How To Get Kim Davis’ Signature Look

Like it or not, Kim Davis is now a household name. The antigay Rowan County clerk is the new face of the Christian right in America. But while everyone’s been busy talking about the 49-year-old Born Again homophobe’s refusal to follow the rule of law, we thought we’d turn our attention to a previously neglected topic: Her personal style.

Related: Kim Davis’ Marriage History Explained In One Handy Flowchart

Davis is nothing if not unwavering. Whether it’s defying court orders, praising Jesus, taking on another in a line of husbands, or denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples, who are, by definition, marrying for the first (not fourth) time, she commits herself 400 percent. This also includes her Apostolic sense of fashion. In case you haven’t noticed, she pretty much wears the same outfit every day, with only slight variations in color and pattern. Clearly she’s found a look that works for her and so she’s stickin’ to it!

Here are some easy breezy tips on how you can get Kim Davis’ signature look…

The graphic T

A graphic T with a low cut (but not too low cut) neckline is a great way to feel comfortable and express your ideology and personalty all in one fell swoop. Fashionista’s frown upon wearing labels, but the “Jesus” brand never really goes out of style. (At least until, we assume, he returns for the rapture.)

The thermal

Temperature control can be a real issue in government office buildings, especially in the Deep South, even for the most cold-blooded of county clerks. A neutral-colored, cotton/spandex blend long-sleeved undershirt worn beneath the graphic T keeps you cozy (not to mention completely covered!) when the air conditioning is on full blast.

The maxi skirt

A conservative, ankle-length maxi skirt is a must. Preferred fabrics are jersey knit, floral print, or stretch denim. We’re not able to see her labels, so we don’t know if she is violating the Old Testament prohibition on mixed fabrics, but it’s pretty obvious she’s not a devotee of great natural fabrics. Davis prefers the cheap, synthetic, made-by-children-in-China look. And nothing too form-fitting or hip-hugging either. Remember, the goal is a genuinely prim & pious appearance. Attractive but not sexy in that sinful “fuck me I’m sexy” sort of way.

The shoesA tasteful pair of basic athletic shoes with good arch support makes digging in your heels when it comes to refusing marriage licenses to same-sex couples much more effective, not to mention comfortable.

The glasses

Three words: Leopard print eyeglasses. Anything other than that is an abomination.

The hair

Of course, no Kim Davis look would be complete without a single braid down the center of the back, a timeless metaphor for the thrice-divorced mother of two’s multi-layered marital history, which includes one affair and two marriages to the same man.

The scrunchie

Complete your look with a scrunchie. It’s a fun way to add a pop of color to any outfit, and it tells the world: “My personal style, like my political beliefs, is stuck in 1991″ or, perhaps going back before manufacturing, Biblical times.

Graham Gremore

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PHOTOS: Tide Is High But We’re Holding On To High-Cut Swimwear

Model Christian Camacho sunbathes poolside in five pairs of high-cut swim trunks in The Underwear Expert’s exclusive photoshoot below. And the pool he’s at isn’t some run-of-the-mill water hole. With scenic views and lounge chairs that aren’t made from strips of white plastic, it’s a high end kind of swimming pool, and an even more appropriate setting for fashionable high-cut swim trunks. They’re the well-dressed man’s idea of the perfect swimwear, and they just so happen to look perfect on Christian.

Photo Credit: Jerrad Matthew Exclusively for The Underwear Expert

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Tom Daley Would Rather Be Too Tight Than Too Loose: WATCH

British diver Tom Daley sat down with BBC Radio 1’s Scott Mills and Chris Stark for a game of “Innuendo Bingo”, in which players fill their mouths with water and see who can listen to an innuendo-filled clip and resist spraying all over their opponent.

Though we’ve all seen Daley completely  wet before, it’s never because of British runner Michael Rimmer having “three top men inside him,” or because Daley himself would “rather be too tight than too loose.”

Predictably, both players got a bit soaked.

