Magazine Cover

In case you forgot what Nick Jonas’ beautiful abs look like since last week, take a long, hard look at them on the cover of Flaunt magazine’s Grind issue.

Nick teased the photo below on Instagram last night, promising a “full feature out later this week.”

Nick’s abs seem to be doing just fine since the last time we saw them glazed with sweat on the stage at a Manhattan gay club, but — did he grow some hair? We think he grew a little happy trail for us. God bless.

Queerty Editor

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