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This Week in The Resistance: Flag Burning and Recounts
This week, artists send letters via Instagram to Ivanka Trump, and protesters burn flags in front of Trump Tower.
www.advocate.com/politics/2016/12/02/week-resistance-flag-burning-and-recounts
Jake Gyllenhaal Will Eternally Profess His Love For You, If You So Please
Most promises of eternal gifts come with a catch.
Want to stun the world with a sudden mastery of the guitar, for instance? Well, the Devil is going to want something in return.
The same lesson can be applied to getting swept up in an eternity of Jake Gyllenhaal as he expresses his love for you and only you.
Sound too good to be true? It is.
Like the temptation of eternal life, you’ll soon learn that things only have meaning if they expire at some point.
Jake Gyllenhall reciting his famous “I wish I knew how to quit you” line from Brokeback Mountain only satisfies your emotional needs if it, too, stops.
Because as you’ll soon discover in The Gyllenhall, a clip-arty hall of infinite Jake, it’s pretty annoying on a loop.
Oh Jake, you perplexing angel of on high.
Take a cautionary voyage to The Gyllenhall here.
50 Cent, Recount, Transgender Murder Rate, Lady Gaga, Sarah Palin, ‘Hairspray’, Taiwan: HOT LINKS
TALKING OUT OF YOUR A**. Leah Remini and 50 Cent talk with Andy Cohen about, er, eating out: “If I was a guy and I had that kind of watch and those kind of sneakers and a bitch wanted to lick my ass, I’d let her lick my ass!”
HEALTHCARE. Are Republicans getting cold feet now that they finally have a chance to repeal Obamacare? “Republicans now face the prospect of getting what they have long claimed to want — the chance to repeal Obamacare. But if they do it, they will face the wrath of voters who value their health insurance made possible by Obamacare. And if they do not do it, they will face valid accusations of breaking promises they have been making for six years.”
RIGGED. After claiming for months that the election was rigged, Trump is now fighting recount efforts in the courts.
TRANS SAFETY. Why does Turkey have the highest transgender murder rate in Europe?
MOTHER MONSTER. Lady Gaga talks LGBTQ rights before London show: “[We] are going to do everything that we can to protect the social progress we have made over the last eight years. Political progress cannot happen unless there is social progress. You can create lots of jobs, you can create new policy – but those things cannot work unless people like each other, unless people are kind to one another. We need to stay in a kind place and we need to bond during this time, and be as harmonious as possible, and intelligent in the way we approach this.”
BARBIE GIRL. Amy Schumer is in talks to star in a live-action Barbie film: “According to Deadline, the film will center on an imperfect Barbie who lives in Barbieland among the 180-plus Barbie characters, but doesn’t quite fit the mold of the others. Due to the fact that this Barbie is a bit eccentric, she ends up getting kicked out of Barbieland, essentially because she’s not perfect enough.”
HEAD DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE TAIL IS DOING. Sarah Palin blasts Trump’s Carrier deal: “In an op-ed for the website Young Conservatives, the former Alaska governor allowed that the details behind the manufacturer’s decision to keep some 1,000 jobs in Indiana at the president-elect’s behest, rather than move them to Mexico, are not yet clear. But touting the value of free markets, Palin signaled her disapproval if it was a case of ‘political intrusion using a stick or carrot to bribe or force one individual business to do what politicians insist.’”
YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEAT. Hairspray Live! releases featurette ahead of Dec. 7 premiere.
LATE NIGHT. Trevor Noah on the Dakota Access Pipeline: “This pipeline is NSFW: not safe for whites. It’s just interesting to me that the people with the longest history of getting f—ed over in America are the ones who are getting f—ed over. America has spent centuries moving native peoples from place to place. Maybe just this one time, you can be the ones who move.”
FOREIGN POLICY FIASCO. Donald Trump speaks with the president of Taiwan–a country which the United States does not have official diplomatic relations with because of China: “He is believed to be the first president or president-elect who has spoken to a Taiwanese leader since 1979, when the United States severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after its recognition of the People’s Republic of China.”
FRIDAY FLESH. Jordan Joseph.
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Jeff Sessions, Trump's AG Nominee, Tried to Stop LGBT Conference in Alabama
Sessions was already known as virulently anti-LGBT, but this revelation provides even more evidence.
Anti-Gay GOP Rep. Says Trump Team Gave Him ‘Assurances’ About ‘Religious Freedom’ Protections
Republican Rep. Steve Russell says he has received private assurances from Trump’s team that federal contractors will be granted “religious freedom” protections that would likely enable them to discriminate against workers on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
The Oklahoman with a “0” score from the Human Rights Campaign and author of the anti-LGBT Russell amendment on this year’s defense spending bill says he’s feeling good that Trump will make moves in favor of so-called “religious freedom”–moves that could spell disaster for LGBT rights.