Said Daley: “I need more explosive power in my mouth.”

Tom Daley plays Innuendo Bingo:

Unfortunately, the audience was the loser because both Daley and his opponent performed the task with shirts on, so here’s an Instagram post from earlier today to satisfy that thirst.

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Kim Davis Still Trying to Avoid Serving Gay Couples

After multiple losses in court and nearly a week in jail, Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis is still trying to get out of issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The Rowan County clerk’s legal team, from the right-wing organization Liberty Counsel, filed an emergency appeal Friday seeking to delay the requirement that her office issue the licenses, the Associated Press reports. The filing, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, argues that since the same-sex couples who sued Davis over her decision to cease issuing marriage licenses to any couples, gay or straight, received their licenses from Davis’s deputies in her absence, her office should not be required to grant any more once she returns to work — which she is expected to do Monday.

Davis (pictured above with Mike Huckabee), who says her Christian beliefs prevent her from granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples, had stopped issuing licenses to any couples after the Supreme Court ruled for marriage equality in June. Four couples, two same-sex and two opposite-sex, sued her. U.S. District Judge David Bunning ruled that Davis was in violation of the law, and he issued an order that she serve all couples without discrimination.

After she failed to comply with the order, she was found in contempt of court and sent to jail September 3, then released five days later. In ordering her release, Bunning said that since her deputies were issuing licenses to all eligible couples, the intent of his order had been satisfied. He also ordered her not to interfere with the licensing process.

Liberty Counsel’s filing says Bunning’s order to serve all eligible couples was improperly issued and therefore invalid. “Judge Bunning’s initial order (Injunction) covered only the four named plaintiffs that sued Kim Davis,” says a press release from the group. “In the Expanded Injunction, Judge Bunning impermissibly broadened it to cover anyone in the world who seeks a license for same-sex marriage.”

Davis wants the injunction to stay on hold as long as it takes to appeal the underlying ruling. Before she was jailed, she had asked the Sixth Circuit and the Supreme Court to place a hold on it, without success, and she is unlikely to succeed in her latest effort, some legal experts say.

“I hate to use a religious metaphor, given the circumstances,” University of Louisville constitutional law professor Sam Marcosson told the AP, “but this strikes me as a Hail Mary pass.”

Also Friday, the Oath Keepers paramilitary group said Liberty Counsel had declined its offer to act as a security detail for Davis to prevent her from being arrested again. “We will, of course, respect her wishes, and are hereby issuing a stand-down for our security volunteers who were planning on deploying to Morehead, Kentucky on Monday,” reads a statement on the group’s website.

The group, known for armed vigilante-style actions in Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere, had offered this week to provide security for Davis. Oath Keepers leaders said the offer had nothing to do with Davis’s stance on marriage equality but reflected their belief that Bunning had overstepped his authority.

Trudy Ring

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Jared Polis Stirs Controversy With Remarks on Sexual Assault

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is getting some blowback on remarks he made at a hearing yesterday to the effect that college students accused of sexual assault may merit expulsion even if they’re not proved guilty.

The gay congressman from Colorado said that how a college deals with such accusations is different from the process in a criminal court, where a defendant may be convicted only if proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. “It certainly seems reasonable that a school for its own purposes might want to use a preponderance of evidence standard, or even a lower standard,” he said at a hearing on campus sexual assault prevention before the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. “Perhaps a likelihood standard. … If I was running a [college] I might say, well, even if there is only a 20 or 30 percent chance that it happened, I would want to remove this individual.”

After a witness at the hearing, Foundation for Individual Rights lawyer Joseph Cohn, said applying this standard would deprive students of constitutional due process rights, Polis responded, “It seems like we ought to provide more of a legal framework, then, that allows a reasonable likelihood standard or a preponderance of evidence standard. If there are 10 people who have been accused, and under a reasonable likelihood standard maybe one or two did it, it seems better to get rid of all 10 people. We’re not talking about depriving them of life or liberty, we’re talking about them being transferred to another university, for crying out loud.”

