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Monthly Archives: April 2015
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Op-ed: Gay Chicago Was Instrumental to Rahm's Win
Op-ed: Gay Chicago Was Instrumental to Rahm's Win
Rahm Emanuel will lead the Second City for another four years, but both he and his opponent knew they needed LGBT voters to win.
Michael Ziri
www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/04/10/op-ed-gay-chicago-was-instrumental-rahms-win
Nashville's Wild Ponies Release 'Love Is Not A Sin' In Support Of LGBT Equality
Nashville's Wild Ponies Release 'Love Is Not A Sin' In Support Of LGBT Equality
Nashville-based band Wild Ponies is speaking — or, rather, singing — out in defense of same-sex couples with a new, pro-equality anthem.
Doug Williams say he and his wife/songwriting partner, Telisha Williams, penned “Love Is Not a Sin” in an effort to “show that it’s all the same love.” Musically, the new tune was partly inspired by Wild Ponies’ cover of Patti Smith’s “Gloria,” which the band has performed live on the road.
Shot by Stacie Huckeba, the video features photos of the band’s friends, family and fans in a symbolic, interconnected web.
Interestingly, Williams went on to thank Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who sparked a media firestorm after singing his state’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which many initially interpreted as legalizing discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
“I think it’s been a real catalyzing moment — now we all know how everybody feels, and I don’t think it’s going to go away,” he told The Huffington Post in an email. “If anything, I think this is going to accelerate the march towards the inevitable, which is legalized gay marriage in all 50 states.”
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HRC Observes National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
HRC Observes National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
April 10 is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day, where advocates across the nation work to highlight the impact of the epidemic on youth.
HRC.org
5 Things You Can't Miss In Athens, Greece
5 Things You Can't Miss In Athens, Greece
This weekly travel column is brought to you by ManAboutWorld, an immersive digital gay travel magazine for iOS and Android devices from Billy Kolber, Ed Salvato, Kenny Porpora, and nearly 75 Global Correspondents.
Athens gets a bad rap. For most Western gay travelers heeding the siren call of Mykonos and Santorini, it’s an unavoidable waypoint, to be avoided except for a quick tour of the Acropolis. But stay long enough to explore, and you’ll see how outdated that reputation is. While the country is grinding through its sixth year of recession, there’s no mistaking the energy in the air, and for visitors this translates to a burgeoning street life that feels like New York’s East Village 20 years ago when the first swanky cocktail bars were opening. There are new museums (the five-year old Acropolis Museum is a marvel); the city offers cutting-edge art galleries and performances; and there’s a rapidly evolving food scene with a number of Michelin-starred restaurants muscling into Souvlaki land.
Neighborhoods once considered quite dull and pedestrian (to wit: Agia Eirinis’ mid-level fabric district, yawn) have erupted in recent years as hot gathering places. Eirinis’ labyrinthine streets are now punctuated by super cool spots with funky names (like TAF, see below), attracting hipsters à la Grecque (who can work thick beards like no other race on earth!). The limited gay bar scene starts quite late and Gazi, the gayborhood, is still a hot spot late at night though, like many Western gay ghettos, it seems to be on the wane, giving way to straight gentrification.
Athens is ready to reclaim the spotlight in any Greek itinerary. If you’re heading to Mykonos or Santorini, take a few days to discover it. If you’re coming for work, spend a few days to enjoy its pleasures. If you’re coming for the beaches (and there are spectacular ones nearby), bracket your visit with the city’s historic and modern urban appeal. An early June visit means lovely warm weather and Athens Pride, held June 13 in Klafthmonos Square. Whenever you visit, on your next trip to Greece, make time for Athens, but first be sure to check out our top five picks below.
1. New Hotel: This exciting, boundary-busting 79-room hotel with informal but efficient service is centrally located between the National Garden and the Acropolis just 200 yards from Syntagma Square. The New Hotel sports its Modernist Fifties facade proudly but inside it is cutting edge with its insides completely refashioned from the existing materials in whimsical and exciting ways.
2. Kuzina: This funky cool restaurant sprawls over several floors of a renovated 19th-century building. One floor is devoted to art. You can eat on the ground floor but it’s best to schlep to the Terazza, the rooftop, which opens in early afternoon. It’s best right at sunset.
3. TAF: TAF (the Art Foundation) is an incredibly cool multi-functional space offering drinks, art, culture and a buzzing hive of activity in a beautifully lit space. Hipsters and attractive Athenians of all ages and sexual orientations hoist craft brews and organic Greek wines while enjoying the latest art installation or live musical act. Our friends at GayGuide Greece have a full rundown of gay venues updated frequently.
4. Acropolis & Acropolis Museum: The best way to see the Acropolis is in tandem with the stunning new Acropolis Museum. There are arguments for seeing each first — our recommended approach is to go to the Acropolis with a guide who can explain everything (and sneak you by some of the horrendous lines. Then head directly to the fabulous, beautifully designed museum to get some context.
5. Astir Beach: Astir Beach located in Vouliagmeni is the most “in” beach where you’ll find lots of men, including many closeted guys with their girlfriends. Rent a car for the day; take a taxi; or take the tram to Glyfada, then bus no. 114 or 116. The beach is clean and you can find many amenities (shops, cafe, restaurant, and sport facilities). There are even ruins (a temple to Apollo) so you know you’re really in Greece.
For even more insider recommendations in Athens, Thessaloniki and our favorite islands, as well as opinionated travel information and inspiration for destinations in the U.S. and around the globe, get ManAboutWorld Magazine on iTunes (iOS) or Google Play (Android).
Image credits: Top: Harvey Barrison; Right: Greg Neate; Bottom: Panos Asproulis
Ed Salvato
www.towleroad.com/2015/04/5-things-you-cant-miss-in-athens-greece.html
LGBT Day of Silence 2015
LGBT Day of Silence 2015
14 Times Miley Cyrus Had Our Backs
14 Times Miley Cyrus Had Our Backs
Pop music’s most fun-loving rebel girl is serious about LGBT rights.
Gina Vivinetto
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/04/10/14-times-miley-cyrus-had-our-backs
Sara Benincasa's New Film Will Feature A Focus Group — About Her Body
Sara Benincasa's New Film Will Feature A Focus Group — About Her Body
Would you ever ask a group of total strangers to rate your body?
Comedian Sara Benincasa will play a woman who does just that in her new short film, “The Focus Group.”
Benincasa and co-directer Adam Wirtz are currently raising money on Kickstarter to create the short film, in which a woman has her body evaluated and her “flaws” pointed out by a team of people hired to critique her.
The film’s main character is a woman who is 34 years old, 5’3″ and 175 pounds — the age, height and weight of Benincasa herself, who will play said character.
“I am not supposed to tell you my age, I am not supposed to tell you my height and I am not supposed to tell you my weight,” Benincasa says in a video introducing the project. “Because I’m a lady, and those are private, secret lady things.”
Benincasa is breaking a taboo by sharing these facts about herself. In the film, the main character will appear in “various states of undress” in front of a focus group to found out “how she can be prettier, and better, and more attractive and more palatable to the mass audience she is trying to appeal to, aka dudes.”
“I was inspired to do ‘The Focus Group’ because it struck me that having one’s body analyzed in such a fashion would be an absolute nightmare,” Benincasa told The Huffington Post. “I learned early on in my classes at [comedy club] the PIT to follow the fear — go for what scares you.”
Benincasa hopes that the film will make people laugh, but also make people feel better about their bodies and less alone in the world.
She told HuffPost: “My message is that even when you see room for change, you’ve got to love yourself exactly as you are.”
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