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Daily Archives: December 6, 2016
ISIS Claims to Have Executed Another Gay Man
ISIS Claims to Have Executed Another Gay Man
The execution, in which the man was thrown off a building and then stoned, reportedly took place in Aleppo, Syria.
www.advocate.com/world/2016/12/06/isis-claims-have-executed-another-gay-man
Beyoncé, Mike Pence, Pat McCrory, Extreme Manscaping, Tom Hardy, Dan Patrick: HOT LINKS
Beyoncé, Mike Pence, Pat McCrory, Extreme Manscaping, Tom Hardy, Dan Patrick: HOT LINKS
POST ELECTION BLUES. Madonna knows why Hillary lost: “It feels like women betrayed us. The percentage of women who voted for Trump was insanely high.”
GRAMMYS. Beyoncé leads with 9 nominations (Adele has 5): “Beyoncé’s haul of nine included album, song and record of the year, the top three Grammy accolades, for her hit song “Formation” and visual album Lemonade, a collection of songs about race, feminism and empowerment.”
RUNWAY. Lady Gaga performs” A-YO”/”John Wayne” medley, “Million Reasons” at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
DICK CHENEY REDUX. Mike Pence has a Freudian Slip, admits he’s running the show while talking to Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe.
SECRETARY PAT MCCRORY? Trump to meet with the defeated NC governor and hate-monger: “Voters kicked McCrory out of office four weeks ago, but McCrory helped deliver his battleground state to Donald Trump. In fact, Trump took North Carolina by 3.6 percentage points.”
TWINK LIFE. Austin Butler flexes outside the gym.
QUEER VISIBILITY. Huffington Post names NYT vet Lydia Polgreen as new Editor-in-Chief: “I feel like we’re living in a moment right now where media has to fundamentally rethink its position vis-a-vis power,” she said. “I think that the election of Donald Trump and the basic difficulty that the media had in anticipating it tells us something really profound about the echo chamber in which we live, the ways in which journalism has failed to reach beyond its own inner limits.”
EXTREME MANSCAPING. People who go bare down there face higher risk of STIs: “People who have “mowed the lawn” at least once in their lifetimes were nearly twice as likely to say they had had at least one STD. And “extreme groomers” – those who remove all their pubic hair more than 11 times each year — were more than four times as likely to have had an infection. “High-frequency groomers,” who just trim their hair a few times a month, fell between the two extremes. They were about three times more likely to have reported an STD.”
INK. Tom Hardy shows off his tatts, lost a bet to Leonardo DiCaprio and has to get a tattoo that says “Leo knows everything.”
FAKE NEWS. Trump campaign denies Gen. Michael Flynn’s son had role in transition (but he did).
EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN TEXAS. Anti-LGBT bill could cost the lone-star state $8.5 billion: “Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has made passing a so-called bathroom bill — which would ban transgender people from using the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity — a top priority during the legislative session that begins in January. Republican House Speaker Joe Straus said the legislation is not a priority for him, and enterprises large and small, including the NCAA, have warned its passage could threaten ties with Texas.”
TOO HOT FOR TUESDAY. Tevin Baker.
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GLAAD calls on media to accurately report on Oakland fire victims
GLAAD calls on media to accurately report on Oakland fire victims
Photo credit: NBC News (l-r) Em Bohlka, Cash Askew, Feral Pines
On Friday, December 2, a fire engulfed a warehouse in Oakland, California leaving more than 30 people dead. Among the deceased were Cash Askew, 22, Em Bohlka, 33, and Feral Pines, 29 – all of whom were transgender.
In some of the media reporting, Askew, Bohlka, and Pines have been misgendered and their birth names used. Journalists should refer to all of them with the names shown above and with female pronouns. (Feral Pines’ family has also stated that Feral sometimes used names Riley and Fyrah).
GLAAD worked with the Trans Assistance Project based in Oakland, who knew the victims and provided detailed information about their identities.
GLAAD reminds and urges journalists to follow these guidelines to help ensure the transgender victims of this tragedy are treated with respect and dignity. These guidelines apply to all stories that involve the transgender community, and are especially important when there is loss of life.
Gender & Pronouns: A victim’s gender is how they currently identify or, if they were killed, how they identified at the time of the incident. Always use the gender and pronoun that corresponds with the way the victim identified. If how the person identified is not known, use the pronoun consistent with how the person lived publicly. This holds true even if you have only been given the victim’s birth name, and even if the only name you have for the victim does not match their self-identified gender. Disregarding the victim’s gender identity and misgendering them in news reports adds further insult to injury, compounding the tragedy by invalidating who the victims were.
Names: A transgender person’s chosen name should be considered by reporters to be their real name, whether it has been legally changed or not. Often transgender people cannot afford a legal name change, or they live in a community where obtaining correct identification is difficult. All transgender people should be treated as though they have changed their name legally to their chosen name. If you do not know a transgender victim’s chosen name, make the source for the name you are using clear.
Both GLAAD’s Media Reference Guide and the AP Style Guide support these guidelines.