Polis received applause at the hearing, but his remarks were later critiqued by libertarian-leaning scholars and journalists. “There are certain positions where indeed a whiff of suspicion might be enough to get someone removed,” wrote University of California, Los Angeles, law professor Eugene Volokh in The Washington Post. “I just hadn’t thought that being a college student would or should be one of them.

“And that’s especially so when the policy is defended on the grounds that the students will just go to another university,” Volokh continued. “The innocent expelled students would have their education badly disrupted and delayed. But the guilty students would, by hypothesis, just be at another university, where they’ll be able to attack their classmates (just a different set of classmates).”

Reason magazine asked Polis, the first openly gay father in Congress, if he would accept his son being expelled using such a low burden of proof. “If my son had a baseless accusation made against him at a university and it was making his life there miserable, I would suggest he transfer or take courses online,” Polis replied. “It can be a living hell to go through endless campus investigations. I’ve seen this go down, and there really is no winning once the accusation is made even if the process provides formal vindication. Someone who is wrongfully accused needs to do their best to put it behind them and move on. Trying to re-enroll in the same institution would be a constant reminder of the traumatic experience of being the subject of a baseless accusation.”

“If a university were to implement a ‘reasonable likelihood’ standard, it is important that they give the student the ability to withdraw so that their record isn’t tainted, nor should a mere reasonable likelihood standard hurt their prospects elsewhere.”

Polis aide Kristin Lynch defended the congressman to Colorado newspapers, saying he was trying to make the point that safety should be college campuses’ top priority. “We’re happy to debate that with anyone and, to be frank, it’s disappointing that some are casually dismissing the basic premise that universities have the responsibility to go beyond criminal law in protecting students from sexual assault,” she told The Denver Post.

“There’s no stronger supporter for criminal due process than Jared — he’s spent six years in Congress advocating for fixing our broken drug laws and eliminating warrantless government searches and seizures,” Lynch added. “But this debate doesn’t occur in the arena of our criminal justice system. We’re talking about educational institutions and the safety of their campuses.”

Polis also responded to critics via Twitter, saying, “The standard for jail is and should remain beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Video of the hearing is below. It is more than two hours long, and Polis’s comments begin about an hour and 56 minutes in.

Trudy Ring

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On 9/11 anniversary, Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin recalls choice that saved his life

The anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks against the US always reminds Armistead Maupin of how precious life is.

The author of the popular Tales of the City series of novels and many other books had traveled from his home base in San Francisco to New York City 14 years ago to attend a memorial for Robert Jones who had edited Maupin’s novel The Night Listener.

‘(Publisher) HarperCollins offered me two possible return flights to San Francisco the following day — September 11 — and I chose the later one, since I didn’t want to get up early. The flight I declined was United 93, the one that crashed in Pennsylvania,’ Maupin wrote in a Facebook post on Friday (11 September).

On September 11, 2001, four passenger airliners bound for California from East Coast cities were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. Two of the planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex.

Writes Maupin: ‘Rising late at the Soho Grand Hotel I had an unobstructed view of the other two planes as they hit the twin towers.’

A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the the headquarters of the US Department of Defense while United Airlines Flight 93 – the flight Maupin would have been on – crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers.

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WATCH: This Muslim Flight Attendant Says She's No Kim Davis

A Muslim flight attendant suspended from her job for refusing to serve alcohol says her religious freedom has been violated — but that she should not be compared to Kim Davis.

Charee Stanley, a recent convert to Islam, told the hosts of The View this week that Atlanta-based ExpressJet suspended her for numerous reasons relating to her religion, including abstaining from serving cocktails to passengers. While ExpressJet won’t comment on personnel matters, Stanley argues Islamaphobia is behind her suspension.

Stanley said she always made sure other flight attendants could attend to fliers who wanted drinks; in other words, her religious accomodation didn’t inconvenience paying customers.