“These issues will be resolved, and we have gotten some very good assurances moving forward,” Russell said at the Capitol, suggesting Trump could take executive action without waiting for Congress. “I am certainly encouraged by the signs that I am getting from the administration that is inbound.”
Russell said he has “gotten very positive signals” that Trump team would step in where his amendment was blocked, but added that he was not going “to talk strategy or predispose what the executive branch may do,” specifically, on the matter.
Russell went on to insinuate that President Obama’s 2014 executive order–which barred federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity–could be replaced by a new one from Trump.
Referring to President Obama’s EO, Russell told BuzzFeed, “The vagueness was created by the executive branch, so the executive branch [under Trump] could un-create the vagueness. You reverse it by clarifying a bad executive order with a good one.”
As for the reason why the Russell Amendment was dropped earlier this week, it seems that Republicans think they can get a better deal if they wait til Trump’s installed. Adam Smith, ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said the amendment’s proponents “were confident they would have a better environment for a variety of different issues in the new administration.” He added, “It worries me a great deal.”
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Mike Pence's New Neighbors Protest Homophobia by Hanging Rainbow Flags (Video)
Philadelphia Police Seek Person of Interest in Bombing That Injured Gay Man: VIDEO
Philadelphia police have released a photo and video of a person suspected of dropping off a package bomb to a gay man’s home last week.
The package was dropped off at the home of Jim Alden on the morning of November 20. Alden suffered injuries to his face and torso when he opened the package two days later.
According to police, the person of interest is male, Asian and aged between late teens and early 30s. The suspect is seen to be wearing a baseball cap and an Elmer Fudd-style cap with ear flaps
Commissioner Richard Ross Jr. told Philly.com:
“We really do not have a motive right now, and that’s one of the challenges we’re dealing with. Right now, the victim does not appear to know who would want to harm him. We have had extensive conversations with him.”
California native Alden lives with his partner and had a rainbow “Love Trumps Hate” sign in the front window of his building.
He posted a note on a fundraising page on Tuesday saying he was overwhelmed “at the outpouring of love and support that I’ve received from my partner, family, friends, and coworkers.”
According to the fundraising page, Alden could have been blinded had he not put on his glasses prior to opening the package. He also lost parts of two fingers on his left hand and suffered damage to his face, chest, arms and eardrum.
A $10,000 reward is offered for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information is asked to call 215-686-TIPS.
You can donate to Alden’s fundraising page here.
Watch police CCTV footage of the suspect below.
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The GLAAD Wrap: 'Nashville' trailer, 'Doubt' sets a premiere date and more!
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Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend .
1) Doubt, a new legal drama starring Laverne Cox as trans lawyer Cameron Wirth, will premiere on CBS February 15, taking over Code Black’s Wednesday night slot. CBS All Access, the network’s subscription service, has announced that out actor Anthony Rapp will play Lt. Stamets, a gay Starfleet Science Officer, in the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery. Stamets is described as an “astromycologist” and a fungus expert.
2) CMT released a dramatic new trailer for the upcoming fifth season of Nashville, after the series was picked up by the channel following cancellation by ABC. Out country singer Will seems to play a big part in the trailer where he can be seen playing several concerts – including confronting an instance of anti-gay violence – and sharing scenes with a new love interest. This season will also add a recurring transgender character played by trans actress and advocate Jen Richards.
3) Moonlight is racking up the wins as award season begins to kick into gear: it won Best Feature and Best Screenplay, along with a special jury ensemble award, at the IFP Gotham Awards, and Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Cinematography at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. The film, about a young gay black man growing up in Miami, has also received 10 nominations at the Critic’s Choice Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and a Best Young Actor/Actress nod for Alex R. Hibbert, who plays “little” Chiron. Some of the other Critic’s Choice Awards nominees include out actress Kate McKinnon in Best Actress in a Comedy for Ghostbusters, The Handmaiden in Best Foreign Language Film, Tom Ford also picked up a nomination in Best Adapted Screenplay, and the gay-inclusive film Star Trek Beyond is nominated in Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie and Best Hair and Makeup.
4) The xx has released their first music video, “On Hold,” for their upcoming January album release, “I See You.” The retro-flavored video celebrates “sex, youth, and the carefree days of high school,” and features both straight and gay couples.
5) Mythic Bridge, a youth filmmaking workshop, is crowdfunding for their newest “Change The Script” workshop. The workshop will focus on short films that “tell the LGBTQ youth experience in an authentic and positive way” by providing the youth a space to express their unique voices. Find out more at the Mythic Bridge Kickstarter page, and check out their video below.
www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-wrap-nashville-trailer-doubt-sets-premiere-date-and-more
Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pick Opposes LGBT People, Women Serving in Military
James Mattis believes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” shouldn’t have been repealed.
