Russia and Qatar May Lose 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup Finals Due To Corruption Scandal

Jim Redmond

www.towleroad.com/2015/06/corrupt-russia-and-qatar-may-lose-2018-and-2022-world-cup-finals.html

Patrick Stewart Eloquently Supports Equality… And Antigay Bakery

The actor and LGBT ally posted a detailed defense of his support for a Northern Ireland bakery that refused to make a cake celebrating marriage equality.

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Dawn Ennis

www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2015/06/10/patrick-stewart-eloquently-supports-equality-and-antigay-baker

Bob Costas Says Caitlyn Jenner Getting Arthur Ashe Award Is A 'Crass Exploitation Play'
Bob Costas thinks that Caitlyn Jenner receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award is an exploitative move by ESPN.

“I wish Caitlyn all the happiness in the world and all the peace of mind in the world. However, it strikes me that awarding the Arthur Ashe Award to Caitlyn Jenner is just a crass exploitation play — it’s a tabloid play,” Costas said on “The Dan Patrick Show” Monday. “In the broad world of sports, I’m pretty sure they could’ve found someone -– and this is not anything against Caitlyn Jenner –- who was much closer to actively involved in sports, who would’ve been deserving of what that award represents.”

He added that someone outside the Kardashian clan could have better fit the bill.

“That’s not to say that it doesn’t take some measure of personal courage to do what Caitlyn Jenner has done, but I think every year we look across the landscape of sports, and we find prominent people and kids in high school and amateur athletes who I think more closely fit the description of what they’re looking for or should be looking for there,” he said. “And I think this is a play to pump up audience[s] the way lots of things are put on television, to attract eyeballs, not because of the validity, but because of whatever the kind of gawker factor is.”

ESPN confirmed on June 1 that Jenner — who won the gold medal for the decathlon in the 1976 Summer Olympics, beating Russia and solidifying her position as one of the greatest athletes in the world — will receive the award at the ESPYs in July. The announcement came on the heels of Jenner’s groundbreaking Vanity Fair cover after coming out as transgender during an interview with Diane Sawyer on “20/20” in April.

The Arthur Ashe Courage Award is given to individuals “whose contributions transcend sports.”

“In the past few months, the overwhelming outpouring of support from all over the world for my journey has been incredible,” Jenner said in a press release from ESPN. “However, being honored with this award, which is named after one of my heroes, is truly special. For the first time this July, I will be able to stand as my true self in front of my peers.”

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Meet the Nine Justices that Could Bring Marriage Equality Nationwide

This summer, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will finally announce a decision on nationwide marriage equality.
HRC.org

www.hrc.org/blog/entry/meet-the-nine-justices-that-could-bring-marriage-equality-nationwide?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Hairdresser Bans Homophobes From Entering His Salon With This Awesome Sign

The sign in the window of Russell Hughes’ hair salon in Prestatyn, North Wales, reads: “If you are racist, sexist, homophobic or an a**hole… don’t come in.”

Hughes posted it there earlier this week after a father, who has evidently never stepped foot in a hair salon, was shocked to learn that the well-dressed man about to cut his son’s hair… was gay!

Related: Gay Couple Puts A Homophobic Vandal In His Place With This Hilarious Note

Hughes told the Daily Post: “It was a normal busy day at the salon when a man called in with his wife and child, who must have been about 10 years old. I was already with a client and so I asked my colleague Richard if he would do it.”

That’s when the trouble began.

“The man came up to me at that point and said: ‘I’m not being funny but did you just say that lad’s going to cut my son’s hair’, to which I replied ‘yes’,” Hughes continued. “He then said, ‘Well I assume he’s gay and I don’t want him cutting my lad’s hair so could you do it’, to which I said no because I’m gay as well.”

The horrified father grabbed his son and promptly left, vowing never to return to the salon again.

The other stylist, Richard, says he could hardly believe what happened.

“You don’t expect to be treated like that in this day and age,” he said. “I’ve worked at the salon for seven years and have never experienced anything like that before.”

“I think Russell’s new sign will make sure people like that don’t come in here again.”

Related: Video Game Shop’s Perfect Response To Vandal’s Antigay Graffiti

Graham Gremore

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Coca-Cola Releases 'Choose Happiness Over Tradition' Pro-LGBT Ad
Pride season is here and Coca-Cola is once again showing its support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

A Reddit user snapped this picture in Amsterdam last week of a new ad from the beverage giant that depicts what appears to be a queer family with the phrase “‘We choose happiness over tradition.’ – the Van Bergen family.”

Coca-Cola released the ad in conjunction with the company’s #choosehappiness campaign, which “is centered on the concept that young people are the directors of their own happiness, and that they represent a new generation who instinctively choose to be happier,” according to the campaign’s website.

“The Coca-Cola Company values and celebrates diversity,” a representative from The Coca-Cola Company told The Huffington Post. “This ad was developed as part of our Choose Happiness campaign, launched in North West Europe in May. The campaign encourages us all to spread happiness, while fostering unity, diversity and respect.”

Coca-Cola has previously showed support for the LGBT community through their advertising, including a Superbowl commercial in 2014 that featured two gay dads.

(h/t Towleroad)

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Celebrating Alabama Pride with Rep. Patricia Todd

With the close of the legislative session on June 4, HRC Alabama and supporters throughout the state celebrated the defeat of anti-LGBTQ pieces of legislation.
HRC.org

www.hrc.org/blog/entry/celebrating-alabama-pride-with-rep.-patricia-todd?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Watch These Oxford Lads Unleash Their Inner Divas

The sassy lads of Oxford University’s all-male a cappella group Out of the Blue are channelling their inner queens and bringing us back to 2001, or 1998…or 1987. Or 1974 if we’re going to be real.

But whatever version of Lady Marmalade is your version, there’s no denying the appeal of these Uni crooners — and it seems their charms even got them access to shoot at the legendary Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Plus the proceeds from the video go to charity. Looks, talent, and generosity?

You know what question we want to ask…

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?

Dan Tracer

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St Patrick's Day Organizer: Gays Will 'Have a Problem' Joining Parade Next Year

John Dunleavy, chairman of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, says he will try to keep LGBT orgs from participating in the 2016 march up Fifth Avenue.

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Bil Browning

www.advocate.com/new-york-city/2015/06/10/st-patricks-day-organizer-gays-will-have-problem-joining-parade-next-year