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What Happens When Amy Schumer And Anna Wintour Trade Places For A Day?
Would you like to be the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue for a day? How about a world-renowned comedian? Or what about both?
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In a silly new video, ice queen Anna Wintour and funny lady Amy Schumer challenge each other to a career swap. Both think they can do a better job than the other, but only one can win.
Find out who prevails in the video below…
Anti-Gay Graffiti and Burned Rainbow Flag Turn Up in Two DC Neighborhoods
As news of the Orlando shooting unfolded earlier this week, Washington DC residents were hit with two instances of anti-gay vandalism in the district.
In Adams Morgan, somebody burned and destroyed a rainbow flag at Bourbon restaurant; in Dupont Circle, someone sprayed “down with the gay agenda” on the sidewalk in front of another restaurant, Thaiphoon.
Thaiphoon’s owner Sapol Jirapanjavat told the Washington Post that the vandalism raised new worries following Sunday’s mass shooting. He tried unsuccessfully to remove the graffiti with paint thinner. Then, a man named Dito Sevilla changed the hate message into an anti-gun call-to-action: he painted the word “gun” over “gay” and changed the meaning to “Down with the gun agenda.” A police spokeswoman told the paper an investigation was underway.
Graffiti in DuPont circle Washington, D.C. 😫 please someone come add the word “Get” to the front pic.twitter.com/2vLZRJwY0t
— Stephen Solka (@trashhalo) June 13, 2016
.@MayorBowser, .@DDOTDC I’m sorry I had to paint over this sidewalk vandalized with hate speech. #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/55RgVBtmKK
— Dito Sevilla (@DitoDC) June 13, 2016
Bourbon’s owner James Patrick Woods said he was appalled by the flag incident and called it a hate crime. “I wish Washington, D.C. police would have responded quickly, but it didn’t really seem like that happened,” he told Metro Weekly.
But the local LGBTQ community did respond. Local residents decided to stage a “gay-in” and present him with a new rainbow flag Friday evening, in an act of solidarity.
The Facebook invite read:
In response to the burning and desecration of the rainbow flag outside of Bourbon Adams Morgan, we are doing a “gay-in” at the establishment starting at 8pm. Please join us in solidarity as we present them a new flag and express our uninhibited love for each other and the community.
One of the organizers Morgan Tepper (who also goes by DJ Lisa Frank) explained it to community news blog Bordestan: “The main goal of this is to make people feel OK and not be scared,” Tepper said. “When you get scared, it’s very detrimental to a community.”
After the ceremony, queer DJs will share the turntables with the bar’s regular DJ, to show unity and spread some LGBTQ love.
“We’re going to just be there and show solidarity and strength at a scary time for our community,” Tepper told Metro Weekly. “We’re not going to be obnoxious and mean, or disrespectful to any of the other patrons, whether they’re gay or straight. It’s just showing we can coexist together and it’s fine. We shouldn’t let some jerk scare us away from being where we want to be.”
Photo credit: Gay-In at Bourbon/Facebook
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New Orleans Pride – Rainbow Flag
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Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
Top Ten Tips For Typing Tantalizing Texts… To Snag A Hot Date
Everyone says the best way to find love is to “be yourself,” but it’s hard to show a guy who you really are when you communicate almost exclusively via text, whether on your phone or on a dating app.
“Got Pics?” is not exactly the most romantic question after all but it is the reality in the age of Internet dating. Without body language to show what you mean with your words, or inflection of voice, how do you communicate what you actually mean by what you say (or in this situation, text)?
You may have little phrases and tricks you think are cute, but be warned: Every text message runs the risk of being misinterpreted, offensive, or, even more likely, just plain boring.
Here are ten tips to showing off best self without sending any photos, when you want to use your brain instead of your brawn…
1. “Hey”
Stop messaging this as a greeting to anyone you like. “Hey” means nothing. This is an initial greeting to send to a stranger on a dating app, as a gauge to test initial interest, like you are saying, “Hey, I like your photo, do you like mine?” Once you get past that, “Hey” is over. Texting him “Hey” day after day is your way of trying to get him to pay attention to you, probably because you are bored and you don’t have much to say, so you want someone to entertain you for a few minutes. And more importantly, it is very possible you are texting “Hey” to multiple guys, to see who will respond first. “Hey,” “Wassup,” “How are you” exchanges may be fun for you, but it is really just self-indulgent, and on his end it can be very tiresome. Put a little energy into it. If you want to send him a message, have a reason to do so.
2. “Nice”
It seems these days guys use the word “nice” as a reply for everything. He has the day off; you respond, “Nice”… He is watching Netflix; you respond, “Nice”…He is sitting on his couch in his underwear; you respond, “Nice”… Never mind the fact that his underwear is covered in Cheetos dust and he been watching TV for 7 hours. Texting him “Nice” just means, “You wrote a sentence and I have nothing to say in response, so I will send ‘Nice’ as a way to volley the conversation back to you so you have to text me again.” And then you wait, Mr. Passive-Aggressive, you wait for him to text you, because you texted “Nice,” and it’s his turn. Not nice.