Conflicting Information: Many transgender people are only able to live as their authentic gender some of the time. Some have only disclosed the fact that they are transgender to certain people. Often a victim’s co-workers, neighbors, or even family won’t know that the person was transgender. In these cases, you should still listen to the friends who did know about the victim’s trans identity, and respect the way a victim identified at the time of the incident.
Incorrect Information: Often, police or witnesses will use the wrong name or gender for the victim. When possible, paraphrase rather than quote directly, or quote elements of the statement that do not include this incorrect information. If this is not possible, leave the quote as-is but make sure that you, as the journalist, use the correct information.
For additional information about how to report on transgender victims, read more here.
December 6, 2016
Issues:
www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-calls-media-accurately-report-oakland-fire-victims
Trump's Education Sec. Pick No Homophobe, Claims Her Gay Employee
Trump's Education Sec. Pick No Homophobe, Claims Her Gay Employee
Betsy DeVos, a conservative Christian who may lead the nation’s public schools, is not a standard ideologue, says Greg McNeilly.
www.advocate.com/politics/2016/12/06/trumps-education-sec-pick-no-homophobe-claims-her-gay-employee
Limit(less) Project: Toshiro
Limit(less) Project: Toshiro
Toshiro: Queer/Bisexual Ivorian (Canada)
English
Q. How would you describe your style?
“I don’t like the idea of describing my style, because I believe my style is in constant evolution , depending on where I am in my life( professionally or artistically/ emotionally), who I am surrounded by …For instance, I have been pushing my dancing career to a professional turn for the past year and that have definitely influenced the way I choose to dress on a daily basis, knowing that I might have 3 to 4 differents rehearsal or shows/ casting in the same day where I need to be comfortable in my clothes and at the same time show who I am to create an interest in me a liltte extra, that can make the difference when all the other dancer in the room are looking for that same gig.
But there is few things that are constant in my style and that will be “the fluidity”, meaning the mix and match of what we call “men” clothes and “women” clothes, I do believe that any items of clothing can become an uni-sex garment and the need to look like no one else except myself.”
Français
Q. Comment décririez-vous votre style ?
«Je n’aime pas l’idée de devoir décrire mon style, car je pense qu’il est en constant changement et évolution. Dépendement de comment ma vie évolue et ou je me situe émotionnellement, professionnellement ou artistiquement, et par qui je suis entouré… Justement, le fait que depuis 1 an et quelques mois j’ai décidé de pousser d’avantage au niveau de ma passion qui est la danse et d’en faire une carrière professionnel. Ce choix influence bien entendu la facon que je m’exprime vestimentairement depuis un peu plus d’1 an, s’achant que je peux avoir 3 à 4 répetitions différentes, des shows ou des auditions dans la meme journée et que je dois etre bien sure confortable dans ce que je portes et en même temps montrer un petit plus de ma personnalité, pour attirer un intérêt dans une salle rempli d’autres tres bons danseurs qui veulent tous le même contract que moi.
Mais certaines variantes sont récurrente dans mon style et il s’agit de mon désire de garder une liberté et une fluidité dans le passages et le mélange d’habits dit “masculin” ou “feminin”, je pense qu’il y a moyen de rentre n’importe quel item vestimentaire uni-sexe et enfin le désire d’apporter quelque chose de nouveau et de ressembler à personne sauf a moi même».
– Toshiro (Queer/Bisexual Ivorian, He/Him, IG: @stylistiking Vimeo: vimeo.com/user53533211)
Donate to support the project: HERE
About Limit(less)
Limit(less) is a photography project by Mikael Owunna (@owning-my-truth) documenting the fashion and style of LGBTQ African Immigrants (1st and 2nd generation) in diaspora. As LGBTQ Africans, we are constantly told that being LGBTQ is somehow “un-African,” and this rhetoric is a regular part of homophobic and transphobic discourse in African communities. This line of thinking, however, is patently false and exists an artifact of colonization of the African continent. Identities which would now be categorized as “LGBTQ” have always existed, and being LGBTQ does not make us “less” African.
Limit(less) explores how LGBTQ African immigrants navigate their identities and find ways to overcome the supposed “tension” between their LGBTQ and African identities through their fashion and style. The project seeks to visually deconstruct the colonial binary that has been set up between LGBTQ and African identities, which erases the lives and experiences of LGBTQ Africans. #LimitlessAfricans
Donate to support the project: HERE
Website:
limitlessafricans.com/
Facebook Page:
facebook.com/limitlessafricans
Tumblr:
limitlessafricans.tumblr.com
Overzealous Shaving Could Raise Risk Of STIs By 440%, Study Says
Overzealous Shaving Could Raise Risk Of STIs By 440%, Study Says
Why are guys sill opting for removing all their body hair? Mounting evidence shows that it is dumb, and also hazardous to your health.
A new study indicates that when you wax down there, you could be 440% more likely to get an STI. The interpretation here that trimming is universally a bad idea is maybe a little dubious — correlation is not causation and so on. People who tend to trim are generally more active so of course they’re exposed to infection more often.
Related: Drop The Razor. Certain Manscaping Can Lead To Clamydia, Other STIs.
But the small cuts and tears that trimming causes can open you up to micro-organisms, especially when you’re trying to completely banish all hair.
