Hartford, CT Mayor Celebrates High Score on HRC’s Municipal Equality Index

Hartford, CT Mayor Celebrates High Score on HRC’s Municipal Equality Index

Hartford, Connecticut Mayor Pedro Segarra visited the Human Rights Campaign earlier this week to discuss his city’s strong 92 out of 100 score on HRC’s 2014 Municipal Equality Index (MEI).
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PHOTOS: James Franco Kissing Zachary Quinto And Their Sexy Threeway

PHOTOS: James Franco Kissing Zachary Quinto And Their Sexy Threeway

Ahead of its January 29 premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, more photos have been released from director Justin Kelly’s certain-to-be-controversial drama I Am Michael. Based on a New York Times Magazine profile by out writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis, James Franco stars as Michael Glatze, a prominent gay activist who worked at XY magazine and co-founded Young Gay America magazine. He later renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical minister. Zachary Quinto costars as his longtime partner, Bennett. At one point in the film the two men indulge in a three-way with a character played by Charlie Carver.

Scroll down to see a few photos from the film.

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Sarah Palin Says 'Of Course' She's Interested in 2016: VIDEO

Sarah Palin Says 'Of Course' She's Interested in 2016: VIDEO

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Speaking with ABC News’ Neal Karlinsky while dishing out wild boar chili to homeless in Las Vegas Thursday, Sarah Palin served up a side of word salad for her thoughts on the 2016 presidential election:

We can’t wait for new energy. Good competition. And that competition in the GOP primary, ’cause this had better be a competition, and not a coronation, will surface that candidate who can take on, I predict, Hillary. Be ready for Hillary and show the nation what it’s going to take to get the country on the right track. We can’t afford status quo. Status quo, lately, has been lacking. We’re getting screwed. And status quo’s got to go.

Palin, who resigned as Governor of Alaska in 2009 instead of finishing out her first term, added that “of course” she’s interested in the 2016 race because of her “servant’s heart”. ABC News added that when Palin was asked again if she was interested in actually running in 2016, she said:

“We definitely had enough of seeing that — America has had enough of seeing that — sign on the Oval Office door saying, ‘No Girls Allowed.’ I know that.”

Watch Palin serving word salad and boar chili, AFTER THE JUMP…

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George Takei: Buddhism ‘Made A Lot Of Sense For Me'

George Takei: Buddhism ‘Made A Lot Of Sense For Me'
George Takei is an actor, a social media star, and a gay rights activist.

He’s also a longtime Buddhist whose faith has helped him get through the rough patches in his life — like coming to terms with his sexual orientation and making sense of his Japanese family’s internment during World War II.

Takei, best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on “Star Trek,” remembers studying Buddhism at a local temple under his Sunday School teachers Roy and Terry Nakawatase. He shared his life story on the Buddhist blog Lion’s Roar.

I remember Roy using the metaphor of the vastness of the ocean: we are all part of it, we belong to this vast oneness, and that made a lot of sense for me—that I am really one with everybody, with the whole, and that we can play a part in making that whole healthier and more understanding.

Buddhism is diverse and views on homosexuality vary. Its founder, Siddhartha Gautama, didn’t specifically offer guidance on how to view sexual orientation, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

Dr. Jay Michaelson, author of “Evolving Dharma” and longtime meditation teacher, said that there are same-sex love stories sprinkled throughout Buddhist literature and culture — and that the religion has much to offer LGBT people.

The Dharma offers two kinds of attractions to LGBT people. First, what it doesn’t say: Buddhism has very little bad to say about same-sex behavior (or, more recently, LGBT identity). Many LGBT people have found spiritual homes in American Buddhist communities, after being excluded from the religions they were born into. Second, what Buddhism does say: that compassion is a paramount value, that we must work to minimize suffering, that there are connections between us greater than our differences. This led many Dharma communities to be in the forefront in caring for victims of AIDS, and to recognizing the humanity of LGBT people.

Read George Takei’s entire blog on Lion’s Roar.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/george-takei-buddhism_n_6535306.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

PHOTOS: Hot Model Javier Cabrera In Booty-Hugging Boxers

PHOTOS: Hot Model Javier Cabrera In Booty-Hugging Boxers

atelieradrian4Just when we thought the winter cold would do us in, this Adrian C. Martin photo shoot turns up the temp with some spice. And if you’ve got a thing for men in boxers, then this shoot will be muy caliente. Photographed at the Ifa Faro Hotel in Spain, Adrian gets model Javier Cabrera into some short boxer briefs by Atelier DT. Javier pulls off the underwear in more ways than one. Then we see him standing in front of a mirror, totally naked. Is that the top of a butt we see? Yes, it is.

As great as Javier’s butt is, we’re still focused on his front. The Atelier DT boxer briefs have a way of holding his package that is flattering no matter the angle. The material of the underwear also forms well to his muscular legs.

He looks best in the Atelier DT Print Boxer in Star Grey. It is the only non-solid look that Javier wears during the shoot. The starry print is both a little cute and a little sporty, the perfect compliment to everything Javier brings to the table.

You can see more of this photo shoot on The Underwear Expert.

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Photo Credit: Adrian C. Martin

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