4. One letter/number/character responses
Writing “K” for “OK” or “U” for “You” is a form of baby-talk. Ditto, Emojis. Although some people think it is cute, others think it is condescending. “Y” is not “Why.” “2” is not “To.” “STR8” is not “Straight,” and nothing is gayer than saying you are “STR8,” so stop it. Every phone now has an autocomplete function, so there is no reason to not have the time (or patience) to send semi-legitimate sentences with actual words in them. Remember, these end up on the mobile device of the guy you are trying to impress. (Also, baby talk is lame.)
5. Group texts
If you want him to feel like he matters, never include him a group text. Send him a separate message, to make sure he gets it and responds. And while we are on this subject, no one should ever, ever respond to a group text. Group texts are for telling multiple people what time to show up to a party, or the address of the party, or what booze to bring to the party. They are not for responding, because then everyone gets every text sent by everyone, and seriously some people have more important things to do than read a text from the sad lady you work with who can’t come to the party because she has to take her cat to the vet. No one cares! Are you in an already-established group text? Fine. Enjoy your bratty clique, because that’s what it is, and keep it to yourself. Unless you somehow figure out a way to join the Tina Fey-Amy Poehler-Maya Rudolph=Rachel Dratch-Ana Gasteyer group text, which would be amazing. That’s allowed.
6. No punctuation
Run on sentences are confusing to read it is hard to know where one thought ends and the next begins with no commas this is how creepy guys wrote personals ads in the 90’s
7. Too much punctuation
Do people say you are rude in your texts? Try leaving off the end punctuation of each sentence. A team of researchers somewhere in New York proved texters who end single-sentence text messages with periods seem uptight and “less sincere.” Try an experiment: respond with “No” and to another message with “No.” There is a big difference.
8. LOL
He knows you’re not laughing. Don’t lie. Type LOL only when actually, physically, joyously laughing. And for the love of all that is holy, be a man and just say what you want to say without an LOL just in case you need to avoid rejection. “I’m horny lol want to play lol” is the least sexually desirable statement in the history of the English language. Don’t be such a wimp.
9. Respond!
Facebook and some other messenger apps will time-stamp when a message is read. It is supposed to be a helpful service to the sender. But I received this note from a friend: “I HATE that I can see that you’ve read a message and haven’t responded. My anxiety can’t handle it and I automatically assume you are pissed/offended/annoyed and you are ignoring me. It’s really an unnecessary addition to the whole texting process. I’d rather not know if you had read it.” Okay, lesson learned.
10. Texting is legitimate conversation
Quick texts throughout the day are fun and build bonds between the two of you, because you are thinking of each other while you’re apart. Tell him something funny you saw on your way to work, tell him you’re mad because someone stole your lunch from the employee refrigerator, and then put your phone in your pocket and continue on with your life. But if you are having an actual conversation, he is paying attention to his phone, waiting for a response. If you have to depart for 15 minutes, “brb”–we’ll let this single-letter response slide–lets him know he can relax for a few minutes. Don’t disappear and make him wait. And if you are having an argument, there is nothing more immature than texting a nasty message, but when he responds, you disappear.
No One Covered This Recent Mass Shooting At A Mexico Gay Bar That Left 7 People Dead
It’s quite strange we didn’t hear about this story until recently, considering our job description includes scouring the Internet every five minutes for breaking news revolving around gay life.
Back in May, at least seven people were reportedly murdered in a mass shooting at a Mexican gay bar; a crime that was initially reported to be “territorial” and drug-related, according to police.
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According to Pink News, news of the Veracruz attack “barely managed to travel past the state’s border.” But in the aftermath of Sunday’s Orlando massacre, more details about the incident are becoming known.
According to South American publication Telesur:
In the early morning May 22, gunmen entered La Madame, a gay club in Veracruz, and proceeded to fire into the crowd of approximately 180 people.
“In total, seven people were killed and at least 12 injured in the attack.”
The article, entitled “The Massacre at a Mexican Gay Bar That No One Talked About,” argues authorities have chosen to ignore the “homophobic aspect” of the crime, which no doubt explains why the story has kept such a low (i.e., barely existent) profile.
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Speaking to El Noreste, an employee at the club says she saw an armed group enter the establishment and begin openly shooting into the crowd of over 200 revelers.
Luis Manuel Rivera Aguilar, the uncle of victim Luis Donaldo Rivera Calderon, told Sinembargo:
They opened the doors violently and drew their guns. There were shouts. They had no mercy. Bullets ricocheted everywhere. The white tiles were stained red. Those who wanted to escape slipped in puddles of blood. It was a slaughterhouse.”
Police claim they’re searching for the attackers, but as of yet, no arrests have been made.
Brothers & Sisters of The Orlando Massacre . . . May You Find Peace in Your New Journey
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Once again, a horrific act committed upon many unsuspecting, innocent citizens on Sunday in June of 2016, shocks the world with sheer and brutally violent killings.
Brothers and sisters . . . You, who lost your precious lives on that one day, which is generally considered to be the quiet day of the week . . . We pray that your journey beyond is free of ugliness and hate, but rewarded with peace and love.
Our collective hearts, as fellow citizens, also go out to the surviving victims–escaping physically, but perhaps not emotionally nor psychologically–and, of course, to the family and friends of all the those who believed that they could be who they are, devoid of any ignorant thought . . .
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