Stanley’s attorney, Lena Masri, was asked whether her client’s situation was similar to that of Kim Davis, the recently jailed Kentucky clerk who disobeyed numerous court orders when asked to provide marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Masri says the two situations couldn’t be more different.

Watch her explanation in a clip from the show below:

Neal Broverman

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Transgender Inmates To Be Integrated According To Identity In San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — By the end of the year, transgender women in San Francisco’s jail system will be housed with other female inmates.

San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced the new policy in a press release Thursday. A striking component of the approach is that it covers inmates who have not had gender confirmation surgery.

But despite the sheriff’s announcement being touted as an unprecedented move, the union representing sheriff’s deputies and one transgender rights advocate found flaws with the plan.

Within weeks, transgender women will begin participating in programs like high school classes and substance abuse groups with other women behind bars. Transgender inmates will then be moved into women’s facilities by the end of the year, after jail staff receive new training.

“Transgender people are marginalized on the streets of America, so it’s not hard to deduce how that’s magnified in prisons and jails,” Mirkarimi told The Huffington Post. “It’s inherently dehumanizing.”

There are currently six transgender women segregated on a floor of the city’s Hall of Justice, which also holds medium- and maximum-security male inmates.

The policy could create as many safety and privacy problems for inmates and guards as it’s trying to solve, according to the president of the union representing sheriff’s deputies.  

“I will not support a safety issue where you’re going to have men who still have their genitalia tell me that ‘Oh I’m female’ just so they can get in the female unit,” said San Francisco Deputy Sheriff’s Association President Eugene Cerbone. He wondered how to assign guards to conduct strip-searches of inmates who haven’t undergone gender confirmation surgery, or how to ensure the safety of a female inmate who might be housed with a transgender inmate with male anatomy.

“The issue is safety for the transgender [people], but he is making it like an experiment,” Cerbone said of Mirkarimi.

Mirkarimi waved off the worries, saying that federal guidelines clearly spell out how to conduct searches and complete other routine tasks. 

“It’s easy to critique from the bleachers. This is something that we’ve been designing for several years. It wasn’t done on a whim,” Mirkarimi said. “Where there are practical concerns where safety is our utmost priority, we can’t allow any breaches.”

Staff training could be one of the most important issues when it comes to protecting inmates’ safety. A federal study of sexual abuse of transgender inmates showed that victims reported being abused by staff as frequently as by other inmates.  

Mirkarimi, a Democrat, is in a contest for reelection, and Cerbone said the sheriff timed the announcement to boost his standing with the city’s liberal voter base. The change in policy comes after two years of negotiations.

Because of the timing, an official from the Transgender Law Center that the policy might not be fully implemented if Mirkarimi loses his campaign.

“It’s been an arduous process, and we’ve only had a verbal reassurance that this is going to happen,” said Flor Bermudez, the law center’s detention program director. 

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Lush raises $425,000 for LGBTI rights: wants to hear from gay groups that need funding

Global cosmetics and soap giant Lush has announced that it raised £275,000 ($425,000/€376,000) from the summer sale of its #GayIsOK soap.

The special bar of gold and glittery soap was produced to coincide with Pride season around the world.

#GayIsOk soap

The bar was produced in conjunction with a wider #GayisOK awareness-raising campaign that the brand ran on social media.

In a press statement, the firm said that 100,000 bars of the special soap were sold around the world.

It was unable to sell the soap in around 80 of its stores in countries were being gay is illegal or in countries such as Russia, where gay ‘propaganda’ laws exist.

However, it’s in precisely those countries that it hopes the #GayIsOk campaign may make a difference.

The money raised (which exceeds the firm’s target of $392,450/€350,000) is being placed in a special ‘Love Fund’. Of that, £50,000 ($78,535/€70,000) has already been earmarked to go to LGBTI worldwide campaigning group AllOut.org.

Community and advocacy groups are now invited to submit applications for grants, up to £10,000 ($15,400/€13,600), from the rest of the fund. The deadline or applications is 31 October, and interested parties can find out more here.

