Monthly Archives: June 2015
Michael Sam's Future With Montreal Football Team Suddenly Uncertain
Michael Sam's Future With Montreal Football Team Suddenly Uncertain
It’s not clear why the out athlete is suddenly no longer affiliated with the Montreal Alouettes, at least for now.
Neal Broverman
www.advocate.com/sports/2015/06/13/michael-sams-future-montreal-football-team-suddenly-uncertain
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Do Black Trans Lives Matter to the Justice System?
Do Black Trans Lives Matter to the Justice System?
A new documentary about the life and death of Shelly Hilliard reminds us of how often black trans women are seen as expendable.
Diane Anderson-Minshall
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2015/06/13/do-black-trans-lives-matter-justice-system
Oil Company Executive Assaults Gay Activist In Downtown Austin In Apparent Hate Crime
Oil Company Executive Assaults Gay Activist In Downtown Austin In Apparent Hate Crime
An oil company president is charged with assaulting a gay activist in an apparent hate crime in downtown Austin in April.
Andy Smith (above left) is executive director of the Texas Instruments Foundation and has been a longtime business leader in the Dallas LGBT community. Smith and his husband, Paul Von Wupperfield (above right), were walking in downtown Austin on April 18 when Anthony J. Fera (right), the president of a Houston-based oil company, nearly struck them with his truck as he was leaving a parking lot.
The Austin Statesman reports:
Smith yelled at Fera who responded with anti-gay slurs, the affidavit says. Fera and Smith continued to argue until Fera eventually got [out of] his truck and punched Smith in the face, according to the affidavit. Smith was unconscious for about a minute and suffered a broken nose as well as cuts to his face, the affidavit said.
Fera, 51, is the president of MidStar Energy and the father of former UT kicker Anthony Fera. MidStar Energy’s website lists horizontal drilling and well planning among the services it offers.
Fera was arrested June 2 and charged with assault with injury, a class-A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine. Texas has a hate crimes law that includes sexual orientation. However, there is no penalty enhancement available under the hate crimes law for a class-A misdemeanor.
John Wright
Mexican Supreme Court Nudges Nation Toward Marriage Equality
Patrice Royale And Willam Belli Share Their Love Of 'Thick Thighs': VIDEO
Patrice Royale And Willam Belli Share Their Love Of 'Thick Thighs': VIDEO
It’s been a long time since a good song about butts played over the airwaves. Kelis gave the rump some attention back in 2003 with “Milkshake”, and who can forget Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992’s magnum opus “Baby Got Back”, but Patrice Royale and Willam Belli have decided to bring attention to the love of male butt with “Thick Thighs”.
The cheeky (ha!) music video has more than just thick thighs, and whereas Mr. A-Lot kept things a little coy with his anaconda euphemisms, Willam gets right to the point with her lyrics, singing, “Thick thighs make the dick rise.” Indeed they do, Willam; indeed they do.
You can check out the thick thighs AFTER THE JUMP…
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Meet Ruby Rose, The New 'Orange Is The New Black' Breakout Star
Meet Ruby Rose, The New 'Orange Is The New Black' Breakout Star
Are you currently knee-deep into your binge of “Orange Is The New Black” Season 3? Yeah, us too.
While you’ve been devouring the new season like a fresh batch of prison cheesecake, you may be wondering who that new character is. Viewers who are halfway through the season — spoiler alert — have already met Litchfield’s newest inmate, Ruby Rose’s Stella Carlin. Piper first meets Stella — who is rumored to be involved in a love triangle with Piper and Alex — while sewing lingerie, her new prison job assignment. So who is Ruby Rose after all? Here’s eight things to know about her:
1. Rose is an Australian model, but doesn’t really consider herself a model.
Rose scoffed when Rolling Stone called her a model in a recent interview. “‘Model,'” she said. “I don’t think of myself as a model. I’m genderqueer, and I’ve got tattoos.”
2. Rose made a powerful short film about gender fluidity.
Last July, the 29-year-old made headlines when she released her short film “Break Free,” which explores gender fluidity and the ways gender is performed in culture.
3. She used to be an MTV VJ in Australia.
4. She and her fiancée Phoebe Dahl are absolutely adorable.
Rose got engaged to Dahl, a designer and the granddaughter of author Ronald Dahl, last year. The two have an adorable engagement story — Dahl broke into Rose’s house at 6 a.m. with flowers and proposed — and are pretty cute on Instagram as well.
Family portrait @faircloth_supply
A photo posted by Ruby Rose (@rubyrose) on Apr 30, 2015 at 3:16pm PDT
5. She’s not exactly like Stella Carlin.
While speaking to Vanity Fair about her “Orange Is the New Black” character, Rose said she identifies with the inmate on a physical level. “Physically and mannerisms-wise, we’re very similar,” Rose told the magazine. “Stella’s very androgynous and comfortable in her skin. But I have insecurities, and I get shy, nervous. Whereas Stella doesn’t really give a fuck.”
6. She has a sense of humor.
7. She hangs out with the “OITNB” cast a lot.
@msjackiecruz @dianeguerrero_ @sheisdash just my crazy girls.
A photo posted by Ruby Rose (@rubyrose) on Jun 10, 2015 at 8:03pm PDT
8. She’s also friends with Kate Moennig of “The L Word.”
Squad goals @camgrey @kateomoennig @faircloth_supply
A photo posted by Ruby Rose (@rubyrose) on May 17, 2015 at 12:57am PDT
What is that you’re feeling right now? Deep pangs of jealousy? Yes, most likely.
If you’re not already following Rose on Instagram, we strongly suggest you go handle that now. Then get back to your “OITNB” binge.
“Orange Is the New Black” Season 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
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Op-ed: Rachel Dolezal, Caitlyn Jenner, and the Idea of Transracial
Op-ed: Rachel Dolezal, Caitlyn Jenner, and the Idea of Transracial
The nation is fixated on Rachel Dolezal, the head of the Spokane NAACP who allegedly faked being African-American. Does her experience mirror the LGBT one? Not so much, says this writer.
Amanda Kerri
www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/06/13/op-ed-rachel-dolezal-caitlyn-jenner-and-idea-transracial