It’s unclear who paid for the study, but it appeared in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and found that women usually use a razor and men tend to use an electric device. Researchers suggest that the hair removal is learned from pornography, which given all the various things one might see in adult films, is probably the least hazardous habit to pick up.
Related: Daniel Radcliffe Discusses His Manscaping Regimen: “A Little Bit, Obviously, For Courtesy”
And the researchers also point out that maybe shaving doesn’t actually increase your risk at all — maybe people who trim are just more likely to be tested and know their status. Hairlessness certainly makes it easier to spot skin problems right when they start.
So ultimately it’s hard to come away from this information with any solid recommendation, other than enjoy the body you’ve got.
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Human Rights Campaign Officially Launches 2017 Corporate Equality Index in Mexico City
Human Rights Campaign Officially Launches 2017 Corporate Equality Index in Mexico City
Following yesterday’s release of the 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), HRC Foundation held its second-ever international launch of the CEI in Mexico City, recognizing the growing global impact of the nearly 900 companies officially scored by the premiere benchmarking tool for LGBT workplace equality.
Last year, the CEI for the first time expanded its scoring criteria include global LGBT-inclusive workplace policies. The business community responded, and this year 98% of CEI-rated companies offer both sexual orientation and gender identity non-discrimination protections to workers domestically and internationally. The Mexico City launch featured representatives from HRC’s on-the ground program HRC Equidad MX: Global Workplace Equality Program, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, J.P. Morgan Chase, and the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, PEMEX.
“Now more than ever, we need to find points of collaboration to protect our global community’s gains and continue to move forward,” said Mary Beth Maxwell, HRC’s Senior Vice President for Programs, Research and Training. “With strategic partnerships across the public sector, private businesses and civil society, we can drive real change in the lives of LGBTQ people and further our shared goals of full inclusion in workplaces around the world.”
Alejandro Dieck Assad, deputy director of Human Resources of the Corporate Management and Services Division at PEMEX, Mexico’s oil and gas leader, highlighted the company’s commitment to LGBT inclusion — including educating the workforce on inclusive policies, and holding employees accountable.
“More than 35,000 employees have taken courses on inclusion and diversity that are a fundamental part of the assessment that all employees have to take to get promoted,” Dieck Assad said.
HRC Equidad MX launched in September to strengthen and promote LGBTQ workplace inclusion throughout Mexico. The launch, as well as yesterday’s event, represent years of collaboration between civil society organizations, Mexico’s business community, and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.
“We are proud that so many U.S. companies in Mexico have adopted more inclusive and equal workplace policies. We applaud HRC’s efforts to promote these best practices in Mexico as well as the United States and look forward to continuing the collaboration between the Embassy and HRC,” said U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson.
Reflecting the historic commitment within the business community to global LGBTQ workplace equality, HRC announced at the Mexico City launch that its Global Business Coalition, a consortium of major global businesses committed to upholding protections for LGBTQ workers everywhere, had tripled in size. Launched in 2015, HRC’s Global Business Coalition now includes 36 companies representing more than 3.5 million employees operating in over 200 countries around the world. The major businesses participating in the coalition cut across industries and combined generate more than $1 trillion in revenue each year.
“Increasingly global employers are leveraging their values of fairness and inclusion in more public platforms such as HRC’s Global Business Coalition,” said Deena Fidas, Director of HRC’s Workplace Equality Program. “Most major private sector employers understand this, but need the partnership, resources and guidance to actually implement best-in-class policies and practices.”
In conjunction with the launch of the CEI in Mexico City, HRC Equidad MX released a Spanish-language toolkit for workplaces in Mexico and around Latin America. The guide provides predominantly Spanish-language workplaces with a resource to help train and equip employees to build LGBT-inclusive environments.
The newly-released toolkit complements significant progress already made by major businesses and law firms globally. This year, a record-breaking 516 businesses earned the CEI’s top score of 100, up from 407 last year. That’s a single-year increase of more than 25 percent — the largest jump in the 15-year history of the nation’s premiere benchmarking tool for LGBT workplace equality. 883 companies and firms were officially rated and, in addition to the record number of companies receiving a perfect score of 100, progress continued across workplaces, including:
- 94 percent of rated companies had adopted sexual orientation equal employment policies and 92 percent had gender identity equal employment policies.
- Same-sex domestic partner or spousal benefits were provided by 98 percent of rated companies.
- 70 percent of rated companies offer transgender-inclusive healthcare coverage, up from 60 percent from last year, the largest single year increase in trans-inclusive health benefits since the coverage was added to the CEI.
To learn more about the CEI, visit www.hrc.org/campaigns/corporate-equality-index
“Change can be as simple”
“Change can be as simple”
“I wanted queer people who come to the show [Normativity] to be able to see themselves on stage, to start to fill in that lack we see everywhere else,” musical writer Jaime Jarrett explained. “We need to be telling the stories that we want to hear. Change can be as simple as being able to listen to a woman singing a love song to a woman.”
Read more about Jarrett and Normativity: “A Rare Happily-Ever-After for Queer Characters” (Winter 2016, pages 8–10).
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