The Weird Racial Politics Of Online Dating
We’re in the midst of a cultural sea change to one of the most central institutions in the life of the nation.

American attitudes on interracial relationships have taken an enormous step forward in the last two decades. As recently as 1995, fewer than half of all Gallup survey respondents favored interracial marriage—and only 4 percent did in 1985. Now such sentiments are relegated to shadowy Internet message boards and corners of right-wing talk radio.

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Bill Maher, MSNBC's Josh Barro and Actor Josh Gad Whether We've Reached the 'Final Frontier' in Gay Rights: VIDEO

Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2015/01/bill-maher-on-scotus-and-whether-weve-reached-the-final-frontier-in-gay-rights-video.html

Kentucky Lawmaker: Fine Schools $2,500 Every Time a Trans Student Uses 'Wrong' Bathroom

Last week Senator C.B. Embry, Jr. introduced an antitrans bill to Senate, declaring that removing trans students from same-sex facilities is an “emergency.”

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Mitch Kellaway

www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/01/18/kentucky-lawmaker-fine-schools-2500-every-time-trans-student-uses-wr

Justin Bieber’s “Big Wiener” And Calvin Klein Ads Ridiculed By SNL

Justin Bieber’s laughter-inducing ads for Calvin Klein undies, which are really really real and definitely not photoshopped, inspired Saturday Night Live‘s resident out funny lady Kate McKinnon to reprise her acclaimed imitation of the all-grown-up singer. McKinnon’s Bieber showed off his tattoo that made him say “Owee,” demonstrated that he’s old enough to drink (a juice box) and pointed to his “pee-pee” a lot.

Watch the ridiculing below.

Jeremy Kinser

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Does Meditation Really Work? – VIDEO

Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2015/01/does-meditation-really-work-video.html

Inside The UK's Thriving Muslim Drag Queen Scene
There is no shortage of queer-friendly establishments in Londontown, but a rising group of drag queens — pioneered by Muslim men — is taking over cities like Manchester and Birmingham.

Asifa Lahore, a prominent drag queen based in the U.K., told HuffPost Live’s Alyona Minkovski on Wednesday that despite the difficulties he faces being Muslim, gay and a drag queen, the aforementioned British cities have a “thriving” drag scene.

“Drag queens are out, they’re proud,” Lahore said. “They’re going to the clubs. They’re going out on the scene and they’re making a lot of difference.”

He said the most difficult part about making someone “just come out and bring out their inner queen” is chipping away and breaking down the massive boundaries that religion and culture impose on identifying as gay.

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