‘The Love Fund wants to attract applications from groups working in areas where anti-LGBT laws are harsh and extreme and where funding is in short supply,’ said a Lush spokesperson. ‘It aims to reach out to any groups who are trying to bring the focus of society, governments and legislators onto this topic.’

‘Time and again we’ve seen how, with enough resources, activists do incredible work to change laws and shift hearts and minds towards full equality,’ said Andre Banks, Executive Director and co-founder of All Out.

‘Too often, activists are isolated and underfunded, but the #GayIsOK campaign has brought a massive new audience to their work and also crucial funds to help them succeed.’

‘A little sparkly soap goes a long way,” said Alessandro Commisso from Lush in a statement. ‘Thousands of Lush customers, All Out members, VIPs and allies of the LGBT community told the world that #GayIsOK and made this an epic campaign!

‘By purchasing the Love Soap they have given us their trust (and their money) to fund grassroots charities and continue to support LGBT rights as human rights, especially where life is not all glitter.’

‘This is an inventive campaign that connects the company’s product with online conversations that so many are having,’ commented Anthony Shop, co-founder and chief-strategy officer of US marketing agency Social Driver.

‘Lush is among a growing list of companies leveraging the energy of its customer to unleash remarkable results for both its bottom line and the community. This is yet another example of how “becoming part of its customers’ selfie” surpasses what traditional marketing approaches can deliver in the 21st century.’

The social media campaign invited people to pose with the #GayIsOK soap, to highlight support for LGBTI people around the world. A few examples of some of the images posted are below.

#gayisok ❤️ @lushsweden #beauty #beautyblog #blog #blogger #bblogger #colour #create #coametics #eotd #face #fotd #follow #gayboy #gayguy #instagay #instagramgay #mua #makeupgay #makeupgeek #sweden #stockholm #skönhet #love #kärlek @lushcosmetics

A photo posted by Mathias L (@makeupbymattis) on Jul 3, 2015 at 1:23am PDT

同姓愛って素敵だと思います#GAYISOK pic.twitter.com/5JhcaOPe4e — 若月 杏凜 (@arinkurulove311) July 9, 2015

#GAYISOK

A photo posted by Benjaminadams99 (@benjaminadams99) on Jul 1, 2015 at 9:39am PDT

#GayIsOk — украинские магазины LUSH приняли участие во всемирной акции компании (ФОТО) t.co/bOnl1ydwAD #LGBT pic.twitter.com/5iWEqKuhOz — Gay-Alliance Ukraine (@GayAllianceUkr) July 6, 2015

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James Franco Is The New Carrie Bradshaw; Golden Girls Bloopers Are Cheesecake-Worthy

The epic showdown between the top fashion houses of America and France that involved such iconic figures as Liza Minnelli, Josephine Baker and Princess Grace is chronicled in Versailles ’73, a fascinating doc that will air on Logo September 14. The trailer below will give you a taste of the treat you have in store.

Madonna did the French-speaking population of Montreal proud at the first stop of her Rebel Heart tour with an exceptional rendition of “La Vie en Rose.”

Based on this first teaser with the full cast (including vets Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett), Lady Gaga looks entirely capable of running American Horror Story: Hotel.

It’s a weekday that ends with the letter “y” so naturally James Franco has celebrated by posting a bizarro video mash-up of Sex and the City and Breaking Bad, in which he impersonates Carrie Bradshaw having sex with Walter White (also played by Franco). And, oh look, there’s Alicia Silverstone as Charlotte. OK, it’s just for the actor’s AOL series “Making a Scene with James Franco” but still…

Ahead of Logo’s 30-hour marathon of The Golden Girls episodes that will also features skits with RDR superstars Willam, Shangela, Pandora Boxx and Delta Work in drag as our favorite Miami-based cheesecake connoisseurs, check out this blooper reel that’s probably pretty accurate.

Jeremy Kinser

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