LGBT Religion #1
How do #LGBT people who believe reconcile their religious beliefs with their #gender and #sexuality #minority status, particularly within the Abrahamic faiths such as #Christianity and #Islam?…
Daily Archives: March 12, 2015
Now anyone can walk all over Jim Parsons
Now anyone can walk all over Jim Parsons
The four-time Emmy winner is joined at ceremony by his co-stars on The Big Bang Theory
gregh
www.gaystarnews.com/article/now-anyone-can-walk-all-over-jim-parsons120315
After GOP Legislature Passes S.B. 296, Governor to Sign Key Protections for LGBT Utahns
After GOP Legislature Passes S.B. 296, Governor to Sign Key Protections for LGBT Utahns
Legislature also passes heavily-amended and needless S.B. 297; deeply harmful and hostile H.B. 322 still pending before the state Senate
HRC.org
Did Jaden Smith Just Come Out On Twitter?
Did Jaden Smith Just Come Out On Twitter?
Looks like Will Smith is passing off more than a career in acting and music to his son Jaden — the 16-year-old celeb offspring has also officially had his first gay rumor. Just like dad!
It started with Smith Jr. Tweeting the following message to Tyler The Creator:
“I Think Im In Love With You, I Don’t Know I’m Still Figuring It Out But In The Meantime, Happy Birthday.”
Which, OK, is pretty innocent stuff. But the internets ran with it, with Media Take Out even reporting, “IT HAPPENED!!! Will Smith’s Son Jaden Smith Comes OUT OF THE CLOSET… He Admitted On Twitter… That He’s GAY!!!”
The chatter got so loud that a rep from the Smith camp addressed the rumor, telling Gossip Cop that “there’s no truth to any of it.”
Alright, Jaden, we’ll let you have this one. But if you are gay by chance, we look forward to hearing about it. In the mean time, go back to dating Vanessa Hudgens’ younger sister Stella and Kylie Jenner.
However, if it’s true they’re as good of beards as any.
Dan Tracer
feedproxy.google.com/~r/queerty2/~3/C4CD8ZnqEi0/did-jaden-smith-just-come-out-on-twitter-20150312
THIS FRIDAY… AT YOUR ONLY FRIDAY MOVE #VitaLounge!!!! —- CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF 'TEMYKA' (@caramel_kissing_333)… she said 'HEY I WANT THE WHOLE SECTION', SO SHE GOT IT!!! V.I.P. (except back sections) ARE SOLD ALLLLL THE WAY OUT!!!! —- 2 DJs
'All That Jazz,' TV Series, To Star Transgender Teen Jazz Jennings
'All That Jazz,' TV Series, To Star Transgender Teen Jazz Jennings
Big things are on the horizon for one of our favorite transgender teen activists.
Jazz Jennings, the 14-year-old who has been an outspoken supporter of rights for trans youth, is slated to star in her own reality show on TLC this year.
The unscripted, 11-part series will be produced by This Is Just A Test and is set for a premiere date of summer 2015. Called “All That Jazz,” the show will document Jenning’s journey as she navigates life as a transgender teen.
“We know that families come in all shapes and sizes, but at their core, they are all about love, acceptance, and support. Only TLC can tell this family’s story in way that celebrates and demystifies difference in an effort to help create a world without prejudice,” Marjorie Kaplan, Group President, TLC & Animal Planet, said in a statement.
“Jazz’s story is universal, yet unique, and we’re proud to partner with her family to share it with TLC’s audience,” Nancy Daniels, General Manager of TLC, contributed. “Jazz may be known as an author and activist, but she’s first and foremost a teenage girl with a big, brave heart, living a remarkable life.”
Jennings has been featured extensively on The Huffington Post in the past. To learn more about her, check out this HuffPost Live clip where she discusses growing up trans.
States Seek to Undermine “All-Comers” Policies in Higher Education
States Seek to Undermine “All-Comers” Policies in Higher Education
“All-comers” policies allow all members of the student body to participate in students groups and prevent such groups from discriminating against students with state funding.
HRC.org
Fox News Invites Unqualified A**Hole To Give Unqualified A**Hole Take On Transgender Issues
Fox News Invites Unqualified A**Hole To Give Unqualified A**Hole Take On Transgender Issues
If you want to see just how challenging the fight for true gender acceptance will be, look no further than this clip from everyone’s favorite news network propaganda machine — Fox News.
Below, you’ll see Elizabeth Hasselbeck speaking with discredited psychiatrist and Fox News contributor Dr. Keith Ablow, tossing around fear-based trans prejudice like its shade at the Drag Race judges’ table. Except instead of being funny, it’s actually kind of scary and sad.
The topic is Planet Fitness and Yvette Cormier, the woman who complained about seeing a trans woman in the female locker room. After she returned to the gym day after day to warn the other guests of what had happened, Planet Fitness revoked her membership on the grounds that she was disturbing the other members.
Just to get things straight, Yvette was the one harassing gym members, not the trans woman who went in and out of the locker room twice in leggings and an oversized t-shirt.
They way Hasselbitch and Ablower-than-low talk about it, though, Yvette deserves some sort of national medal. A point they highlight with a graphic in the lower right hand corner which says “Legal Insanity.” Except the actual lawyer involved in the conversation says the opposite.
And as is usually the case on Faux News, the privileged white man is the real victim here. Ablow says at one point, “We are being bullied into accepting things that are untrue to our core feelings.”
You poor dear, you.
Also, sorry Yvette — judging by those side-by-side pictures of you and Carlotta Sklodowska, the trans woman you couldn’t handle in your space, you could use some serious beauty tips from her.
Watch below, and do your best not to gag:
h/t MediaMatters
Dan Tracer
Björk Turns on Her Heartlight in Stunning 'Lionsong' Video: WATCH
Björk Turns on Her Heartlight in Stunning 'Lionsong' Video: WATCH
Björk released a nearly seven-minute clip today for her new track “lionsong”, a visually-captivating collaboration with Dutch fashion artists Inez & Vinoodh, and the visual effects production house framestore, which digitized and elongated Björk’s legs and placed her in an ooze of stars and embers. The coloring was produced by Tim Masick of Company 3.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP…
Andy Towle
www.towleroad.com/2015/03/bj%C3%B6rk-turns-on-her-heartlight-in-stunning-lionsong-video-watch.html
ED D 340 Social Media Campaign – LGBT Awareness
ED D 340 Social Media Campaign – LGBT Awareness
Here is my awareness video for ED-D 340 at University of Victoria. Also, here’s a link to that (wonderful) piano instrumental of Born this Way (I did not make it)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6o6St8k_uw&feature=youtube_gdata