Views on LGBT & Homophobia Retract….Kinda
Just a statement retracted really.
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Daily Archives: February 9, 2015
Alabama Same-Sex Couples Celebrate Recognition Of Their Marriages
Alabama Same-Sex Couples Celebrate Recognition Of Their Marriages
Before Monday, Valerie LaBonte and Stephanie Johnson did not feel whole.
Although the couple, who have been together for nearly four years, wed last year in New York City, their marriage was not recognized in Alabama, making it difficult for the couple to buy a home together in Troy, forcing their four children to live under two separate roofs. In addition, their married name, LaBonte, was not recognized in the state.
Human Rights Campaign Calls on Americans to Sign the People’s Brief
Human Rights Campaign Calls on Americans to Sign the People’s Brief
The historic effort, joined by Edie Windsor as first signer, gives every American a chance to share their view on marriage equality with the Supreme Court.
HRC.org
Emergency Motion Filed to Force Alabama Probate Judge to Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-sex Couples
Emergency Motion Filed to Force Alabama Probate Judge to Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-sex Couples
Four same-sex couples in Mobile, Alabama have asked U.S. District Judge Callie Granade to order Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis to issue marriage licenses.
Earlier today, Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses to all couples rather than start issuing them to same-sex couples.
In their request to Judge Granade, the couples explained that each of them appeared at the Davis’s Mobile offices and were denied marriage licenses. The couples’ request explains that they are suffering serious harm each day that they continue to be excluded from marriage.
The Alabama couples are James Strawser and John Humphrey—who previously obtained a ruling from Judge Granade declaring that Alabama’s exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional—and Meredith Miller and Anna Lisa Carmichael, Robert Povilat and Milton Persinger, and Kristy Simmons and Marshay Safford. The couples are represented by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Birmingham attorney Heather Fann, and the ACLU of Alabama.
Said NCLR Legal Director Shannon P. Minter: “While many same-sex couples in Alabama were able to marry today, many others were denied that basic freedom. We are hopeful that a ruling on this motion will provide clarity regarding the obligations of probate judges across the state and correct the misunderstanding generated by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who has erroneously instructed those judges not to comply with the requirements of the federal Constitution. We are confident that all Alabamians, regardless of where in the state they live, will soon enjoy the freedom to marry.”
Read the emergency motion below via Equality Case Files:
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Kyler Geoffroy
Ben Carson's History of Bigoted Anti-LGBT Extremism
Ben Carson's History of Bigoted Anti-LGBT Extremism
The World's Richest Poodle Is Dead
The World's Richest Poodle Is Dead
Your dog is a pauper compared to Foo-Foo, the former Air Chief Marshall of Thailand.
Allegra Ringo
Is Our Controversial Gay-App Infographic 'An Exercise in Fat Shaming' or an Accurate Reflection of Hookup Culture?
Is Our Controversial Gay-App Infographic 'An Exercise in Fat Shaming' or an Accurate Reflection of Hookup Culture?
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Within hours of publishing a funny infographic about gay hookup culture, our inboxes were flooded with complaints. As major gay media outlets published the infographic, they too got their fair share of commenters who wanted them to pull it down. “Can you please NOT post MORE crap that demeans people who are not jock athlete types?” wrote a commenter on Towleroad. “Thanks for an app flow chart that only leads to happiness for hot, hung, models and twinks. Good to reinforce that. Wouldn’t want 16 and 17yo gay guys to think that anything out of the porn ideal can lead to a great relationship,” wrote a commenter on Queerty. And on InstinctMagazine.com one commenter seemed to speak for many when he said, “[W]ho is the A hole who made this???”
Allow the “A hole” to respond.
Our infographic lampoons many of the most common types of profiles and behaviors you’d find on apps like Grindr, Scruff and Jack’d. Almost nobody escapes our art director’s pen — not the guys on the DL who post pics taken from 500 yards away, or the guys who send pics of their gaping anuses as a friendly way of saying hello, or the guys who insist on knowing your penis size before they’ll meet you.
But there’s one object of ridicule that most of the complaints centered on: the reaction of our hapless, shallow protagonist when an overweight guy hits on him: He blocks him without even saying hello.
“An exercise in fat-shaming narcissism,” said one commenter who believes the infographic promotes body shame. But that’s not how we see it at all. We wanted to accurately portray how people behave online, not how we wish them to. Is reflecting (and ridiculing) how people truly behave online off-limits? If you don’t believe that many gays are fat-phobic, then read this comment from someone who saw the infographic on Towleroad:
For those of you who deny that this is what happens, open a grindr account, attach a picture of an overweight guy, and see what the results are. As someone with a less than perfect body, I can tell you that you’re not going to like the results. “Orca” is actually a lot nicer than some of things I’ve been called.
Hookup apps bring out the worst in us. We would never, ever behave in real life the way a lot of us behave online. This was perfectly captured in a hilarious video HuffPost posted recently.
Our own survey of dating-app usage doesn’t paint a pretty picture of online behavior. Almost two thirds of respondents who are HIV-negative say they are unlikely or highly unlikely to initiate contact with or respond to an attractive guy who states he is HIV-positive in his profile. Thirty-three percent admit to lying about their age, height or weight. Forty-six percent say they’ve asked strangers to report their penis size. And a whopping 76 percent say they’ve sent strangers dick pics.
What’s not to make fun of?
Our infographic shows a shallow, superficial egotist surfing through an app and encountering a motley crew of freaks, flakes and fakers, just like real life. If you’re going to voice your objection to online behavior, there’s probably a better way to do it than attacking an infographic that makes fun of it.
Openly Gay Man Confirmed at Director of National Drug Control Policy
Openly Gay Man Confirmed at Director of National Drug Control Policy
Today, the Senate confirmed Michael Botticelli as the new Director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
HRC.org
LISTEN: Madonna's 3 New 'Rebel Heart' Tracks and Her Post-Grammy Phone Call with Ryan Seacrest
LISTEN: Madonna's 3 New 'Rebel Heart' Tracks and Her Post-Grammy Phone Call with Ryan Seacrest
Madonna released three new tracks from Rebel Heart — “Iconic (feat. Chance the Rapper and Mike Tyson)”, “Hold Tight”, and “Joan of Arc” — after last night’s Grammys and they are now available for listening online.
Madge also called in to Ryan Seacrest’s radio show from her bed this morning and revealed new details about the show, her tour, and flashing her butt on the red carpet.
Listen to all the clips, AFTER THE JUMP…
About the show, she said it was “a little scary” to be pulled up to the ceiling in the harness.
“The one thing everyone forgot to do,was tell me when I could sit up [in the harness]. So, I’m laying back there, like forever… in this super extreme back bend, hanging over the audience. I was like ‘Can I sit up now? Is the camera off of me? No one said M you can sit up now in my ears. It was the one moment everyone overlooked. Eventually, I sat up and was like ‘Screw this, my back is killing me.'”
Of the red carpet butt flash, she said:
“I had an inspired, accidental wardrobe malfunction moment…Literally, for one second when I walked away, I mooned. It wasn’t really mooning, I just lifted my dress up…Everyone’s seen my naked butt already. Not for a while, not since the 90s. It’s the age of ass, isn’t it? For lack of a better phrase…it was just me having fun and being cheeky. No pun intended….That was a little part of my Rebel Heart.”
She also talked about working with Diplo, NAS, and Mike Tyson, going on tour, and the possibility that she’ll ever get married again.”
Listen to all the clips, AFTER THE JUMP…
Seacrest interview:
Andy Towle
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