Another Poll Showing Americans Embracing Marriage Equality
Just days before oral arguments on marriage equality are scheduled to begin at the Supreme Court, a new Washington Post/ABC Poll has found overwhelming support for marriage equality.
HRC.org
Model Behind Norman Rockwell's 'Rosie the Riveter' Dies at Age 92
Mary Doyle Keefe, the model that served as the basis for Norman Rockwell’s iconic “Rosie the Riveter” has died this week at her home in Simsbury, Connecticut at the age of 92, CNN reports:
As a 19-year-old telephone operator, Keefe posed for the famous painting that would become the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943.
Although she was petite, Keefe was transformed into the iconic — and burly — embodiment of the character by Rockwell.
“Other than the red hair and my face, Norman Rockwell embellished Rosie’s body,” Keefe said in a 2012 interview with the Hartford Currant. “I was much smaller than that and did not know how he was going to make me look like that until I saw the finished painting.”
Keefe pocked $10 for the two mornings of modeling work she did in Arlington, Vermont. Rockwell lived in neighboring West Arlington at the time.
Watch a video report on the story, AFTER THE JUMP…
Kyler Geoffroy
www.towleroad.com/2015/04/model-behind-norman-rockwells-rosie-the-riveter-dies-at-age-92.html
Op-ed: Let the Gay Black Men Prance
Gay reality star Karamo Brown addresses the homophobic and transphobic backlash to Oxygen’s The Prancing Elites Project.
Karamo Brown
www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/04/23/op-ed-let-gay-black-men-prance
Great News! Your Apple Watch Can Now Get You Laid
The new Apple Watch promises to do a lot of pretty cool things in addition to telling you the time. It can check the weather, email, your pulse, etc.
Thanks to the gay dating app Jack’d, it can also help also help you locate something likely to really get your heart racing: your next sex partner.
In an email to Queerty, the folks over at Online Buddies, the company that owns Jack’d, Manhunt, and Dandy, announced that they’ve been working with Apple developers to make Jack’d the first gay dating app available on the Apple Watch.
Related: Hookd Plus Six Other Dating Apps You Probably Don’t Know But Should
Sorry, kids. You’ll have to wait just a bit. Jack’d for Apple Watch will be released later this year and promises features like proximity matching.
We can’t help but wonder if Tim Cook is going to give it a personal test drive
Related: If Guys Acted In Real Life The Way They Do On Gay Apps
Graham Gremore
Op-ed: How Many Kids Must Die Before Youth 'Treatment' Programs Are Regulated?
The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s CEO explains why ‘treatment’ programs to ‘cure’ people of their homosexuality are extremely dangerous for LGBT youth.
Lorri L. Jean
My gay Ibiza: Scott Dempster on Spain's sexiest isle
Rooftop bar manager on club tips, culture and getting away from the madness
joem
www.gaystarnews.com/article/my-gay-ibiza-scott-dempster-spains-sexiest-isle230415
#RedMyLips Combats Sexual Assault, Victim Blaming With A Splash Of Bold Color
Red lips are now a symbol of solidarity between victims of sexual assault and their allies, and a bold statement against blaming rape victims for their lifestyle choices. April is 2015’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the #RedMyLips campaign asks women to share your support by slapping on your reddest lipstick and splashing it all over social media.
Red my lips with my boo Pixie is such a babe! ❤️ Leave a lipstick print on your dog and take them for a walk to show support for @redmylipsorg. Red My Lips is an international nonprofit organization that uses red lipstick as a weapon and a tool to raise awareness about sexual violence, combat rape myths and victim-blaming, and demonstrate solidarity and support for all survivors. ❤️ #redmylips #oktoshare #sexualviolenceawareness
A photo posted by Lisa Fortuin (@lisafortuin) on Apr 22, 2015 at 6:48am PDT
The #RedMyLips campaign has already seen success. There are more than 24,000 posts with the hashtag on Instagram, thousands more on Twitter and Facebook and, according to a social map made by Vocativ, a worldwide conversation.
It all started with one woman who didn’t have a voice.
The movement’s founder, Danielle Tansino, was 29 in 2011, when she said she was sexually assaulted during a night out with people she thought were friends. She said prosecutors dropped the case because, as one district attorney told her, “Jurors don’t like girls that drink.”
@redmylipsorg Raising awareness about sexual violence and to speak out against victim blaming #Redmylips #HumberCollege
A photo posted by Michael Osei (@mkosei) on Apr 22, 2015 at 11:29am PDT
Tansino was angry. And she armed herself with lipstick.
“One of the most pervasive myths about sexual violence is that it is provoked by attraction or desire. Connected with this, victims are often blamed, shamed, and forced to suffer in silence.
Given its connection with vibrant sexuality and attraction, red lipstick seems a fitting weapon with which to combat these damaging myths and victim-blaming attitudes. It gives supporters an easy (and safe) way to stand together and make the bold statement that victims are NEVER responsible for sexual violence. EVER.”
Makeup doesn’t speak. Clothes don’t speak. People speak. Remember #silence is NOT #consent. #onlyyesmeansyes Thank you @aidasoetopo for this powerful shot! #redmylips #redmylips2015 #speakout #endvictimblaming #endrapemyths #ok2share www.redmylips.org
A photo posted by @redmylipsorg on Apr 22, 2015 at 11:46am PDT
After April, the movement won’t be over. Tansino said you can still wear red lipstick and support the cause by donating, fundraising, or spreading the word on social media so that all victims get a chance to be heard.
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